Category: News

The 2024 issue of Kansas English, the award-winning peer-reviewed journal of the Kansas Association of Teachers of English (KATE), is now available on WSU’s Open Journal Systems. Katie Cramer, professor of English education, has served as editor-in-chief of Kansas English since 2017 and collaborates with Susan Matveyeva, journal manager of Univeristy Libraries, to publish the journal each year.

This year’s issue of Kansas English was published June 25 and features the work of several WSU-affiliated faculty, graduates and students in addition to scholarly and creative work from authors across the state and region:

• Nathan G. Whitman, WSU alum and KATE president, published “Perspectives from the President.”
• Carrie Dickison, associate teaching professor and assistant director of WSU’s Writing Program, published “Revising Writing Assignments in Response to Generative AI.”
• WSU students Michelle Anderson, Baylee Reyes and Mattelyn Swartz co-authored a children’s book review entitled “Unveiling Courage: A Review of Trudy Ludwig’s Brave Every Day.”
• 2024 WSU graduate Haven Massey had two pieces published: a reflective essay entitled “Do As I Say and As I Do: Creating Strong Writers by Emphasizing and Modeling the Process” and a young adult book review entitled “Monumental Stories Found in We Deserve Monuments.”
• 2024 WSU graduate Danika Pester published a young adult book review entitled “A Glimpse of McCurdy: Her Rise & Fall from Fame in I’m Glad My Mom Died.”
• In addition, the 2024 editorial review board includes several WSU faculty and alumni: Robin Folkerts, Krystal Iseminger, Sally Kimball, Victoria Opalewski, Blake Overman, Nancy Sturm, Keely Tolbert, Nathan Whitman and Dr. Kim Wilson.

Those interested in submitting their work to Kansas English can review the call for general submissions as well as the call for column submissions.

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the Corbin Education Center, home of the College of Applied Studies at Wichita State University. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and dedicated on June 28, 1964, Corbin is known for its unique design and historical significance.

Shocker Career Accelerator is excited to announce that it is transitioning career services platforms from Handshake to Shocker Central (powered by 12Twenty).

It is implementing the change to Shocker Central because 12Twenty offers a more robust and user-friendly interface that will better serve the diverse needs of students, alumni, employers and the entire university community. Key benefits of 12Twenty include advanced analytics, customized reporting and enhanced employer engagement.

In anticipation of the transition, Shocker Career Accelerator encourages you to take a couple of next steps:

Update any references to Handshake in your materials and communications to reflect the switch to Shocker Central. Change Handshake links on your webpage to Shocker Central at: wichita.edu/ShockerCentral.

If you have used Handshake to post student positions, log into the Handshake system (wichitastate.joinhandshake.com/login) and download any job descriptions you may want to reuse in Shocker Central in the future.

Shocker Career Accelerator anticipates going live with Shocker Central (12Twenty) in July. It thanks you for your cooperation and commitment during this transition. Contact Shocker Career Accelerator at 316-978-3688 or SCA@wichita.edu if you have any questions.

Christine Yim is the new assistant director for Student Conduct & Community Standards (SCCS). She oversees the student conduct hearing board and academic integrity committee, the academic integrity process, campus outreach initiatives and the conflict resolution process. She also consults with students, faculty and staff as needed in regard to academic integrity or student conduct concerns.

Wichita State has released the names of the 3,429 students included in the spring 2024 semester Dean’s Honor Roll list. To be included on the honor roll, students must be a full-time student (at least 12 credit hours) and have at least a 3.5 grade point average on the 4.0 scale.

The WSU Child Development Center has open pre-K spots for the upcoming school year. To be eligible for its pre-K classroom, children need to be entering kindergarten in the fall of 2025.

Call 316-978-3109 for more information or email Jillian Hoefer at jillian.hoefer@wichita.edu.

With dozens of brightly colored origami figures decorating the shelves and sketches covering the whiteboard in the corner, Catherine Searle’s office looks more like an art studio than a space to do fundamental research in mathematics. 

Searle’s field of study has a bad rap, a fact of which she is fully aware. 

“I get it – Math can be terrifying at times,” Searle, professor of mathematics, said. “But there’s so much to discover and create, and there’s still so much to solve.”

KMUW’s free calendar stickers are back for the 2024-25 academic year. To request a calendar, send your name, campus box number and the quantity requested to cooper@kmuw.org. KMUW has limited quantities, please only order what you need.

Calendars available while supplies last.

The American Institute of Architects has recognized the Youngmeyer Ranch building as a recipient of its prestigious Small Projects Award. The low-profile, off-grid facility, located in Elk County and owned by the Youngmeyer Trust, opened in the summer of 2022 and was immediately put to use by Wichita State faculty and students for applied learning and applied research opportunities.

“Our goal was to construct a facility that would support the teaching and research of field biology,” Greg Houseman, professor of biological sciences and field station director, said. “For many of our students, these field experiences are pivotal to understanding how prairies work and discovering the best ways to manage these at-risk habitats.”

The Airbus/WSU Aerospace Engineering Wing Box Design Competition gives students and the public an opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of structural analyses and design.

There are three categories participants can compete in:

• High school: Open to high school student teams. Competitors will design and construct wingboxes and also create a poster display describing their design philosophy and contest-related activities.
• Open category: Open to the public at large. Practicing engineers in the local aviation industries and hobbyists also are encouraged to compete.
• AE 525 category: Open to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in AE 525: Flight Structures I at WSU. The wing-box design challenge will be mandatory for students enrolled in this course.

Reach out to Dr. Suresh Raju at suresh.keshavanarayana@wichita.edu with any contest or technical questions.