Campus Connection: Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023

News

College of Engineering ranks No. 18 in Cyber Power rankings

The College of Engineering has been ranked 18th nationally out of 521 colleges and universities in the Cyber Power Rankings, which were created by Cyber Skyline in partnership with the National Cyber League (NCL). The rankings represent the ability of students to perform real-world cybersecurity tasks on the Cyber Skyline platform.

Events

Attend the fall 2023 Engineering Open House

The College of Engineering is hosting its fall 2023 Engineering Open House event from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8 in the John Bardo Center. Freshmen will feature their projects on the first floor from 10 a.m. to noon, with senior design projects and other student projects on the second and third floors for the length of the event.

Students, staff, faculty and individuals from both Innovation Campus partners and community organizations are invited to attend. The event is an opportunity for students to showcase their work and practice presentation skills, for staff and faculty to show their support, and for companies and organizations to see the work our students are doing, as well as interact with prospective job candidates.

Volunteer Opportunities

Hearing aid users invited to participate in research study

The purpose of this study is to evaluate hearing aid users’ benefit from their hearing aids, with the goal to identify factors that relate to satisfaction with hearing aids.

Participants will complete a hearing test, a cognitive screener, a test of hearing aid function, a questionnaire of hearing aid benefit and a task where listeners must detect pitch differences in sounds. Participation is expected to last about one and a half to two hours and will take place at the Evelyn Hendren Cassat Speech-Language Hearing Clinic.

Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria:

Participants must be age 18 years or older
Must have hearing loss
Must be a current hearing aid user

Compensation is not provided. Participants will receive a free hearing test. Those interested in participating in the study can contact Dr. Benjamin Kirby, benjamin.kirby@wichita.edu.

Special Offers

Holiday items, gifts available from the Shocker Store

The Shocker Store has new holiday items and gifts for all Shockers. Check out the new items in the Rhatigan Student Center Shocker Store or through the online storefront.

Visit the WSU Campus Post Office to have letters from Santa delivered

Once again, it is time for Old Saint Nick to make his holiday deliveries. For those who are eagerly awaiting his arrival, they can arrange for Santa to send a letter reminding them to be patient and that he’s planning to visit on Christmas Eve.

Visit the WSU Campus Post Office in Morrison Hall to make sure Santa gets his letters to the right kids. If there’s a child who needs something a little different than what’s listed on the Post Office webpage, call 316-978-3550 or stop by during office hours from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday for more information about other letters children can get from Santa.

Letters from Santa will be available at the Post Office for three weeks beginning Monday, Nov. 27 through Friday, Dec. 15. Each letter has a fee of $1.75, cash or check only, for postage.

Learn more about letters from Santa