The Sunflower v. 127 i. 20 (April 27, 2023)

EARTH TO WICHITA

Tú Taco to come to Rhatigan in August

BY MIA HENNEN news@thesunflower.com

Those looking to grab a taco at Wichita State will have a new spot to eat in the fall.

During the first week of the fall semester, Tú Taco, a Mexican-inspired restaurant, will open in the Rhatigan Student Center where Brkfst & Co. currently resides.

Tú Taco will feature buildyour-own tacos and bowls and chips and dip. Jamie Kraisinger, senior director of operations for WSU Dining Services, said food will cost around or under $10.

“You can go in and get a single taco for a couple of dollars, or two tacos, or you can get an entire platter that has the sides with it,” Kraisinger said. “So you have that flexibility.”

While operation hours have not been solidified, Wichita State’s Dining Services members said it could look something like 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

“In the next week, we’ll be working through … what we’ll have available through the entire first semester — the pricing and the dedicated menu here within the next two weeks,” Kraisinger said.

The dining option received overwhelming support after students were asked to participate in a survey to choose their preferred restaurant.

“Out of about 800 votes, almost 500 of those were for Tú Taco,” Kelly Linenberger, senior marketing manager for WSU Dining Services, said.

LAS dean Andrew Hippisley named finalist for dean job at Kansas State

BY TRINITY RAMM sports@thesunflower.com

Fairmount College of Liberal

Arts and Sciences Dean Andrew Hippisley is one of four finalists up for the College of Arts and Sciences dean position at Kansas State University.

Kansas State held an open forum for Hippisley on April 13 during his three-day interview process for students and faculty to learn more about him.

All of the candidates gave a presentation titled, “Leading the

Chick-fil-A to close over summer

BY MIA HENNEN news@thesunflower.com

College of Arts and Sciences in a Time of Change: Opportunities and Challenges” as part of their process.

This is the second job that Hippisley has been named a finalist for since coming to Wichita State in 2018. In Fall 2021, he was one of the finalists for the open provost position at Idaho State University.

Before coming to Wichita State, he was the first chair of the Department of Linguistics at the University of Kentucky from 2007-2018.

Students have a little over a month to eat at the RSC Chick-fil-A before the restaurant temporarily closes for the summer.

According to Jaime Kraisinger, senior director of operations for WSU Dining Services, the chain restaurant in the Rhatigan Student Center will close on May 28 for remodeling over the summer.

When it reopens in August, the restaurant will offer more items that align with freestanding Chick-fil-As, like mac and cheese.

In addition, with the departure of Brkfst & Co., Chickfil-A will also offer breakfast, starting at 7 a.m.

Brandon Montgomery, majoring in aerospace and music composition, said he did not know about Tú Taco coming to campus but loves Mexican food.

“I’m a picky eater, so Freddy’s is like the only thing I eat (at WSU right now),” Montgomery said.

Tú Taco falls under the dining service Chartwells Higher Education, which creates restaurant concepts for colleges and universities nationwide. According to Kraisinger, other campuses have housed Tú Taco as well.

“It has performed very well at other campuses,” Kraisinger said. “The feedback has been great.”

More about WSU Dining Services can be found at wichita.edu.

Tú Taco, a Mexican-inspired restaurant, will come to the RSC next fall. Brkfst & Co. will leave the RSC this summer. |

Photo illustration by Brianna Cook and Wren Johnson / The Sunflower

Chick-fil-A is located on the first floor of the RSC. The restauraunt will close for remodeling over the summer. | Photo by Kristy Mace / The Sunflower

Senior Ayshea Banes rides a mechanical bull at Wichita State on April 21. Earth Day Festival featured a variety of activities, from live music to food decorating. The event was sponsored by Wichita State’s Student Government Association and Green Group. | Photos by Nithin Reddy Nagapur / The Sunflower

A student accepts cotton candy from an Earth Day event worker on April 21. The event was a collaboration between Student Government Association and Green Group.

Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple talks about implementing electric transit vehicles and electricity in Wichita during Earth Month on April 21.

Sophomore Tyree Gardiner decorates a cookie on during Earth Day Festival. The day included various events and activities.

Students paint a canvas in exchange for a plant sampling on Earth Day. Wichita State’s Student Government Association and Green Group collaborated to make the event happen.

Wichita State students look through clothes racks to swap with others. The Earth Day event was held on April 21.

‘Best moment ever’: Adult learner of year looks forward to teaching career

BY ALLISON CAMPBELL campbellnallison@gmail.com

Elementary education student Jennifer Johnson was routinely checking her messages when a peculiar email caught her attention. It invited her to attend a banquet she had never heard of to potentially receive an award she didn’t know existed.

“I got a letter… and I thought it was spam at first,” Johnson said.

“I literally messaged (the Office of Online Learning and Adult Learning), and I was like, ‘Is this a real thing?’”

After confirming the invitation’s legitimacy, Johnson rearranged her schedule to attend the annual Adult Learning of the Year ceremony, a celebration hosted by the Office of Online & Adult Learning to honor adult-learner students and community partners. She was shocked to learn she had been nominated for and won the Adult Learner of the Year award.

“I was able to bring both my mom and my children. It was so special to me that they were able to be part of that honor,” Johnson said. “They started crying a little bit; I started crying. It was amazing.”

From student to teacher

Johnson was first inspired to pursue a career in elementary education after a difficult transition between schools during her fifth-grade year.

“We didn’t have common core standards quite yet. We didn’t have No Child Left Behind,” Johnson said. “I moved from California, where I was more advanced … to Kansas, and I was behind. And that was huge for me – mentally and emotionally.”

The ‘No Child Left Behind’ law, added to the Elementary

MISSION

and Secondary Education Act in 2002, was created to hold schools accountable for the educational growth and development of students.

Johnson, however, who attended elementary school nearly 10 years before the law was created, didn’t have the essential services to help her succeed.

Johnson had mentally given up, but her teacher refused to let Johnson throw in the towel on her education. Lesson by lesson, Johnson caught up with her peers.

She was inspired to pursue a career in education, hoping to do for other children what her teachers did with her.

“There was so much going on, and I needed someone to be my friend,” Johnson said. “I needed someone to be just nice to me and kind, and she was. I want to be the adults to these kids that I needed when I was younger. I want to have that impact.”

After graduating high school and a difficult semester at Allen Community College, Johnson decided to reprioritize her needs before returning to school later in her life.

“I was not ready for (college). I didn’t have the life experience,” Johnson said. “I wasn’t able to juggle work plus school at that time.”

Johnson also had other ambitions, like getting married and having children. Years later, after the youngest of her three kids became self-sufficient, Johnson returned to college as an adult learner.

