Wichita State's cybersecurity program helps Novacoast locate office in Wichita
Novacoast, a California-based cybersecurity company, looks for a university and a talent pipeline in a livable city when it plans expansion.
Over our 24 years, we’ve always been tied to a university,” said Paul Anderson, Novacoast’s chief executive officer. “A lot of what we hire for is grit. The combination of that Kansas, Wichita culture that you guys have — combined with that subset of people who have a passion for learning — that’s just an amazing combination.”
Late in 2020, Anderson visited Wichita in search of a place to open an office, prompted in part when the COVID-19 pandemic exposed a need to diversify geographically. Wichita State University and WSU Tech’s computer and cybersecurity offerings played an important role in Novacoast’s decision.
Read more about Novacoast in Wichita
Zoom now offers live transcripts and captions
Zoom has made available new automatic captioning and transcription tools available in our Zoom sessions. Any Zoom meeting can enable a live transcript and captioning as a free addition to our existing service.
For more information on Zoom's capabilities
Join the Student Involvement Ambassador team
Are you a student who is passionate about getting involved? Or a student that wants to share your own involvement story at Wichita State? The Student Involvement Ambassador is a team dedicated to recruiting new Shockers, connecting current students to opportunities and celebrating campus leaders and sharing the student involvement story. If you’re interested in sharing your Shocker experience, the deadline to apply is 5 p.m. Tuesday April 27.
Visit Wichita.edu/getinvolved for more details and to apply.
Apply to be on on SAC's executive board
Interested in having a leadership position in Student Activities Council? Apply to be on our executive board by noon on April 14. To find the link to our application visit wichita.edu/SAC or check out our instagram @sac_wsu. This is a great opportunity to put on your resume.
Shocker New Venture needs student judges
Held virtually this year, the Trade Show still promises to be an event brimming with intriguing ideas and booths. Sign up today to be a student judge. Choose which team wins the People’s Choice Award.
Wichita State Baseball opens Riverfront Stadium vs. Houston Cougars on April 10
Wichita State Shocker Baseball and the Wichita Wind Surge have teamed up to bring baseball to the brand new Riverfront Stadium at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 10.The Shockers play conference foe, Houston, in the inaugural game of the new stadium. Get a first look and be a part of history to #WatchUs take the field as the Shockers become the first team to play in Riverfront Stadium. Seating is limited due to COVID-19 restrictions, so purchase tickets early.
Today: Mathematical Sciences lecture
The Lecture Series in the Mathematical Sciences presents Prof. Mohamed Nasser from Qatar University. Nasser will present a lecture titled "Numerical computation of conformal capacity" at 3 p.m. today via Zoom.
To register for the free lecture, please email lecture.series@math.wichita.edu for the link and password.
View the abstract and a list of upcoming lectures
Manage your sales tax like a pro
The Kansas SBDC presents the following no-cost webinars:
- State Tax Webinar from 9 a.m. to noon April 29: Carl York with the Kansas Department of Revenue will give you the basics in this free webinar. Topics include sales and compensating use taxes, tax forms and how to file them, estimated taxes, and recordkeeping.
- State Tax Webinar for Construction Contractors from 1 to 3 p.m. April 29: Carl York with the Kansas Department of Revenue will focus on sales tax issues for construction contractors and subcontractors, including those who provide services such as plumbing, carpentry, electrical, roofing, HVAC, and landscaping. Learn about applying sales tax to materials and labor, Project Exemption Certificates, tax returns, billing, and more.
Register for the sales tax seminar
Join the virtual internship and career fair April 14
Just in time for the end of the semester, join the Shocker Career Accelerator for the Just-In-Time Virtual Internship & Career Fair 2021 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 14 via Handshake. This fair is for ALL majors at Wichita State!
Don’t miss your chance to engage with employers who are hiring for internships, part-time and full-time positions. These employers are from the Wichita-metro area, across Kansas, and throughout the United States.
Students invited to Resume Building Lab today
The resume is a crucial document in the job search process. Join the Shocker Career Accelerator in the Resume Building Lab at 1 p.m. today via Zoom. Whether you are applying for a part-time or full-time position, on-campus employment, a co-op or internship, graduate school admissions, research, fellowship, scholarships, or volunteer experience, you will need to develop and maintain a professional document to apply for these opportunities. Join this hands-on workshop to help you understand what information is required and the elements of a professional resume to pursue the perfect opportunity for your skillset.
Register for the Resume Building Lab
The best kept secrets, the myths, and the truths of supply chain
Greg White introduces you to the roots, truths, and future of supply chain in global business at 11 a.m. today. 2020 thrust supply chain into the limelight, yet global awareness far exceeds context and understanding. Because every one of us is touched by supply chain, it is important for people to understand the impact, challenges, and opportunities of the supply chain craft on its participants, and consumers. This discussion will share principles, truths, myths, misnomers and secrets of this complex craft. Highly engaging examples will show the process, complexity, limitations, and innovation within supply chain that assure people continue to get what they want and need from commerce. (Read Supply Chain Now.)
