Author: Brittany Hopkins

The Graduate School is calling for abstract submissions for the 20th annual Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects Symposium. All abstracts are due by 11:59 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9.

For questions, email wsugradschool@wichita.edu.

The Graduate Student Council and the Graduate School are excited to welcome grad students to join the first Grad Student Social of spring 2024 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2 at the Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes in the lower level of the Rhatigan Student Center for bowling, pool, food and a fun Friday night.

The event is a open at no charge, and students should bring their Shocker IDs. Email gsc.president@wichita.edu for questions.

Join the Graduate School and Graduate Student Council for its monthly social for grad students from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17 at Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes in the Rhatigan Student Center. There will be snacks, drinks, bowling, darts and billiards.

A Shocker ID is require to enter. For more information, email gsc.president@wichita.edu, and follow the Graduate Student Council on Facebook and Instagram.

Winners of the annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition at Wichita State were announced Nov. 3:

• First Place: Jade Driggs, a doctoral candidate in human factors, working with Dr. Carryl Baldwin. The winning presentation was “Judgments of Difficulty while Observing an Automated System Support the Media Equation Hypothesis.​” Driggs will go on to represent WSU at the Midwestern Association of Graduate School’s 3MT competition in the spring.
• First runner up: Sarangan Rajendran, a doctoral candidate in electrical and computer engineering, working with Dr. Visvakumar Aravinthan. The presentation was “Battery Charging Considering Solar-Load Synchrony.”
• Second runner Up: Anusha Krishna Murthy, a doctoral candidate in electrical and computer engineering, working with Dr. John Watkins. The presentation was “From Chaos to Control: Taming Large-Scale Discrete Systems.”

3MT is an academic competition that challenges doctoral and master’s students in the Graduate School to describe their research within three minutes to a general audience.

Join the Graduate School as it hosts the sixth annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) showcase starting at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 3 on the second floor of the Rhatigan Student Center. Preliminary rounds will be at 11:30 a.m. with the final round starting at 1 p.m.

Competing graduate students will summarize the importance and impact of their original research in just three minutes.

3MT is a worldwide competition, and the winner of this showcase will go on to represent Wichita State at a regional competition in spring 2024.