Category: News

The WSU Sustainability Council Earth Day Planning Committee invites all WSU students to submit a poster presentation for the second annual Shockers Go Green Earth Day Student Research Competition.

Research topics can focus on any element of sustainability including the following:

• Climate change
• Sustainable manufacturing and building
• Green materials
• Solid waste management
• Social awareness and education
• Urban planning

All abstracts are due by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, and video presentations are due by 11:59 p.m. Monday, April 18.

Do you plan to take classes during the summer? The summer 2022 financial aid application is now available. To apply, students need to do the following:

• Enroll in summer 2022 classes.
• Complete the “Summer Aid Application” in your myWSU student portal, under the myFinances tab and “Financial Aid” links.
• Please allow up to three weeks for processing.

For more information about financial aid at Wichita State, please contact 316-978-3430 or chat at Wichita OneStop.

Are you able to access all the medical and behavioral health services available at Wichita State? Let the Kansas Board of Regents know by taking the student Health Center Survey. This digital questionnaire is approximately five minutes and is completely confidential. The survey will be open until Monday, April 11.

Wichita State Parking Services would like to remind all students, faculty and staff that there is a potential of high traffic at Lots 1, 2 and 16 today, April 15. This is due to the Wale concert at Koch Arena which begins at 8 p.m. Members not attending the concert are encouraged to park at another location on campus during that time.

The Heskett Center has finally hired a new massage therapist, Taysha Cay. Starting April 4 anyone can schedule a massage at the Heskett Center’s front desk.

Each year the WSU Foundation invites retired faculty and staff back to campus to reconnect and hear an update on the state of the university. Hosted by Dr. Jim Rhatigan, former dean of students at Wichita State, with presentations from WSU Foundation president Dr. Elizabeth King, and WSU President Rick Muma, the event honored more than 100 former faculty and staff while celebrating their legacies.

Thank you to the people who have and who continue to make a difference in the lives of Shocker students.

Applications for Shocker Leadership Awards has been extended to April 10. The Shocker Leadership Awards recognize the work of student-led organizations, students, faculty and staff at Wichita State University.

Official Wichita State student organizations, university-affiliated student groups and individuals may be nominated by a student, faculty member, staff member, or organization. Nominations can also be made by an individual for themselves.

For more information, click the link below or contact student.orgs@wichita.edu

What do you picture when you think of lasers? Laser pointers? Perhaps laser eye surgery or barcode scanners? Turns out there’s more to lasers than most people realize, and a Wichita State University chemistry team recently discovered a new series of laser material with potential commercial use.

Vivian Nguyen, a recent graduate of WSU, and Dr. Jian Wang Nguyen, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, discovered new laser materials (KX)P2S6(X=Sb, Bi, Ba) made up of many important elements. That discovery has landed their research in Chemical Science, the flagship journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

The vision for varsity encompasses much more than people gaming on Cybertron Computers and wearing a Logitech Headset.

While gaming success is important, the program is also seen as way to provide extra-curricular activity and applied learning for students in disciplines across campus.

Travis Yang, hired in December as WSU’s Esports director, wants to build a program that follows that direction. As esports grows in popularity, the program is also a recruiting tool for high school students – Wichita Public Schools offer an esports program at the middle and high school levels.

“It was really cool in the interview process to hear him talk about his vision for what an esports program can be, because it really aligned one-to-one with things we were already talking about,” said Clay Stoldt, interim dean of the College of Applied Studies. “Esports is a lot more than just the varsity competition. Esports is a big part of student life. It can contribute to the student experience for a ton of our students. He had already grasped that vision.”

Learn more from our exchange students and their experiences at Wichita State. This week, read about Ana Jara’s experience as a Shocker!