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Soon, Shockers will have another location in Koch Arena to grab some Shocker gear. The Shocker Store is opening an additional store on Nov. 29 in SASO Room 108. This store will be open during men’s basketball home games, along with the current souvenir shop Shocker Store. Go, Shockers!

The Rhatigan Student Center and its departments will have altered hours for Thanksgiving break.

Give a gift to a local child or adult through the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree program, hosted by the Shocker Store. The program will be a hybrid this year, with the angel selection process being held online but the gifts being dropped off in the store (either the RSC or Braeburn Square locations).

• Visit wichitastateuniversity.theangelgivingtree.org and create an account to select an angel from the Shocker Store’s virtual Angel Tree.
• Once you “claim” your angel, purchase a suggested gift listed for that individual and bring it back to either Shocker Store by Wednesday, Nov. 30.
• Gifts should be unwrapped, new and clearly labeled with your angel’s name and angel number.

Most of the campus will be closed Nov. 24-25, so now is the time for departments to submit requests for a holiday greeting to be activated on their calling tree or call distribution number.

Please submit the request at www.wichita.edu/services/telecom. Choose “Telephone Request” as the requested service, and then choose “Programming” as the telephone service. Please ensure to include all details in the description. Only requests received via this method will be processed.

Please email telecomservices@wichita.edu or call 316-978-3535 if you have any questions or need assistance.

The Wichita State Office of Research is accepting nominations for its Excellence Award, which include the Excellence in Creative Activity Award, the Award for Community Research, and the Excellence in Research Award.

Nominations must be received by Friday, Dec. 9.

All full-time faculty, including distinguished professors and endowed chairs who have served at WSU for at least three years are eligible. Faculty who hold an administrative position above chair are not eligible. Previous winners of the award are ineligible to be nominated for a period of five years following the award.

Congratulations to President Rick Muma for being named by the Wichita Business Journal as one of its 2022 Executives of the Year.

Each year, the WBJ names individuals who make a difference in the business community through its Executive of the Year Awards.

For more than 50 years, the Mikrokosmos literary journal has allowed Wichita State students to publish their creative writing in an esteemed journal, and they are accepting submissions once again.

First published in 1958, Mikrokosmos is seeking submissions for its 69th issue. Submissions close on Tuesday, Nov. 15. Students can submit work ranging from fiction and non-fiction short stories to poetry.

A new report by Inside Higher Ed takes a close look at the experiences of U.S. college undergraduates and what they think their institutions could do to be more supportive.

WSU President Rick Muma contributed to the report, highlighting efforts at WSU such as holding frequent lunches with student groups to gather feedback from students; increased accessibility to campus resources through OneStop and, soon, the Shocker Success Center; and infusing applied learning into every major for every student.

There will be no bus service from Wichita Transit on Friday, Nov. 11 in observance of the Veteran’s Day holiday. This includes the shuttle between the Metropolitan Complex and the campus that day.

Wichita State University President Rick Muma and Dr. Kevin Sylvester Harrison, director of diversity, equity and inclusion at WSU, were each presented awards this weekend from the Wichita chapter of the NAACP.

Muma was named Wichita NAACP’s Person of the Year, an honor that reflects the work he and WSU do on the WSU campus and in the Shocker Neighborhood to develop a more diverse, equitable and inclusive environment for a thriving community and a stronger Kansas.

Harrison — who also holds the role of visiting professor in WSU’s Dorothy & Bill Cohen Honors College — was named the winner of the H.N. Sims Excellence in Education Award. The award honors his dedication to education in the Wichita community, specifically as it relates to telling the complete story of America and the Black experience.