Student Senate asks university for representation in athletic funding process
Marshall Sunner, Sports Editor
April 9, 2020
The Wichita State Student Government Association passed a bill Wednesday asking for the university to reinstate the organization's oversight over the athletic funding process. All degree-seeking students pay WSU's student athletic fee. The bill is in relation to the Kansas Board of Regents Policy...
Second student fees bill passes, raising fees by 1.5% next school year
Lindsay Smith and Kylie Cameron
April 9, 2020
The second version of the Student Fees bill, which “taxes” most student organizations by 4%, was passed during Wednesday's Student Government Association meeting. This follows the original Student Fees bill, which was rejected by senators who believed it increased student fees by 1.5% for non-student organizations. The original bill was deliberated by the student fees committee for a co...
Student Senate creates COVID-19 Economic Relief fund
Lindsay Smith, Reporter
April 8, 2020
A $10,000 fund created by the Wichita State Student Government Association will now go towards scholarships for students who find themselves in financial need after being furloughed, laid off, or put out of work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The association passed the bill to create this fund at last week...
KU law students hosting gender marker, name change webinar for WSU community
Kylie Cameron, Editor in Chief
April 7, 2020
University of Kansas law students Delaney Hiegert and Ellen Bertels will bring their gender marker and name change event to the Wichita State community later today. Originally planned as an in-person event, the Zoom webinar, scheduled for 7 p.m.,is also hosted by the WSU Office of Diversity and ...
Elementary education majors miss students, share worries over unmet graduation requirements
Karen Galindo, A&E Editor
April 7, 2020
Wichita State senior Robin Zebedee had just started her pre-student teaching semester at Mueller Elementary School this spring, where she was expected to come into work every Wednesday. With Gov. Laura Kelly closing all K-12 schools early March to take precautions against the COVID-19, Zebedee ...
WSU working on possible credit/no credit grading option
Lindsay Smith, Reporter
April 7, 2020
UPDATE: A credit/no credit option is available for undergraduate students for the spring semester. A satisfactory/unsatisfactory option will be available for graduate students. Wichita State is looking into implementing a credit/no credit grading option for the spring semester. While many insti...
Wichita State announces hiring freeze
Kylie Cameron, Editor in Chief
April 7, 2020
Due to the intended negative financial impact that the COVID-19 pandemic will have on university finances, Wichita State will implement a hiring freeze. The university also announced "restrictions on discretionary spending including travel and non-essential purchases," in today's WSU Today. "We are confident that, with strategic and thoughtful planning, Wichita State w...
WSU student returning from study abroad finally gets to hug family after self-isolation
Matthew Kelly, Managing Editor
April 4, 2020
Sydney Wyatt had her spring break plans all figured out. Her flight to Italy was already booked. A sophomore integrated marketing student at Wichita State, Wyatt got her first taste of international travel when her father, a member of the Oklahoma National Guard, was deployed to Ukraine three years ag...
BREAKING: Sexual assault reported at The Flats
Kylie Cameron, Editor in Chief
April 4, 2020
The Wichita State Police Department sent out an alert early Saturday morning about a sexual assault that occurred around noon on Wednesday at The Flats. The alert said that the victim was exiting their apartment when the suspect, waiting in the hall, held the student at knife-point and forced entry...
COVID-19 affecting 20-44-year-olds at high rates in Kansas
Audrey Korte, Reporter
April 3, 2020
COVID-19 cases in Kansas are particularly high right now in the 20-44-year-old age group, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Case Summary report update on Thursday. At the time of the report, 160 of the state’s 552 active COVID-19 cases fell within the 20-44-year-old range. Though the number of cases rose from 552 t...
WSU to convert all summer courses to online/remote format
Matthew Kelly, Managing Editor
April 3, 2020
Wichita State announced Friday that all summer courses will be converted to an online or remote format in response to the continued threat of COVID-19. "While we had hoped to be able to return to some sense of normal by the summer months, the situation remains uncertain," Provost Rick Muma wrote in...
WSU approves refunds for parking, student housing, meal plans, but not tuition or fees
Audrey Korte, Reporter
April 2, 2020
Wichita State hosted a virtual town hall Thursday to address questions, including those about refunds and credits. According to the university website, WSU will begin updating student accounts to reflect credits for on-campus housing, meal plans, and student parking, and issuing refunds starting on April 3. B...
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