Author: Abigail Klein

WSU students get in free to all university Fine Arts events with a Shocker ID thanks to the efforts of the Student Government Association. Support your fellow classmates and faculty while exploring some of the creative pursuits WSU has to offer.

Learn more about your free Fine Arts tickets at the link below.

NetApp will host an E-waste and shredding event 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, at its location on Wichita State’s Innovation Campus. The event is open to all students, faculty, staff and innovation partners. During the event, participants can bring the following items:

• Personal documents accepted for secure shredding
• All personal electronics, including appliances
• Secure data destruction for e-waste (hard drive shredder)
• On-site assistance available for larger loads

For more informaiton, contact chris.hepner@netapp.com.

The Shocker Store is selling new pink short sleeve tees, long sleeve tees and two crew sweatshirts options in October during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For each item sold, $1 will be donated to Victory in the Valley.

Victory in the Valley provides support to cancer patients, survivors and their families in the local area. This offer is good while supplies last and valid the Rhatigan Student Center, the Braeburn Square location and online at shockerstore.com. No discounts will be accepted for this merchandise.

Are you graduating in December? Now through Dec. 2, students can bundle their regalia items and save. The Shocker Store offers regalia bundles for bachelor’s, master’s, specialist and doctorate degrees.

To order, visit the Rhatigan Student Center store or select the graduation tab at shockerstore.com for specific pricing and details.

For more information, contact call 316-978-7021or shockerstore@wichita.edu.

The September 2022 issue of the Research & Innovation Newsletter is now available. In this issue, learn more about WSU being awarded $51 million to advance smart manufacturing, how COVID research at WSU will inform the design of antiviral drugs and how WSU recently received $1 million in funding to assist local small businesses.

Get lunch or coffee at the Food Truck Plaza today, Sept. 30. The following trucks will be available at:

• Sunflower Espresso Coffee 9 a.m.-nooon
• Brazita Bites 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
• Wheat Street Dogs, The Flying Stove 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
  

Combined enrollment by headcount across all Wichita State University locations for fall 2022 is 21,942, according to the annual data released today by the Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR). 

For the Wichita State main campus, the numbers represent an increase of 5.1% in fall student headcount from 16,097 in 2021 to 16,921 in 2022. That’s the largest number of students choosing to enroll at Wichita State since 1989. 

At WSU Tech, student headcount increased 3.9% from 4,834 last year to 5,021 this year — WSU Tech’s highest fall semester headcount ever. 

Congratulations to University Libraries, this month’s recipient of President Muma’s Rick Rewards. University Libraries was recognized for it’s services to students.

Rick Rewards is a program by President Muma that launched in December 2021, which allows the presdient to show his appreciation for the efforts of a member, or members, of the campus community.

At 9 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, Wichita State will host the 52nd observance of Memorial ’70, the annual ceremony that honors the 31 WSU football players, administrators and supporters who died in a 1970 plane crash in the Rocky Mountains. It will take place at the Memorial near 18th and Hillside.

Members of the public are invited to attend.

A wreath will be placed at the base of Memorial ’70, and there will be a time of remembrance to acknowledge the changes that the plane crash made in the lives of the victims, their families, their friends and the university.

Josh Oeding, president and CEO of NXTUS, and founder and general partner of Tenzing Capital, is joining as a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board of the W. Frank Barton School of Business. Oeding is an alumnus of the Barton School and will begin his term on the board in fall 2022.

“The Barton School of Business is where I got my start and it greatly affected the person I am today,” said Oeding. “It’s an honor to become a member and I’m excited to play my part in making the Barton School a premier business school in the country.”

Oeding looks to utilize his experiences in the industries of venture capital, entrepreneurship and private equity to provide insights for the Dean’s Advisory Board. As president and CEO of NXTUS, he has led the re-visioning of the organization, the launch of Accelerate Venture Partners and the launch of NXTSTAGE.

He founded Tenzing Capital with a vision to build a generational Venture Capital investment firm. He is helping to chart the course for the Wichita Startup Ecosystem and spends most of his time as with early-stage growth companies in the region. Prior to NXTUS and Tenzing, Oeding worked at Koch Industries and held various innovation and leadership roles during that time including vice president of Marketing and Strategy for EFT Analytics, a SaaS advanced analytics platform.

“Josh has truly separated himself as a forward thinker and innovator in the community,” said Margaret Dechant, chair of the Dean Advisory Board. “Having him on our board will provide a unique and lively voice to our work.”

The Dean’s Advisory Board, which consists of 50 diverse industry leaders from around the world, works to advance the mission and strategic priorities of the Barton School through strengthening, enriching, and enhancing the student experience.