Join the discussion (Password: 700721)
April 15: #WichitaStateEngaged Part 2, Engaged Culture
Join the Office of Engagement for part two of a five-part series of conversations around engagement happening on and off campus. The conversation is scheduled for noon on April 15 via Zoom. Part 2 of the conversation is: Engaged Culture. Anthony Joinier, art consultant, artist liaison, public art administrator, and the creative director and founder of Mulberry Arts, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit art organization in the Shocker Neighborhood will share his perspective on working with WSU and what we can expect from Mulbery in the future. Kynnedy Moore is a WSU student and is interning at Mulberry.
Cheyla Clawson is the Associate Director of the School of Performing Arts and Assistant Professor of Dance. She will share the transformation happening within this space and the plans moving forward.
Please register to join the Zoom conversation. We will also stream live on the Shocker Neighborhood Coalition FB page.
Register to attend #WichitaStateEngaged
Join KMUW for a Kansas Legislative Update
Join KMUW's digital Democracy on Tap for a Kansas legislative update. We'll hear from local experts on the Kansas legislative session, including bills that have been introduced, debated, passed, or are on the horizon. Our panel will feature Stephen Koranda, Statehouse reporter for the Kansas News Service. Join the conversation live at 5 p.m. on April 13 on KMUW's Facebook page or at EngageICT.org. To ask a question, comment on the live Facebook video or send an email to info@kmuw.org. The recorded conversation will also be available to view anytime at EngageICT.org.
Issac Brown, Armando Minjarez and mystery guest to appear on Coffee & Convo
Register now for the final Coffee & Conversation of the spring with Dr. Marché Fleming-Randle at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, April 15 via Zoom. Special guest to include, Wichita State head men's basketball coach, Issac Brown; Wichita State coordinator of student diversity programs, Armando Minjarez; and a surprised guest to be announced during the show.
Ulrich virtual talk: Artist Renée Stout
The Ulrich Museum of Art on the Wichita State University campus is excited to host artist Renée Stout for a virtual talk at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13. The program is free and open to all, but you have to register first to get the Zoom link.
Stout is a contemporary American artist whose work is renowned for its potent reflections on African American heritage and visual culture of the African diaspora, encouraging self-examination, self-empowerment, and self-healing. The Ulrich exhibition "Renée Stout: Ghosts," currently on display at the Museum through May 8, features Stout’s haunting prints that explore the ideas and visual language of Haitian Voudou and American Voodoo and Hoodoo. Stout grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and received her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in 1980. In 1985, she moved to Washington, D.C., and began to explore the roots of her African American heritage. The lives of Stout’s imaginary characters unfold in a variety of media, including painting, mixed media sculpture, photography, and installation. The recipient of awards from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, Stout has shown her work in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States, and in England, Russia, and the Netherlands.
Register to attend the Ulrich virtual talk
Have fun at Shockers After Dark
Student Affairs invites students, faculty, and staff to Shockers After Dark from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 16 at the Rhatigan Student Center East Courtyard for two hours of fantastic free fun. Activities include karaoke, painting, BINGO, card sharks and photo booth. There will also be free food and prizes. Attendees will have the chance of receiving some Shocker socks! For more information please contact Student Affairs at 978-3021 or visit wichita.edu/studentaffairs.
Ulrich program visiting writer Michael Parker
Writing Now, Reading Now, — the creative writing program MFA reading series — is back with a reading from writer Michael Parker at 6 p.m. Thursday, April, 15. The virtual program is free and open to all.
Oklahoma is the setting for Parker's "Prairie Fever," his seventh and latest novel, a book that pulls the reader into what one critic calls a “whole family acting out what can and can’t be forgotten, against the backdrops of prairie and range — characters so magnificently and sometimes comically stubborn I really couldn’t put the book down.” Along with his novels, Parker, who will be Wichita State's Visiting Distinguished Writer this spring, has published fiction and nonfiction in some of the country’s top literary journals, and has won — among many honors — a PEN/Hemingway Award for First Fiction, a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, and O. Henry Awards three times for his short stories.
Writing Now/Reading Now is cosponsored by the WSU Department of English, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Department of Modern and Classical
Languages and Literature, Watermark Books & Café, and the Ulrich Museum of Art.
SGA announces Sept.13-17 as Diversity Week
The Student Government Association is excited to announce that we will dedicate Sept.13-17 as SGA Diversity Week. There will be student and department led programming, events and discussions highlighting the diverse student experience on our campus.
Calling any departments, student organizations, or individuals who would like to host an event during Diversity Week. Fill out this application to be considered.
Any and all experiences are welcomed. For more information, please contact sga.pubrelations@wichita.edu.
Order your commencement T-shirt today
Order your commencement T-shirt today. Your name will be printed on the back with all the other spring and summer graduates. Shirts cost $25.99 and are only available by ordering at thecommencementgroup.com/wichitastateu.