President Bardo鈥檚 funeral procession will drive through campus early this afternoon (Monday, March 18)
On March 7, President John Bardo was in an ambulance to his family鈥檚 home, following a visit to the Wesley Medical Center emergency room. The ambulance driver asked if there was anything he could do for him. Dr. Bardo said yes, he hadn鈥檛 been to campus in three months, so please drive around WSU. The driver said Dr. Bardo wouldn鈥檛 be able to see anything from the back of the vehicle. Undeterred, Dr. Bardo said it would be satisfaction enough for him to know he鈥檇 been to campus.
In that spirit, the president鈥檚 procession will drive through campus early Monday afternoon March 18, on the way from his private funeral services to his burial. The procession, expected between 12:30-1:30 p.m., will include University Police vehicles and a vehicle carrying First Lady Deborah Bardo and members of the family. The motorcade will pause at least five times while passing through campus. The stops are noted in the image above or on this .
A text will be sent to everyone on the Rave alert system shortly before the motorcade arrives on campus. Provost and Acting President Rick Muma said it is at the discretion of faculty if they want to dismiss classes to view the funeral procession.
Live coverage of the funeral procession will be available on WSU's Twitter (@成人头条State), Instagram (@wichita_state_u) and Facebook (@wichita.state).
The motorcade will enter and exit campus from 17th Street as a salute to Dr. Bardo鈥檚 interest in the Fairmount neighborhood south of 17th, and his joy in the realization of the Experiential Engineering Building, which opened in January 2017, launching a wave of construction.
The procession will move north through Innovation Campus and then circle around and through the traditional campus, pausing briefly near Marcus Welcome Center, Wiedemann Hall, the 1970 Memorial, NIAR and the Rhatigan Student Center. The stop along Yale Walkway will be between the RSC and Neff Hall. The Bardos met in Neff Hall in 1974 and married in 1975.
A celebration of President Bardo鈥檚 life will be announced later this spring.
President John Bardo: 1948-2019
We've created a package of stories, photos and tributes to President John Bardo. Read about his vision for the university and community, a timeline highlighting his contributions while president and what Shocker Nation has to say about our 13th president.
You are invited to visit the President's Office and share your favorite memories from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. today (Monday, March 18) in 203 Morrison Hall.
Read about Dr. Bardo's impactWe invite you to leave a comment or memory
Student input sought on price and use of textbooks
成人头条 Student Government Association in cooperation with the Kansas Board of Regents Student Advisory Committee (SAC) is soliciting student input on the prices and usage of textbooks.
SAC is in the process of reviewing the feasibility of adapting open educational resources (OERs) across the Regent institutions. Open educational resources are openly licensed course materials that are free to use for professors and students, and can be a replacement for traditional textbooks. To ensure WSU student input is included in this proposal, we ask you to take the time to participate in this short survey. This survey will take three-to-five minutes to complete. If you have questions about this survey please email SGA.President@wichita.edu.
Careers for a Cause - Tuesday, March 19
with public service and nonprofit employers is an opportunity to meet-up with employers from 成人头条 and the surrounding area in the nonprofit and public service sector. Join the Career Development Center from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday, March 19) on the third floor, RSC, for this exciting event.
These employers are looking for interns and full-time employees. Don鈥檛 miss out on an opportunity to follow your passion and help those around you. Come and have a conversation! Bring your WSU ID and copies of your resume.
Creativity as Your Career Proof Competitive Advantage
The WSU College Readiness Partnership Initiative invites you to a workshop by Sue Keller-Mathers from 9-11 a.m. Monday, March 25, in 233 Rhatigan Student Center.
Creativity was named the top skill worldwide for 2109 by Linkedin. Calling it 鈥淐areer Proof鈥� in an age when automation is making more jobs obsolete, the demand for workers who can think in novel ways and solve problems that have never been encountered before is essential. Given that workers will need to be able to adapt, learn new skills and will be employed in jobs that don鈥檛 exist today, employers are looking for creativity in their future hires. In this workshop, you鈥檒l examine ways to identify your creative strengths and practice a set of skills for improving creativity for use in your current college career and beyond.
