Author: Abigail Klein

People are returning to the Wichita State University campus as summer continues and the fall semester approaches. If you’re a newcomer – or feel like it’s been a while – you’ll notice construction and new businesses on campus. 

The inauguration ceremony for President Muma is set for 2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, in the Hughes Metropolitan Complex, located at 29th Street N. and Oliver. The event will also be livestreamed on YouTube and on campus television monitors. The theme for the event is “Inspired by the past. Focused on the future.”

The Kansas Board of Regents appointed Muma as the 15th president of Wichita State University in May. He had been serving as interim president of Wichita State since September 2020.

To save the date or for more information, call 316-978-3258 or email inauguration@wichita.edu.You can also visit the link below.

Wichita State’s First-Year Programs in Student Success and Campus Recreation invite you to join us for Clash of the Colleges on Friday, Aug. 20. Registration will close at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 18.  

This event will include relay races, team sports and other competitions between academic colleges to determine who rules the school. Come by yourself or with a group of other new students. All students are required to sign up on the RSVP form before the event.

Please note that registration is first-come, first-served. Virtual Games are also available. Participate in these games from the comfort of your home to win points for your college. Virtual games will go live on the Clash of the Colleges website Aug. 20-27.

Multidimensional support systems are the key to preventing bullying and cyberbullying and can help lessen the psychosocial side effects of being a victim of bullying, according to a study done by one Wichita State researcher.

“To prevent school bullying and cyberbullying, teachers, parents, siblings, peers, neighbors, community, job status, religion and school policy must be involved in the prevention program,” said Dr. Jeoung Min Lee, assistant professor in Wichita State University’s School of Social Work.

Help support mental wellness and suicide prevention in our local community and register for the first Suspenders4Hope 5K Run for Hope and One-Mile Walk to Remember 8 a.m. Sept. 11 beginning at the Rhatigan Student Center.

This campus event will take place during National Suicide Prevention Week. All proceeds will go to StopSuicideICT, a local collaborative and non-profit.

The annual Michael Tilford Conference on Diversity and Multiculturalism until 11:49 p.m. Friday, Aug. 13.

Submissions should relate to the theme of this year’s conference, “Better Together: The Power of Coalition Building in DEI Work.” The conference will focus on the power and necessity of building coalitions within diversity, equity and inclusion work, in order to create lasting change within higher education.

For more information or to submit a proposal, please click the link below.

As students return to campus, WSU Facilities Services is still available to supply personal protective equipment (PPE) to the campus community. 

Customers can access the Facilities Services work order system to make their requests. Customers should also continue bringing their empty hand sanitizer and surface disinfectant bottles in for refills.

For more information or order PPE, contact our work order center at 316-978-3444.

Aliphine Tuliamuk is in Japan with her daughter. She is sharing her biggest athletic moment with Zoe, born on Jan. 16, while breastfeeding.

Tuliamuk had to fight for this moment, to run the Olympic Marathon in Sapporo while caring for Zoe.

An ancient Wichita Indian town recently rediscovered by Dr. Donald Blakeslee — Fairmont College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Department of Anthropology professor and archeologist — is being excavated with help from Shocker students. The town, called Etzanoa, may have been the second-largest settlement on the continent at the time.

The marquee exterior fixture of the W. Frank Barton School of Business’ new home, Wayne and Kay Woolsey Hall, has been officially named the Promise Bridge. The 300-foot-long pedestrian bridge will span over a water feature south of the building.