Student Town Hall Meeting

Question 3C (From Meeting No. 3): Where would you like to see the university in 5-10 years?

  • Find out why students are going to the University of Kansas and address answers
  • Make Wichita State University competitive to out-of-state universities, not just Kansas universities.
  • More campus involvement in student organizations, not just Greeks and the Student Activities Council.
  • More diverse student interactions amongst different student organization groups.
  • Better ranking – we're not even in the top 100 universities in the United States.
  • Offer more graduate programs, as in political science. The fact that Wichita State University students use this university as an undergraduate school only hurts Wichita State University's reputation.
  • Advertise undergraduate research programs.
  • Wichita State University is capable of doing excellent graduate research that can be competitive with the University of Kansas and other Kansas universities.
  • Wichita State University needs a bus for away games.
  • Hold town hall meetings within each program.
  • Have a bus for residents on campus to go to other places like Target, Dillon's, etc.
  • More scholarship options for international students.
  • Emphasize diversity not only in the mission statement, but in advertising for prospective students.
  • Look at how the community feels about us.
  • Encourage community members to come to Wichita State University events like the Student Activities Council Family Carnival – a chance to hang out with college kids.
  • Kansas motto – To the Stars – the university needs to focus on finding the cutting edge of technology and focus on that. Entrepreneurs interacting with engineers.
    More appreciation of the arts.

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