For questions or more information contact Jim Granada at 978-6298 or jim.granada@wichita.edu
Tours of The Suites residence hall start today (Monday, March 18)
Housing and Residence Life will offer hard hat tours of 成人头条 State鈥檚 newest residence hall, The Suites at WSU, beginning today (Monday, March 18). Tours will be about 20 minutes long and will be offered every day, Monday through Friday, from 3:30-5 p.m. Tours will start and end at the front desk in The Flats Apartments. Visitors must wear closed-toed shoes. Join us for a first-hand look at the latest housing option at 成人头条 State! Please direct any questions to Katie Austin at Katie.Austin@wichita.edu.
Goals? What goals?
How is your progress going toward the goals you set at the beginning of the semester? Are you where you want to be? It鈥檚 time for you to be doing a grade and goal check. If you don鈥檛 know where you stand in your classes, log in to Blackboard and find out.
Do you need some resources to help you? Explore this list of free existing academic success resources. If you need someone to help you focus and maximize your chances for success, contact a Success Coach or Peer Coach in the Shocker Learning Center.
Nominate an advisor for the Excellence in Academic Advising Award
Has an advisor made an impact on your academic success or helped you create a plan to successfully reach your goals? Nominate an advisor for the first Excellence in Academic Advising Awards. Anyone who provides advising services in any role (faculty or staff) is eligible for nomination. These awards recognize individuals who demonstrate qualities and practices that make significant contributions to the improvement of academic advising at WSU and beyond.
by completing an online form by April 24.
Graduate School Professional Development Series 鈥� 鈥楾he Struggle is Real: Manage Your Classroom Like a Pro鈥�
Effective tips for how to manage common issues that arise in the classroom will be presented by Marche Fleming-Randle, vice president for Diversity and Community Engagement from noon-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, in 142 RSC. Lunch will be available for the first 30. RSVP to jenny.stauffer@wichita.edu.
Scenarios will be enacted in real-time to illustrate best practices in pedagogy. If you teach or think you might teach, this workshop is for you.
WSU Graduate Student of the Year competition results
This year鈥檚 competition started with 48 applications. Ten were selected to move forward to the second round, which included a presentation and interview. Among these, six emerged as our finalists for this year鈥檚 competition. We had a remarkable pool of candidates this year.
Congratulations to Alisha Prince as our 2019 WSU Graduate Student of the Year winner. She is pursuing a MS degree in Biological Sciences.
We would also like to recognize our five finalists:
Randy Barbour, Ph.D. in Community Psychology
Imran Musaji, Ph.D. in Communication Sciences and Disorders
Pamela O鈥橬eal, Ph.D. in Educational Leadership
Rheanna Pierce, MSW in Social Work
Aaron Rodriguez, MFA in Creative Writing and Poetry
Our finalists were recognized and our winner announced on March 7 at an awards luncheon.
WSU women in STEAM feature: Maggie Koops
To honor Women鈥檚 History Month, WSU Ventures and the Center for Entrepreneurship at 成人头条 State have collaborated to highlight influential WSU women who have made a difference in the areas of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Every week during March, we will feature an inspirational Shocker for her contributions and accomplishments.
Maggie Koops is this week's feature.
Maggie has had an incredible experience on campus learning about innovation and empathetic design. She began at 成人头条 State as an aerospace engineering freshman working in the NIAR Wind Tunnel, and has since transitioned into the Masters of Innovation Design program, where she collaborates with students and faculty across disciplines to make the world a better place.
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Nationally known speaker to lead three events at WSU this month
Anne Krook is a nationally known speaker who helps students transition from the academy (university) to the workplace, using the language that employers expect from applicants.
Krook herself left academia (she was an assistant professor of English at the University of Michigan) to work for a small startup in Seattle 鈥� Amazon (!), where she enjoyed many roles both abroad and in the United States. She then went on to become VP of Operations at another startup, Mindbloom, and then VP of Operations at Synapse.
She now specializes in helping graduate students transition to non-academic workplaces and undergraduate humanities majors translate their skills into jobs. In addition to her consulting work, Krook currently chairs the Board of Directors of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund.
Krook will speak at WSU three different events later this month. Read on to learn more about these wonderful opportunities!
* Entering the Job Market with a Humanities or Arts Degree: A Talk with Anne Krook, Ph.D.
Wondering how to get a job with a liberal arts degree? Talk to someone who knows: Anne Krook, Ph.D., a former academic who transitioned successfully to the corporate and nonprofit workplaces, will share her story and advice from 4-5 p.m. Thursday, March 28, in 261 RSC. Hear about how you can identify and market the skills that make you an asset to many different jobs. All students and faculty welcome. Cosponsored by Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College, Graduate School, and Career Development. Visit Dr. Krook鈥檚 .
