wichita state university is a college where you are not just a number. here, there are world-class engineering, business, and education opportunities. wichita state is all about making the college experience yours.
Do you have any tips for prospective students?
be ready to study from day one. the professors will challenge you to do your very best, so being prepared from the get-go is a major factor in success.
Do you find there’s enough academic rigor at your school?
some classes are easy, quite a few are designed to challenge you and make sure you are ready for the next level of classes.
Describe the dorm life at your college.
i love living on campus. there are 108 countries represented on campus and many of them can be found in the residence halls. i've met people from croatia, ukraine, india, the middle east, and africa. being close to campus makes going to the many on-campus activities easy and fun with large groups of people going to each event.
Describe the food and dining at your college.
the food is pretty good. there's always stalwarts like pizza and hamburgers, as well as some exotic dishes to make international students feel more comfortable here. there's a fresh salad bar, soup, cereal, and more. on campus, we have taco bell, pizza hut, the only chick-fil-a in wichita, and breakfast/yogurt joint called fastbreak, a blimpies sandwich shop, and greek and chinese food joints as well.
What’s there to do for fun at your college?
we have all sorts of things to do on campus! there are 5 fraternities and 4 sororities with on-campus housing, as well as many greek honor organizations. the student government body, sga, allocates more than $8 million in student fees for multiple projects, such as our renevation of the student union. we have an activities council called sac that has multiple committees to come up with on-campus fun, such as gaming committee which organizes the humans vs zombies tag game to daytime distractions that organizes games and activities to do in between classes.
Do you feel you’re getting value for the money you’re spending on college?
wichita state is easily the most affordable option in kansas for many. it is cheaper by nearly $8,000 per year to live on our campus than ku, ksu, and the other kansas universities. wsu hands out millions every year in scholarships. we have the 11th ranked business school in the nation, the barton school of business, and the 2nd highest-spending aerospace research college in the nation, the wallace school of engineering. nasa regularly recruits our engineers. for more info on that, visit www.wichita.edu and read the story about alex k! we have a co-op program that allows students to get experience in their chosen field as a paid employee and earn college credit. we place more people in that co-op program than the other state universities combined. we are in the hub of kansas aviation, education, and business and that allows us to have our massive co-op program.
Share any unusual traditions or locations on campus
we have the first ever pizza hut on campus.
we have niar, the national institute of aeronautic research
Which types of students will excel at your college?
students who are looking for a college experience that is affordable and respected. wichita state can be whatever you want it to be, commuter college to full-blown university experience.
Are you involved in any clubs or activities?
these are just some of them, there are far too many to name all of them.
sac - student activity council
sga - student government association
sas - student ambassador society
acs - american chemical society
young democrats, young republicans, college libertarians, college socialists.
shocker navigators - tour guides
psa - pre-medical student association
ppa - pre-pharmacy student association
many, many more besides, but these are some of the ones i'm involved with.
How would you describe campus safety? Do you feel safe on campus?
wsu has 25 full-time police officers trained by the wpd. we also have campus emergency boxes with blue lights on top. they are stationed to be at least 2 within sight on almost any spot on campus, and officers respond within 2 minutes of the siren being hit. the officers also offer escort services for students with night classes who feel uncomfortable walking back to their car or residence hall. the officers will also provide free jumping for dead car batteries.
wichita state university is a college where you are not just a number. here, there are world-class engineering, business, and education opportunities. wichita state is all about making the college experience yours.
be ready to study from day one. the professors will challenge you to do your very best, so being prepared from the get-go is a major factor in success.
some classes are easy, quite a few are designed to challenge you and make sure you are ready for the next level of classes.
i love living on campus. there are 108 countries represented on campus and many of them can be found in the residence halls. i've met people from croatia, ukraine, india, the middle east, and africa. being close to campus makes going to the many on-campus activities easy and fun with large groups of people going to each event.
the food is pretty good. there's always stalwarts like pizza and hamburgers, as well as some exotic dishes to make international students feel more comfortable here. there's a fresh salad bar, soup, cereal, and more. on campus, we have taco bell, pizza hut, the only chick-fil-a in wichita, and breakfast/yogurt joint called fastbreak, a blimpies sandwich shop, and greek and chinese food joints as well.
we have all sorts of things to do on campus! there are 5 fraternities and 4 sororities with on-campus housing, as well as many greek honor organizations. the student government body, sga, allocates more than $8 million in student fees for multiple projects, such as our renevation of the student union. we have an activities council called sac that has multiple committees to come up with on-campus fun, such as gaming committee which organizes the humans vs zombies tag game to daytime distractions that organizes games and activities to do in between classes.
wichita state is easily the most affordable option in kansas for many. it is cheaper by nearly $8,000 per year to live on our campus than ku, ksu, and the other kansas universities. wsu hands out millions every year in scholarships. we have the 11th ranked business school in the nation, the barton school of business, and the 2nd highest-spending aerospace research college in the nation, the wallace school of engineering. nasa regularly recruits our engineers. for more info on that, visit www.wichita.edu and read the story about alex k! we have a co-op program that allows students to get experience in their chosen field as a paid employee and earn college credit. we place more people in that co-op program than the other state universities combined. we are in the hub of kansas aviation, education, and business and that allows us to have our massive co-op program.
we have the first ever pizza hut on campus. we have niar, the national institute of aeronautic research
students who are looking for a college experience that is affordable and respected. wichita state can be whatever you want it to be, commuter college to full-blown university experience.
these are just some of them, there are far too many to name all of them. sac - student activity council sga - student government association sas - student ambassador society acs - american chemical society young democrats, young republicans, college libertarians, college socialists. shocker navigators - tour guides psa - pre-medical student association ppa - pre-pharmacy student association many, many more besides, but these are some of the ones i'm involved with.
fraternaties: phi-delta-theta, sigma-phi-epsilon, beta-theta-pi, delta-upsilon, kappa-sigma. sororities: delta-delta-delta, delta-gamma, alpha-phi, gamma-phi-beta
wsu has 25 full-time police officers trained by the wpd. we also have campus emergency boxes with blue lights on top. they are stationed to be at least 2 within sight on almost any spot on campus, and officers respond within 2 minutes of the siren being hit. the officers also offer escort services for students with night classes who feel uncomfortable walking back to their car or residence hall. the officers will also provide free jumping for dead car batteries.