“I had that bedtime, where (my children) went to bed at 7 p.m., and I didn’t go to bed until 10 p.m. or midnight,” Johnson said. “It’s like that perfect timing for online school.”

Johnson began at Butler Community College before transferring to Wichita State in 2019. Despite a brief hiccup due to the COVID-19 pandemic,

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She reminds me of this little duck … She’s working so hard under the water, but she looks like she’s floating.

ROBIN FOLKERTS Education assistant professor

she stayed on course with her program. With her graduation approaching next fall, Johnson now puts theory into practice by working once a week as a student teacher for kindergarteners at Isely Elementary.

Ready to empower minds,

Before Johnson could join a classroom setting as an educator, she needed the right teaching techniques. Robin Folkerts, a School of Education assistant professor, was eager to serve as Johnson’s mentor upon meeting her last year in her social studies methods course.

Folkerts said Johnson was open about her circumstances, like being a first-generation student, an adult learner and having children that still needed a mom present. Even with all of Johnson’s responsibilities, she consistently kept her professors up-to-date.

“She was just so proactive,” Folkers said. “Knowing that she had all this other stuff going on … her quality of work and her character just really stood out to me.”

When Folkerts saw the announcement asking for Adulter Learner of the Year award submissions, she didn’t hesitate to nominate Johnson. Folkerts herself had been nominated for several awards as a first-generation student and wanted to pay the kindness forward to honor Johnson for her work ethic.

“She doesn’t ever make

excuses. She reminds me of this little duck … she’s working so hard under the water, but she looks like she’s floating,” Folkerts said. “She just kind of makes it all look easy, but I know it’s not easy at all. I really wanted to nominate somebody who was really stepping up and holding it all together.”

Johnson’s supervising teacher and mentor, Jenny Burrus, also recognized similar traits in Johnson.

“She really wants to get to know the kids as people,” Burrus said. “She’s just very caring and kind to the students and very helpful. She’s always (asking) ‘What can I do? Who can I help?’”

While graduation will be “bittersweet” for Johnson, her excitement to teach in her own classroom is immeasurable.

“It’s going to be the best moment ever,” Johnson said. “I’m looking forward to meeting my students and figuring out all their little quirks and figuring out how I can tailor my classroom to them.”

Above all, Johnson looks forward to leaving an impact on her students – the same that shaped the course of her life. Johnson is confident that support from her teachers, as well as her favorite quote by Diane Ackerman, will motivate her in and out of the classroom. The quote reads “I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.”

“I’m going to put (the quote) in my class as a reminder to me,” Johnson said. “Because if I can get to the end of my life and realize that I helped one student, that’s going to be more than enough for me.”

BY SARAH BEAUCHAMP sbeauchamp2944@gmail.com

The Student Government Association held its inauguration for members of the 66th session on April 21, where Iris Okere, Sophie Martins and Maureen Wetta were sworn in as student government president, vice president and chief justice, respectively.

Newly elected SGA senators were sworn in at this time as well. Winning nearly half of the election’s votes, Okere and Martins won the presidential race on April 5. The Judicial Branch selected Wetta for chief justice earlier this month. She was approved by the Student Senate on April 12.

President Rick Muma attended the inauguration and spoke in support of the student government and newly elected members.

“Congratulations on this momentous occasion,” Muma said. “We’re looking forward to working with all of you on the 66th session so that we move forward as an institution.”

Vice President of Student Affairs Teri Hall spoke to the previous session and referenced the changes in leadership in the fall — before the former Student Body President John Kirk took on the role.

“Considering some of the rocky leadership that we started with, to end up where we did is outstanding,” she said. “I hope that you feel proud, and realize that you’ve left the organization and institution better because of the work that you did.”

Hall addressed Okere and Martins about the importance of the next session.

“Iris … you are the first Black Afro-Latina woman ever to hold this position,” Hall said. “It’s about time.”

After being sworn into office, Okere addressed various stakeholders at the university as president. She thanked the student body for electing her, as well as Martins and other SGA members for their support.

“Together, let us strive to make Wichita State University a better place for our students,” Okere said. “Your voice matters, and we are committed to serving you with dedication and passion.”

Kirk said he worked with both Okere and Martins during the previous (65th) session. Kirk said he wouldn’t want to sign his position over to anyone else.

“Seeing where we were to where we are … where we’re potentially going to be going is amazing,” Kirk said. “I’m really proud of everything they’ve been doing.”

Members from the Black Student Union attended the inauguration in support of the new leadership as well.

“It’s really nice to see representation in the SGA,” Neymara Freeman, vice president of BSU, said. “Sometimes, we’re lacking that in Senate. It’s really nice to see … her support for the Black organizations on campus.”

To view the inauguration in full, visit SGA’s YouTube page.

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Elementary education student Jennifer Johnson teachers elementary students at Isley Magnet Elementary. Johnson was nominated as Adult Learner of the Year and won in 2023.“Having that acknowledgement was amazing because I do work really hard,” Johnson said. “To have that acknowledgement and to know that someone recognizes what I’m doing is fantastic.” | Photo by Garima Thapa / The Sunflower

Jennifer Johnson

Faculty Senate discusses potential changes to academic integrity

BY TRINITY RAMM sports@thesunflower.com

Wichita State alum running run for City of Wichita mayor

BY SARAH BEAUCHAMP sbeauchamp2944@gmail.com

Lily Wu announced her candidacy for mayor on April 2, coinciding with her 30th anniversary living in Wichita.

Before announcing her run for office, the Wichita State alum previously worked as a reporter and news anchor for 12 years. This is Wu’s first time stepping into politics.

“I’ve really enjoyed my career in journalism,” Wu said. “I feel like right now is a perfect opportunity for me to give back and make a difference. I’m 38 years old and I am now in this phase in my life where I feel like I can serve in that capacity.”

Wu spoke fondly of her time at Wichita State and the opportunities that came from it.

“I think the mayor’s role really is being the ambassador and leader for the city of Wichita,” Wu said. “I’ve had that opportunity (to lead) thanks to a lot of the experiences I had at WSU.”

Wu graduated in 2007 from WSU with a degree in international business and integrated marketing communications.

After graduating, Wu got her master’s degree in Hong Kong as part of a Rotary Ambassadorial scholarship she received. As part of the scholarship, she worked as an ambassador for Wichita in Hong Kong, where she gave presentations to clubs around the world on behalf of Wichita.

Elizabeth King, former president of the Wichita Rotary club and current CEO of the WSU Foundation, originally suggested Wu apply for the scholarship.

“(Wu) is very bright, very inquisitive and a natural leader,” King said. “She considers me one of her mentors, and that’s a real privilege because she’s just an extraordinary person.”