* Women and Men in the Workplace: Colleagues & Allies
What are the economic, social, and cultural factors that influence how men and women see and treat each other in the workplace? Students (UG and GR) and faculty are invited to join consultant Anne Krook, Ph.D., for lunch from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, March 29, in 156A Corbin Hall for a discussion that offers two models for making those relations work better: collegiality and allyship, and discusses why those well-known ideals sometimes fall short at work. Finally, it offers tactics for making those models more effective in your workplace. Visit Krook鈥檚 . Event cosponsors are Graduate School & Career Development Center. Students to log into Handshake with your WSUID and password and click 鈥淛oin Event.鈥� An email confirmation will be sent to your "shockers.wichita.edu" email address.
* Marketing Yourself After Graduate School: A Talk with Anne Krook, Ph.D.
Join nationally known speaker and consultant Anne Krook, Ph.D. for practical advice for graduate students who want industry jobs outside of academia. We will meet from 2-5 p.m. Friday, March 29 in 305 RSC East Shirley Beggs Ballroom to learn from her how to identify your skills, craft a resume, and how to use the language that employers expect from applicants! Snacks served. Visit Krook鈥檚 . Cosponsors of event are the Graduate School & Career Development Center. All are welcome. Students to log into Handshake with your WSUID and password and click 鈥淛oin Event.鈥� An email confirmation will be sent to your "shockers.wichita.edu" email address.
Save the date for Spring Town Hall
On Thursday, May 2, WSU鈥檚 Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs Kaye Monk-Morgan will host a Town Hall meeting for the university community to provide an update on the progress of WSU鈥檚 Strategic Plan, 鈥淔orward Together.鈥� The event will be held from 3-4:30 p.m. in Beggs Hall. To learn more, go to Strategic Plan.
Upcoming events at University Libraries
Upcoming events at the University Libraries include 鈥淭ech Tuesdays: Google Home鈥� and 鈥淕raphic Design Tools for Your Small Business.鈥�
鈥淢onday Technology: Required skills for Mixed/Virtual/Augmented Reality鈥� from 1-2 p.m. Monday, March 18, in C-Space, Ablah Library. .
鈥淭ech Tuesday: Google Home鈥� from noon-2 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, in C-Space, Ablah Library. .
鈥淕raphic Design Tools for Your Small Business鈥� from 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, in C-Space, Ablah Library. .
鈥淢onday Technology: Software Defining Network鈥� from 1-2 p.m. Monday, March 25, in C-Space, Ablah Library. .
鈥淭ech Tuesday: Virtual Reality鈥� from noon-2 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, in C-Space, Ablah Library. .
鈥淭rademark Basics: Protect Your Business Name鈥� from 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, in C-Space, Ablah Library. .
鈥淎dvanced Searching: How Do I Go Beyond Basic Search?鈥� from 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, in 217 Ablah Library. .
鈥淯nderstanding Population: Where Do I Find Demographic Data for Social Research?鈥� from noon-1 p.m. Friday, March 29, in 217 Ablah Library. .
For more information and event registration, go to . Students, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend.
SAC presents Karith Foster Stereotyped 101
SAC presents professional comedian and speaker Karith Foster at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in the CAC Theater. Foster will uses the perfect blend of humor, interactive audience participation and heartfelt personal stories to engage her audience and shed light on taboo and sensitive subjects that include, but are not limited to racism, LGBTQIA issues, class-ism, even size-ism and the many other predispositions that fall into the realm of our unconscious bias.
Join SAC for this high-energy presentation as Foster prompts people to not just think about how we view the world and ourselves, but how to actively promote change. Admission is free.
TRIO wants your feedback
The 成人头条 State TRIO Student Support Services and Disability Support Services programs are conducting a needs analysis to help them identify and improve upon their services toward undergraduate students. If you are an undergraduate student at WSU interested in providing valuable input, please to tell us about your need for support services. If you have any questions, contact Alan Dsouza at alan.dsouza@wichita.edu.
Tournament central is Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes
Looking for a place to watch all the NCAA tournament games? The Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes is tournament central in the RSC! Stop by to catch the games on one of our many TVs.
