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Tanat Maichan, Former photographer

Tanat Maichan (Tat) was a photographer for The Sunflower. Tat majored in aerospace engineering with a minor in mathematics. He is from Bangkok, Thailand.

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Dr. Deepak Gupta, Associate Chair and Graduate Program Coordinator, speaks to the Faculty Senate. The meeting was held on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018.

Director of School of Music, Aleksander Sternfeld-Dunn, speaks to the Faculty Senate. The meeting was held on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018.

Kaye Monk-Morgan, former VP of Strategic Engagement and Planning, addresses the Faculty Senate on Oct. 22, 2018. After leaving WSU, Monk-Morgan went to work at the Kansas Leadership Center.

[Photo] 'Shocker through and through:' Alum to serve as Kansas Leadership Center president

March 3, 2023
Kansas Best Robotics 2018 completiton is at Charles Koah Arena on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018.

A Salina South highschool student controls the robot along the bar.

Kansas Best Robotics 2018 completiton is at Charles Koah Arena on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018.

A Salina South highschool student controls the robot along the bar.

Damon Penner, a sophomore majoring in History, is the vice president of Wichita State Quidditch. He scores by throwing the quaffle ball through the hoop.

[Photo] Shocker Quidditch to compete in first tournament of the season

Evan Pflugradt, Sports Editor
October 11, 2018
A sophomore majoring in History, Damon Penner, is the vice president of Wichita State Quidditch. He passes the quaffle ball in practice.

Damon Penner, a sophomore majoring in History, is the vice president of Wichita State Quidditch. He scores by throwing the quaffle ball through the hoop.

[Photo] WSU quidditch team to host demonstration

August 20, 2019
Eric Cruz (right), a chaser, try to take the snitch tail from Davey Kiker (left) who is the snitch.

SAC presents Ceramics Demonstration, an event where students can create their own ceramic pinch pots from pieces of clay at Hubbard Hall lobby on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018.

Nada Jibbe is a sophomre majoring in Computer Engineering. She uses a plastic stick to create a shape for the pinch pot.

A plastic stick is used to create and adjust the shape of the clay.

Nada Jibbe is a sophomre majoring in Computer Engineering. She uses a plastic stick to create a shape for the pinch pot.

A junior majoring in Biomedical Engineering, Jana Alnasser, builds a pinch pot out of a piece of clay.

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The Hill family

The Hill family have coffees at Starbucks on campus.

[Photo] Husband, wife, daughter all pursuing undergrad degrees at WSU

October 8, 2018
The Hill family have coffees at Starbucks on campus.

Alayna Maslinski, a sophomore majoring in Exercise Science and Biology, plays with Mitty, a Cavachon dog, at Love On A Leash outside of Study Hall, on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018.

Alayna Maslinski, a sophomore majoring in Exercise Science and Biology, plays with Mitty, a Cavachon dog, at Love On A Leash outside of Study Hall, on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018.

Heather (Left) and John (Right) Hill are married couple who are also undergraduate students at Wichita State University.

Heather (Left) and John (Right) Hill are married couple who are also undergraduate students at Wichita State University.

Heather and John Hill are student at Wichita State University. They both are pursuing bachelors degree.

Wichita State student, Heather Hill, is a junior majoring in Women's Studies.

Heather and John Hill are student at Wichita State University. They both are pursuing bachelors degree.

John Hill is a Wichita State student majoring in History. He is pursuing a bachelor degree.

Heather and John Hill are student at Wichita State University. They both are pursuing bachelors degree.

Joel Davis, Wichita State alumni, chooses a T-shirt at the Shocker Store.

Waseen Mohammed, a graduate student majoring in Mechanical Engineering, checks the price of a golf bag.

Gabriel Fonseca is an assistant director for Student Involvement.

Joshua Klein, a junior majoring Accounting, makes a purchase at the Shocker Store on the grand opening day.

Wichita State students attend the grand opening of the Shocker Store in Braeburn Square, on Friday, Sep. 28, 2018.

Ted goes insane as he is called Ned by his friends for so many times.

Taylor finally gets into the apartment. They all were having soup that Taylor brought for Ned.

Taylor bring soup for Ned as Ned has been missing. Ted and Sarah scared Taylor to make him leave.

School of Performing Arts presents a play called "The Search." The show will be performed in Welsbacher Theatre, Sep 26-29th at 7.30 pm and Sep 29-30th at 2 pm.

Ted and Beth discuss about the tension between Ted and Ned.

The three friends brainstorm for the way to take care of Ned missing problem.

Sarah vonlenteers to call the police to report a missing person since no one want to.

Sarah and Ted looks into Ned's computer to find any clues that leads to Ned missing.

Brock James is a senior majoring in Theater. He plays as Taylor who is Ned's best friend.