Wu has maintained her

involvement with WSU since graduating. She is currently a board member of the Barton Business School Advisory Board and the Steve Clark YMCA. She also has stopped by the Elliott School of Communication to talk to students about her experience as a journalist.

Kevin Hager, an associate communications professor at the Elliott School, has previously asked her to come speak with students and give them advice.

“She’s always a very positive, interesting, caring person in the classroom setting … and (able to be) blunt at times when that’s what students need to hear,” Hager said.

She talked about how her background influenced her life and career choices, and how she feels that career experience will help her in the role of mayor if elected.

When Wu moved to the United States at the age of 8, her family didn’t speak English. She spoke about her experience learning English to act as her family’s translator in second grade.

“I decided that because my parents obviously didn’t speak English either, I would want to take that leadership role,” Wu said. “I could be their main translator, and to this day I still do that.”

Wu said translating for her family has aided her career as a journalist, and she thinks it will also help if elected as mayor.

Wu said her journalism career started by watching local news to learn English as a child.

“I always considered (local news) my out of classroom teachers,” Wu said. “And so I’ve always had this aspiration of someday being like my out of classroom teacher, so journalism was in the back of my head this entire time.”

Wu got her start in journalism in high school. She attended Northwest, East and East High

Northwest.

“That’s part of the reason I say I’m ‘all of Wichita’... because I’ve grown up all around this community,” Wu said.

Larry Hatteberg, former KAKE news anchor for 51 years, “opened the door” for her, helping her get a job at Channel 10, which was her first job as a professional journalist. She was with KAKE for nine years before moving to KWCH, where she has worked as a news anchor for the past three years

“I name these names, not to drop names, but to emphasize that people have helped me along the way,” Wu said. “They’ve opened doors for me and then showed me the opportunity, and I’m just really grateful for that.”

She is involved in volunteer work with local organizations like the Wichita Asian Association, Storytime Village and Sunlight Children’s Services

Wu is the director of the Miss Asian Scholarship Pageant at the annual Wichita Asian Festival, where she mentors contestants. Wu has been involved with the Wichita Asian Association, which hosts the event, since she was a freshman in college.

“I’ve had an opportunity to serve in many capacities with the Asian festival,” Wu said. “That has helped in connecting with the community and understanding the community. Civic engagement is your own way to make your home a better place.”

With less than seven months until the mayoral election, Wu is running on four campaign points: public safety, strengthening the economy, restoring trust in city hall and bringing the community together.

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International Women’s Bazaar offers goods by women from around world

BY AINSLEY SMYTH ainsley.smyth3@gmail.com

In hopes of marketing their work, refugees and other female artists and entrepreneurs came to Wichita State Thursday.

A collaboration between the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and the International Rescue Committee, the International Women’s Bazaar featured many female-owned businesses and independent artists.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) focuses on refugee resettlement and helping those affected by humanitarian crises around the world. Twenty-two individuals signed up for the Bazaar, around double the amount from the last event in November.

“It’s just to help them with their business,” Sehareem Zia, women’s economic empowerment specialist for IRC, said. “Get the exposure out there for their products and their skills.”

Christina Maloney, a first-time vendor at the event with her line Natty’s Essentials, a body and skin care line emphasizing natural, handmade products.

“I like to support a lot of women’s events throughout the city,” Maloney said.

Junior Engineering technology major Alayna Boykin marketed her self-started business, the Royal Glow Boutique. Boykin is also part of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.

“I rhinestone and design everything myself,” she said. “I think my purpose is in the fashion industry.

I want to help build people’s confidence, specifically women, with clothes.”

Boykin calls herself a fashion engineer.

“I really just sketch on technology,” Boykin said. “Sometimes, I take pieces from other resources and manufacturers and put my own spin on it.”

The bazaar also featured jewelry and art vendors, as well as a henna artist.

Nabiha Chaudhary, an assistant psychology professor, attended the event and said she volunteers for IRC.

“I think it’s a really cool initiative,” Chaudhary said. “To see folks coming here and having these opportunities to make some money and … contacts is really cool.”

There were 324 cases of academic dishonesty during the 2022-23 academic year. Hearings were held for 69 of those cases, and 84% of these hearings were reported from classes held in the College of Engineering.

In their last business meeting of the year, the Faculty Senate’s main discussion entailed potential changes to how colleges and the university handle cases of academic dishonesty.

Brandon Buerge, chairman of the Academic Integrity Policy committee, presented some proposed changes to the academic integrity procedures on April 24.

These procedures cover what steps faculty and students go through to accuse and potentially punish students who violate academic integrity policies.

“There is a major concern among faculty filing reports,” Buerge said. “There’s concern that it is an onerous process that is going to not lead to anything effective.”

Currently, a committee of eight faculty members handle all hearings of academic integrity on campus. A hearing is held when a student doesn’t agree with the accusation or admit to cheating.

Hearings can also happen if a student is a repeat offender or their dishonesty is considered egregious.

The proposed changes would allow the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards (SCCS) to apply educational sanctions, which the policy committee believes will reduce repeat offenders and disciplinary sanctions. It would also allow only colleges to apply academic sanctions.

Educational sanctions include sanctioning participation in clubs and organizations, ability to live on-campus and other institutional activities. Academic sanctions are a branch of this that directly applies to a student’s grade on assignments or in a course.

Another potential change would allow the accusing college to hold hearings and set procedures. Faculty and students familiar with the academic field would make up the committee.

Carolyn Shaw, a political science professor, expressed concern over the new revision allowing for different procedures across campus.

“Students are taking courses across many different colleges and could potentially have to go through this process that looks different in every college,” Shaw said. “I would be concerned that we would be giving up a universal standard.”

Doug Parham, an at-large senator from the College of Health Professions, pointed out potential legal problems with how the policy would be nested.

The revision would set a university policy that colleges can create their own procedures, but the university would still have their own policies in place that colleges can’t supersede.

“That is a legal nightmare,” Parham said.

“If I’m a student and I figure out that the middle piece is different (between colleges), we might as well just write the check.”

Vice President of Stud ent Affairs Teri Hall proposed a potential solution, which would allow deans to recruit faculty to staff hearings when necessary, and SCCS would still oversee the whole process.

“Training could be done ahead of time and we could really be more efficient and really deal with the yield,” Hall said. “We could work with the dean’s office to schedule hearings from midterms to the end of the semester as a way of getting through cases in a much more expedited (way) while still maintaining due process.”

After over half an hour of discussion, Faculty Senate President Susan Castro recommended that the topic be tabled until the Senate’s May 8 meeting, the final meeting of the year. Business isn’t typically done at their last meeting, as it is used for elections.