鈥楶reparing a Research Poster鈥� to be presented March 21
Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to learn how to design an effective poster presentation that will connect with your audience. 鈥淧reparing a Research Poster鈥� will be held from 5-6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in 266 RSC. Snacks will be provided. RSVP to jenny.stauffer@wichita.edu. Doug Parham, Communication Sciences and Disorders, and Kristyn Smith, Institute for Interdisciplinary Creativity.
Learn about effective formatting and content design for a traditional research audience, and innovative entrepreneurial audience.
The event is cosponsored by the Graduate School and Cohen Honors College.
Mark your calendar for Edible Book Festival on April 1
Are you a fan of the Great British Baking Show or Nailed It? Mark your calendar for the University Libraries' first annual Edible Book Festival on Monday, April 1st. The worlds of books and food will collide in creative and delicious ways!
You are invited to create an edible work of art inspired by your favorite book or author. Entries will be displayed in Ablah Library. Let your imagination run free. Have fun with puns or create something in the shape of a book. Entries may be made from anything that is edible (cake, bread, crackers, gelatin, fruit, vegetables, candy, etc.) as long as it can be displayed for a few hours without melting or spoiling.
Students, faculty, staff, student organizations, departments, community members - all are welcomed to enter! Please also join us for a reception.
Registrations are due by Wednesday, March 27. See our .
WSU presents 鈥淭he Theory of Relativity," the musical
成人头条鈥檚 School of Performing Arts will present 鈥淭he Theory of Relativity鈥�, the musical (rated PG). The musical will take place 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21 to Saturday, March 23 and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 24, in Wilner Auditorium.
鈥淭he Theory of Relativity鈥� is a song cycle written in 2016 by the Drama Desk Award-nominated team Neil Bartram and Brian Hill. It is a musical written for and about college-age youth and is sure to offer audiences a new perspective on the millennial generation and the idea of infinite uncertainty combined with the logical certainty of mathematics and physics. It is an emotional and highly accessible show that examines love, friendship, parental expectations, personal aspirations and human connection.
The cast of the musical features 13 musical theatre majors (Ariel Glorsky, Natalie Carrera, Ari Chandler, Grace Roush, Courtney Wages, Katriana Kisner, Jackson Dorris, Nora Dooley, Philip Hanson, Jacob Kramer, Trevor Seyl, William Day and Lucas Lowry).
Along with the cast, the musical features a variety of talent from the design team, including Associate Professors David Neville (lighting design) and Ed Baker (set design and technical direction); and student design and technical theatre majors include Erin Mittman (stage manager), Sydney Jordan (sound design), Ali Miro (asst. lighting designer), Emily Evans (costume coordinator) and Wesley Sweigart (props).
Tickets are $20, $18 and $10. WSU students receive one free ticket with WSU student ID.
For more ticket information, call the WSU Box Office at 316-978-3233 or online at .
成人头条 State invites students to consider new higher education program
Are you interested in pursuing a career in higher education? Beginning in fall 2019, 成人头条 State will offer a Master of Education in Educational Psychology: Higher Education / Student Affairs track.
To help kick off this exciting new program, WSU is hosting a Graduate Assistant weekend Friday and Saturday, March 22-23. During this weekend perspective students will learn more about the program and interview for graduate assistantships, including those in Housing and Residence Life, Student Involvement, Student Success and the Career Development Center.
For more information about these assistantships, go to Student Affairs Assistantships.
To apply to attend the graduate weekend, click on .
For more information, contact the Vice President of Student Affairs at VPStudentAffaris@wichita.edu or call 316-978-3021.
WSU graduate students attend statewide 16th Capitol Graduate Research Summit (CGRS)
On Feb. 26, nine WSU graduate students drove to Topeka to participate in the annual statewide KBOR Capitol Graduate Research Summit (CGRS) event at the Capitol. Brien Bolin, associate dean, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, and Kerry Wilks, interim dean of the Graduate School, participated. The event featured research conducted by graduate students at all Kansas Board of Regents graduate public universities.
Selected in a competitive application process by the CGRS committee, the students showcased research and projects relevant to the state of Kansas and of potential interest to state legislators. A multi-month commitment, the Graduate School congratulates all participants and the winners!
