Category: News

Wichita State University will never send you a request to fill out a survey about your COVID-19 vaccination status or to provide any other personal private information via email. COVID-19 phishing emails are often more successful because of the focus and concern that many share over the pandemic or changes in regulations. 

If you have received an email that you are concerned about, send it to spamreport@wichita.edu. 

Other tips for email safety: 

• Never provide personal information to sources that you do not recognize and/or that you cannot validate. 
• We will never ask you for your password. 
• Never send credit card or social security numbers over email.  
• Never purchase gift cards from email requests. 
• Phishing emails often want to text you: This is to get around protections our email system provides. Be careful texting people from email 
• The yellow banner does not indicate the message is untrusted, only that it came from outside of WSU. This information helps you to provide context if a message is a concern or not.  

Cyber security takes all of us. If you have questions, please contact askinfosec@wichita.edu.

Learn more from our exchange students about their experiences here at Wichita State. This week, read about Sabrina Harrich’s time as a Shocker and her favorite experience at WSU. Visit  to read more about her experience.

Support Wichita State Track and Field order a Shocker holiday sweatshirt. Orders will be taken until Sunday, Nov. 14. Sweatshirts will be available for pick-up 9 a.m.-noon Nov. 29-Dec. 1 at the new Student-Athlete Success Center (located South East of Koch Arena) on the 2nd floor in the track and field office area. For more information, contact Rob Garcia at rgarcia@goshockers.com or Heidi Benton at hyost@goshcokers.com.

Wichita State University defines a first-generation (FGEN) college student as a student whose parent(s) or legal guardian(s) have not completed a bachelor’s degree. If you are a first-generation college student within the College of Fine Arts, pick up your FGEN FREEBIE gift while supplies last 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8 at the McKnight Art Center Atrium. This gift includes a CFA face mask, hand sanitizer and candy. CFA First-gen students can also visit the CFA Advising Center in MK 319 all week for their gift.

Follow us on Instagram @wsu.cfa.advising for more updates and upcoming events.

The weather is getting colder and Wichita State’s Environmental Health and Safety office would like to remind everyone that portable space heaters are generally prohibited on campus. If temperature set-points cannot be maintained, WSU Facilities services will determine whether or not to allow a space heater. For more information, please refer to the following WSU Policies and Procedures:

11.27 HVAC Systems Standards

11.20 Space Heaters

A $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce will help Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) purchase tools and supplies to support Flight Test Research Center and Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul facility at NIAR WERX.

The Student Health Center (SHS) wants to hear from you. Today, Nov. 8, is the last day to complete the survey found in your student emails. This is your chance to help SHS improve its care.

Members will soon see a new look for the unofficial academic transcript seen in Banner Self-Service. While the information hasn’t changed, the look of the transcript will change as the Registrar’s Office transitions from Banner 8 to Banner 9 Self-Service.

For more information, contact the Registrar’s Office at 316-978-3055.

Reaching for the stars and beyond, a CubeSat Mission Patch contest sponsored by Wichita State University and the Ad Astra Foundation aims to highlight WSU’s science and research programs to prospective students.

Wichita State University’s Institute for the Study of Economic Growth (ISEG) has launched an advisory board consisting of seven prominent Kansas executives, who will provide the ISEG team with strategic direction, advice on programs and opportunities for advancement in the industry.

The board is co-chaired by ISEG Executive Director Dr. Ted Bolema and Dr. Larisa Genin, dean of the W. Frank Barton School of Business.