[Photo] WSU Theatre production finds humor in catastrophe through ‘The Search’

October 1, 2018
Nora Dooley plays as Sarah. She is a sophomore majoring in Theater Performance.

TJ Wade, a sophomore majoring in Fine Arts with emphasis in Theater Performance, plays as Ned. He had a dinner with his kitty wife.

Emily Graves, a junior majoring in Theater, plays as Beth in The Search. Beth wrote down what they like about Ned.

Lance Vaillancourt is a junior majoring in Theater. He plays as Ted in The Search.

A senior majoring in Theather and minoring in Art and Design, Mariah Clements, is the director of The Search. She gave thanks to the students who came to support in the preview night.

[Photo] Interview: Mariah Clements, Director of 'The Search'

September 26, 2018
John Woolschlager, a finalist for dean of the College of Engineering, speaks to staffs and faculties on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. His current position is the Director of the Emergent Technologies Institute, Backe chair Eminent School Professor and Director of Engineering Graduate Programs at Florida Gulf Coast University.

[Photo] Engineering dean candidate hopes to re-engineer the college

September 26, 2018
John Woolschlager, a finalist for dean of the College of Engineering, speaks to staffs and faculties on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. His current position is the Director of the Emergent Technologies Institute, Backe chair Eminent School Professor and Director of Engineering Graduate Programs at Florida Gulf Coast University.

John Woolschlager, a finalist for dean of the College of Engineering, speaks to staffs and faculties on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. His current position is the Director of the Emergent Technologies Institute, Backe chair Eminent School Professor and Director of Engineering Graduate Programs at Florida Gulf Coast University.

Wichita State Engineering staffs and faculties attend the meeting for the dean of the College of Engineering.

Sarah Myose is a junior at Wichita State studying biology and graphic design. She was raped in 2016 in Shocker Hall, she said.

[Photo] Two years after being raped, WSU student shares her story of why she didn’t report

Andrew Linnabary, Digital Managing Editor
September 27, 2018
Sarah Myose

Samuel J Comroe interacts with the audience after the show.

Samuel J Comroe gives his signature to the fans after the show.

Samuel J Comroe interacts with the audience after the show.

Samuel J Comroe interacts with children and give them his signature after the show.

Samuel J Comroe asks the audience to participate on Q&A part of his show by raising their hand.

Samuel J Comroe is a stand-up comedian who is also the 2018 America's Got Talent finalist. He performs a show "I Got 99 Problems But a Twitch ain't one," at CAC theater on Fonday, Sep. 21, 2018.

Rhatigan Student Center - file photo

[Photo] Business Internship and Career Fair helps students prepare for the future

March 3, 2021
Alex Tackett, president of the currently unrecognized Young Democratic Socials of America chapter at Wichita State, speaks at SGA's Wednesday meeting. YDSA is one of three student organizations seeking recognition from the Senate.

[Photo] SGA introduces bill to recognize WSU Young Democratic Socialists of America

September 12, 2018
Alex Tackett, president of the currently unrecognized Young Democratic Socials of America chapter at Wichita State, speaks at SGA's Wednesday meeting. YDSA is one of three student organizations seeking recognition from the Senate.

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After the stuffed animals has been made, they are packed, ready for the youth living with cancer.

A junior majoring in Business, Jacky Enriquez, builds a stuffed monkey to support the youth living with cancer.

A stuffed animal is being made by filling cotton wool.

Different design of animals and dresses are offered for students to build at Monsters for Childhood Cancer where the stuffed animals will be given for youth living with cancer.

The doll is being stitched after it has been fully stuffed.

WSU students are enjoying building their Teddy bears with a pile of cotton wool.

FROM THE FILES: Build-A-Friend is sponsored by SAC. It is a event where students get a chance to build their own stuffed animals.

[Photo] OPINION: Student involvement is great, to an extent

August 26, 2019
Payton Morgan, a junior majoring in Computer Science, fills a Teddy bear with cotton wool.

A stuffed polar bear is being dressed with a WSU T-shirt. The polar bear was built at Build-A-Friend event, sponsored by SAC at RSC, on Monday, Sep. 10, 2018.

David Hall snaps his fingers to hypnotize the students. Their mind were placed at the beach in Bahamas where the weather was so hot which made them ask for water.

PHOTOS: Cards Against Hypnosis

Tanat Maichan, Photographer
September 8, 2018
David Hall performs along with WSU students in front of the audience.

Participants scream with joy as they're hypnotized that they win a million dollar jackpot at the casino in Las Vegas.

David Hall hypnotizes the participants one by one by putting them to sleep.

David Hall asks WSU students to come on the stage to be part of the show. He told participants to close their eyes and started hypnotizing them.

The audience participates in a quick hypnosis as an introduction of the show.

David Hall is a comedy hypnosist who performs an interactive comedy show called "Cards Againt Hypnosis" at CAC Theater, on Friday, Sep. 7, 2018.

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