The Summer 2020 Financial Aid Application is available
Want to stay on track to graduate? With WSU summer classes — you can. Speak with your academic advisor today about options for summer enrollment that best fit your schedule.
As a summer Shocker, you’ll enjoy:
- Access to hundreds of online options
- Two-, four- and eight-week sessions, leaving you plenty of time to relax before fall
- And, best of all, eligible federal aid can be applied to summer tuition*.
Click here to find out more about your summer opportunities at Wichita State.
*Certain limitations apply. Review the Summer Financial Aid Requirements and Conditions for more information.
Additional questions? We’re here to help:
316-978-3430
1-855-WSU-1STP (24-hour support)
203 Jardine Hall
8 a.m.-6 p.m. (M-T), and 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (W-F)
Chat with NASA Spacewalk Flight Director and Wichita State graduate, Alex Kanelakos – Today
Admissions and the Career Development Center are partnering on a special virtual event featuring NASA Spacewalk Flight Director Alex Kanelakos. During this live chat you will hear about his time at Wichita State University, his job at NASA, and have a chance to ask questions.
Join this virtual event at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday, April 8) at Career Chat.
Read April's edition of president's newsletter, First Tuesday
The second edition of the monthly newsletter, First Tuesday, arrived in your email inbox yesterday (Tuesday, April 7). This is a new newsletter, started in February, as a way to keep the campus community up to date on what President Golden's top initiatives are, what he's up to on a daily basis and ways he's engaging with the Shocker and local community.
Update your contact information
Hey Shocks! In an effort to be able to better serve you, we are asking all students to update their contact information and the name and phone number for your emergency contact in myWSU. This can be found by logging in to myWSU.wichita.edu. This update and information is an integral piece to our communications with you during our transition to virtual learning. Thank you. Go Shocks!
My Life, My Work, My Connections: Creativity, Innovation and Change
Within each of us lies a creative thinker, an innovator, and a change agent. These inner talents often remain untapped because individuals often lack a structure that allows one to navigate a personal journey of discovery.
CI 795, Creative Innovation and Change (offered in fall 2020) is a course that connects understanding the concepts of creativity, innovation and change with work, play, and one’s life journey. Join us as we tap our creative potential collectively, target ways to apply ideas to innovative targets, and explore what change is, how it works, and how we can play a vital role as a change agent in the making.
Graduate Assistantships in Student Affairs / Student Services
Master level graduate students who are in or going into the following degree programs, Higher Education Student Affairs, Educational Leadership, Education, Public Affairs and Communication are encouraged to apply for graduate assistantships within Student Affairs / Student Services. For more information or to apply, please visit wichita.edu/HESAGradAssistantships or email getinvolved@wichita.edu.
Zoom Physics Seminar today
Please join us for our next Physics Seminar on Zoom, featuring Dr. Ian Lewis from the University of Kansas at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday, April 8). Click here for the Zoom details.
Leadership Chat Series
Join us for weekly discussions on Leadership Topics. Every Thursday at 2 p.m., we will discuss a topic! Topics such as leading in Chaos, the Enneagram, and more will be sent out the Monday before. Information can be found on our Facebook page or directly e-mailed to you! Register here.
Participants wanted for a study on self-advocacy
I hope to learn whether students who participate in college TRIO programs at WSU are more likely to self-advocate than their non-TRIO participating peers.
You can complete a questionnaire called the College Student Mentoring Survey (CSMS), which will ask questions related to your mentoring experiences at WSU and the General Self-Efficacy Scale, which will be used to examine your self-decision making. The questionnaires will take between 20-35 minutes.
If you are interested in a follow-up for advocacy scenarios, you will be able to continue the survey and respond to the scenarios; otherwise, at the end of the questionnaire when it asks if you would like to complete the scenarios, you may select “no.” The scenarios will take between 5-10 minutes and will consist of problem-based scenarios where you will be asked to create a solution to the problem.
To be eligible to participate:
Must have a fluent understanding of English
Must be an undergraduate at WSU
Contact: If you are interested in participating in this study or have any concerns, contact Mercedes Lubbers at mercedes.lubbers@wichita.edu or my faculty advisor, Mara Alagic, at mara.alagic@wichita.edu.
You may click this link to access the CSMS and the GSES questionnaire.
Virtual Resume Workshop with the Career Development Center tomorrow
A resume is a document that presents your education, experience and qualifications in a clear, concise and compelling way, customized for the position to you are applying for.
In this virtual session from 5:30-6:30 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday, April 9) hosted by the Career Development Center, find out from how to organize your experiences, talents and skills together – and most importantly – what employers are looking for in a resume. You never have a second chance to make a first impression. Let us help you make sure you are putting your best foot forward!
Questions about resumes? Handshake? Services the Career Development Center offers?