Other matters

Castro also gave updates on various projects and policies in her report. She said that the university is going to start repairs on Jabara Hall during the summer and are scheduled to finish by next fall.

In January, there was flooding inside Jabara Hall that required restoration. The construction over the summer will cover minor cosmetic fixes, according to Lainie Mazzullo-Hart, director of communications for the university.

Castro gave additional updates on the Kansas Board of Regents’ recommendation based on the rpk report in relation to general education.

“We don’t have specific details of how our template (for general education) may change,” Castro said. “The recommendation made is fairly close to match the kinds of things we’ve already been doing.”

The governor signed the Budgets Appropriation Bill that will provide $142 million for the joint University of Kansas-Wichita State biomedical campus.

According to Castro, the project still needs $50 million for full funding. The university also received $8 million to provide need-based financial aid for students to offset the cost of college.

Next meeting

The final Faculty Senate meeting of the year will be held on May 8 to welcome in the new Senate and continue discussion on the Academic Integrity Procedures Revision.

Brandon Buerge speaks about academic integrity policies at the Faculty Senate meeting on April 24.|

Photo by Nithin Reddy Nagapur / The Sunflower

Pia Schwamman, Fit For A Queen owner, tells a customer how to put on a pair of earrings. Schwamman specializes in clothing and accessories for plus sized women and is based in Wichita. | Photo by Araceli Lemus / The Sunflower

At the Open Streets ICT-WSU event on April 16, Lily Wu, candidate for mayor, talks to a group of Wichitans about her run for office. Wu is running on four campaign points: public safety, strengthening the economy, restoring trust in city hall, and bringing the community together. | Photo by Araceli Lemus / The Sunflower

Terry Nooner envisions cutting down nets as next women’s head basketball coach

BY TRINITY RAMM sports@thesunflower.com

Tears were rolling down Terry Nooner’s cheek as he began speaking about his family and the opportunity to become the new women’s head basketball coach.

He and his wife Tracy were both working as teachers in the Kansas City area when Nooner was hired as a college coach for the first time at Southern Illinois in 2011.

“I got offered the job late and I had to just leave her (in Kansas City),” Nooner said. “It was because of her support and believing in me to help pursue my dream of being a coach in college.”

Nooner was officially introduced as the program’s tenth head coach on April 20th at a press conference held in Charles Koch Arena. According to Kevin Saal, Wichita State Director of Athletics, when Nooner spoke to his team at the University of Kansas for the last time, there wasn’t a dry eye in the room.

“I think that’s a really important

Former basketball player arrested on marijuana charges

BY EMMIE BOESE assistantsports@thesunflower

Former men’s basketball player

Jaykwon Walton was arrested Saturday on second-degree possession of marijuana charges. He was released after posting a $500 bond.

Walton entered the NCAA transfer portal after the conclusion of Wichita State's 20222023 season. He announced his commitment to the University of Alabama on March 28.

He is no longer on the Crimson Tide’s team, according to the Alabama men’s basketball program.

“Alabama is no longer recruiting Jaykwon Walton and he will not be a student-athlete at The University of Alabama,” Alabama head coach Nate Oats said via email to The Sunflower.

According to AP, Tuscaloosa police said that Walton and a fellow passenger were arrested late Saturday night after multiple complaints about a large number of vehicles at apartment complexes near campus. Officers approached a vehicle and smelled marijuana.

Walton told police that a loaded firearm was in the car. Officers also found 29 grams of marijuana and a half rolled blunt.

Softball sweeps series against East Carolina

BY JACINDA HALL jacinda.hall@live.com

message for us all to understand,” Saal said. “His connection to his young people is real, it’s authentic, it’s genuine and certainly something that we will cherish here.”

Nooner sees himself as a player oriented coach that’s willing to work hard and push his players to the next level.

“I’m always going to be open and honest with my players that play for me,” Nooner said. “Even if it’s something that they may not want to hear at the time, I think they will respect me as a person and respect me as a coach.”

Nooner went to four NCAA tournaments and won three Big 12 championships during his playing career at Kansas. He knows what it takes to win big.

“Before you can achieve and do great things, you got to have

a vision of what you want to achieve,” Nooner said. “When I walked into the gym today, I see the stands full, I see the student section going crazy and screaming at the opposing team. I see these young ladies climbing ladders and cutting down nets and winning championships.”

When looking for a head coach for the women’s basketball team, Saal said that he and his team were looking for someone who reflects the athletic department’s values and centered relationships in their coaching style.

“With the help of our student athletes, we developed a profile, a lens through which we wanted to evaluate candidates and select the best leader for our program,” Saal said. “We wanted somebody that would display a commitment to pouring into young women.”

Saal also wanted someone who was familiar with the region. Nooner is a Raytown, Missouri, native, a suburb of Kansas City. He played basketball for four years at Kansas under Roy Williams.

After his senior season at Kansas, Williams and Nooner

were talking about his future and Williams asked him what he thought about coaching.

“He’s the biggest influence in my coaching philosophy,” Nooner said. “I felt like he saw coaching in me before I saw it in myself.”

At the time though, Nooner made a light joke about the stress he and his teammates put on Williams’ during his time there.

“The first thing I told him was ‘Coach, when I came here, your hair was black and four years later, your whole head is white’,” Nooner said.

Nooner believes that his regional roots have grown into a beneficial tree of contacts with both college and high school coaches throughout the region and across the rest of the country.

“I feel good that we will assemble a great staff here that’s gonna follow the mood with recruiting regionally,” Nooner said. “Make sure we keep the best kids home.”

Saal said that the rest of Nooner’s staff should be announced early next week.

Nooner announces additional women’s basketball staff

BY EMMIE BOESE assistantsports@thesunflower.com

Head women’s basketball coach Terry Nooner announced his coaching staff on Wednesday afternoon. The staff will have four new members, one of them, Antwain Scales, being a Wichita native.

Antwain Scales:

Scales will be an assistant coach on Nooner’s staff. The 2023-24 season will mark Scales first year as an NCAA Division I coach.

Most recently, Scales was the head coach at Garden City Community College for three years. He finished there with a 42-12 coaching record.

Scales is well known for his coaching days at Wichita South High School. He took Wichita South’s girls team to four 6A State Championships.

In 2017, he began his college coaching career at Colby Community College. He turned the program around by winning 19 games in his second season, the program’s first winning record since 2006.

Brooke Costley

Brooke Costley will join the staff as an assistant coach. Costley is a native of Mexico, Missouri, and played at Emporia State University. She got her start in coaching with the ESU Hornets and also coached at Texas A&M Commerce and North Dakota State.

While Costley was on Emporia State’s staff, the team went to four Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Tournament Championships and made five NCAA Tournament appearances.

