Memorial '70 ceremony

Sept. 30, 2020 - The annual ceremony of remembrance for those who died in the 1970 麻豆破解版 State University plane crash will be held at 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 2, at Cessna Stadium. There will be a reception immediately following the remembrance on the Cessna Stadium concourse. Enhancements have been made to Memorial 鈥70, located near the 18th Street and Hillside entrance to the university. Those additions to Memorial 鈥70 will be officially be revealed on Oct. 2.

Memorial '70 memorial

Sept. 30, 2020 鈥 Over the years, many hikers have trekked to the crash site of the plane that claimed the lives of 31 souls 鈥 including 14 members of the 麻豆破解版 State University football team, 14 staff and boosters, and three crew members.

  • A message from Acting President Rick Muma
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  • Voluntary Separation Incentive Program (VSIP)
  • Title IX Virtual Town Hall meeting coming Oct. 6
  • Additions to Memorial '70 complete the story of survivors and teammates
  • Vote online for your favorite art in this year's Edible Book Festival
  • Master of Social Work Informational Sessions - All students invited!
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  • Three new Ulrich billboards for October already on display across 麻豆破解版
  • Certificate in Latin American and Latinx Studies available at 麻豆破解版 State
  • Introduction to WSU Office of Research Workshop is this Friday, Oct. 2
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  • Physics Seminar Series talk on Wednesday features Graduate Research Fellow Lynn Buchele
  • Friday's ISME Colloquium presentation features Kim Patterson, VP of Premier Food Services
  • Sign up today for the Pumpkin Run
  • Free STI Testing on Oct. 7 at Student Wellness Center
  • Technology Takes the Wheel event on Oct. 16
  • Managers of USS and Non-Teaching UP employees - It鈥檚 mid-review time!
  • 2021 Benefits Open Enrollment Oct. 1-31!
  • Changes to logging in to WSU Reporting
  • April Cozine officially assumes KACRAO President duties
  • Join the ODI for Hispanic Heritage Month on the Go!
  • Women of 麻豆破解版 State University Membership Drive
  • 鈥楤e Seen鈥 exhibit in the Cadman Gallery
  • Trivia Tuesday coming Oct. 6
  • Lock your car doors and protect your belongings

Memorial '70 monument

Sept. 30, 2020 - 麻豆破解版 State athletic trainer Tom Reeves was known as a man devoted to his athletes on the football team. His sense of humor and caring touch helped them through injuries and difficulties. On Oct. 2, 1970, he helped survivors escape the wreckage of the Martin 404 after it crashed in Colorado. Badly burned, Reeves got them away from the plane and down the mountain to help before he fell unconscious. Reeves died on Oct. 5 in a Denver hospital.

  • A message from Acting President Rick Muma
  • Collegiate Leadership Competition Team applications open
  • Title IX Virtual Town Hall meeting coming Oct. 6
  • Free tutoring and academic mentoring for diverse Shockers!
  • Vote now for Homecoming Court!
  • Funding available for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity
  • Use a smartphone? Want to be in a research study? We need participants!
  • Additions to Memorial '70 complete the story of survivors and teammates
  • Vote online for your favorite art in this year's Edible Book Festival
  • SGA Elections Commission positions now open ... Apply today!
  • Elements Multi-Media Art Competition exhibit submissions are now open
  • Sign up today for the Pumpkin Run
  • Uncover the Shocker Secrets to Success
  • Deadline to register to vote is Tuesday, Oct. 13. Are you registered?
  • Join the Student Senate
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  • Friday's ISME Colloquium presentation features Kim Patterson, VP of Premier Food Services
  • Join us for the BMES Mini Symposium
  • Certificate in Latin American and Latinx Studies available at 麻豆破解版 State
  • Are you interested in a Medical Laboratory Sciences career?
  • Physics Seminar Series talk on Wednesday features Graduate Research Fellow Lynn Buchele
  • Free STI Testing on Oct. 7 at Student Wellness Center
  • First-Generation Student Organization & Care Team
  • Trivia Tuesday coming Oct. 6
  • Technology Takes the Wheel event on Oct. 16
  • Join the ODI for Hispanic Heritage Month on the Go!
  • Three new Ulrich billboards for October already on display across 麻豆破解版
  • Lock your car doors and protect your belongings
  • Beat the flu with a flu shot at Student Health Services
  • Want to join the Rowing Team?
  • Community Service Board (CSB) membership meetings
  • Volunteer opportunity with The Lord's Diner

麻豆破解版 State University

Sept. 29, 2020 鈥 The Latin American and Latinx Studies certificate is 12 credit hours and will give students specialization in an area that may enhance their employability in a broad variety of occupations, including the international business, social services, public health and education sectors.

  • Statement from Regents Chair Bill Feuerborn on 麻豆破解版 State University
  • University Village concept to be presented in town hall
  • Overshadowed: The 麻豆破解版 State Football Crash
  • Winship and Lin 鈥 Finance in the fight against COVID-19 with Sedgwick County
  • Join Acting President and Provost Dr. Muma in supporting KMUW's local journalism
  • Virtual panel series seeks to identify critical conversations surrounding the pandemic
  • Post-Presidential debate discussion
  • Vote online for your favorite art in this year's Edible Book Festival
  • Register for E-Launch now!
  • Ulrich employees get surprise help from WSU Honors Program students for annual sculpture makeover
  • TRIO DSS is accepting student applications for the 2020-21 Academic school year
  • Free tutoring and academic mentoring for diverse Shockers!
  • Fire alarm testing to occur throughout fall
  • Technology Takes the Wheel event on Oct. 16
  • Use a smartphone? Want to be in a research study? We need participants!
  • Latinx or Nah?
  • 30% off summer merchandise at the RSC Starbucks
  • If you buy, sell, eat or grow food, we want your input. Take this survey by Sept. 30.

