All welcome at campus forums to share feedback on presidential search
The WSU Presidential Search Committee is gathering opinions to help shape the position description. Whatever your relationship to the university, the committee would like your opinions. Open forums will be held on Thursday, June 6 during the below times in 142 Rhatigan Student Center. All forums are open, so if you are unable to attend with your constituency group, please attend any of the sessions.
1-2 p.m.: Faculty Forum
2:15-3:15 p.m.: Staff Forum
3:30-4:30 p.m.: Student Forum
4:45-5:45 p.m.: Community Forum
In addition, please share your feedback through a voluntary, anonymous online survey.
Fill out the survey
Wedge press conference today (Tuesday, June 4)
Wichita State will hold an introductory press conference for new head baseball coach
Eric Wedge at 6 p.m. today (Tuesday, June 4) in the Armstrong Room, Marcus Welcome
Center. The public is invited to attend.
Wedge was named the new head baseball coach on Wednesday, May 29. He was a catcher
for the Shockers from 1987-89, and earned first team All-America honors in 1989. He
is the 22nd head coach in the history of Shocker baseball, and has 15 years of coaching
experience, including 10 years as a Major League manager.
Celebrate WSU at Shockerfest
Everyone is invited to participate in Shockerfest from noon-6 p.m. Friday, June 7,
at RiverVista, 150 N. McLean. Celebrate Wichita’s hometown university with Shockers
of today, tomorrow and yesteryear at this new Riverfest experience.
There will also be a free yoga class at noon on the lawn outside the River Vista Shocker Rowing boathouse.
Free shuttles are available between campus and RiverVista throughout the event.
SolidWorks meeting coming June 13 at Experiential Engineering Building
South Central Kansas SolidWorks will host their Q2 User Group meeting for networking and sharing knowledge about SolidWorks computer-aided design. The meeting will take place at 5:45 p.m. Thursday, June 13, at the Experiential Engineering Building, and will include dinner catered by Hog Wild BBQ, two presentation sessions and a prize drawing. To RSVP, click here.
KMUW Engage ICT: Democracy on Tap
Citizens and voters face monumental choices on issues that will define our future, and there is a great need for broader understanding of how what happens at the polls affects you. These monthly community conversations feature a panel of local experts and topics that touch your daily life. It's free, and so are the appetizers. Join KMUW at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 11, at Roxy’s Downtown, 412 ½ E Douglas St.
Find out more on KMUW’s website.
Read the latest edition of Academe
Academe is a compilation of Wichita State University faculty and staff news, published
quarterly. Academe recognizes grants, honors, awards, publications, sabbaticals, retirements
and deaths of current and former WSU faculty and staff since December 2018.
Read the latest Academe
Coleen Pugh named new dean of WSU Graduate School
Coleen Pugh, a professor of Polymer Science at the University of Akron (Ohio), has
been named the new dean of the Wichita State University Graduate School and associate
vice president for Research and Technology Transfer, effective July 28.
Pugh will take over from Kerry Wilks, who has been serving as interim Graduate School dean since January 1, 2019, when then Dean Dennis Livesay was named dean of WSU’s College of Engineering.
Read the full story
Pizza Hut Museum undergoing operational changes
As the Pizza Hut Museum celebrates one year of sharing the story of the original Pizza Hut with visitors from across the nation, a few operational changes went into effect on June 3.
Hours of operation will change to 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
978-4488 will serve as the museum’s dedicated phone number.
Questions about the museum can be directed to Tyler Gegen, public relations and outreach manager for the Office of Admissions, at tyler.gegen@wichita.edu.
Learn more
Volunteers needed for a research study
Researchers in the School of Nursing are looking for volunteers for a nutritional research study that will examine changes in iron absorption with antioxidant supplementation.
Participants will be asked to consume a meal with phytic acid, complete a dietary recall, participate in taste testing and have blood and saliva sample collection during a meal challenge. Participation is expected to last about 2.5 hours total.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Female
- Not pregnant or breastfeeding
- 18-35 years old
- More than 110 pounds
Location: WSU Human Performance Lab
If you are interested in participating in this study, email nicole.delimont@wichita.edu or call 785-249-5533.
McCurdy Auction: WSU students are the best investment
Right to left: Annette McCurdy, Lonny McCurdy, Maggie Slack, Sara Muzzy, Braden McCurdy, Riley Webb, Libby Heimerman, Zach Sherman, Megan McCurdy Niedens.
Barton School students Riley Webb, Libby Heimerman and Zach Sherman are applying their unique skills in the world of real estate and auctioneering with one of Wichita’s premier family businesses McCurdy Auction, LLC.
Early last semester CEO Braden McCurdyand COO Megan McCurdy Niedens committed to be a pilot partner of WSU’s Apprent-ICT program, a program designed to help all students get career-ready via employment with local employers, regardless of their degree. They first hired Riley Webb, a marketing and entrepreneurship student. Although Riley was new to the world of real estate and auctions, Braden and Megan say that he is now thriving in his role just a few months later, and he is a critical member of the team. In addition to Riley’s Apprent-ICT position, McCurdy also brought on Libby Heimerman as an accounting and data analytics intern and Zach Sherman as a digital marketing intern. Both of them are contributing in meaningful ways to McCurdy’s mission and gaining valuable skills that will benefit their careers.
Riley, Libby and Zach’s success inspired the leadership team at McCurdy to donate $2,000 to the WSU Career Development Center in support of the Apprent-ICT program, and make these kinds of opportunities available to more students in the future.
Sara Muzzy, interim executive director of the Career Development Center, was ecstatic when she heard the news: “We were thrilled to grow our partnership with McCurdy Auction. Top-notch local employers like McCurdy serve a critical role for WSU by offering these applied learning experiences to our students. We are extremely grateful for their contribution which will help sustain the Apprent-ICT program, and we look forward to helping McCurdy and other local small businesses hire more of our students.”
Sales in the RSC’s Shocker Store
The Shocker Store has some great sales this week! Through Saturday, take 20% off Nike merchandise. Plus, take 20% off drinkware. Sale is valid in RSC location only.