Category: News

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Wichita State hosts an online portal for our Innovation Campus partners. The portal offers a “one-stop shop” for the resources available on campus.

With the portal, you can find more information on the resources available to our partners:

• Where to find news and events at WSU
• How to access the weekly Campus Connection newsletter and where to submit posts
• What dining options are available on campus
• How to sign up for emergency communication through Shocker Alerts
• Where to park on campus
• What is happening in Shocker Athletics
• And more

Celebrate getting back to school with deals on T-shirts at the Shocker Store. From Monday, Aug. 14 to Sept. 2, grab select tees for just $12.

The deal is available at the Rhatigan Student Center store only while supplies last.

All incoming graduate teaching assistants are required to complete a training before they start working. This training has a face-to-face and an online component. The face-to-face training is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 15, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in 233 Rhatigan Student Center, Santa Fe Trail room.

Incoming Graduate Research Assistant are invited to attend the training from 10:20 a.m. to 1 p.m. A split session will cover the rights and duties of GRAs.

This is a training for incoming GTAs and GRAs only. Attending this training will not increase your chances to be hired in the future as a graduate assistant.

All incoming graduate teaching assistants are required to complete a training before they start working. This training has a face-to-face and an online component. The face-to-face training is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 15, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in 233 Rhatigan Student Center, Santa Fe Trail room.

Incoming Graduate Research Assistant are invited to attend the training from 10:20 a.m. to 1 p.m. A split session will cover the rights and duties of GRAs.

The College of Applied Studies (CAS) announced the selection of five distinguished individuals to be inducted into the class of 2023 CAS Hall of Fame. The inductees come from various backgrounds representing several departments within the college and are being recognized for their outstanding contributions to their field.

The class of 2023 CAS Hall of Fame inductees are Dr. Marcus Ballenger, Dr. Jeri Carroll, Dr. Orpha Duell, Rick Pappas and Dr. Michael Tilford.

The college will celebrate the inductees with a banquet from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20 on the Wichita State campus

The RSC, the Shocker Store and many of the RSC food options will be have extended hours Saturday, Aug. 12 and Sunday, Aug. 13 for move-in weekend.

Fall operating hours will start on Monday, Aug. 14. All building and departmental hours can be found online.

Visit the RSC Shocker Store to grab a special Shocker school supply bundle for $7.99. Packed in a drawstring bag are a Shocker padfolio, car decal, index cards, writing utensils and more.

The bundle is available while supplies last, and they are located in the lower level of the Shocker Store.

The U.S. Government has issued an interim rule for federal contractors that prohibits the presence or use of any applications developed by ByteDance — including the social networking service TikTok — on any devices used for federal contract work, including personally owned devices and those issued by the university. These newly imposed restrictions require WSU to immediately prohibit access to these applications on any university network.

Individuals who have the TikTok app on a personally or university-owned device (such as a computer or cell phone), and who use or intend to use such device in the performance of a federal contract, must immediately remove the TikTok application from that device. Individuals who are not performing under a federal contract may access TikTok while on campus on their personal devices using their personal cellular networks.

Individuals will still be able to access TikTok on the university’s network throughout most residential areas (Shocker Hall, The Flats and The Suites).

The university will continue to provide updates and guidance as it becomes available. Please direct any questions or comments to general.counsel@wichita.edu.

Thank you for your cooperation as we continue to navigate these important security compliance obligations.

Bolstered by a $2 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, a group of Wichita State researchers is hoping to create a paradigm shift from the use of harmful nitrous oxide-based fertilizers to more eco-friendly nitrogen fertilizers that would reduce greenhouse gases.

The project to curb nitrous oxide is a collaboration between researchers at WSU and Iowa State University, led by WSU’s Dr. Shuang Gu, associate professor in the College of Engineering, and Dr. Wenzhen Li, a professor in the College of Engineering at Iowa State. The ISU researchers also received $2 million from the NSF Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR).

The WSU team will work alongside the ISU team to explore fertilizers that have a lower environmental footprint by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide, with the goal of enabling a shift toward more sustainable agriculture.