Have questions about resumes and interviews? Need help navigating Handshake? Need more info on the services we offer? All of these questions and more can be answered in this weekly Q&A. Hop onto Handshake, click the link and come talk with Sarah Rupp from the Career Development Center via Zoom from 9-10 a.m. tomorrow (Thursday, April 9)
University Libraries to offer free webinar on IEEE courses
Join us for a free webinar to learn more about IEEE Courses from noon-12:30 p.m. Thursday, April 9. To view log in information for the webinar, visit the event page.
Talk with Toby coming to your home
Hangout with Toby and Andy at 11 a.m. Friday, April 10. Learn more about how the human body uses food to power life and movement.
I started a new job ... and a pandemic hit
The two most repeated phrases I’ve heard over the first several weeks of my internship are, “The office is not usually like this,” and, “You picked quite the week to start your job.”
I heard it so many times, it became a formal greeting:
“Hi Lainie, how are you?” “I’m good. The office is usually not like this!”
I started my internship with Strategic Communications at Wichita State University on March 9, when COVID-19 was an epidemic. By the end of the week, it had turned into a full-blown pandemic.
In the midst of it I, Matthew Ferguson, was just trying to start a job.
RH: Shockers adapt to pandemic in many ways
Wichita State senior Madison Perrigan lives on five acres of wooded farmland near Guthrie, Okla. In these times, she lives on five acres that can also be an indoor/outdoor gymnasium.
Perrigan, a catcher on the softball team, plays catch with her sister outside. She hits into inside her father's metal shop building when it rains. She runs outside for cardio work to keep pace with pitcher Erin McDonald.
"I have a lot of tools," Perrigan said. "A bucket of balls. All my softball equipment. My sister sits the ball on a tee for me. My dad is making a net right so she can throw soft-toss to me."
Perrigan, like most Wichita State coaches and student-athletes, is challenged by the circumstances to find new ways of staying active and passing time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some are limited to their backyards or basement weight benches. Others use a nearby park or track
Maddie's 411 on all the virtual possibilities while social distancing
The days of social distancing continue and have left many of us feeling, well, a little bummed out and stir-crazy. Though we have started back to school and are keeping active working from home, it's easy to fall into a rut. While our spring breaks weren't spent relaxing under the warm sun or skiing down the slopes, luckily, there's more than one way to enjoy the vacation that never happened. Instead of trying Maddie's 10 tips, broaden your horizons with some virtual tours.
"Walk" through some of the most famous cultural institutions, like The Louvre and Museum of Natural History, then go on a virtual vacation and "ooh" and "aw" over popular tourist destinations. And regardless of your age, enjoy some live footage of animals playing at the zoo!
Watch Party with SAC
Join the Student Activities Council for a weekly Netflix Watch Party. Every week we will pick a new film to watch together with live chat during and after the movie to connect from our couches.Register to be part of the watch party here.
Have a movie you want to watch with fellow Shockers? Send suggestions to sac@wichita.edu. A netflix subscription and Netflix Party Chrome Browser extension is required prior to joining the event. Chatroom link and directions will be shared 20 minutes before the start time through email to registered participants.
This week we will be watching “Big Fat Liar.”
Who's afraid of the big bad Wolf? Not Jason Shepherd (Frankie Muniz), who has to prove that sleazy Hollywood producer Marty Wolf (Paul Giamatti) stole his class paper and turned it into a blockbuster hit movie, "Big Fat Liar." Traveling to Los Angeles with his best friend Kaylee (Amanda Bynes), Jason tries to break into show business -- literally. Through a hilarious series of pranks and ruses, Jason brings one of Hollywood's most powerful producers to his knees.
Apply for the TikTok Talent Show!
WSU Student Involvement and SAC are looking for Shockers to show off their TikTok skills. Students can apply and create a TikTok video to compete in the categories of TikTok Challenges, Comedy, Drama, or Original Audio. Each category will have a first-place prize during the live premier showing, and there will be an overall winner from the most likes on TikTok.
Applications are due by noon Wednesday, April 15. Fill out the entire application and submit your video. The live premier show is at 2 p.m. Friday, April 17. Viewers and judges will complete a poll to determine each category winner, and those winners will be announced at the end of the show. Then, videos will be posted to TikTok and given until Thursday, April 23 to get as many likes as possible. The overall winner will be announced at noon Friday, April 24.
For more information details, visit www.wichita.edu/virtualevents or email traditions@wichita.edu.
Curbside Services now being offered through Student Health Services
Student Health Services is now offering Curbside Services! Pick up refilled prescriptions or get your TB test read without having to leave your car. Offered during normal hours, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
$7 color tees online at the Shocker Store
From now to Sunday, April 12, you can grab our popular color tees for just $7 each at shockerstore.com. There are eight colors to choose from! Plus, enjoy free shipping on orders over $25, or choose our curbside pick-up option. Not valid with other discounts or promotions, some exclusions apply.