Nick Bradford Bradford is former teammate of Nooner’s at Kansas and will now join Nooner’s staff as an assistant coach.

Bradford ranked in the top five in the career record books in games played and steals after leaving KU. He

also played for Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams.

The Kansas alumni got his start in coaching at Labette Community College. He’s also coached at Missouri Southern State, and Mexico High School.

He began his womens’ coaching career at Olathe North High School and Fayetteville High School in Arkansas.

D’Anthony Knight

Knight will begin his first year as the head strength and conditioning coach for the women’s basketball team.

He’s coming off a coaching stint as the assistant football strength and conditioning coach at Washington State. Knight also worked at Akron, Kansas, and Wyoming.

As a student-athlete, he played five seasons as a defensive back at Truman State. He totaled 141 tackles, four tackles-for-loss and three interceptions.

He graduated from Truman in 2019 with a bachelor's degree in exercise science.

The softball team earned their third conference sweep of the season against the East Carolina Pirates this past weekend.

Game 1:

The team secured a 5-1 win against the Pirates in their series opener with back-toback home runs from Addison Barnard and Lauren Lucas.

In the fifth inning, Wichita State had a one-run lead on East Carolina when Barnard and Lucas hit a pair of solo shots to bring the score, 4-1. Barnard led the Shocker's offense by going 2-3 at the plate. She homered once and drove in two runs. Lucas homered for the fourth time this season.

Rounding out the offense, freshman Taylor Sedlacek hit a single and a double, sophomore Lainee Brown hit a double and senior Sydney McKinney hit a single.

Right-handed pitcher Lauren Howell won her 16th game in the circle. Howell allowed one run on four hits and struck out 4 in six innings.

Game 2:

The Shockers blanked the Pirates on senior day 4-0.

Senior Zoe Jones, who missed two weeks due to injury, returned and went 2-3 in her first game back, hitting her 13th home run for this season. Jones and currently lead the team in home runs this season.

Jones also drove a deep fly ball off the top of the wall in center and over for a solo shot in the bottom of the fifth inning.

In this game, the Shockers clenched their fifth straight conference win and remained atop the American Athletic Conference standings.

Lauren Mills hit a perfect 3-3 with a walk and a run scored. Lucas, Sedlacek, Brown and Krystin Nelson all recorded a hit during the game.

Game 3:

The Shockers beat ECU 7-1 in the final game of the series, which marked their 40th win of the season.

This is the third time in program history that Wichita State has picked up 40 wins in one season.

McKinney scored a total of three times on Sunday along with hitting a single and a double. Barnard hit two doubles and scored two RBI’s and three home runs. Lucas went 2-4 with a triple and an RBI.

Alex Aguilar picked up her 13th win in 4.0 innings out of the bullpen. She struck out four and allowed two hits and a walk.

Bailey Urban (#7) pinch hits for Krystin Nelson (#21) in the fourth inning. Urban walked to first base, and Nelson went in for Urban. | Photo by Kristy Mace / The Sunflower

TERRY NOONER Head women’s basketball coach

Before you can achieve and do great things, you got to have a vision of what you want to achieve.

New head women’s basketball coach Terry Nooner holds up his new jersey given to him by President Muma and Athletic Director Kevin Saal at the press conference in Charles Koch Arena on April 20. |

Photo by Madeline Bell / The Sunflower

Men’s basketball finalizes full support staff

BY TRINITY RAMM sports@thesunflower.com

The men’s basketball program has officially announced the full staff that will join Paul Mills in his first season as head men’s basketball coach.

9 of 11 members of the previous staff were let go. Ryan Hillard will move from Special Assistant to the Head Coach to Chief of Staff to generally handle internal travel and monetary matters. Todd Fagan will continue with the program as athletic trainer.

Coaching Staff: Mills brought in three assistant coaches to work under him: Kenton Paulino, Chris Hollender and Quincy Acy.

Paulino was named associate head coach. The Los Angeles native played for and coached under Rick Barnes at Texas. Before his time at Oral Roberts, Paulino was most recently an assistant at the University of Texas at El Paso under Rodney

Terry.

“I had the privilege of watching Kenton work up close with players during our time at ORU and saw how he dramatically propelled their development as players and people,” Mills said. “I’m confident KP will soon be a head coach because of his diverse skillset as a leader and coach.

Having coached at the collegiate level for over twenty years, Hollender is known for his offensive prowess and helped develop current NBA player Michael Porter Jr. during his time at the University of Missouri.

During his time at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Hollander worked to reinvent their offense which shows in their record books as their 2016-17 squad set program records in points scored, rebounds, 3-pointers, field goals and free throws.

Acy played for Mills while he was an assistant under Scott Drew at Baylor. He was drafted 37th overall in the 2012 NBA draft.

In the NBA, Acy played for six teams in seven seasons. He played professionally for ten years before retiring in 2022 and joining the player development team for the Texas Legends, a G-League team.

“I’ve known Quincy since he was 15 years old and have always been amazed at his tenacity,” Mills said. “Our players will be the beneficiary of Quincy’s work ethic, tenacious approach to competition and teaching skills.”

Additional Support Staff:

To round out his staff, Mills brought on Luke Gore as Director of Basketball Operations, Iain Laymon as Director of Player Development, Xavier Holland as a special assistant and Ashtin Meerpohl as head strength and conditioning coach.

Laymon and Meerpohl come from Mills’ staff at Oral Roberts. Holland was a manager at Oral Roberts under Mills from 2020-2022.

Gore spent over two decades in various positions at Valparaiso,

working with Scott, Homer and Bryce Drew during their times as head coach. Valparaiso made ten postseason appearances between the NCAA tournament and NIT. His job description includes scouting and team analysis, as well as strategies and day-to-day operations.

After four seasons under Tom Crean as a student manager at Indiana, Laymon was with Mills for his six-season tenure at Oral Roberts.

As Director of Player Development, his job will entail preparing men’s basketball players for success on and off the court.

“I've watched (Iain’s) development up close these past six years, and he’s as good a coach, relationship builder and competitor as I’ve observed during my nearly 30 years of coaching basketball,” Mills said. “He truly prioritizes the players

REGATTA RIVER IN THE

Men’s tennis finishes in AAC Championship

BY TRINITY RAMM sports@thesunflower.com

Men’s tennis took a trip to Orlando, Florida, as the No. 7 seed in the American Athletic Conference Championship. Their time there was cut short as they were eliminated on the first day in a close match against No. 2 Tulane.

Tulane is currently ranked 42nd in the country and sits at a 15-12 overall record.

