Category: Programs and Courses

Professionals looking to boost their skillsets or retrain for new opportunities can enroll in the many Badge courses offered at Wichita State in the fall 2026 semester. With Badges, professionals can take bite-sized, one credit hour or fewer courses to learn or enhance their skills.

Wichita State has been a national leader in creating a standard for microcredentials, allowing employers to be confident that meaningful learning has occurred when you list the badge on your resume. Badges are developed with input from employers, government licensing agencies, trade associations and faculty.

One such series of Badges is the Human Resource Management series, which can enhance your capabilities of being an effective supervisor. Badges in this series cover designing jobs, recruiting, hiring and managing and mentoring employees.

To learn more about Badges, including how to enroll, visit wichita.edu/badges.

Professionals can learn new skills or enhance what they already know with Badges at Wichita State, such as with the Professional Writing series, which covers a breadth of topics to bring your writing to a higher level.

Badges are bite-sized, one credit hour or fewer courses that can be taken at your own pace using Open Educational Resources. Registering in the Professional Writing series can help you gain skills in areas such as creating your resume and cover letter or writing and editing for social media. Or you can learn more about presenting online and writing professional correspondence, or take a Badge in the Successful Grantwriting series to help you develop research grants.

To learn more about Badges, including how to enroll for the fall 2026 semester, visit wichita.edu/badges.

Wichita State has been a national leader in creating a standard for microcredentials, allowing employers to be confident that meaningful learning has occurred, so you can confidently list a badge from WSU on your resume.

Looking for a meaningful way to spend spring break? Join the Denver Alternative Spring Break in 2027.

Students will explore social and cultural issues through community visits, hands-on service, group discussions and shared readings while working alongside local organizations.

The trip will be from March 15 to March 20, 2027. The $150 fee covers transportation, lodging, meals, programming and a final fun-day activity. Meals purchased while traveling to and from Denver are not included. Full payment is due Jan. 9, 2027.

Students will volunteer with organizations focused on:

• Food and hunger
• Youth and mentoring
• Environmental sustainability
• Animal welfare

Participants must attend three pre-trip meetings and one post-trip seminar. Pre-trip meetings will cover service-related social issues, readings, trip logistics and group preparation. Individual make-up meetings are available if needed.

Applications are due by Oct. 31. Applications and reflection statements will be reviewed anonymously by a selection committee from Student Engagement & Belonging. Applicants will be notified by Dec. 11. Submit applications to Student Engagement & Belonging in 216 Rhatigan Student Center or email Loren Belew at loren.belew@wichita.edu.

Professionals looking to boost their skillsets can enroll in one or many of the Badge courses offered at Wichita State. These badges can not only teach you new skills but also enhance your current knowledge base.

One such series of Badges is the Creative Interventions series, which offers a broad overview of creative, ethical and mindfulness-based approaches to practice, designed to support those working in social work, counseling, education and related areas.

Badges are bite-sized, one credit hour or fewer courses designed to work within the working professional’s schedule. They can be taken at your own pace and use Open Educational Resources, meaning you don’t need to pay for a textbook.

To learn more about Badges, including how to enroll for the fall 2026 semester, visit wichita.edu/badges.

Wichita State has been a leader in creating a standard for microcredentials, allowing employers to be confident that meaningful learning has occurred when you list the badge on your resume. Badges are developed with input from employers, government licensing agencies, trade associations and faculty.

Are you interested in studying abroad over the next winter break this upcoming January? Start planning now and look at the options available in many different countries.

Programs are generally one to three weeks long during the month of January, and areas of study include international business, music, religion, art history, communication, language, psychology, sociology and more.

Costs range from $1,300 to $6,000 (includes most fees for the programs except for the flight). Get started by completing the WSU study abroad application. Applications for the winter break study abroad are due by Sept. 1.

For questions, you can contact the Study Abroad office at studyabroad@wichita.edu.

Those looking to deepen their understanding of globalization and its effects on the business world can take one or many Badges in the Global Business series here at Wichita State. Badges in the series cover the implications of globalization, differing cultures, exporting and entering foreign markets.

Badges are bite-sized, one credit hour or fewer courses that you can take at your own pace during the semester. These badges are developed in concert with employers, government licensing agencies, trade associations and faculty, meaning employees and employers alike can be confident that meaningful learning occurred.

To learn more about Badges, including how to enroll for the fall 2026 semester, visit wichita.edu/badges.

Wichita State has been a national leader in creating a standard for microcredentials.

Professionals looking to boost their skillsets or retrain for new opportunities can enroll in the many Badge courses offered at Wichita State in the fall 2026 semester. With Badges, professionals can take bite-sized, one credit hour or fewer courses to learn or enhance their skills.

Wichita State has been a national leader in creating a standard for microcredentials, allowing employers to be confident that meaningful learning has occurred when you list the badge on your resume. Badges are developed with input from employers, government licensing agencies, trade associations and faculty.

One such series of Badges is the Human Resource Management series, which can enhance your capabilities of being an effective supervisor. Badges in this series cover designing jobs, recruiting, hiring and managing and mentoring employees.

To learn more about Badges, including how to enroll, visit wichita.edu/badges.

Professionals can learn new skills or enhance what they already know with Badges at Wichita State, such as with the Professional Writing series, which covers a breadth of topics to bring your writing to a higher level.

Badges are bite-sized, one credit hour or fewer courses that can be taken at your own pace using Open Educational Resources. Registering in the Professional Writing series can help you gain skills in areas such as creating your resume and cover letter or writing and editing for social media. Or you can learn more about presenting online and writing professional correspondence, or take a Badge in the Successful Grantwriting series to help you develop research grants.

To learn more about Badges, including how to enroll for the fall 2026 semester, visit wichita.edu/badges.

Wichita State has been a national leader in creating a standard for microcredentials, allowing employers to be confident that meaningful learning has occurred, so you can confidently list a badge from WSU on your resume.

Turn ideas into action with the Entrepreneurial Experience (ENTR 310), CRN: 30776, offered online starting June 29. Learn what it takes to launch, fund and grow a business while thinking like an innovator. This course lets you condense an entire semester’s worth of class into just four weeks, helping you graduate sooner and freeing up time in the fall.

Find your voice and own the room by taking Public Speaking (COMM 111), CRN: 30963, this summer starting June 29. Build confidence, sharpen your message and learn how to speak with impact. This is a four-week course, meaning you can finish your public speaking degree requirement before the semester even begins.