Category: Kudos

Pathway to Nursing, a collaboration between Wichita State University and Kansas State University, is celebrating its first cohort of graduates. This program, which aims to supply nurses to rural Kansas, admitted its first cohort in fall 2022: Elyssa Lenz, Carly Howard, Jana Rosich, Alexis Streeter, and Kelby Wilson.

This achievement would not have come without the collaboration of the esteemed faculty and staff at both universities. For more information about this program, please email Dr. Laura Sooby, assistant director of the Pathway program, at laura.sooby@wichita.edu or visit our website.

The Wichita State University Teacher Apprentice Program (TAP) is receiving the honor of being named ‘Educator of the Night’ as part of Credit Union of America’s Educators’ Night at the Wichita Wind Surge baseball game at 7:05 p.m. Thursday, May 9 at Riverfront Stadium.

The recognition highlight’s TAP’s excellence in teacher education. Representing the program for the ceremonial first pitch will be Jill Wood, WSU TAP coordinator, and Shirley Lefever, executive vice president and provost.

Usha Haley’s, W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair in International Business, research on the efficacy of sanctions and boycotts against multinational companies operating in South Africa during apartheid was covered in the Financial Times.

Usha has also written a book on the issue, “Multinational corporations in political environments: Ethics, Values and Strategies,” and has excerpts available online.

Starting April 14 is Telecommunicators and Dispatch Week, and everyone is encouraged to celebrate telecommunicators and dispatchers for their work behind the scenes keeping campus informed and safe.

The campus community is invited to share their stories of how they’ve made a difference, or simply drop a note of appreciation, at police@wichita.edu.

Congratulations to Dr. Gregory Hand, dean of the College of Health Professions, and Dr. Voncella McCleary-Jones, associate dean of the College of Health Professions, for receiving Wichita Business Journal’s 2024 Healthcare Hero Awards. The awards were presented during a banquet on April 2 at the Wichita Marriott.

Health Care Heroes recognizes outstanding healthcare professionals for their contributions to improving health care in Wichita and the surrounding area.

Usha Haley, W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair of International Business and director of the Center for International Business Advancement, had her NSF-funded research covered in oilprice.com as significant research on how Chinese investments can affect oil prices and technology development in U.S. shale gas.

The article, “Chinese Investments In U.S. Shale Gas Have Been Bad For The Sector,” can be accessed online.

With a focus on oil and gas, alternative energy and geopolitics, Oilprice.com says it “is the most popular energy news site in the world.”

Dr. Nick Solomey, professor in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics, provided insights on what has been described as the “Great American Eclipse” to KWCH on April 8.

He discussed the mechanics of a solar eclipse and what viewers should do to safely watch the eclipse.

Usha Haley, W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair in International Business, wrote about the societal implications of her NSF funded research for The Hill in the article, “Chinese Investment in Shale-Gas Technology Is a Threat to US Innovation” April 1.

Besides being the second-most accessed political website after CNN, The Hill describes itself as “read by opinion leaders, including 100 percent of Congressional offices, the White House, political pundits, association executives, lobbyists and corporate leaders.”

Usha Haley, Barton Distinguished Chair in International Business, director of the Center for International Business Advancement and chair of the World Trade Council of Wichita, was quoted in the Wichita Business Journal on considerations regarding a successful acquisition of home-town company Spirit by Boeing in the article, “A Boeing Buyout of Spirit AeroSystems might not mean a ‘deluge of pink slips.’”

The Capitol Graduate Research Summit took place in Topeka March 21. Over 40 graduate students from six Kansas public universities presented their research and how it contributes to the economic development of the state.

Two Wichita State students were awarded at the summit, including Jade Driggs, human factors major, for her poster on the “reverse fundamental attribution error for automated systems: implications for Kansas agricultural operations,” and Jorge de la Hoz, Spanish major, for his poster on “Spanish heritage learners in Kansas: students neglected by the education system.”

Their advisors were Dr. Carryl Baldwin and Dr. Rocío del Águila respectively.