WSU Today: Friday, Feb. 24, 2023

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WSU’s College of Engineering names 10 Wallace Scholars

Wichita State University’s College of Engineering has named the latest group of high school seniors to join the Wallace Scholar program.

The 10 Wallace Scholarship recipients will receive $28,500 each to attend Wichita State for four years.

Wallace scholars comprise a community of more than 45 College of Engineering students, representing every class and almost every major in the college. Wallace scholars are involved in the College of Engineering, across the Wichita State campus, and in the Wichita community.

Learn more about the individual Wallace Scholars

Wichita State University names seven new Koch Scholar recipients

Seven high school students from Kansas and Oklahoma have been awarded $30,000 to $45,000 each as the newest recipients of the Koch Scholarship at Wichita State University.

The scholarship is awarded annually by WSU’s Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College. The new scholars each will be awarded $30,000 for in state or $45,000 for out of state tuition over four years.

Learn more about the individual Koch Scholars

News

Campus-wide survey about WSU master plan being conducted

The deadline approaches to participate in the survey over WSU’s master plan. The survey link will be active until 5 p.m. Sunday, March 12. Participants who started filling out the survey are encouraged to pick up where they left off and finish before the deadline.

Building on the momentum of WSU’s strategic plan, the university is embarking on a master plan update with design partner, Gensler, to provide a physical manifestation of WSU’s vision and mission.

The most important part of that plan is charting the course together as a campus community, with all voices invited to contribute across a variety of engagements.

Gensler is conducting the campus-wide survey to engage the wider community at WSU, bringing together voices, experiences and priorities. All students, faculty and staff are invited to take this 10-15 minute survey to ensure you are heard.

As a bonus, all participants will have a chance to win $150 Shocker Dollars.

Access the survey here

Wichita State announces fall 2022 Dean’s Honor Roll students

More than 430 students have been named to Wichita State’s fall 2022 Dean’s Honor Roll.

To be included on the honor roll, a student must be enrolled full time (at least 12 credit hours) and earn at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

Students earned honors within the following colleges at WSU:

Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
College of Fine Arts
Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College
College of Innovation and Design
College of Applied Studies
College of Health Professions
W. Frank Barton School of Business
College of Engineering

View the full Dean's Honor Roll list

Nominations are open for 2023 Shocker Leadership Awards

Applications are now open for the 11th annual Shocker Leadership Awards. The Shocker Leadership Awards recognize the work of student-led organizations, students, faculty and staff at Wichita State.

Official WSU student organizations, university-affiliated student groups and individuals may be nominated by a student, faculty member, staff member or organization. Nominations can also be made by an individual for themselves. Nominations are due by 11:59 p.m. Friday, March. 3.

For any questions, contact abbi.whisler@wichita.edu.

Learn more about the Shocker Leadership Awards Learn more about the Student Engagement, Advocacy and Leadership

Performances

School of Performing Arts presents ‘Pippin’

The School of Performing Arts presents “Pippin,” a musical production based on the book by Roger O. Hirson with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, in Wilner Auditorium. It will run at 7:30 p.m. Friday Feb. 24 and Saturday, Feb. 25 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26.

WSU students can get one ticket at no charge with their Shocker ID, otherwise tickets are $10 for children and students, $18 for faculty and staff, and $20 for adults.

Pippin is about a young person struggling with mental health issues and contemplating suicide. After an overdose, they hallucinate a story with characters in their “real world” becoming characters in a dream. This young person becomes “Pippin,” the heir to the Frankish throne. In the hallucination and the dream is the quest to find meaning in life.

For more information, contact the box office at 316-978-3233.

Purchase tickets at the Box Office homepage

Events

University of Texas Ph.D candidate to give talk on Zigbee protocol

The School of Computing is hosting Mengfei (Angela) Ren, a Ph.D candidate from the University of Texas, at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 24 in 260 Jabara Hall.

Ren will present “Fuzz testing of Zigbee protocol implementation.” Students, staff and faculty are welcome to attend the talk.

Biomedical engineering to host talk from CWRU senior research associate

The Biomedical Engineering Department is hosting Dr. Arwa Fraiwan, a senior research associate from Case Western Reserve University, at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 27 in 134 Woolsey Hall.

Dr. Fraiwan will present “Biobatteries and Diagnostic Platforms for Point-of-Care Testing Needs.” Students, staff and faculty are welcome to attend the talk.

Elizabeth Behrman, James Steck to give physics seminar March 1

Join the Department of Physics for its next seminar at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 1 in 226 Jabara Hall and also on Zoom.

The speakers of the seminar are Elizabeth Behrman, professor of math and statistics, and James Steck, professor of aerospace engineering. The seminar will cover “Quantum generative adversarial network for mapping entanglement.”

