Category: Foundation and Alumni Engagement

Are you looking for volunteers for your event? Reach out to Sarah Brasure, alumni coordinator with WSU Foundation and Alumni Engagement, at sarah.brasure@wichita.edu with your volunteer opportunity and invite Wichita State’s engaged alumni to help.

Join the WSU Foundation and Alumni Engagement for Founders’ Day of Giving 2024 to support the programs that mean the most to you at Wichita State. Sign up to be an ambassador for your organization or program to help encourage donations for the 24-hour giving marathon.

Getting started is as easy as filling out the ambassador registration form.

For questions, reach out to Samantha Anderson at samantha.anderson@wichita.edu.

Founders’ Day of Giving will be held on Sept. 17, and it’s time to register your organization to participate. The giving day is open to any campus organization with a fund held at the WSU Foundation and Alumni Engagement. This one, 24-hour push to support the campus community brought in more than $130,000 last year, and WSUFAE can’t wait to see what it’s able to accomplish in 2024.  

If you have questions regarding registration, reach out to Samantha Anderson at samantha.anderson@wichita.edu.  

To meet the campus departmental deposit deadline of June 21, Wichita State University Foundation and Alumni Engagement requisitions to reimburse WSU Restricted Use accounts from foundation funds are due by noon June 18. All other requisitions for FY24 processing must be received by 5 p.m. June 25.

WSUFAE does not encumber funds, and it cannot write any checks for fiscal year 2024 after June 28. Please deliver all gifts to the WSU Foundation by noon June 28.

For questions, contact Yen Nguyen at yen.nguyen@wichita.edu or 316-978-3813.

Elizabeth King, Wichita State Foundation and Alumni Engagement (WSUFAE) president and CEO emeritus, was inducted into the Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame as one of the 2024 honorees.

The recognition honors members of the Wichita business community who have shown an ability to be successful not only in business, but in their commitment to the local community and state as a whole.

Begin your legacy at Wichita State by being part of the graduating class gift program. Give $20.24 to the scholarship, college or program of your choice and you’ll receive an exclusive zipper pull for your graduation gown in recognition of your generosity.

Wichita State’s Ulrich Museum of Art won’t officially turn 50-years-old until Dec. 7, but the birthday celebration has already begun. First on the museum’s slate of special anniversary exhibitions, programs, events and unveilings is “Fully Dimensional: Artists of the Outdoor Sculpture Collection.”

Elizabeth King arrived on campus as WSU’s youngest vice president in 1991, and she’ll take her leave from the university this year as a Shocker Forever. Working with six WSU presidents throughout her career, she has helped Wichita State attain many achievements that are now part of our institutional history.

A new article in the winter/spring edition of The Shocker magazine explores the sight lines the Wichita Biomedical Campus project will bring to downtown Wichita. The move downtown will centralize health education, collaboration and research from Wichita State’s College of Health Professions, WSU Tech’s healthcare programs and KU’s Wichita schools of medicine and pharmacy.

Elizabeth King, president and CEO of the WSU Foundation and Alumni Engagement, will be retiring from the university after nearly 33 years of service. Join WSUFAE for a reception in her honor on Monday, Feb. 12, in the Marcus Welcome Center. The campus community is encouraged to drop by between 3-4 p.m., with the reception opening to the many donors, alumni and university friends King has worked with from 4-6 p.m. Special remarks will take place at 5:15 p.m.