Category: News

There will be a special announcement related to the College of Health Professions and Ascension Via Christi at 10 a.m. Friday, May 12.

All are welcome to watch the announcement live on Facebook.

The Women of WSU, a philanthropic group that provides scholarships to WSU students annually, is collecting vintage WSU items for a fundraiser to be held in fall 2023.

Clean out closets and donate vintage items (jewelry, memorabilia, clothing, etc.) now through Sept. 25.

Departments looking to clear out their lost and found before the summer session begins can contact the University Police Department to pick up items Monday, May 15 through Thursday, May 18.

Email updfrontdesk@wichita.edu and Include a name, department and location of the items along with what day and time the UPD can pick them up.

Maria Elena Cardwell, the national director of vehicle engineering at Northrop Grumman, will be the featured speaker at the Wichita State spring 2023 commencement ceremony for the College of Business and College of Engineering. The ceremony will start at 5 p.m. Saturday, May 13 in Charles Koch Arena.

Prior to joining Northrop Grumman, Cardwell served as the vice president of quality and airworthiness for Virgin Galactic. The majority of her career was spent at The Boeing Company. Cardwell began as an engineer on the 747 and eventually served as the chief engineer for Safety and Airworthiness for all seven-series structures.

Art created by an artist with a visual impairment is now on display at Woolsey Hall, home of WSU’s Barton School of Business, in partnership with the Envision Arts Program.

Nick Wooding is the newest Barton School featured artist. His mixed media pieces can be found on the third floor of Woolsey Hall.

Due to the recent outages, the online test information/submission form with Testing Services is down. Faculty who have students receiving testing accommodations through the Office of Disability Services should deliver exams to 320 Grace Wilkie Hall or email them to testingcenter@wichita.edu.

Reminder: It is the student’s responsibility to schedule the test with Testing Services. Email Testing Services or call at 316-978-8378 with questions.

The newest spring 2023 power rankings for the National Cyber League (NCL) are out and Wichita State’s group of student hackers performed this semester.

The NCL competition is a biannual cybersecurity competition for high school and college students throughout the nation.

• Overall, WSU finished eighth in the nation out of nearly 500 colleges, up from 24th in the fall.
• WSU finished third in the Central Region and sixth amongst all Center of Academic Excellence schools.
• World Wide Wheat, made up of Adrian Yip, Hyacinthe Howell, Chao Teh, Garrett Wahlstedt, Declan Dsouza, Quentin Nelson and King Khang Tran, took 15th out of nearly 3,600 participants.
• SKY-W5U-5H0X, made up of Nikilesh Samba Murthy, Prem Kumar Reddy Muvva, Dayton Turner, Ivan Macias, Don Alfaro and Carlos Renato Soverina Figueroa, competed in the experienced division and finished 18th out of 316 teams.
• JV1, made up of Juan Herrera, Seth Windsor, Annie Linux, Uche Chikezie, Ke’Auna Edmondson, Emily Evans and Arron Russell, in their first ever NCL, finished 133rd out of nearly 3,600 participants.
• Three other teams scored over 1,000 points and finished in the top 300 of nearly 3,600 participants.
• Amey Shukla, graduate student, and Quentin Nelson, senior, also lead classes and workshops, and Dr. Sergio Salinas, associate professor in the School of Computing, supported the students.

The participants are representative of the WuLug student group and the Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Cybersecurity programs.

Student Health Services is experiencing technical difficulties with the myShockerhealth patient portal. To make appointments and for other questions or concerns, call 316-978-4792.

Spring 2023 graduates may now find information regarding their diplomas at wichita.edu/diplomas.

• The deadline to submit a name change on the diploma is the last day of classes, Thursday, May 4.
• The diploma distribution date for the spring 2023 semester is July 1. Diplomas can be picked up at the transcript window on the first floor of Jardine Hall, and graduates must show identification.
• Graduates can also request to have the diploma mailed to them for a fee through myWSU under the myClasses tab, “Graduation Links” and “Request for Diploma Mailing.”

Undergraduate students who also wish to take courses after graduation need to reactive their record after receiving their diploma.

Additional questions regarding diplomas can be sent to diplomas@wichita.edu.

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) will be closed from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 4 to host its end of the year celebration.

Any questions can be sent to diversity@wichita.edu.