Wichita State’s Scholars Walk on campus, located between the Plaza of Heroines and Heskett Center, celebrates faculty excellence in research and classroom accomplishments. Founded in 2025, the banners for the 2026 class of faculty are now installed and viewable on campus:
- Dr. Steven Farmer, W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair in Business and professor of management
- Dr. Jason Ferguson, director of physics and professor
- Dr. Suzanne Hawley, professor of public health sciences
- Dr. Susan Matveyeva, catalog and institutional repository librarian and associate professor
- Dr. Imran Musaji, assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders
- Dr. Lindsey Ott, assistant teaching professor of biomedical engineering
- Dr. Claudia Pederson, professor of art history
- Dr. Tim Shan, associate professor of computing
- Dr. Susan Sterrett, Curtis D. Gridley Distinguished Professorship in History and Philosophy of Science
- Dr. Mark Vermillion, chair of sport management and professor
- Dr. Sam Yeager, professor of public affairs
A reception honoring the new faculty will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13 in the atrium of Ablah Library, including remarks from Dr. Monica Lounsbery, senior executive vice president and provost, at 1 p.m.