- Winner of the WSU award: Heather Forster, master's student, Department of Biological Sciences, 鈥淚nnovative Genetic Approach May Give Crops Resistance to Charcoal Rot Disease." Bin Shuai, research advisor.
- Winner of the BioKansas award: Jacob Griffith, master鈥檚 student, Department of Biomedical Engineering: "Non-Invasive Detection of Intracranial Fluid Volume Shifts Using Wearable Headband."Kim Cluff, research advisor.
Other 2019 WSU graduate student research presenters included:
Sattar Ali, doctoral student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 鈥淧roduced Water Treatment for Agricultural Use in Kansas Oil, and Gas Production Fields.鈥� Eylem Asmatulu, research advisor.
Fayez Alruwaili, master鈥檚 student, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 鈥淐ardiac Failure Detection Using a Wearable Patch Sensor in a Point-of Care Setting.鈥� Kim Cluff, research advisor.
Suvagata Chakraborty, doctoral student, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 鈥淢odeling and Evaluating the Effect of Data Aggregation Interval on Smart Power Distribution System.鈥�Visvakumar Aravinthan, research advisor.
Parsa Kianpour, doctoral student, Department of Industrial, Systems and Manufacturing Engineering,鈥淓conomic Development and Job Creation by Applying Optimization Methods for Scheduling Problem in Job Shops.鈥� Deepak Gupta, research advisor.
Jenny Masias, master鈥檚 student, Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literature, 鈥淭he Immigrants Who Built Kansas: One Spike at a Time.鈥� Enrique Navarro, research advisor.
Seyed Ali Mirzapour, doctoral student, Department of Industrial, Systems and Manufacturing Engineering, 鈥淥rgan Motion Prediction in MR-Guided Radiotherapy.鈥� Ehsan Salari, research advisor.
Naveen Ravindran, master鈥檚 student, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 鈥淕uideCall: A System for Remote Video Call Assistance for Blind and Visually Impaired People.鈥� Vinod Namboodiri, research advisor.
For more information, including abstracts, click on .
Watch the new Study Abroad video
Check out the new Study Abroad video featuring Shockers who participated in Study Abroad programs in 2018.
Thank you to all of the students who provided photos from their experiences abroad!
The 37th Annual Exposure Photography Competition
Celebrate 37 years of student photographers at Exposure, an annual juried photography exhibit displaying various works in the categories of digital, analogue and digital manipulation submitted by 成人头条 student photographers.
The show will be on display from today (Monday, March 18) to Friday, March 29. The reception and awards ceremony will be from 7-6:30 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday, March 19) in the Bluestem Lounge.
The Cadman Art Gallery is located on the first floor of the Rhatigan Student Center and serves as a student-centered space focused on education and exposing the WSU community to the arts.
For rules and registration forms, go to .
Dream Run to generate funds for scholarships
Contact Sandra Sanchez, SOSW president at sasanchez-conley@shockers.wichita.edu if want to volunteer for this event or have more questions.
Prepare those running shoes and spread the word to family and friends.
Register at . #TogetherWeDream
Register for the Futsal Tournament
Join SAC in its first Futsal Tournament at 3 p.m. Friday, March 29, in the Heskett Center. The registration deadline is the same day at . Shirts are provided for the first eight teams that register.
Barbeque Cook-Off coming Thursday, March 21
Join the Student Veterans Organization to its first Barbeque Cook-Off from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21, on the RSC north patio. Categories are best rack of ribs, best pork or beef, and best international (including vegetarian). Prizes will go to the best dish in each category.
In case of inclement weather, the event will be held in Grace Wilkie.
Shock the Yard Step Show tickets are available
Tickets for the 10th Annual Shock the Yard Step Show are now on sale. Tickets are $10 until April 26, and $15 day of the show, 7 p.m. Saturday, April 27, in Charles Koch Arena.
Tickets can be purchased at the Student Involvement Office, at the Koch Arena Ticket office or online at . Questions? Please contact greeklife@wichita.edu.
Graphic Design Contest opportunity
The School of Performing Arts Student Advisory Council (SPASAC) is hosting a Graphic Design Contest for the School of Performing Arts. SPASAC is seeking a graphic design that identifies and generates a sense of unity among the students in the four major areas, Theatre Performance, Technology and Design, Music Theatre, and Dance. Check out the School of Performing Arts Student Advisory Council page on Facebook, or @wichitastateperformingarts on Instagram and Twitter for more information.