Photo montage of Shockers

Priorities and plans are taking shape as the consolidation of the Wichita State University Alumni Association into the WSU Foundation enters its next phase. Earlier this month, members of task force, who are charged with setting guiding principles and key initiatives for future alumni engagement efforts, met for the final time.

Among the task force’s top subjects of discussion was how the combined organization would offer the most effective network for ongoing alumni engagement, including evaluating its current membership and benefits structure.

With the formation of the new alumni engagement office, there are still several actions that need to be taken before a comprehensive and strategic plan can be implemented. For example, a national search to fill the new position of vice president of Alumni Engagement (VPAE) will need to be conducted. The goal is to have the VPAE on the job by late summer or early fall.

Presidential china to be displayed at the scholarship-benefit tea is Noritake’s "Gold and Sable” pattern.

Wichita State University First Gentleman Rick Case, along with the Office of the President and the WSU Alumni Association (WSUAA), will host a Historic Tea at the president’s campus residence this October during Homecoming 2021 week Oct. 23-Oct. 30. Tea times and days available include the following:

  • 11:30 a.m. Oct. 26
  • 2 p.m. Oct. 26
  • 11:30 a.m. Oct. 27
  • 2 p.m. Oct. 27

Courtney M. Marshall, WSUAA president and CEO, will give remarks about the history of the president’s home, the presidential partners who lived there — and about the various sets of presidential china that have been used through the years.

The menu features three teas and a balance of savory and sweet items.

Attendees are encouraged to wear hats and gloves. Proceeds from this event will benefit WSU scholarship funds.