Rhatigan Student Center with date and time of seminar 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022.

Please save the date for the annual Communications Seminar to be held from 10 a.m.-noon Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, on the third floor of the Rhatigan Student Center. The event will offer participants a chance to gain additional insights, tools and tips to help improve their marketing and communication efforts.

Picture of Rick Muma swearing in at his inauguration.

The inauguration of the university’s 15th president, Rick Muma, was held Friday, Oct. 29. For a selection of photos from the inauguration ceremony, visit The Inauguration of Richard Muma.

You can also view more photos of the event on Zenfolio.

Graphic featuring yellow background with snowflakes and text 'You're invited to the president's Winter Party. Wichita State University.'

President Rick Muma and First Gentleman Rick Case cordially invite you to the faculty and staff Wichita State Winter Party 1-4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8 at the Shirley Beggs Ballroom located in the Rhatigan Student Center.

The President’s Executive Team will be there to greet attendees at this come and go event. Winter Party attendees will receive a complimentary holiday mug while supplies last. There will be one mug available per person.

To attend, RSVP for one of the three time slots listed at the official RSVP link no later than today, Dec. 1.

Picture of Memorial 70 monument that shows the names of the deceased passengers on the Gold Plane.

The annual remembrance of Memorial ’70 is set for 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 2 at the memorial sculpture at the university entrance at Alumni Drive and Hillside (18th and Hillside). The reception will be held immediately following the ceremony in the Shocker ’70 RSC (room 202). With potential rain in the forecast, there may be a change of location. Check https://wsu.news/memoriallocation for updates.

During an annual ceremony of remembrance, a wreath is placed at Wichita State’s Memorial ’70 each Oct. 2. The brief ceremony honors the Wichita State football players, administrators and supporters who died in a plane crash Oct. 2, 1970.

The WSU “Gold” plane, a Martin 404 carrying 36 passengers and a crew of four, crashed at approximately 3 p.m. on a mountain near Silver Plume, Colorado, while en route to Logan, Utah, for a game with Utah State University. Twenty-nine persons died at the scene, while two others died later after receiving medical attention for their injuries. The WSU “Black” plane landed safely in Utah.

The ceremony offers 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.

Thank for you celebrating 125 years of innovation in education during the Quasquicentennial Anniversary for Wichita State University.

Jay Price, a history professor at Wichita State, and his creative team honored Wichita State’s 125th Anniversary with “A Walk with Wu,” a graphic novel highlighting our history, significant people, student life, traditions and events. The graphic novel is available in the Shocker Store or online at ShockerStore.com

Information on the quasquicentennial is available at Wichita.edu/125.

Wichita State University will celebrate the sesquicentennial anniversary in 2045.

Faculty and Staff Fall Address with President Muma graphic.

The annual faculty and staff fall address is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 18 at the Beggs Ballroom located in the Rhatigan Student Center. The event will also be available via a YouTube livestream.

President Richard Muma, with the assistance of several university representatives, will outline key focus areas for the coming year:

  • Access and affordability
  • Applied learning and digital transformation
  • Interdisciplinary research

RSVPs are appreciated for those who would like to attend the event in person.

The class of 1934 sundial will rededication is scheduled for Monday, July 19. Remarks are at 11:30 a.m. on the east side of Hubbard Hall.

The late George Platt (1931-2017), associate professor emeritus from the Hugo Wall School, worked with Mary Nelson, Wichita State University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives, to learn the story of the sundial.

The sundial was a gift to the university from the class of 1934. Photos in the Parnassus yearbook from the 1950s show the sundial just west of Jardine Hall. The sundial had been missing for many years and resurfaced in summer 2014.

The university returned to pre-pandemic operations for faculty and staff on June 1. For some, that meant a return to pre-pandemic work schedules and locations including the return to in-person work for all remaining remote employees. For others, that meant a return to regular schedules or readjusting to more people on campus because their roles required them to be on campus.

While perhaps necessary, the return is not without concerns; and many of us — employees and students alike — are anxious and uncertain about the future. In recognition and support of this natural emotional reaction, the university invites all students, staff, faculty, and administration to join one of several Shocker Circles for a safe, non-judgmental place to discuss our campus return.

Beginning on July 6, the Shocker Circles Summer 2021 Reintegration series will be holding Circles on Tuesdays and Thursdays with both lunch hour and late afternoon options. Both virtual and in-person sessions have been scheduled, with discussion topics focused on employees transitioning to an in-person workplace, students and faculty returning to in-person classrooms, and special sessions for employees and students who joined Shocker Nation during 2020 and may now be coming to campus for the first time.

Participation is confidential, but pre-registration is required.