Category: News

If you were unable to attend or watch live the 2023 Faculty and Staff Fall Address, you can watch a recording of the entire program.

President Rick Muma, with the assistance of several university representatives, outlined key focus areas for the coming year:

• Access and affordability
• Talent pipeline
• Economic prosperity

The Shocker Printing storefront will be down for maintenance from 7 to approximately 9 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 17.

Orders will not be able to be placed at this time during this time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

The Sunflower is an entirely student-led news source that covers Wichita State and the surrounding area. Its newsletter comes out every Monday, delivering some of the most important news from the previous week straight to inboxes.

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For questions or concerns, contact The Sunflower editor-in-chief at editor@thesunflower.com or visit The Sunflower’s office in the basement of Elliott Hall, room 106.

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.