In the No. 1 spot in the singles draw, Minarik took on Tulane’s Luka Petrovic. The match was interrupted by a rain delay, which put a hold on Petrovic’s momentum from his second set victory. Minarik ultimately lost in three sets 1-6; 6-3;7-5.

“Kristof has had a tough year and was able to hang in there, and unfortunately the conditions got the better of him,” head coach Darragh Glavin said.

For the first month of the outdoor season, Minarik was

ranked in Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s rankings. This stretch saw him ranked as high as No. 80 and as low as No. 97.

In his nineteen singles matches, Minarik went 4-12 throughout the season and won two matches over his eight matches as a ranked player.

The Shockers won the doubles point as the teams of Kristof Minarik/Alex Richards and Alejandro Jacome/Richey King were able to fend off Tulane.

The doubles match between Wichita State’s Misha Kvantaliani and Orel Ovil and Tulane’s Benji Jacobson and Billy Suarez was left unfinished as Wichita State already won the doubles point before the match finished.

Kvantaliani and Jacome scored the Shockers’ two singles wins over the Green Wave.

Kvantaliani took care of Fynn Kuenkler from Tulane in straight sets, each game ending in a 6-3 score.

and their development.”

In the special assistant role, Holland’s main jobs will include individual player development sessions as well as handling all things related to NIL.

“There are no office hours in (Holland’s) world,” Mills said. “He makes their daily improvement his top priority and is available around the clock to teach and assist. (Holland) is strategic about the time that he puts in with each individual player and caters their daily development toward a long-term blueprint.”

A native to Holland, Kansas, Meerpohl is a University of Kansas graduate that has worked as a strength and conditioning coach across multiple sports.

He worked for Wake Forest’s and Tulsa’s men’s basketball programs before heading to Oral Roberts.

Shocker Rowing hosted the Plains Regional Regatta on April 23 at Boat and Bikes in downtown Wichita. The program hosted over 200 athletes and 10 teams from Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Texas. Wichita State won six of their races throughout the day.

Baseball takes series at home against No. 7 East Carolina

BY TRINITY RAMM sports@thesunflower.com

Three straight wins over the No. 7 team in the country over the weekend put the baseball team at No. 25 in the national rankings.

Game 1:

Due to travel issues, the series opener for the East Carolina series was turned into a Saturday doubleheader. The team won the morning game 7-0.

Peyton Tolle started on the mound for the Shockers and pitched the full nine innings. He allowed two hits on 10 strikeouts. He now has seven wins on the season.

Freshman Jaden Gustafson and junior Mauricio Millan led the Shockers’ offense with 2 RBI each. Gustafson’s hit to center field in the second inning gave David Herring the chance to score and gave Wichita State their first run of the game.

In the fourth inning, Millan hit

a single to center field that allowed Garrett Pennington and Brock Rodden to score.

Pennington and Ingram both hit solo homers in the sixth inning to add more cushion to the Shockers’ lead.

Game 2:

Jace Miner got his second save of the season in baseball’s second win of the day. The final score was 8-3.

East Carolina took their first lead of the series in the first inning of this game when Jacob JenkinsCowart scored off of a Luke Nowak single.

Ingram and Herring both hit home runs in the first and second innings.

The Shockers’ offense was on fire in the sixth inning. They scored four runs on two singles and a double.

Candiotti allowed seven hits and three runs through 5.2 innings. Miner came in for 3.1 innings and only gave up seven hits on 49

pitches.

Game 3:

Grant Adler picked up his second American Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week award from his performance in their 8-0 victory.

He threw for the entire game and gave up three hits, zero runs and struck out five pitchers. His record for the season now sits at 4-2.

The Shockers did all of their scoring in the fifth and sixth innings. Tolle batted in three runs on 2-5 hitting. Pennington and Herring both had 2 RBI for the afternoon.

Wichita State is now tied at the top of the conference with Houston at 8-4 in conference play. The team is on a six-game winning streak.

The Shockers started a fivegame homestand against Kansas on Wednesday and will host a series against Memphis April 28-30.

Wichita State Men’s Tennis team huddles during break. With “Go Shocks!” the team is off to their singles. | Photo by Shelby Parscale / The Sunflower

GORE ACY

PAULINO

HOLLENDER

MEERPOHL

LAYMON

HOLLAND

The four rowers and the coxswain head to the starting point for the race, a little over a mile away. |

Photo by Kristy Mace / The Sunflower

The Wichita State Rowing teams competed in the Plains Regionals Regatta on April 23 at the Boats and Bikes on River Vista. |

Photo by Madeline Bell / The Sunflower

Andrew Goodwin, an engineer student, takes the water during the Mens 1x event. |

Photo by Kristy Mace / The Sunflower

STREET

SPEAK

“HOW DO YOU THINK WSU COULD BETTER SUPPORT YOU DURING FINALS?”

MARK ANGELO ANACIN

Graduate Student Data Science

“They’re doing a great job already. We have destress events, and they have a bunch of goodies to keep everyone healthy and motivated to complete finals and do well. And they have like SI sessions, which actually help people, and that’s all really helpful.”

GRACIE RUTH

Senior Communication Sciences and Disorders

“Training professors more on how to use Blackboard Ultra. I find that very helpful with the calendar.”

My life was turned completely upside down on March 8. The man I loved and thought would always be with me passed away.

Kyle was a healthy 23-year-old. He worked long shifts as a manager in the lumber yard at Menards — even in poor weather conditions.

He was resilient and strong. Why he had to go so soon and leave me, his family, friends, and co-workers is beyond my understanding.

I was in Fort Worth, Texas to cover the men’s and women’s basketball teams in the American Athletic Conference Tournament Championship. My dad told me he passed while I was sitting in the medical room of Dickies Arena. I was surrounded by my friend and co-worker, the athletic director, and emergency personnel staff.

I was devastated and in shock. After some family friends came to pick me up from the arena, I remember I texted my mom to ask if she was sure Kyle was gone.

When I got home the next day, I was surrounded by Kyle’s family and my family. Still in shock, I talked about his memory, but it was like I had this hope that Kyle was still here, and he’s going to text me “I love you, honey.”

Until I saw his face in person, that’s when it started to settle in. I started to become angrier. I was

“I think this is specific to classes but all of my professors move the finals to the week before finals. All of them do that and so then when finals week is just full of nothing and everything is before finals week.”

BRANDON

“I mostly use the free study rooms at Woolsey Hall and the library and stuff. I know there’s lots of different programs offered by disability services and other groups such as tutors that you can go through geeks and things like that.”

Chances are you’ve had to wing a test at some point in your school career. You walk into class and your stomach drops when the professor surprises you with a test, only for you to find out it wasn’t a surprise for everyone else.