Learn more about the physics seminar series and find the Zoom link

CAPS to host preventing suicide training and awareness walk

For Wellness Week, Counselling and Prevention Services (CAPS) is promoting mental wellness by hosting its next #WSUWeSupportU preventing suicide training and a walk across campus to show support for suicide prevention.

The training will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27 in 265 Rhatigan Student Center. The walk will be directly after the training and will go through the middle of campus from the RSC to the Student Wellness Center. Participants will receive a Suspenders4Hope T-shirt upon completion of the training and are encouraged to wear it during the walk.

The training is open to all participants. Students can register via the CAPS webpage, and staff and faculty can register on myTraining.

For any questions about the training or how to register, contact Rachael Gladden, CAPS outreach coordinator, at rachael.gladden@wichita.edu.

Arab Student Association to sell Arab sweets at fundraiser

The Arab Student Association (ASA) is a new student organization on campus, and it will sell homemade Arab sweets to fundraise. The fundraiser will take place 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, March 2 in the Rhatigan Student Center.

Visit the ASA at table 17 and choose from a variety of Arab sweets to choose from, including baklava, katayef and maamoul. All treats are under $3 and cash only.

Student Activities Council invites community to evening with hypnotist Chris Jones

Hypnotist Chris Jones will perform his mind boggling act in front of an audience at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24 in the CAC Theater. Students get in at no charge, faculty and staff get in for $5, and the general public gets in for $8. No registration is required for the event.

Jones is a hypnotist, comedian and the host of the prank series Double Take on Facebook Watch. Jones is well known for his appearance on America’s Got Talent. Since his first TV appearance, Jones has performed on shows like The Steve Harvey Show, Windy City Live, Good Day Chicago, Penn and Teller, Scam School, and the Adam Carolla Show.

This event is coordinated by the Student Activities Council. For questions or additional information on SAC-sponsored events, email sac@wichita.edu or call 316-978-3022.

Learn more about the event here

Public health sciences co-hosts ‘Big Read: Wichita 2023’ events

The NEA Big Read: Wichita 2023 book selection, “Can’t we talk about something more pleasant?” by cartoonist Roz Chast, has inspired a month of community and campus events based on the themes of the book, including caregiver support, aging, serious illness conversations and dementia.

The events are co-hosted by the Department of Public Health Sciences.

Questions about the events can be directed to Robert Miller, Public Health Sciences lecturer, at robert.miller@wichita.edu.

Learn more about the events and register here

KMUW’s March Literary Feast features ‘I Have Some Questions for You’

KMUW’s monthly book club features selections made by its staff. For March, KMUW is reading “I Have Some Questions for You” by Rebecca Makkai.

Participants will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 15 at KMUW for a group discussion over dinner and drinks. Dinner is provided by Public.

Penguin Random House describes the book as Makkai’s “most irresistible novel yet: a stirring investigation into collective memory and a deeply felt examination of one woman’s reckoning with her past, with a transﬁxing mystery at its heart.”

Purchase a ticket to the discussion here

Art Exhibits

WSU ShiftSpace gallery presents ‘Elemental Bodies’

WSU ShiftSpace is proud to present its next show, “Elemental Bodies,” and is looking for artists to participate and show off their work in the gallery space starting Friday, March 3. Any kind of artwork can be submitted, including sculptures, paintings, drawings, photographs and more.

ShiftSpace is a student-run gallery located in downtown Wichita. Local artists and WSU students are welcome to submit their work. ShiftSpace is welcoming both art that has already been made and original pieces made just for the show. Artwork should be brought in by Sunday, Feb. 26.

Artists interested in creating an all-original work or bringing in pre-existing artwork need to make sure it fits the show’s title and theme of “Elemental Bodies.” This can be the embodiment of certain real-world elements such as fire, water, earth, air or others, but it can also contain fictional or non-physical elements.

For more information, reach out to ShiftSpace by emailing Jada Whiterock at jnwhiterock@shockers.wichita.edu or Jefferson Godard, gallery manager, at jefferson.godard@wichita.edu

Training Opportunities and Workshops

Office of Planning and Analysis, Barton School host questionnaire workshop

All graduate students, faculty and staff who are interested in or planning to conduct questionnaire-based research are encouraged to attend an academic questionnaire design workshop 1-4 p.m. Wednesday, March 1 in 100A Woolsey Hall. The workshop will be presented by Dr. A. Lynn Matthews, assistant professor of the Barton School of Business. It is intended for those at all levels.

The workshop will focus on questionnaire design and formatting, as well as how to create quality questions to get quality data. The questionnaire design workshop will run from 1 to 3 p.m., and the hands-on lab will run from 3 to 4 p.m. Participants are encouraged to bring the following to the workshop:

Lunch, coffee and snacks.
Projects and ideas to discuss during the hands-on portion.
A laptop or other device.

The workshop is hosted by the Office of Planning and Analysis and the Barton School Marketing Department. For more information, contact Whitney Crager at whitney.crager@wichita.edu.