Author: Caelin Bragg

Due to technical difficulties, the Oct. 29 town hall will not be held as planned. Information regarding the rescheduled town hall will be communicated soon in Shocker Blast. 

Do you want to hear more from your student and university leaders about what has been happening this year? Do you want to share your thoughts or concerns on your education and student experience? Attend the virtual Student Government Association (SGA) town hall featuring university administration starting at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29 virtually via YouTube.

Here, you’ll get a chance to not only hear from the Student Government Association and the university administration, you’ll also have a chance to ask questions over the course of the town hall.

Students interested in submitting questions for consideration can email sga.president@wichita.edu before or during the town hall.

Submissions are still open for the December edition of Academe. Any submissions after Friday, Nov. 7 will be saved for a future edition of the Academe newsletter.

If you are submitting on behalf of someone else, please indicate that in the comments section of your submission. Academe publishes four times a year and highlights faculty and staff accomplishments.

If you have questions regarding submissions to Academe, reach out to Caelin Bragg, newsletter editor, at caelin.bragg@wichita.edu or 316-978-3013.

Did you know that Shockers like you get an automatic membership to 12 Greater Wichita YMCAs, including the Steve Clark YMCA here on campus? You can get started by visiting the Steve Clark YMCA with your Shocker ID and activating your account.

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.

Wichita State’s Xin Tong Wang and Giorgia Roselli won the 2025 American Conference Doubles Championship Oct. 26 at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center.

The top-seeded and 31st-ranked Shockers dispatched Charlotte’s third-seeded Ni Xi and Sara Suchankova in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, to win the doubles title. With the win, the Shockers have earned the right to represent the American Conference in doubles at the 2025 ITA Conference Masters Championship, Nov. 7-9 at Barnes Tennis Center in San Diego.

Additionally, Roselli was women’s singles runner-up, and Shocker men’s tennis player Alejandro Jacome made it to the men’s singles semifinals after defeating the second and tenth seeded players in the tournament and to the men’s doubles semifinals with Ilias Worthington.

Wichita State defeated seven top-20 ranked teams and rattled off eight consecutive wins on its way to a runner-up finish at Destination Orlando, the first regular season tournament of the season.

Aleesha Oden (230.8 average) and Sara Duque Jiménez (220.2) snagged spots on the All-Tournament team to lead Wichita State individually. Morgan Kline (195.0), Kendall Bollea (172.4) and Paige Wagner (172.2) rounded out the regular lineup for Holly Harris and the Shockers.

The Shockers fell, 4-1, to #1-ranked Jacksonville State in the best-of-seven final, capping off an undefeated weekend for the Gamecocks who went 11-0 in the Baker and traditional matches. Wichita State will carry an 11-2 record into next weekend’s Track Kat Klash at Emerald Bowl in Houston, beginning Friday, Oct. 31.

Join the first meeting of the WSU Faculty/Staff Club from 3:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6 at Club 95 in Partnership Building 11. The event will feature the College of Health Professions, the College of Fine Arts and University Libraries with a rotating slide presentation. There will also be three live presentations starting at 4:30 p.m.:

• Dr. M’Lisa Sheldon will present on the state of access to care and rehabilitation for children in local school districts.
• Ed Baker will present “Replace Fear of the Unknown With Curiosity,” centered on the power of curiosity to overcome fear and unlock human creativity and growth.
• Brent Mai will present “The Volga Germans of Kansas,” a niche group of ethnic Germans who spent 110 years living on the Russian steppe before migrating to the plains of Kansas in 1876 and who have had a significant impact on all things Kansan.

Come have fun and enjoy the company of your colleagues as well as some good music, food and drink.

Wichita State students can develop skills and help pay for college by participating in applied learning opportunities while working on their degree. Check out the Shocker Career Accelerator at wsu.news/SuccessTip11 to get started and find help landing an internship. Also talk with your professors for more potential opportunities.

Situated between the main campus and the Innovation Campus is WSU’s iconic Food Truck Plaza, featuring different local food trucks from Wichita for students to choose from, for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Stop by for a surprise or check out wichita.edu/foodtruckplaza ahead of time to see what’s scheduled for the week.

Student Health Services has flu vaccines available for WSU students, faculty and staff. Cost is $25 plus administration fee but may be free with your health insurance benefits (all plans are different). Financial assistance for self-pay students may be available for the administration fee. Walk-in to the Student Wellness Center 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday for your flu vaccine before cold and flu season.

Student Health Services is also hosting two upcoming pop-up flu shot clinics:

• 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29 in the Woolsey Hall atrium
• 4-5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30 in the lobby of The Flats