Don’t worry, there are strategies that can help you. I’m not promising a perfect score; all I’m saying is that you don’t have to feel completely lost.

The first thing to realize is that you need to show up to the class. Even if you forgot to study, skipping is not going to help your grade in any way. So eat your breakfast, drink some caffeine and drag your butt to class.

Take your time. Don’t rush through the test because you don’t understand any of it. Slow down and read each question carefully. You may catch a couple that you truly know or at least have a good guess.

sad. I felt alone. I was angry at God for taking away the love of my life with the snap of a finger.

After his funeral, I started to feel empty, doomed and hopeless.

I used to tell Kyle, “I don’t know what I would do without you.” He would tell me, “You would be okay” or “You’ll make it through.” I guess he was right because he’s not here, and I’m still here, living in what feels like survival mode.

I know people say losing someone or going through grief is hard. To be honest, it’s hard and then some. After the funeral is the worst part. You finally go back to normal life yet somehow you are still grieving.

After his death, I became angry and felt survivor’s guilt for being alive while Kyle wasn’t. I’m the one with an autoimmune disease, yet my boyfriend had to go.

However, not only do I have Kyle’s memory and the amazing time we had together, but he also has left an amazing legacy on my life. He helped me learn how to have confidence in myself on the inside and outside. He taught me responsibility when it comes to money. He helped me make new friends. I’ve gained friends from his circle of friends, his family and coworkers.

When grieving the loss of a loved one, give yourself grace because it’s going to be a lifelong process.

The first few days after his funeral, I could barely get out of bed. I would hold his sweatshirt and cry until I couldn’t breathe. I

ESSAY TESTS

Make sure you at least put something in the space available. Take a guess, even if you think it’s totally off. If you leave an essay question blank there’s no chance of you getting any points. You never know, maybe you babbling about something will get you some points.

Along with that, write about what you do know. If you aren’t confident in your answer try to connect it to something you do remember.

Do not forget your thesis. That’s the entire backbone of a paper, and with it you can centralize what you’re talking about. It might even make it seem like you were prepared for the exam. It’ll be a lot easier to fill in the middle ground if you have a statement outline. Play to your strengths by adding facts and terms you can remember. Most of the time you’ll end up putting something in there that’s helpful.

If all else fails, write about what you know the teacher wants to hear. Does your professor have a certain concept or idea they regularly talk about? It could be a safe fallback.

felt alone and scared. I told my parents nobody can help me because they can’t bring Kyle back.

That’s when I started to tell myself, “Get out of the house. Kyle would want you to keep living even though you don’t feel like it.”

As time goes on, I try my best to think about how Kyle blessed my life. Even though, I am mad that he’s not here. He will always have a piece of my heart and will always be my first love.

More than 400 people were at Kyle’s funeral. That speaks to the impact he had on others. He knew how to connect with just about anyone.

He was a friend to everyone, and he was kind, thoughtful, selfless and the list goes on forever.

When I told him I have rheumatoid arthritis, he looked it up and learned all he could about it. He took me to and from medication infusions and made sure I got back into my house safely. Kyle was always there for me when I had a bad day or when I was in a lot of pain from my arthritis. He made me feel like the most special girl in the world.

STARTING THE HEALING PROCESS

Reach for help from loved ones. One of the things that’s helped me start to heal is spending time with those that knew Kyle and that love me.

Find hobbies that you enjoy to help cope and keep your mind

MULTIPLE CHOICE

Chances are this version of a test is going to be a whole lot easier to wing. Guessing will be your best friend. The first thing you need to do is cross out the options that are definitely not the answer. Don’t let “all of the above” or “none of the above” answers psych you out. Just use your context clues to see if they even make sense. Avoid the extreme answers. If the answer doesn’t make sense, or has nothing to do with what the question is asking, cross it out.

busy. I enjoy taking my dog on walks and coloring. Some hobbies me and Kyle used to do together are triggering, so I’ve been easing back into them.

If you are a student, ask for accommodations and deadline extensions from your professors, so you can take care of yourself while still completing your degree.

Cry when you want to cry. Don’t blame or shame yourself for your loved one’s death. When you feel angry that they are gone, allow yourself to feel angry. Living with built up emotions will only make you feel worse.

Honor their memory in whatever way you can. Kyle’s death is unique and personal to me. We were in love, and he was my boyfriend, but we were not married.

Someday, I will have to move on, and I’m not ready yet and that’s okay. But, I know he was put into my life for a reason.

Kyle is a part of my story. I’m slowly accepting his death, and he’s in heaven with the one he called his lord and savior.

One verse from my faith that keeps popping up is that “the peace of God will surpass all understanding and guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.”

Obviously, if you aren’t religious, that’s okay. My faith is just one thing that sometimes helps me remain hopeful throughout the grieving process.

It’s okay to miss dead loved ones and especially to feel sad. It’s how you know you had something special with them.

Most importantly, trust your gut. Don’t second guess yourself, because chances are your brain is trying to remind you of something that you already know. Run with it.

If you really have no idea on a question, move on and come back to it later. You won’t get anywhere staring at one question for 20 minutes.

Lastly, make sure you answer every single question. Don’t leave anything blank, who knows — you might get lucky.

ZACH PEARSON

Senior Mechanical Engineering

MARTIN Freshman Mechatronics and Computer Science

Illustration by Wren Johnson / The Sunflower

Illustration by Wren Johnson / The Sunflower

PLAYFUL PATTERNS

Historical outfits fashioned from paper at the Wichita Art Museum’s “Wichita Wore What?” series. The pieces are from Isabelle de Borchgrave’s collection, “Fashioning Art from Paper.” The museum, partnered with The Sewing Center, hosted a “family ARTventure” for participants to try their hand at designing their own clothes from paper as a part of “Playful Patterns” on April 22. | Photos

BY TYLER GUTHRIE teguthrie@shockers.wichita.edu

Bluestem Studios are bringing another marvelous piece of short film from Shocker Studios: “ Reminiscence.” They have released several short films on their YouTube channel.

With each video they release, they test the waters of a different genre. “The Bhen-Jah Man” is a horror film, “The Trap House” is a documentary about growing up and “June” is about a girl’s struggle with drugs. With these differentiated plots in mind, I was curious about the direction they were going to go with “Reminiscence.”

“Reminiscence” tells the story of a college couple named Charlie and Mia who had recently broken up. Charlie and Mia try to socialize with their shared friends whilst trying not to see each other, but are eventually roped in together with their friends to play a game called Reminiscence, where you draw cards with personal questions on them, which makes you reflect on your past while sharing your emotions, wants, desires and more with the other players.

The video is ten minutes long and the first half of it is exposition. The way the scene is set, the characters are introduced and the order of events leading to the card game is just perfect to get you into the sequence of the game.

