Author: Caelin Bragg

Six teams emerged as victors from the Shocker New Venture Competition Trade Show that was held April 21. The trade show featured the top 16 teams showcasing their innovative business ideas to judges and attendees. The judges, composed of successful entrepreneurs and industry leaders, evaluated each team’s pitch and product demonstrations to determine which teams had the best chance of succeeding in the marketplace. 

Congratulations to the six teams that are advancing to the final round of the Shocker New Venture Competition, presented by the WSU Center for Entrepreneurship. 

The six advancing teams:

• Female Engineering Matters:
  • Triple B Support is a medical device that targets the back, belly and breasts that will alleviate pain and discomfort to help pregnant people continue with their daily tasks.
• Optimum Wellness:
  • An improved psychiatric restraint system for stretcher cot use
• Player Card:
  • Player Card is a business in the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) industry that connects college athletes with local companies for deals to remove friction from the NIL deal process.
• TARAM:
  • Unlock new possibilities in global trade with the secure, digital platform. Say hello to hassle-free logistics and finance.
• Testkey:
  • Portable, user-friendly medical diagnostic testing made simple. Unlock the power to digitize the health testing experience for rapid, accurate results anytime, anywhere.
• Vision Vest:
  • Vision Vest is a tool that replaces sight with touch, allowing blind people to avoid objects, navigate hallways and identify what they are facing.

The public is invited to attend the final round, which will include a in-depth presentations of each team’s business model followed by a Q&A session with the judges. This will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, April 28 in Devlin Hall. A reception will be held following the presentations from 4 to 5 p.m., with the awards being presented at 5 p.m. 

WSU’s Center for Entrepreneurship thanks all the sponsors of this year’s Shocker New Venture Competition, including Erin Cummings, IMA Financial Group, INTRUST Bank, Moral Holdings, NetWork Kansas and UBS.

To complement this spring’s Commencement Toast, all colleges’ faculty, staff and their graduates are invited to participate in the 2023 Commencement Cruise.

The deadline to register is May 10. Any questions can be directed to the Academics Affairs Office at 316-978-3010.

While a new basketball coach is a statement about the future of a team, Terry Nooner emphasized the importance of the present on Thursday at Charles Koch Arena.

During his public introduction as Wichita State University’s women’s basketball coach, he spoke to the current Shockers seated in the front row. That group, he said, is part of what comes next.

“I’m your head coach, and you guys are my team,” he said. “You’re my players now. We’re about to be in for a great ride.”

The Department of Human Performance Studies in the College of Applied Studies was granted the maximum period of 10 year continuing accreditation to the Athletic Training Program by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE). The university was officially informed of the vote on April 10. Compliance with CAATE accreditation standards facilitates quality outcomes, continuous improvement, innovation and diversity to enhance athletic training education.

The CAATE accreditation standards have recently evolved to require all athletic training degrees to be master’s level. WSU has taken the steps to develop a Master of Science in athletic training (MSAT) in anticipation of the revised standards and guidelines.

The MSAT degree was approved during the fall 2021 semester and will launch in June 2023. It will replace the currently offered undergraduate degree in athletic training—the first year will overlap with the final year of the undergraduate program as it is phased out.

The 62 credit-hour degree plan consists of athletic training education, applied learning clinical experience, research/statistics and board certification. Students will rotate through various clinical settings including college and high school athletics, general and family medicine, physical therapy, industrial and occupational workplace, and emergency care.

Putting a live sports event on camera is an experience like no other for students thinking about a career in video. Sports are unpredictable and create imagery that tells the story through action and emotion.

Rowing produces all that against the backdrop of the river and the weather.

That is the story Coach Calvin Cupp wants to tell about his Wichita State team and the Plains Regional Regatta. It takes place Sunday on the Arkansas River in downtown Wichita over a mile-and-a-half of water between the Lincoln Street and First Street bridges.

The Media Resources Center (MRC) will livestream the regatta for the third year, using MRC staff and students for all aspects of the production.

The National Cyber League competition is a biannual cybersecurity competition for high school and college students throughout the nation. More than 6,000 students competed in the spring 2023 event.

The Wichita State students below who competed are all computer science majors:

• Garret Wahlstedt, ranked 29th
• Hyacinthe Howell, ranked 31st
• Khang Tran, ranked 107th
• Quentin Nelson, ranked 141st
• Tung Wai Yip, ranked 153th
• Don Alfaro, ranked 179th
• Prem Kumar Reddy Muvva, ranked 45th in the graduate division

Additionally, WSU had six other students place in the top 500 and two place in the top 1,000.

Wichita State has launched an online portal for our Innovation Campus partners. The portal offers a “one-stop shop” for the resources available on campus.

With the portal, you can find more information on the resources available to our partners:

• Where to find news and events at WSU
• How to access the weekly Campus Connection newsletter and where to submit posts
• What dining options are available on campus
• How to sign up for emergency communication through Shocker Alerts
• Where to park on campus
• What is happening in Shocker Athletics
• And more

For additional information, or to suggest items to include in the partnership portal, reach out to Kristin Beal at kristin.beal@wichita.edu or 316-978-6957.

The Innovation Campus hosts many dining options open to not only Shockers, but the entire Wichita community, including the newly open Jersey Mike’s:

• Food Truck Plaza
• Braeburn Square
  • Starbucks
  • Fuzzy’s Taco Shop
  • Social Tap Drinkery
  • Sungrano Pizza
  • Wheatly’s Burgers
  • Sesame Mediterranean Kitchen
  • Jersey Mike’s
• NetApp Café in the NetApp building
• Cargill Café in Woolsey Hall

And coming soon to Braeburn Square:

• Two Hands Corn Dogs

Wichita State has launched an online portal for our Innovation Campus partners. The portal offers a “one-stop shop” for the resources available on campus.

Some of the resources listed include campus dining options, news and events at WSU, Shocker Alerts and many more.

Wichita State’s bowling teams are in Las Vegas this week for the United States Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Singles and Team Championships at South Point Bowling Plaza. Team play begins Thursday with the singles and team finals on Saturday. The taped televised finals will air at 6 p.m. on April 25, May 2, 9 and 16 on CBS Sports Network.

The Shockers finished second in both the men’s and women’s competition in 2022 after winning both titles in 2021.