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On Tuesday, Feb. 17, members of the Barton School of Business visited Belle Plaine High School to surprise senior Alyssa Pace with the 2026 Clay Barton Scholarship. The $50,000 award is one of the largest business scholarships in Kansas and will cover four years of tuition support at Wichita State.

Pace, who will be a first-generation college student, earned the scholarship after advancing through the highly competitive Allen, Gibbs and Houlik Scholarship Competition. She was previously named one of eight finalists for the prestigious award. The remaining seven finalists will each receive $20,000 scholarships in recognition of their achievements.

“I was completely surprised,” Pace said after receiving the news. “This scholarship means everything. I know it sounds cliché but this is truly life changing for myself and my family. This scholarship will give me the ability to live on campus and fully immerse myself in student life and all of the opportunities that accompany a degree at Wichita State.”

As part of a continuing effort to improve user authentication processes across WSU enterprise applications, the way that users will login to myWSU and Banner is changing. Users will now be prompted to sign in with their myWSUID@wichita.edu as their username and continue to use their current WSU password.

Users who have already logged into a system using this login procedure, such as Microsoft 365, may not be prompted to enter their username or password when signing into these applications.

Information Technology Services (ITS) plan to make this change on Tuesday, Feb. 24.

For questions, contact ITS Helpdesk at 316-978-4357, option 1 or helpdesk@wichita.edu.

The City of Wichita formally recognized the 100th anniversary of the Barton School of Business with an official proclamation presented on Tuesday, Feb. 10, honoring a century of leadership, economic impact and commitment to business education.

The proclamation celebrates the Barton School’s 100-year legacy of preparing business leaders who have strengthened communities across Kansas and beyond. Presented during a City of Wichita meeting, the recognition underscores the deep and enduring partnership between the Barton School and the region it has long served.

“For 100 years, the Barton School has been closely connected to the business community of Wichita,” said Dr. Larisa Genin, dean, Barton School of Business. “This proclamation from the City is a meaningful recognition of the impact our students, alumni, faculty and partners have made.”

Check out issue 14 of the myShockerhealth newsletter. Monthly, the Student Health newsletter provides relevant health information and wellness tips for WSU students and staff.

• Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Month
• Cervical cancer awareness
• Shocker Alert System
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Influenza in Kansas
• Earwax
• Employee Corner
  • EAP services
  • WSU Faculty/Staff Acute Care Clinic

You can find all previous issues on the Student Health website.

WSU Math Circle resumes its weekly meetings, with the first starting at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22 in 372 Jabara Hall. Math Circle is a program for middle school students.

Math Circles are education enrichment and outreach groups that bring mathematicians and mathematical scientists into direct contact with pre-college students. These students meet with math professionals in an informal setting, after school or on weekends, to work on interesting problems or topics in mathematics. The goal is to get the students excited and passionate about mathematics.

Students should bring with them a completed registration form from the website.

The Advising Network (TAN) is accepting nominations for the best academic advisors and will recognize the winners on campus during an awards ceremony in May. Nominations can be made from now until March 20.

Make your nominations for the The Advising Network (TAN) Awards that will recognize the best advisor, advising team and non-advisor that has Academic Advising in mind.

Winners will be celebrated during an awards ceremony in May. Nominations can be made by faculty, staff or students and will be open from now until March 20.

The Barton School of Business proudly announces a Centennial Signature Initiative: the appointment of Eyal Redler and Omer Nagar as Venture Capitalists in Residence in March 2026, marking 100 years of educating business leaders while launching Barton’s next era of global innovation and entrepreneurship.

As part of their residency, Redler and Nagar will deliver an insightful keynote fireside chat titled “What Venture Capitalists Are Betting on Now: AI, Fintech, and the Future of Scalable Innovation” from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. March 12. The event will take place at the Boettger Auditorium at Woolsey Hall, with doors opening at 9:15 a.m. The keynote is expected to draw students, faculty, staff, alumni, board members and industry leaders for a timely discussion on emerging investment trends and scalable innovation.

To help parents sign their children up for summer camps, the Office of Strategic Communications is compiling Wichita State camp info on the 2026 Summer Camps website.

Applications are now being accepted for undergraduate research support during the summer semester from the Kansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (K-INBRE) program. Students in this program are supported with an hourly wage and mentors are allocated funds for lab supplies.

To be eligible, students must identify a mentor and a research lab in which to work. For full announcement and eligibility requirements, email Meris Carte, research laboratory manager for biological sciences, at meris.carte@wichita.edu. Applications are due at end of day March 12.