The Bluestem team relied on a cross-cutting technique to unfold the action. This is a filmmaking technique where different scene sequences are edited together to relay as if they are occurring all at once. All of the scenes are memories Charlie has as he comes to the conclusion that he was happier with Mia in his life, but at the same time, their relationship is over but could come back. The film ends with this uncertainty hanging in Charlie’s future.

Despite this film being only ten minutes, it does a magnificent job introducing character personality. Charlie is sensitive, but grounded on what he feels that he must do, even if it causes him pain in the long run. Mia is quirky, eccentric and engaging while also being quite demanding and flustered when she is upset. They possess good chemistry with each other but they aren’t ready for more meaningful relationships yet.

This film really felt like something students on campus would find relatable.

Spektrum Muzik brings Record Store Day to Wichita

BY MALEAH EVANS maleah.evans04@gmail.com

Record Store Day, held on Saturday, April 22, started in 2008 for “the people who make up the world of the record store ... to come together and celebrate the unique culture of a record store and the special role they play in their communities,” according to the official Record Store Day site.

They primarily take place in locally owned record stores across the US, and Spektrum Muzik, owned and operated in Wichita, is no exception. This year’s Record Store Day was their 10th in a row. When the store opened up at 8a.m. on Saturday, the line went into the alley behind the store. People came from all over Wichita

to take a look at what Spektrum had to offer.

Each year, they pull a special selection that is first come, first serve and they go fast.

Alongside the records, they also sell special Record Store Day shirts, and they offered a giveaway for everyone who made a purchase during their hours. Winners of the giveaway received their choice of a $50 Spektrum gift card, a sealed original “Thriller” by Michael Jackson vinyl, a sealed original “Eat to the Beat” by Blondie vinyl, or a signed “Attention Attention” by Shinedown vinyl. “It somehow never seems to get any easier,” Spektrum Muzik owners said on their Instagram page.

A customer browses the record collection at Spektrum Music on Saturday, April 22. | Photos by Nithin Reddy Nagapur / The Sunflower

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Two customers compare vinyls at Spektrum Music on Saturday. Spektrum Muzik Store offered posters and shirts to celebrate Record Store Day, which occured on April 22 in 2023, April 23 in 2022 and on June 12 and July 17 in 2021.

by Nithin Reddy Nagapur / The Sunflower

Museum-goers look through the Wichita Art Museum’s collection paper. The piece depicted is “Kansas Cornfield” by John Steuart Curry. The oil painting, painted in 1933, is a part of the Roland P. Murdock Collection.

Two paper pieces on display at the Wichita Art Museum from Isabelle de Borchgrave’s series. Borchgrave is a Belgian artist whose pieces have been on display in Germany, Italy and Belgium as well as Wichita since the start of 2023. Borchgrave’s collection had free admission to accompany “Playful Patterns” on Saturday, April 22.

Participants look at Isabelle de Borchgrave’s “Splendor of the Medici (Esplendor de los Medici).”

‘Reminiscence’ leaves you reminiscing

SOULFUL TUNES

HEALTH RESEARCH

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

THURSDAY, APRIL 27

8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Rhatigan Student Center

ILLUMINA INTRO TO NGS SEMINAR

THURSDAY, APRIL 27

8:30 - 9:30 a.m. | Rhatigan Student Center

FIRESIDE CHAT AND BOOK TOUR KICK-OFF WITH ERIN CUMMINGS

THURSDAY, APRIL 27

9:30 - 11:30 a.m. | Woolsey Hall

ILLUMINA PRECISION METAGENOMICS & INFECTIOUS DISEASE SEMINAR

THURSDAY, APRIL 27

10 - 11 a.m. | Rhatigan Student Center

THAI, LAO, & CAMBODIAN NEW YEAR CELEBRATION

THURSDAY, APRIL 27

Noon - 2 p.m. | Morrison Hall

ENERGY SEMINAR SERIES: INTEGRATING MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF WIND AND SOLAR INTO ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS

THURSDAY, APRIL 27

3 - 4 p.m. | John Bardo Center

MEN OF EXCELLENCE X PHENOMENAL WOMEN END OF SEMESTER CELEBRATION

THURSDAY, APRIL 27

5:30 - 7 p.m. | Rhatigan Student Center

VISITING SCHOLAR TALK: ANDREA HORBINSKI

THURSDAY, APRIL 27

5:30 - 7 p.m. | Ulrich Museum

WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE LUNCHEON

FRIDAY, APRIL 28

Midnight - 1:30 p.m. | Rhatigan Student Center

F45 PLAYOFFS

FRIDAY, APRIL 28

6 a.m. - 8 p.m. | Heskett Center

JAPAN FESTIVAL

FRIDAY, APRIL 28

1 - 3 p.m. | Rhatigan Student Center

NIAR ATLAS OPEN HOUSE

FRIDAY, APRIL 28

2 - 5 p.m. | NIAR ATLAS Sector A Building

SHOCKER NEW VENTURE COMPETITION FINALS

FRIDAY, APRIL 28

2- 5:30 p.m. | Heskett Center

LECTURE SERIES IN THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES: DR. KEIKO KAWAMURO

FRIDAY, APRIL 28

3 p.m. | Jabara Hall

FIRST-GENERATION CORD

CEREMONY

SATURDAY, APRIL 29

10 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Woolsey Hall

NATIONAL PAN-HELLENIC

COUNCIL GREEK SHOWCASE

SATURDAY, APRIL 29

6 - 9:30 p.m. | CAC Theater

2023 MFA GRADUATION

READING

SUNDAY, APRIL 30

2 - 3:30 p.m. | Ulrich Museum

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Terell Stafford, a musician and educator from New York City, plays trumpet on Friday at the Wichita Jazz Festival. The event, held at the Wichita Art Museum, featured Stafford alongside the Mid-Kansas Jazz Ensemble and the WSU Jazz Arts 1. | Photos by Nithin Reddy Nagapur / The Sunflower

Randy Zellers plays guitar at the Wichita Art Museum on April 20. Zellers teaches multiple jazz courses at Friends University.

A bassist performs at the Wichita Art Museum for Night of the Guitar on Thursday. The event featured guitar played by William Flynn, Kenny White and Randy Zellers alongside other instruments.

Terell Stafford at the Wichita Jazz Festival. The festival featured music from WSU’s Jazz Arts Ensemble.

Students from WSU’s Jazz Arts Ensemble play at the Wichita Jazz Festival.

Audience members listen to the ensemble at the Night of the Guitar concert. The event was held on Thursday, April 20 in honor of Wes Montgomery, an American jazz guitarist who was born in 1923.