• Spring 2026 course schedule is now available — Meet with your academic advisor to plan for next semester
  • Title IX & Civil Rights Training required for students, faculty, staff
  • Student virtual town hall with SGA and university leaders set for Oct. 29
  • All are welcome to today’s SGA Student Senate meeting
  • Fall 2025 graduates must RSVP for commencement by Nov. 14
  • Student tickets for men’s basketball games are going mobile
  • Project 1104: Attend pre-game tailgate for men’s basketball home opener
  • Wang, Roselli win American Conference doubles title for Shocker women’s tennis
  • Shocker women’s bowling earns runner-up at Destination Orlando
  • Start planning your first article for publication with Savvy Scholar workshop
  • Shocker ID perks: YMCA membership
  • SEAS feedback reminder
  • Demystify your academic writing at virtual workshop Oct. 29
  • Flu vaccines now available at Student Health Services, including pop-up clinics Oct. 29/30
  • Learn more about ScholarshipUniverse at the OFA’s table Oct. 30.
  • Let your attire shout ‘Wichita State’ for Shocker Pride Fridays
  • WSU Spark Society invites you to play bingo Nov. 18
  • Paint a pot and plant your own mini-garden with SGA’s Community Garden Showcase Nov. 6
  • Mark your calendars for SpongeBob tribute night Nov. 4
  • Stop by for a Halloween open house at the Holmes Museum of Anthropology Oct. 30
  • Get free airbrushed tattoos with SAC for Halloween Oct. 31
  • Join the School of Music for its Hallow-Concert: Tricks and Treats at Duerksen
  • Chemistry and biochemistry hosting seminar by Professor Yu-Shan Lin from Tufts University Oct. 29
  • Join the School of Education for its fall colloquium guest speaker Dr. Karlos Hill
  • The Ulrich Museum and Kirby’s host spooky art dive
  • Barton School students experience finance in action through national conference and Chicago firm visits
  • Food for Fines is Nov. 3 through 7 – Donate and waive your parking citations
  • Financial Services will be closed part of Oct. 31 for staff development
  • Suspenders4Hope hosting free Mental Wellness and Preventing Suicide Training
  • Take advantage of Wu’s Wednesday Deal at the Shocker Store
  • Trick-or-eat deals at Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes
Shocker Blast: Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025
  • Understanding our weather response process
  • Visit the ‘Living On and Off Campus’ workshop by Shocker Financial Wellness
  • Demystify your academic writing at virtual workshop Oct. 29
  • Student Success Tip #11: Get career ready
  • Flu vaccines now available at Student Health Services, including pop-up clinics Oct. 29/30
  • Do you have Spring Break plans yet? Have you thought about an Alternative Spring Break?
  • Savvy Scholar workshop – ‘Do I really have to cite that?’
  • Parking Services building will be closed for staff meeting part of Oct. 27
  • Parking advisory for the Rhatigan Student Center parking garage Oct. 27
  • College of Health Professions to celebrate CHP Week Oct. 27-31
  • Stop by for a Halloween open house at the Holmes Museum of Anthropology Oct. 30
  • Head over to Halloween Cosmic Frenzy at Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes
  • Weather update: Pick up a Student Affairs T-shirt for Student Affairs Month
  • Can you figure out whodunit? Don’t miss SAC’s Murder Mystery Dinner Oct. 30
  • Sign up your team for the Innovation Works Competition for cash prizes
  • CSD holding virtual open house for speech-language pathology and audiology graduate programs
  • Attend Grad Fair at the Shocker Store
  • Grub Guide: Food Truck Plaza
  • Biological sciences seminar continues with Dr. Anuradha Ghosh, Pittsburg State University, Oct. 27
  • Get spooked by the Halloween pop-up exhibition at the Ulrich Museum
  • Spring 2026 K-INBRE applications are due Nov. 20
  • Take a Shocker Store survey and receive $5 digital coupon
Shocker Blast: Monday, Oct. 27, 2025
  • Fall 2025 graduates must RSVP for commencement by Nov. 14
  • Parking Services building will be closed for staff meeting Oct. 27
  • Parking advisory for the Rhatigan Student Center parking garage Oct. 27
  • Student Wellness Center to have altered hours Oct. 24
  • Visit the ‘Living On and Off Campus’ workshop by Shocker Financial Wellness
  • Do you have Spring Break plans yet? Have you thought about an Alternative Spring Break?
