Category: Student Resources

Students can now begin planning for summer 2025 study-abroad programs, including travel seminars. Scholarships of up to $3,500 are available, based on financial need. For the Paraguay travel seminar, students may receive funding that covers nearly the entire cost, including flight, program fees and tuition. Visit our website for detailed information on all travel seminars and instructions on how to apply for scholarships. For questions, contact studyabroad@wichita.edu.

Stop by the study-abroad table in the RSC from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 31 for candy, freebies, and information on the opportunities available to Wichita State students. 

The Office of Student Accommodations and Testing (OSAT) will be offering a new resource called Kurzweil 3000 (sharepoint.com) for all students this fall semester. Join OSAT from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 27 for a virtual presentation on how Kurzweil 3000 can help increase your success.

Kurzweil 3000 is an assistive technology and learning literacy tool recommended for students who have difficulties reading (ESL, dyslexia, etc.). It is designed to help students learn course materials in school. With functions such as text-to-speech, highlighting and integrated notetaking and brainstorming, the assistive technology enables students with learning difficulties to fully engage in what they are learning and to focus on the tasks at hand.

TRIO Disability Support Services (DSS) is a federally funded program that supports 115 undergrad students with disabilities outside of their classrooms through specialized advising, free individual tutoring, a textbook lending library, study skills workshops and more.

Its academic advisors specialize in supporting students with disabilities and offer a “design it yourself” approach to advising – whether it be academic, career or personal. One of its favorite things to talk with students about is scholarships – the ones DSS offers to students enrolled in its program and the ones open to everybody. Since August 2023, its students have collectively been awarded over $27,000 in scholarships.

DSS offers free individual tutoring and takes great care in pairing students with tutors based on a variety of things, like personality, availability, learning needs and knowledge level. Tutoring is held in-person (on campus only) or virtually. DSS is accepting new students but space is limited.

Students interested in learning more about how TRIO DSS can support them can email trio.dss@wichita.edu. Students who are ready to apply can download the application, complete it and email it to trio.dss@wichita.edu or visit the Shocker Success Center, room 223.

Information Technology Services (ITS) is excited to introduce its new Tech Help Desk located in Shocker Success Center (SSC) for current Wichita State students.

The SSC Tech Help Desk will be available to support students on personal devices. In addition to general Help Desk support, services will include:

• Hardware diagnostics
• University owned software installations and troubleshooting
• Providing loaner Chromebooks
• Limited malware removal

The SSC Tech Help Desk is located on the third floor in the new Shocker Success Center, Room 320.

Contact information:

Technology Help Desk:

316-978-4357, option 1 | helpdesk@wichita.edu

Help Desk phone hours:

• Monday-Friday: 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
• Saturday: 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
• Sunday: Closed

Help Desk office hours:

Shocker Success Center, Room 320

• Monday-Friday: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. – Student issues

Find the support you need to navigate college life.

• Student Support Services
• Office of Disability Services
• TRIO Disability Support Services
• Office of Diversity and Inclusion
• Military and Veteran Services
• Student Ambassador Society

As a member of Shocker Nation, you have access to a number of resources on campus to help you not only succeed in and out of the classroom, but thrive during your time at Wichita State.

Here are just some of the services available to you as a student:

Academic success
Find academic support for your classes through the many success and tutoring services offered by WSU.

• Office of Student Success – Find support during your time with Shocker Nation.
  • Shocker Learning Center
• Tutoring
  • Chemistry and economics
  • Accounting Success Academy
  • GEEKS (engineering and computing)
  • Logic Clinic (philosophy)
  • Math Lab
  • Physics Help Room
  • Public Speaking Lab
  • Writing Center
  • Supplemental Instruction
• WSU Libraries

Advising
Prepare for the semester and get your questions answered through one-on-one advising at each academic college.

• College of Applied Studies
• Barton School of Business
• College of Engineering
• College of Fine Arts
• College of Health Professions
• Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Campus engagement
Get involved with your peers and give back to the campus community by joining an existing organization or starting your own.

• Student Engagement, Advocacy and Leadership (SEAL)
  • Student Organizations
  • Fraternity and Sorority Life
  • Civic Engagement
• Student Government Association

Dining
Enjoy the many dining options available across the entire campus, from the Rhatigan Student Center to the Innovation Campus. Check out the WSU Dining Services website for more information.

• Shocker Dining Hall
• RSC Food Court:
  • Starbucks, Panda Express, Chick-fil-A, Freddy’s, FujiSan
• Shocker Sports Grill and Lanes
• Cargill Café in Woolsey Hall
• Food Truck Plaza
• Braeburn Square:
  • Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, Social Tap, Sesame Mediterranean Kitchen, Jersey Mike’s, Two Hands, Starbucks
• NetApp Café

Events and recreation
Take time between your classes to enjoy the many recreational and academic events hosted on campus. View the WSU events calendar to find more ways to enjoy your time at WSU.

• Student Activities Council
• Campus Recreation
  • Aquatics
  • Intramural sports
  • Shocker Rowing
  • Shocker Fit
• Shocker Athletics
• Heskett Center

Health
WSU offers resources and facilities to support students’ physical and mental health needs.

• Student Health Services
• Counseling and Psychological Services
  • Counseling Services
  • HOPE Services
• CARE Team
• Steve Clark YMCA
• Dental Hygiene Clinic
• Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic

Shocker Career Accelerator
Gain professional work experience, learn resume writing and interviewing skills and more through Shocker Career Accelerator.

• Shocker Central
• Career Events
• Career Management
• Career Closet
• Professional Student Photos

Student support
Find the support you need to navigate college life.

• Student Support Services
• Office of Disability Services
• TRIO Disability Support Services
• Office of Diversity and Inclusion
• Military and Veteran Services
• Student Ambassador Society

The Rhatigan Student Center offers a daily study room for students. Each day, the RSC designates an open meeting room as the official study room of the day. The room will be unlocked and open to students to come and go as they please to study all day.

This is to be a quiet, shared space. Follow the RSC on Instagram (@wsursc) and check out its stories daily to find out which room is the study room.

Students have many options for study abroad programs through Wichita State’s exchange partner universities and program providers, and Friday, Feb. 15 is the deadline for fall 2024 programs.

Students can start the process by attending a study abroad information session or watching our video. Study Abroad scholarships are available, and those applications are also due by Feb. 15.

Learn how to apply and learn more about scholarship opportunities

For questions, contact the Study Abroad office at studyabroad@wichita.edu.

Shockers — it’s time to complete the new and improved 2024-25 Federal Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form. The FAFSA helps students unlock thousands of dollars to help fund their college education.

The new FAFSA form will be shorter and more intuitive. It will change how federal aid eligibility is calculated, broadening the number of students who qualify for the Federal Pell Grant. Current Shockers who are interested in applying for 2024-25 scholarships should submit their FAFSA as soon as possible. The earlier, the better.

Questions? The Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships is here to assist you in completing your FAFSA and in understanding your financial plan. Visit the FAFSA webpage (wichita.edu/fafsa) for more information.