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Baseball season tickets are now available

Wichita State baseball season tickets are available for faculty and staff to purchase for the 2020 season. The schedule will be announced at a later date, but conference home series include Tulane, Cincinnati, USF and UConn.

By purchasing or renewing season tickets early, fans have the opportunity to win a special prize for each day of June.

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Prizes include Shocker Store gift cards, season tickets to volleyball, women’s basketball and softball, tickets to a men’s basketball game, a skybox for a baseball game and autographed memorabilia by new head coach Eric Wedge.

Everyone who purchases baseball season tickets on that day will be entered into a drawing for that day’s prize.

To purchase tickets, fans can buy them online at GoShockers.com or by calling (316-978-FANS) or visiting the Shocker Ticket Office Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Season tickets available for WSU Faculty/Staff include:
Field Box (blue seats): $225
Wheelchair (Field Box): $225
Concourse Box (green seats): $155
Chairback (yellow seats): $100
Punch Pass: $100

Winners of each prize will be contacted individually as well as announced on GoShockers social media accounts.

For more information on each prize package, please see below.

June 1: Eric Wedge Autographed Baseball Hat
June 2: Eck Stadium Skybox for a 2020 Shocker Baseball Game (valued at $800)
June 3: Mystery Prize
June 4: Four All-Session Tickets to TBT (July 25-28 at Charles Koch Arena; valued at $300)
June 5: $100 Shocker Store Gift Card
June 6: Four Shocker Volleyball General Admission Season Tickets (valued at $260)
June 7: Eric Wedge Autographed Baseball
June 8: Four Men’s Basketball Lower Bowl Tickets for One Game (regular-season game at Charles Koch Arena; valued at $300)
June 9: Shocker Baseball Alumni Golf Tournament Entry
June 10: Matted 1989 Shocker Baseball Team Photo
June 11: $150 Shocker Store Gift Card
June 12: Mystery Prize
June 13: Four Behind the Bench Men’s Basketball Tickets for One Game (regular-season game at Charles Koch Arena; valued at $450)
June 14: New Eck Stadium Phase V Facility Tour
June 15: Four Women’s Basketball General Admission Season Tickets (valued at $200)
June 16: Eric Wedge Autographed Baseball Bat
June 17: Four Men’s Basketball Lower Bowl Tickets for One Game (regular-season game at Charles Koch Arena; valued at $300)
June 18: All-American Club Access for One Game for Four People (valued at $???)
June 19: $100 Shocker Store Gift Card
June 20: Eric Wedge Autographed Baseball Jersey
June 21: All-Access to a Shocker Baseball Practice
June 22: Mystery Prize
June 23: Charles Koch Arena All-Access Tour
June 24: Four Shocker Softball Season Tickets (valued at $220)
June 25: Baseball Shocker Suite for One Game (valued at $1,000)
June 26: All-Inclusive Shocker Baseball Birthday Party (includes invitations, appearance by Wu Shock, cake and balloons)
June 27: Mystery Prize
June 28: Lunch with Head Coach Eric Wedge
June 29: Two Tickets to the Shocker Baseball First Pitch Banquet (valued at $250)
June 30: New Student-Athlete Success Center Facility Tour

Shockin' Fun Friday canceled

The faculty / staff event Shockin’ Fun Friday that was originally scheduled for Friday, May 31, has been canceled. With constant rain and weather conditions that do not seem to be cooperating this year, there is concern that it will simply be too wet in the location. More information will follow if the event is eventually rescheduled.

Apply now for Volunteer Service to America (VISTA)

AmeriCorps VISTA members have a mission to bring individuals and communities out of poverty. Members make a year-long, full-time commitment to serve on a specific project at a nonprofit agency. They focus their efforts to build the organizational, promotional and/or financial capacity of organizations that fight illiteracy, improve health services, foster economic development, and assist low-income communities.

Anyone wanting to get involved can now apply at my.Americorps.gov. For more information, email shyla.thompson@wichita.edu.

RSVP for 'Designing and Validating Prototypes' presentation

As part of GoCreate and Strategic Initiatives’ IDEA series 3 p.m. June 6, in the Experiential Engineering Building, Jeswin Joseph will present on “Designing and Validating Prototypes.” In the first part of the presentation, Joseph will discuss the process of designing and validating. During the second half of the session, Joseph will tour participants through the NIAR labs to discuss capabilities offered at NIAR.
Register for the event. Registration ends June 2.

Purchasing office will close for three hours today

The Office of Purchasing will be closed from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. today (Thursday, May 30), to attend training.

Shocker Dining has new summer hours

Stay up-to-date with what WSU Dining locations are open this summer at summer dining hours.

Weekly briefings on hiatus until August

WSU's weekly briefings, normally held at 10 a.m. every Thursday, will not be held over the summer break. They will resume on a weekly schedule in August.

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Registration open for Win the Day walking sessions

Registration is open for Win the Day walking sessions, a 12-week health and fitness series – geared toward residents of the neighborhoods hugging WSU.

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The sessions start with a kickoff at 3 p.m. June 1, at the Boys and Girls Club, 2400 N. Opportunity Drive. Led by local fitness instructor Denise Colborn, Win the Day is a partnership of Shocker Neighborhood Coalition, WSU Public Policy and Management Center, City of Wichita Park and Recreation and Denise Colborn Fitness. Funding for the fitness series is provided by a grant from the Kansas Health Foundation.

Beginning June 4, fitness walking classes will meet four times a week at 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The walking sessions will begin at Koch Arena. All are invited.