Author: Caelin Bragg

For the 13th consecutive year, the Shocker volleyball team earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT.

Wichita State completed a strong academic year in 2024-25 with a 3.69 team GPA.

“It is very exciting to see that the record-setting, on-court successes during the 2024-25 season have extended to the classroom,” said AVCA CEO Jaime Gordon. “The fact that more programs earned the Team Academic Award than ever before is evidence of how committed our coaches are when it comes to helping their players reach their goals as both students and athletes.”  

We interrupt – again – your relaxing summer for AfterShocks basketball at Charles Koch Arena.

While Shocker fans are used to cold winter nights at the Roundhouse, July basketball is now a habit with The Basketball Tournament. The AfterShocks, featuring former Shockers and other professionals, are three wins from the tournament’s $1 million prize.

Because TBT hosting privilege is determined by attendance, the AfterShocks will play at Koch Arena as long as they win. They play Heartfire at 8 p.m. Sunday on FS1 in a quarterfinal. The winner advances to the semifinal game on July 31. Heartfire, top-seeded in Kansas City Region, defeated JHX Hoops (Kansas alums) 71-68 on Wednesday at Municipal Auditorium.

Wichita State is hosting a card shower to honor Deltha Colvin, associate vice president of college readiness/retention programs at TRIO Student Support Services, who is retiring after 55 years of service to the university.

Since Colvin is not currently in Wichita, in lieu of an in-person celebration, the campus community can send cards to the Office of Academic Affairs, who will route them to Colvin, care of Laura Manning, executive assistant to the provost. No postage is necessary. Please send your cards to Academic Affairs by Wednesday, Aug. 13.

Colvin, a nationally recognized leader in student support and access programs, has been a driving force behind TRIO initiatives at WSU, including Upward Bound, Student Support Services, Veterans Upward Bound, McNair Scholars and GEAR UP. She was also among the first graduates of TRIO Upward Bound when it launched in 1965.

Carter Duff does not waste time. After transferring from Butler Community College, where he’d already earned 60 credits, Carter hit the ground running at Wichita State and secured a cybersecurity credential and hands-on experience with federal law enforcement.

This past spring, Carter interned with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), where his daily duties ranged from organizing case files to going on ride-alongs with special agents.

“Every day varied based on the tasks or objectives of the day,” Carter said. “A typical day could be anything from sorting case files to ride-alongs with special agents.”

Professionals can learn new skills or enhance what they already know with Badges at Wichita State, such as with the Professional Writing series, which covers a breadth of topics to bring your writing to a higher level.

Badges are bite-sized, one credit hour or less courses that can be taken at your own pace using Open Educational Resources. Registering in the Professional Writing series can help you gain skills in areas such as creating your resume and cover letter or writing and editing for social media. Or you can learn more about presenting online, writing professional correspondence or developing researching grants.

To learn more about Badges, including how to enroll for the fall 2025 semester, visit wichita.edu/badges.

Wichita State has been a national leader in creating a standard for microcredentials, allowing employers to be confident that meaningful learning has occurred, so you can confidently list a badge from WSU on your resume.

Professionals can learn new skills or enhance what they already know with Badges at Wichita State, such as with the Professional Writing series, which covers a breadth of topics to bring your writing to a higher level.

Badges are bite-sized, one credit hour or less courses that can be taken at your own pace using Open Educational Resources. Registering in the Professional Writing series can help you gain skills in areas such as creating your resume and cover letter or writing and editing for social media. Or you can learn more about presenting online, writing professional correspondence or developing researching grants.

To learn more about Badges, including how to enroll for the fall 2025 semester, visit wichita.edu/badges. And employees at Wichita State can apply for Tuition Assistance to cover the cost of Badges. The final application window for Tuition Assistance closes Aug. 4.

Wichita State has been a national leader in creating a standard for microcredentials, allowing employers to be confident that meaningful learning has occurred, so you can confidently list a badge from WSU on your resume.

Seven women’s tennis players earned Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar Athlete awards, and the team garnered an ITA All-Academic Team Award for their academic performance in the 2024-25 school year.

2025-26 Shockers Sati Aubakirova, Theodora Chantava, Anne Knuettel, Kristina Kudryavtseva, Giorgia Roselli and Xin Tong Wang all earned Scholar-Athlete awards, along with recent graduate Clara Whitaker.

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Help celebrate Dr. Linnea GlenMaye’s 27 years of service to Wichita State at a retirement celebration from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday Aug. 14 in 141 Woolsey Hall, Fidelity Bank Ballroom. Comments will start at 3:30 p.m.

GlenMaye, who announced her retirement earlier this year, has worked as Wichita State’s associate vice president for Academic Affairs since 2011. Before that, she served as the director of the School of Social Work starting in 2004.

The 2025 Fall Address for will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13 at Miller Concert Hall in Duerksen Fine Arts Center. Doors will open at 2 p.m.

Join President Rick Muma and guest speakers Monica Lounsbery, senior executive vice president and provost; Kevin Saal, director of athletics; Jen Friend, dean of the College of Applied Studies; Ashlie Jack, senior associate vice president for Institutional Effectiveness and Strategic Enrollment Management; Chris Stone, Faculty Senate president and chair/clinical associate professor, Department of Management; and Jacob Mendez, assistant dean for Student Success in the College of Engineering; as they outline key focus areas for the coming year.

Following the address, refreshments will be available at 305/306 Rhatigan Student Center, Beggs Ballroom. Refer to the faculty/staff parking map for nearby lots.