Category: Student Resources

Interested in contributing your expertise and providing outreach services aimed at decreasing mental health stigma on campus? Check out the Prevention Service Advisory Board’s Prevention Ambassador Program.

Prevention ambassadors receive training and mentorship in providing prevention and outreach services to assist the Prevention Services Advisory Board in our #WSUWeSupportU mission of preventing suicide, sexual violence and substance abuse, in addition to promoting wellness in the WSU community.

The College of Engineering Graduate Student Ambassadors is organizing a Ph.D. Connect event for all the doctoral students within the college from noon to 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4 in the RSC’s Santa Fe Trail Room (233).

The event will include a faculty panel on the value of communication and disseminating work, stress management for Ph.D. students, and team activities. Lunch will be provided during the event.

For any further information, contact Kaustub Saha at kxsaha1@shockers.wichita.edu.

The Wichita State Linux User’s Group (WuLUG) is hosting a free Linux Basics Workshop every Friday starting on Nov. 4. These NetApp-sponsored workshops are open to everyone and begin at 6 p.m. in 231 Beggs Hall.

Linux is a computer operating system used primarily for servers. It is associated with many tools commonly used in IT, software development, cybersecurity, and related fields. Topics covered during the workshop include the Linux command line, common Linux tools, Linux troubleshooting, and the Linux help system. Linux skills are useful for coding, cybersecurity, fixing computers, adding to your resume, personal projects, class projects, and engineering projects.

Building a business can be challenging and costly. Luckily, your students have access to seed money from the Moral Family Fund for Innovation, which they can use to build and grow their startup.

Applications close Nov. 18. Share this opportunity with your students and encourage them to apply before it is too late.

With the aid of funding available at the Center for Entrepreneurship, students have an opportunity to get their idea off the ground with the following funds.

• Don Hackett Support for Entrepreneurialism Fund
• The Moral Family Fund for Innovation
• The Women for Women Innovation Fund

The Women for Women Innovation Fund offers up to $5,000 for women who are part- and full-time Wichita State students to build and grow startup businesses. Apply today and turn your idea into a business with cash to help you commercialize it.

Applications close Nov. 18.

If you have an idea you would like to turn into a business, you’re in luck. As a student, you have access to funding available at the Center for Entrepreneurship, which you can use to help you build or grow your business.

Three funds are currently accepting applications:

• Don Hackett Support for Entrepreneurialism Fund
• The Moral Family Fund for Innovation
• The Women for Women Innovation Fund

Learn more about the funding available to you and apply soon.

Building a business can be challenging and costly. Luckily, Wichita State students have access to seed money from the Moral Family Fund for Innovation, which can be used to build and grow a startup venture. Applications close Nov. 18. Apply before it is too late.

The Women for Women Innovation Fund offers up to $5,000 for women who are Wichita State students to build and grow startup businesses. Applications close Nov. 18. Share this opportunity with your students and encourage them to apply before it is too late.

The next Student Health Services Pee for Pizza event will take place noon-4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, at the Student Wellness Center in the Steve Clark YMCA. During the event, participants can get tested for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia by submitting a urine specimen and then receive free pizza.

Co-sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Positive Direction and Shocker Sports Grill and Lanes, Pee for Pizza occurs twice month through the fall and spring semesters and is by reservation only. No walk-ins will be accepted.

For more information or to make a reservation, call 316-978-4792. Other testing is available upon request.