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Parking lot 19E on April 9.

Lot 19E by Eck Stadium to partially close Wednesday through Sunday

Megan Bailey, Reporter May 13, 2025

A portion of Lot 19E will be closed from Wednesday through Sunday for an event. The lot will reopen on Monday, May 19. Faculty, staff and students who park in the lot will need to park elsewhere to...

Wichita State University’s Provost Monica Lounsbery addresses the Faculty Senate on May 12. Lounsbery discussed the university directive requiring WSU to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programming and funding, as well as pronouns in employee email signatures.

WSU to eliminate DEI programming and funding, tells employees to remove pronouns from email signatures

Allison Campbell and Ainsley Smyth May 12, 2025

Wichita State University’s Provost Monica Lounsbery announced to faculty and staff on Monday afternoon that WSU will begin taking steps to comply with a recent Kansas Senate bill and federal policies...

A newly placed stone in Wichita State's Plaza of Heroines honors Mary Nelson, who worked in Special Collections at Ablah Library.

Library colleagues commemorate cornerstone figure with a stone of her own

Ainsley Smyth, News Editor May 12, 2025

The sun chased off a brief shower of rain as people trickled out of Ablah Library on Thursday afternoon. The staff gathered to dedicate a stone tile inscribed with the name of their former colleague.  Mary...

Graduates listen as Iris Okere, former SGA President, addresses 2024 graduates and their families. (File photo)

Wichita State, WSU Tech and Wichita Public Schools partner to build local teacher pipeline

Megan Bailey, Reporter May 10, 2025

Wichita State University, WSU Tech and Wichita Public Schools have announced a new partnership to help strengthen the teacher workforce in Kansas.  This partnership offers WPS graduates a route to...

SGA Senators are sworn in at the 2025 inauguration. (File photo)

SGA appoints new executive branch members in last meeting before summer

Ainsley Smyth, News Editor May 10, 2025

Wichita State’s Student Senate confirmed the appointment of the executive branch, including a new student body treasurer, undergraduate student advocate and chief of staff at its last meeting of the...

The Campus Activities Center Theater (CAC) on Feb. 14.

CAC Theater temporarily closing for accessibility improvements

Megan Bailey, Reporter May 6, 2025

The CAC Theater will be temporarily closed starting on Sunday, May 18, as work begins to assess and then address what needs to be done to bring the facility into ADA compliance.  “These improvements...

(Photo courtesy of Emily Phung)

Archeology rekindled his passion for learning after 50 years, brain cancer didn’t stop him

Taliyah Winn, Podcast Producer May 5, 2025

When 17-year-old Arland Wallace first came to Wichita State University in the 1970s, he left after his first semester, realizing he wasn’t ready for college. After he retired from his job as a deacon...

Social work student Robin Monroe poses for a photo in the Online and Adult Learners office. Monroe said that OAL helped her throughout her time at WSU.

‘Nowhere to go but up’: How a WSU student went from addiction, incarceration and homelessness to crossing the graduation stage

Ainsley Smyth, News Editor May 4, 2025

Robin Monroe walked into the Online and Adult Learners office at Wichita State “almost by mistake.” “I went to the advising office in Grace Wilkie (Hall) and on the way there, I went in the wrong...

Adriana and Victoria Owens in New York City at the National Model United Nations conference in April. The two are fraternal twins. (Courtesy of Tyler Dorsch)

Twins with interconnected advocacy journeys prepare to diverge paths at WSU — but only somewhat

Mia Hennen, Managing Editor May 4, 2025

When you speak to Adriana and Victoria Owens, you might notice the twins say “we” and “us” a lot. And those first-person plural pronouns often fit the pair, whose lives blend and weave together. From...

Megan Nichols checks camera bags at the Elliot School gear room. Nichols is graduating with a bachelor's in communication.

From cameras to choreography, communication student supports peers while getting creative

Mya Scott, Assistant Editor May 3, 2025

To a lot of people in the Elliott School of Communication, Megan Nichols is the girl who checks out the cameras while sporting a huge smile on her face. But Nichols holds other passions outside of DSLR...

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Wichita State cancels commencement events celebrating diversity

Kami Steinle, Reporter May 2, 2025

Three of Wichita State’s annual commencement events, Multicultural Graduation Celebration, Lavender Graduation and First-Generation Cord Ceremony, will not be held this spring.  “I think it’s...

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