  • WSU hidden gems: Adelante Juntos – Forward Together
  • Let your attire shout ‘Wichita State’ for Shocker Pride Fridays
  • Get free airbrushed tattoos with SAC for Halloween Oct. 31
  • Join the School of Music for its Hallow-Concert: Tricks and Treats at Duerksen
  • Tie-dye a Student Affairs T-shirt for Student Affairs Month
  • Can you figure out whodunit? Don’t miss SAC’s Murder Mystery Dinner Oct. 30
  • Attend Shocker volleyball vs. North Texas, Monster Match and Team Night
  • Tilma, Wilson finish top 10; Shockers take third in Powercat Invitational
  • Biological sciences seminar continues with Dr. Anuradha Ghosh, Pittsburg State University, Oct. 27
  • Vote early with the Shockers Vote Coalition
  • Register an event with SAC’s De-Stress Fest
  • Military and Veteran Student Center rededication: Honoring Captain Riley L. Pitts
  • Calling all student leaders for leadership development opportunity
  • Save with the Friday Flash Sale at Braeburn Square Shocker Store
Shocker Blast: Friday, Oct. 24, 2025
  • All are welcome to today’s SGA Student Senate meeting
  • Last chance to sign up for Connection Groups
  • Child Development Center has pre-K openings for this school year
  • Learn more about services on campus this October during ADHD Awareness Month
  • Register for an upcoming Study Abroad information session
  • Procrastination Prevention Night at the Library Oct. 22
  • Shocker ID perks: Bowling and billiards at Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes
  • Attend Grad Fair at the Shocker Store
  • Tie-dye a Student Affairs T-shirt for Student Affairs Month
  • Celebrate National Transfer Student Week at the Shocker Success Center
  • Can you figure out whodunit? Don’t miss SAC’s Murder Mystery Dinner Oct. 30
  • RSVP for UReCA’s next lunch and learn session Oct. 23
  • Attend the upcoming UReCA, ‘What is Research?’ session
  • Watch ‘The Princess and The Frog’ and create your dream vision board with SAC and AKA
  • Register an event with SAC’s De-Stress Fest
  • Military and Veteran Student Center rededication: Honoring Captain Riley L. Pitts
  • The Sunflower recognized as Pacemaker from Associated Collegiate Press
  • Campus construction update for October 2025
  • October myShockerhealth newsletter available
  • Episode 37 of ‘Forward Together’ podcast features men’s basketball coach, Paul Mills
  • Wang, Roselli reach doubles quarters, Shockers finish play at Central Regionals
  • Kline shines, shorthanded Shockers finish 10th at Mid-States
  • Chemistry and biochemistry hosting seminar by Professor Saswata Dasgupta from Kansas State University today
  • Take a Naloxone Administration training Oct. 28
  • Calling all student leaders for leadership development opportunity
  • Volunteers needed for fall 2025 commencement
  • Provide feedback to WSU Dining and enter to win prize
  • Take advantage of Wu’s Wednesday Deal at the Shocker Store
Shocker Blast: Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025
  • Spring 2026 course schedule is now available — Meet with your academic advisor to plan for next semester
  • Student virtual town hall with SGA and university leaders set for Oct. 29
  • Register for an upcoming Study Abroad information session
  • Flu vaccines now available at Student Health Services
  • Student Success Tip #10: Enhance your experience with exchange programs
  • Procrastination Prevention Night at the Library Oct. 22
  • Grub Guide: Discount at Another Broken Egg Cafe
  • Watch ‘The Princess and The Frog’ and create your dream vision board with SAC and AKA
  • Sign up your team for the Innovation Works Competition for cash prizes
  • Don’t miss the final two Common Read activities
  • Join the Political Science Department for pizza and politics
  • Help keep campus safe and sustainable and avoid feeding wildlife
  • Celebrate National Transfer Student Week with a story from one of our students
  • Ablah Library lower level reopening Oct. 20
  • Wichita State University Opera Theater presents ‘Scenes and Songs’ Oct. 24
  • From Bach to Chaplin: An evening with David Briggs at Wiedemann Hall
  • Biological sciences seminar continues with George Wang, East Central University, Oct 20
  • HPC training event – Learn to harness high performance computing
  • Interested in using AI for research? Attend upcoming Savvy Scholar workshop to learn more
  • Join the next Entrepreneurship Workshop on market research for startups
  • Take a Shocker Store survey and receive $5 digital coupon
Shocker Blast: Monday, Oct. 20, 2025
  • WSU hidden gems: Grafly Gardens
  • Apply to TRIO Student Support Services for Free Resources and Support!
