Author: Caelin Bragg

Roadtrip Nation took Wichita State and WSU Tech students on a road trip to learn about the career possibilities in Wichita.

The documentary, “Roadtrip Nation: Paths Across Kansas,” will air on PBS Kansas, channel 8. The first episode will air at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, and the second episode will air at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5. The episodes will also be available to watch online starting Monday, Sept. 25, where you can also find a trailer for the episodes now.

For decades, young people in middle America have felt unfair pressure to head to the coasts for high-paying and innovative jobs, but that story is changing. In South Central Kansas, people are finding exciting opportunities in innovative industries right in their backyards. Follow the journeys of five young Kansans as they take a deep dive into their home state’s career possibilities. From aerospace and advanced manufacturing to healthcare and agriculture, discover the diverse range of career paths available in South Central Kansas.

“Paths Across Kansas” was made possible through a partnership among the Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas, Wichita State, WSU Tech, USD 259, the State of Kansas, Strada Foundation, Textron Aviation, Spirit AeroSystems and Bank of America.

The Wichita State University Craig W. Barton Speaker Series cordially invites you to save the date for an evening with Norah O’Donnell, anchor of “CBS Evening News” and a contributor to “60 Minutes,” at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 21, 2024 at Miller Concert Hall in Duerksen Fine Arts Center.

More information, including how to reserve a ticket to the event, will be available at a later date.

The Craig W. Barton Speaker Series is an annual event established to expose students and the community to differing points of view and encourage critical thinking and conversation.

Are you a passionate Fine Art student seeking to connect with leading employers and build valuable networks within the vibrant and dynamic creative world?

Look no further than the SCA’s Fine Arts Career Mixer from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Thursday, Sept. 21 at the McKnight Art Center, designed to provide an unparalleled opportunity for Shockers to engage with representatives from diverse creative fields, ranging from art, graphic design, entertainment, creative writing, theater, music and more. Immerse yourself in discussions with industry professionals, exploring their work, understanding their companies and discovering potential full-time, part-time or internship positions they might offer.

The Fine Arts Career Mixer goes beyond the conventional career fair, providing a unique and enriching experience. By participating, you can gain insights into career possibilities while following your artistic passion.

Shocker Athletics has announced Tech N9ne will headline this year’s Shocker Madness event, set for 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 inside Charles Koch Arena.

Tech N9ne is the co-founder of Strange Music Inc., the number-one independent hip-hop label in the world. His signature rapid-fire “chopper” style has solidified him as one of the leading pioneers of the underground hip-hop industry. In less than two decades, Tech himself has earned three gold records, sold over two million albums, and made multiple appearances on Forbes’s “Hip-Hop Cash Kings” list.

In addition to a performance from Tech N9ne, fans will get a first-look at the Shocker men’s and women’s basketball teams’ new styles of play under new head coaches Paul Mills and Terry Nooner when each team plays a scrimmage..

Schedule of events:

• 5:00pm – WuShock’s Birthday Party on the concourse
• 6:00pm – On court festivities begin with a performance by the Shocker Sound Machine
  • Performances by Wichita State Cheer & Dance
  • Introduction of all Shocker Athletic teams
  • Announcement of Shocktoberfest week winners
  • Extended men’s and women’s basketball scrimmages
  • $10,000 Halfcourt shot giveaway presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas
  • Live set by DJ 4 The Win
  • Tech N9ne performance

Through the inaugural Student Practical Architecting Challenge (SPARC), FirePoint Innovations Center at Wichita State University awarded nearly $40,000 to two student-based teams for their novel innovations in devising future-ready, modular and adaptable software systems to support the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA) initiative.

The first-place winners Murphy Ownbey and Greg Heiman, and second place winner Aiden McGillivray, all recent graduates from Wichita State University’s College of Engineering, will be recognized during the MOSA Industry & Government Summit & Expo at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. More than 50 teams from colleges and universities across the country participated in the SPARC competition.

A love of reading led Denae Sawyer to seek — and earn — an internship last spring with Dzanc Books, a non-profit publisher of literary fiction and non-fiction. Sawyer, who is working on a master’s degree in innovation design at Wichita State University, spent the spring semester interning remotely for 20 hours a week.

Her work consisted of reading and researching to determine if the manuscript fit Dzanc’s standards and sensibility. She also evaluated the potential audience and marketing strategies.

“We would sift through and pick one (manuscript) that especially spoke to us,” she said. “We would start developing a really, really generic portfolio of — what is the story about, what makes it good, what is the audience, what is the marketability?”

The final step to being a Suspenders4Hope mental health advocate is to refer classmates in potential distress to Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) or submit a concern to the CARE Team.

CAPS encourages Shockers to take a proactive role in the mental health needs of their peers.

The final step to being a Suspenders4Hope mental health advocate is to refer students in potential distress to Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) or submit a concern to the CARE Team.

CAPS encourages faculty and staff to take a proactive role in the mental health needs of Wichita State students.

To be a Suspenders4Hope mental health advocate, Shockers should add a “mental health advocate” tag to their email signatures.

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) will feature one step a day for the following two weeks on how to be a mental health advocate. Stay tuned for the last step.

To be a Suspenders4Hope mental health advocate, faculty and staff should add a “mental health advocate” tag to their email signatures.

Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) will feature one step a day for the following two weeks on how to be a mental health advocate. Stay tuned for the last step.