Author: Caelin Bragg

President Rick Muma sat down with Paul Suellentrop on the Roundhouse podcast to discuss his book “Student Centered, Innovation Driven: A Guide to Transforming Higher Education,” the changes to the university over the past decade, as detailed in the book, and why President Muma believes those moves represent the future of education.

They also discussed how much time he spends each week on athletics, its importance to the university and community, and how athletics is more strategic in how it operates under Kevin Saal, director of athletics.

Wichita State has renewed its membership to the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), and that means faculty, staff and students have access to a number of perks that are available to members:

• Find a list of upcoming events designed for those in academia, including conferences, webinars and workshops. Check out all AAC&U events at aacu.org/events. Coming up is the online 2025 Conference on Global Learning Nov. 12-14 and AAC&U’s next annual meeting Jan. 21-23 in Washington, D.C.
• Check out the latest news from AAC&U and about higher education at aacu.org/newsroom and get news and event details delivered straight to your email inbox.
• Read the latest publications from AAC&U, designed for students and employees alike to stay up on the latest trends and developments at aacu.org/publications.
• Find even more benefits at the Membership Marketplace, including discounted rates for a number of higher education services and products.

Get started by making your account with AAC&U and put Wichita State University as your affiliated institution, and encourage your students to take advantage of their benefits as members of an AAC&U institution.

Wichita State sophomore Elkana Kipruto won the 6k race to help the Shocker men claim their fourth-straight JK Gold Classic team title on a muddy Saturday morning at Clapp Cross Country Course.

The Mosoriot, Kenya native ran 18:41.49 in his Shocker debut to claim Wichita State’s first individual JK Gold Classic men’s win since Bryce Merriman won the 2022 title.

For the women, freshman Mercy Jepkoech was the first Shocker across the line for the second-straight meet, finishing third in the 5k race in 18:34.9.

Join Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Hub (UReCA) for an evening dedicated to undergraduate research, featuring networking, interactive sessions and a keynote address at a research mixer starting at 5 p.m. Oct. 20 in 305/306 Rhatigan Student Center, Beggs Ballroom.

Agenda highlights:

• 5:15 p.m.: Networking session
• 5:45 p.m.: “What is Research?” (for new researchers) and faculty panel: “What Makes a Standout Research Assistant?”
• 6:30 p.m.: Real Talk: Undergraduate Students on Their Research Experiences & WSU Lab Highlights
• 7 p.m.: Keynote address

The free event is open to faculty and undergraduate students. Food will be provided on a first-come basis.

Join Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Hub (UReCA) for an evening dedicated to undergraduate research, featuring networking, interactive sessions and a keynote address at a research mixer starting at 5 p.m. Oct. 20 in 305/306 Rhatigan Student Center, Beggs Ballroom.

Agenda highlights:

• 5:15 p.m.: Networking session
• 5:45 p.m.: “What is Research?” (for new researchers) and faculty panel: “What Makes a Standout Research Assistant?”
• 6:30 p.m.: Real Talk: Undergraduate Students on Their Research Experiences & WSU Lab Highlights
• 7 p.m.: Keynote address

The free event is open to faculty and undergraduate students. Food will be provided on a first-come basis.

Shocker women’s golf posted a near program-best team score on its way to a second-place finish at the Payne Stewart Memorial Sept. 9.

The Shockers runner up finish came behind round scores of 301, 290, and 290, firing an 881 (+27) for the week. It’s the highest team finish for the Shockers since October 2022, when the Shockers won Creighton’s Big ‘O’ Classic. The team score of 881 is the third best in Shocker history, just six strokes off tying the team record set in March 2019.

Only tournament host Missouri State topped the Shockers, posting an 867 (+15) score to take the team crown.

For the Shockers individually:

• Mackenzie Wilson led the way, finishing tied for eighth on the leaderboard. Her teammates weren’t far behind her as no Shocker finished lower than 22nd on the individual leaderboard.
• Kate Tilma saved her best golf for last, recording an even par 71 in the final round after posting back-to-back 78 scores in the first two rounds. Her closing act boosted her up 21 spots on the leaderboard. 
  Manon Guille bounced back from a woeful 80 in her opening round, notching back-to-back 72s in her latter two trips around the course. 
  Amelie Paul and Kayla Van de Ven finished 13th and 14th respectfully, each picking up their second top 20 finish on the year.  
  Making her collegiate debut competing as an individual, Magdalena Domine tied for 22nd in her first college golf tournament, including posting a 70 (-1) mark in round two.

President Rick Muma is joined by proud Shocker alums and co-franchisees of Another Broken Egg Café in Wichita. Learn about Jacob O’Connor and Jon Peterson’s vision and the entrepreneurial spirit we strive to foster at Wichita State.

Additionally, in partnership with Another Broken Egg Café, students, faculty and staff can get 10% off when ordering by presenting their Shocker IDs.

Watch the episode on YouTube or listen on Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Podcasts or Apple Podcasts (iTunes).

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The table below is to assist instructors with certain dates regarding CES. The dates shown are for the fall 2025 semester.

• The first column includes the various start/end (part-of-term) dates for fall semester courses.
• The second column includes dates meant for instructors. This is the timeframe when instructors will receive emails about the CES process and procedures that they should complete. Instructors will receive additional emails during and after the student CES access dates.
• The last column includes the dates that CES will be available for the students to complete course evaluations.

If your course is in bold, then your fall 2025 CES evaluation process will start soon. Review the start/end dates in each column so you know when your access to the CES system will start and end.

Periodically, information will be posted regarding Watermark’s Course Evaluations & Surveys (CES) tool to help users better understand Wichita State’s course evaluation tool.

Today’s focus is on emails.

• CES uses email communication to send out information regarding the evaluation process. 
• Emails will come from WSU Evaluations (evaluations@ces.wichita.edu).
• Emails are sent according to a specific timeline. CES operates from the course’s part-of-term, meaning the course start and end dates will determine when emails are sent out.
• If you teach courses that are in different terms, you will receive duplicate emails. These emails provide information that pertains to that part-of-term.
• The emails will also inform instructors if they need to take any specific actions regarding their course(s) within CES. 
• Students will receive an email certificate once an evaluation is submitted.
• There is a dedicated CES website that includes additional information.

For questions, contact Sandra Ranney at evaluations@ces.wichita.edu.

All students with a Shocker ID get automatic memberships to Campus Recreation. What’s that mean for you? You have access to a wide range of wellness and recreation facilities in the Heskett Center, including five courts for basketball, volleyball or badminton; an indoor swimming pool; racquetball and squash courts; F45; esports computers; and much more.