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This week’s news in brief — Jan. 25

This week’s news in brief — Jan. 25

Jennifer Anima, Reporter January 25, 2024

Woolsey Hall parking to close From Thursday, Jan. 25 to Friday, Jan. 26, half of parking lot 41 near Woolsey Hall will be closed. Those who typically park in this area will have to find another lot....

Chief Elections Commissioner Gigi Guzman announces the unofficial results of the special election during the Student Government Assocation session on Wednesday, Jan. 24. The Constitutional amendment was unofficially passed with 246 votes in affirmation.

Vote allows Student Government Association to change make-up of Senate seats

Courtney Brown, Investigative News Editor January 24, 2024

The Student Government Association (SGA) will no longer have at-large senator seats, based on the uncertified results for the special election. The special election from Jan. 22-24 allowed all degree-seeking...

Former Staff Senate President Denise Gimlin shakes incoming President Jason Boschs hand at the meeting on June 20.

Staff Senate President to depart from Wichita State

Courtney Brown, Investigative News Editor January 23, 2024

Staff Senate President Jason Bosch has announced an end to his 17 years in higher education. He plans to depart from Wichita State and join the Kansas Leadership Center on Feb. 9, according to his LinkedIn...

Shaybree Hanes, a junior graphic design major, discusses her logo design for The Mayflower Clinic on The Sunflower podcast. Hanes based her original design for the accessible health care clinic on the Mayflower ship.

Sunflower Spotlight: Graphic design student discusses work for local clinic

The Sunflower January 23, 2024

This week in the Elliott School Studio, we sat down with Wichita State graphic design student Shaybree Hanes. Hanes is a junior at Wichita State who designed a logo for the Mayflower Clinic. The Mayflower...

A rendering of the Wichita Biomedical Campus. (Courtesy of WSU Strategic Communications)

Wichita State reveals renderings for Biomedical Campus

Jacinda Hall, Podcast Editor January 23, 2024

Wichita State has revealed what the first phase of the Wichita Biomedical Campus will look like.  Shared on Friday, Jan. 19, the renderings reveal an eight-story building with a three-story pavilion,...

Students walk in front of the Rhatigan Student Center on Wednesday, Jan. 17.

Winter weather causes icy conditions around Wichita

Taliyah Winn, Reporter January 23, 2024

The second week of the spring semester at Wichita State met students with wet and icy conditions on their way to classes. The university has the responsibility and framework to decide whether to operate...

Wichita State students and community members make some smores in the Heskett Center during the Winter Welcome event in the Heskett Center.

Winter Welcome encourages interactions among students through skating, s’mores

Jennifer Anima, Reporter January 22, 2024

Due to icy, cold conditions, the Winter Welcome was moved from the President's Residence to Heskett Center. Students, staff and faculty gathered for various activities, including ice-skating, s'more...

This weeks news in brief — Jan. 20

This week’s news in brief — Jan. 20

Jennifer Anima, Reporter January 20, 2024

Esports team wins national championship The Wichita State Esports team ended their season with a national championship win at the Eastern College Athletic Conference. Shockers competed in Valorant,...

What Wichita State gets right when accommodating students with disabilities — and areas to improve

What Wichita State gets right when accommodating students with disabilities — and areas to improve

Courtney Brown, Investigative News Editor January 19, 2024

When social work student Ashlyn Wheeler experienced a health flare last spring, she switched to online classes and struggled to get accommodations in one of her courses. "It really impacted my class...

Students at Wichita State walk through campus bundled up on the first in-person day back to school. Wednesday, Jan. 17 was a cool 30 degrees Fahrenheit most of the afternoon.

Provost speaks on hazardous weather on campus

Allison Campbell, News Editor January 18, 2024

Students were welcomed to campus Wednesday after frigid temperatures Tuesday morning spurred university administration to suspend Wichita State’s in-person operations. Tuesday’s temporary transition...

Gigi Guzman, the SGA chief election commissioner, details the plan and procedure for the upcoming special election. Students will vote from Jan. 22-24 to determine if the composition of senate seats will undergo change next semester.

SGA announces special election for Senate seat modification

Allison Campbell, News Editor January 18, 2024

All degree-seeking students will have the opportunity from Jan. 22-24 to vote in a special Student Government Association (SGA) election that will determine the distribution of seats in the Student Senate. The...

ShelfCare Book Club members pose for a photo. (Photo courtesy of ShelfCare Book Club)

From classics to rom-coms: Wichita State book club invites readers of all kinds

Mia Hennen, Editor in Chief January 17, 2024

Book lovers on campus looking for their next book club can now join one at Wichita State. ShelfCare Book Club, started by pre-nursing student Promise Johnson last semester, aims to provide a space for...

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