Category: Student Resources

OneStop Student Services will be open Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Jan. 3-27. Students are welcome to drop in to 112 Jardine Hall for help with financial aid, student accounts or student record. If students are unable to come to our office, please call 855-978-1787 for 24-hour a day service.

Students can receive cash for their gently used textbooks through the Shocker Store’s textbook buyback.

Return your books in-store at the RSC location Dec. 12-17 during normal operating hours or take advantage of the online buyback option and ship your books for free.

Visit the Course Materials section of shockerstore.com for details on returning books online.

If you have rental textbooks to return, they are not eligible for buyback and are due on or before Dec. 20. For rental textbook return information, visit shockerstore.com/rentalreturn. 

Students who would prefer to receive their textbooks directly to their dorm room for the spring 2023 semester can now place an order with the Shocker Store online at shockerstore.com anytime between Dec. 26 and Jan. 10.

Delivery to your dorm room is free.

The Kansas Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol event is an opportunity for students to present their research experiences virtually to state lawmakers, Kansas Board of Regents members and the WSU community on March 1, 2023.

If you know of any students who may be interested, please pass this information along.

Up to 40 students participate each year representing each of the state’s eight public four-year institutions. Projects from a broad range of disciplines are encouraged, especially those that relate to the state of Kansas and issues important to the State Legislature (e.g. education, health, agriculture, aviation, biotechnology, energy, transportation, manufacturing, environment and social services).

Up to five projects will be selected from each institution, and students working on the same research project are encouraged to apply as a group.

Applications due by Jan. 31.

Training for GTAs is set for Jan. 10, and faculty/staff are asked to encourage students they know who are new or returning GTAs to attend.

The Graduate School and the Academic Resources Conference will host the training from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 10 in the RSC Santa Fe Room (233).

Check-in starts at 8:30 a.m. New GTAs are required to attend all sessions, and returning GTAs are strongly encouraged to attend.

Are you interested in studying abroad next summer? The Global Entrepreneurship Experience program is open to students of all majors for summer 2023 in France.

General study abroad scholarships are available to any student with a 2.5 GPA or higher, and there are eight $5,000 scholarships available to business students.

Contact us at studyabroad@wichita.edu for more information.

All faculty and staff are asked to remind students of the new diploma app. Requests and payment for diploma mailing are now taken through the myWSU portal, “myClasses” tab.  There is no longer a paper process for requesting diploma mailing. Any questions should be emailed to diplomas@wichita.edu. All related information is available at www.wichita.edu/diplomas.

Applications for the fall 2022 Women for Women Innovation Award and Moral Family Fund for Innovation Award have been extended to Friday, Dec. 2.

These awards were established to provide seed money to student entrepreneurs with startup ideas.  Students attending Wichita State University full or part-time are eligible.

Overcome your fear of writing by attending the F1RST GEN Scholars Gettin’ Dollars Workshop, which will teach you tips and tricks on how to to write the best essay you can on your scholarship applications.

The workshop is 2-3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, in 208 RSC (Office of Diversity and Inclusion).

Registration for spring 2023 classes is now open.

Go to the myClasses tab in myWSU to begin registration.

If you have any holds that prevent your registration — such as the mandatory Title IX Sexual Harassment and Prevention Training — you may not be able to register until those holds are lifted.

Find out if you have holds on your account by checking the Student Holds channel on the myClasses tab in myWSU.

If you would like additional help or have questions regarding spring registration, please make an appointment with your advisor. Go to wichita.edu/registration to see what day this week you can begin registering.