  • Learn more about the upcoming European travel seminar at information session Oct. 21
  • Take an Honors seminar course this spring semester
  • Lot 24 along 17th Street to be closed Oct. 17
  • Head out to doubleheader soccer Saturday at WSU
  • Don’t miss the final two Common Read activities
  • Attend upcoming UReCA Research Mixer events
  • Biological sciences seminar continues with George Wang, East Central University, Oct 20
  • October myShockerhealth newsletter available
  • Zayden Tomson: Creativity, collaboration and consistency
  • HPC training event – Learn to harness high performance computing
  • Take advantage of Friday Flash Sale at Braeburn Square Shocker Store
Shocker Blast: Friday, Oct. 17, 2025
  • All are welcome to today’s SGA Student Senate meeting
  • Procrastination Prevention Night at the Library Oct. 22
  • Student Success Tip #9: Shockers think 30
  • Shocker ID perks: Fine arts
  • Shockers are invited to sign up for Qualtrics project consulting sessions
  • Grub Guide: Braeburn Square at WSU
  • Road striping work continues Oct. 16
  • Take an Honors seminar course this spring semester
  • College of Health Professions upgrades labs with state-of-the-art microscopes
  • Ablah Library lower level reopening Oct. 20
  • Shocker Rowing featured on PBS Positively Kansas
  • Cummings Student-Managed Investment Fund celebrates 20% growth, introduces new leadership
  • WSU announces Shocker Support Locker renaming at annual Heritage Gala
  • Attend upcoming UReCA Research Mixer events
  • Join the Political Science Department for pizza and politics
  • Chili season is here and so is the Empty Bowls Cook-Off fundraiser
  • Campus community invited to Indigenous Peoples Day celebration with Student Engagement & Belonging and Indigenous Student Collective
  • Military and Veterans Services and AARP Kansas present: Mama Joe Project
  • NetApp’s fall e-waste and shredding event for campus community scheduled for Oct. 17
  • ‘Frozen’ director and Disney legend Chris Buck kicks off CFA’s Connoisseur Series
  • Join the School of Education for its fall colloquium guest speaker Dr. Karlos Hill
  • Bhupal Dev will present at the physics seminar Oct. 15
  • Learn about the mission, history and future of Empty Bowls Wichita
  • Join the Shocker Science Conversations: The art and physics of flow visualization
  • Wichita State University Opera Theater presents ‘Scenes and Songs’ Oct. 24
  • From Bach to Chaplin: An evening with David Briggs at Wiedemann Hall
  • Ulrich partners with Tallgrass Film Festival to present documentary about art writers
  • Secure your seat at the Shocker Basketball Tip-Off Luncheon Oct. 17
  • Al Mashni reaches round of 16, Shocker men’s tennis end campaign at regionals
  • Giles, men’s basketball, picked as preseason First Team All-Conference
  • Lamas takes fifth, Shocker men’s golf take third at Sand Creek
  • Interested in using AI for research? Attend upcoming Savvy Scholar workshop to learn more
  • Attend upcoming free Mental Wellness and Preventing Suicide Training
  • Calling all student leaders for leadership development opportunity
  • Be a race day hero and volunteer for Pumpkin Run
  • Provide feedback to WSU Dining and enter to win prize
  • Volunteers needed for research study
  • Take advantage of Wu’s Wednesday Deal at the Shocker Store
Shocker Blast: Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025
  • Relive this year’s Shocktoberfest
  • WSU hidden gems: Food Truck Plaza at the Promise Bridge
  • New resource: ‘Plugged in @ WSU’ podcast now live for listening
  • Flu vaccines now available at Student Health Services
  • Shockers are invited to sign up for Qualtrics project consulting sessions
  • WSU community invited to attend men’s basketball charity scrimmage for free
  • Wear black during the Shocker volleyball Black Out game against UAB this Sunday, Oct. 12
