Author: Caelin Bragg

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The NCAA announced July 9 afternoon that Wichita has been selected to host opening round games for the 2027 and 2028 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship at INTRUST Bank Arena.

Wichita and Dayton, Ohio, which has served as the host city for the start of the tournament since 2001, both will host three games each day on the Tuesday and Wednesday after Selection Sunday. The change was necessitated by the decision in May to expand the tournament field from 68 to 76 teams.

Wichita State University will serve as the host in partnership with Visit Wichita, Sedgwick County and the City of Wichita.

Wichita State University’s Policy 13.22 / Payment of Professional Dues or Licensing Fees has been updated to ensure compliance with governing state regulations and policies. The updates include changes in the procedures and requirements for requesting direct payment or reimbursement for the cost of job-related professional licenses, certifications and organizational memberships. Employees are expected to review and comply with the updated procedures and requirements. 

Questions regarding the updated approval process may be directed to Financial Services at accountspayable@wichita.edu.

Jonathan Cross and Stephen Cross Jr., investment adviser representatives with Voya Financial, will be available for in-person meetings at Wichita State Monday, July 13 and Tuesday, July 14. Faculty and staff can get one-on-one advising and review their Voya Financial accounts as part of their KBOR retirement plan, or new employees can receive assistance in enrolling in their KBOR plan.

If you are interested in meeting with Jonathan or Stephen, you can schedule a time to meet and select “Wichita State University / One-On-One Financial Counseling” while selecting your location. Time slots are limited, so reserve a time soon. For questions, you can call 316-788-0788.

A Wichita State University summer leadership course took 15 students from Kansas to South Carolina, where they utilized design thinking, contemporary research and scholarship to make a meaningful difference with local nonprofits.

WSU’s Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College’s Lead for Tomorrow course tackled real-world challenges from Wichita nonprofits: Wichita Clean Streams, Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum and the Pando Initiative through a traveling leadership academy experience.

The Leadership Academy, part of the original Cohen gift, engages students in contemporary research and scholarship based on an annual theme. For the 2026 theme, “Currents, Waves & Tides: Leadership in Motion,” students participated in a Place as Text travel experience in Charleston, South Carolina.

Stop by the Food Truck Plaza on campus to enjoy cuisines from local food truck vendors.

Wednesday:

• Desi Fusion: 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Thursday:

• Desi Fusion: 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Schedule is subject to change. Visit the Food Truck Plaza website for the most up-to-date information.

On Monday afternoon, Shocker volleyball coach Chris Lamb explains back-spin and top-spin to a group of 60 young women during a serving drill at camp. Across campus, work continues on locker rooms and offices at Wilkins Stadium, soon to be connected to an indoor practice facility, opened last fall, that allows the Shockers to work on softball skills year-round.

Those scenes have their roots in car rides to play days, T-shirts purchased at the campus bookstore and fights for meal money. Natasha (Matson) Fife, a teacher in WSU’s physical education department, helped start the movement for women’s college sports in the late 1960’s. She lived to see those efforts pay off with Charles Koch Arena packed for women’s sports and success and attention unimaginable in the early days.

Fife, 89, passed away July 3. In addition to her pioneering role at WSU, she was one of Kansas’ greatest golfers, winner of five Kansas Women’s Amateurs and a competing in four U.S. Women’s Amateurs. She was inducted in the Pizza Hut Shocker Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.

There’s still time to enroll in classes for the fall 2026 semester. View the course schedule and enroll now by using Banner and logging in with your myWSU information.​

Have any questions on what classes you should take to meet your program requirements? Schedule a time to meet with an academic advisor:

• View a list of undergraduate academic advisors in each college.
• Graduate students can find their academic advisor through myWSU in the myClasses tab. If no advisor name is shown in your myWSU account, contact the graduate coordinator of your program.

Step inside Shocker Studios, the School of Digital Arts’ professional-grade production facility at Wichita State University. From the LED Volume screen and motion capture lab to recording studios, editing suites and a full film studio, this is where students build the portfolio that gets them hired. Tour every space and see why SODA is shockingly different.

Save the date for the 2026 Fall Address at 2:30 p.m. Aug. 12 in Miller Concert Hall at Duerksen Fine Arts Center. Doors open at 2 p.m. After the Fall Address, light refreshments will be available in 305/306 Rhatigan Student Center, Beggs Ballroom.

Look for the formal invitation in WSU Today later in July.