  • Shocker volleyball hosts Memphis for annual Dig Pink game Oct. 10
  • Episode 36 of ‘Forward Together’ podcast features coaches Chris Lamb and Terry Nooner
  • Wang named American Conference Women’s Tennis Player of the Month
  • Jepkoech named American Conference Athlete of the Week
  • Chili season is here and so is the Empty Bowls Cook-Off fundraiser
  • Hugo Wall School Invites Students to Attend Hugo Wall Day on Oct. 17
  • Campus community invited to Indigenous Peoples Day celebration with Student Engagement & Belonging and Indigenous Student Collective
  • Wichita State students earn record $39.2 million in paid internships, fueling Kansas’ talent pipeline
  • Dental hygiene program to host information session
  • Take advantage of Friday Flash Sale at Braeburn Square Shocker Store
Shocker Blast: Friday, Oct. 10, 2025
  • All are welcome to today’s SGA Student Senate meeting
  • Food for Fines will run Oct. 6-10
  • Apply for the URCA Hub research grant
  • Have you received a SEAS email from your faculty?
  • Shocker ID perks: Shocker Store
  • Office of Financial Aid will host open house Oct. 15
  • Attend Careers for the Creative Mixer Oct. 9
  • Calling all student leaders for leadership development opportunity
  • Shocker men’s basketball to host charity scrimmage versus Drake
  • $5 pink trucker hats available at Friday Shocker volleyball game
  • Grab the official T-shirt of the Shocker volleyball Dig Pink game
  • Grammy-nominated violinist Jeremy Kittel will join WSU Symphony Orchestra Oct. 9
  • Human performance studies to host chili cookoff
  • Attend SAC events for a chance to win a gift basket
  • NIAR announces advanced manufacturing program to celebrate Manufacturing Day
  • Dr. Andrew Dye, postdoctoral researcher at Wichita State, will present at the physics seminar Oct. 8
  • Dental hygiene program to host information session
  • Launch of the Journal of Contemporary Issues in Sport
  • Aging-simulation suit puts WSU physical therapy students into patients’ shoes
  • England-based and global communications expert Lynda Jackson named fall 2025 Executive-in-Residence at Barton School
  • Volunteers needed for research study
  • Take advantage of Wu’s Wednesday Deal at the Shocker Store
Shocker Blast: Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025
  • Learn more about research and the UReCA Hub at event Oct. 22
  • Washington D.C. and Topeka spring 2026 internship application deadline extended
  • Student Success Tip #8: Check your progress
  • Study Abroad scholarships available for summer 2026 travel seminars
  • Reminder: If you see something, say something – Call UPD at 316-978-3450 for emergencies
  • Attend Careers for the Creative Mixer Oct. 9
  • Attend upcoming free Mental Wellness and Preventing Suicide Training
  • Learn how to lead like you in the Emerging Leaders Program
  • Grub Guide: Shocker Sports Grill and Lanes
  • Military and Veterans Services and AARP Kansas present: Mama Joe Project
  • Head out to the annual community Trunk or Treat Oct. 18
  • Success Teams welcome students to Scholastic Park for a dino-mite study break
  • Common Read events are open to all
  • Shocker Store hosting pop-up shop at WSU Old Town Oct. 7
  • $5 pink trucker hats available at Friday Shocker volleyball game
  • Grab the official T-shirt of the Shocker volleyball Dig Pink game
  • Voices Together: WSU Concert Chorale in collaborative concert Oct. 28
  • Writing Now Reading Now | Words by Women is presenting a poetry reading by Traci Brimhall
  • Dr. Andrew Dye, postdoctoral researcher at Wichita State, will present at the physics seminar Oct. 8
  • Textron Aviation’s Maggie Topping to deliver Executive-in-Residence keynote Oct. 7
  • Grace Wilkie Hall and Annex roof construction to begin Oct. 6
Shocker Blast: Monday, Oct. 6, 2025