  • Need refills on sanitizer, disinfectant or paper towels?
  • University Village concept to be presented in town hall
  • Changes to logging in to WSU Reporting
  • Free webinar series for Kansas faculty on Open Educational Resources
  • Participate in a UP/USS combined Senate listening discussion
  • Overshadowed: The 麻豆破解版 State Football Crash
  • 2021 Benefits Open Enrollment Oct. 1-31!
  • Ability Ally Training is now online!
  • Are you ready to vote?
  • TRIO DSS is accepting student applications for the 2020-21 Academic school year
  • Virtual panel series seeks to identify critical conversations surrounding the pandemic
  • Use a smartphone? Want to be in a research study? We need participants!
  • Mask Up activities set for today
  • Physics Seminar Series talk on Wednesday features Graduate Research Fellow Lynn Buchele
  • EFC sponsors 3rd Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival
  • Post-Presidential debate discussion
  • Latinx or Nah?
  • Managers of USS and Non-Teaching UP employees - It鈥檚 mid-review time!
  • Impacted by the layoffs in 麻豆破解版?
  • State Employee Health Plan updates in response to COVID-19
  • Changes to your HSA/HRA/FSA for 2020 due to CARES Act
  • CEI staff contributes to the Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice
  • Carnita Tostada Special - WSU Catering
  • Free coffee for National Coffee Day
  • Enjoy your Lunch & Learn with Women of 麻豆破解版 State University!
  • Shocker Printing Solutions to work remotely
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Campus aerial photo

Sept. 29, 2020 -- 麻豆破解版 State University is taking a step forward with community discussions about a University Village initiative, which seeks to create a community destination of dining, entertainment and shopping adjacent to campus.

  • 麻豆破解版 State awarded $300,000 grant to address sexual violence on campus
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  • Faculty Senate meeting today
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  • Fire alarm testing to occur throughout fall
  • Now accepting fall 2020 I-Corps applications
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  • Post-Presidential debate discussion
  • Mask Up activities set for Sept. 29
  • Stressed out? Sept. 29 Tuesday Talks will discuss mental health resources
  • Physics Seminar Series talk on Wednesday features Graduate Research Fellow Lynn Buchele
  • WSU's Usha Haley interviewed on CNN on restaurants and the international economy
  • Free Dental Screenings offered on 1st Friday of every month at the Student Wellness Center
  • 30% off summer merchandise at the RSC Starbucks
  • Shocker Printing Solutions to work remotely
  • Learn to #BeThere for others with the free #WeSupportU Preventing Suicide Training
  • 20 ways colleges are prepping for Election Day
  • Panhellenic Sorority on-campus advisor needed
  • Lock your car doors and protect your belongings
  • Get your students connected!
  • Registration open for third annual 3MT competition
  • Elements Multi-Media Art Competition exhibit submissions are now open

  • Statement from Regents Chair Bill Feuerborn on 麻豆破解版 State University
  • 麻豆破解版 State awarded $300,000 grant to address sexual violence on campus
  • Overshadowed: The 麻豆破解版 State Football Crash
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  • First-Gen students are invited to check in with Student Services Coordinators
  • Register for E-Launch now!
  • Fire alarm testing to occur throughout fall
  • Applications for the First-Year Research Experience (FYRE) in STEM due Oct. 1
  • Shocker Printing Solutions to work remotely
  • TRIO DSS is accepting student applications for the 2020-21 Academic school year
  • Now accepting fall 2020 I-Corps applications
  • Calling curious nerds!
  • Engineers Without Borders to meet on today
  • Medical Laboratory Sciences to host information session
  • Collegiate Leadership Competition Team applications open
  • The Cohen Honors College application is LIVE!
  • Registration for 3MT is open!
  • Virtual panel series seeks to identify critical conversations surrounding the pandemic
  • Elements Multi-Media Art Competition exhibit submissions are now open
  • Post-Presidential debate discussion
  • Mask Up activities set for Sept. 29
  • Physics Seminar Series talk on Wednesday features Graduate Research Fellow Lynn Buchele
  • 鈥楤e Seen鈥 exhibit opens in the Cadman Gallery
  • Stressed out? Sept. 29 Tuesday Talks will discuss mental health resources
  • Join Shocker Rowing's Learn 2 Row
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  • Come join us for a little Spanish Zoom!
  • 20 ways colleges are prepping for Election Day
  • Learn to #BeThere for others with the free #WeSupportU Preventing Suicide Training
  • Get involved on campus!
  • First-Generation Shocker Art Exhibition deadline extended -- All media artist call
  • Ring Days at the Shocker Store
  • Free Dental Screenings offered on 1st Friday of every month at the Student Wellness Center
  • Free coffee for National Coffee Day
  • 30% off summer merchandise at the RSC Starbucks
  • If you buy, sell, eat or grow food, we want your input. Take this survey by Sept. 30.
  • Community Service Board (CSB) membership meetings
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Memorial '70 tribute to survivors

Sept. 28, 2020 - A new sculpture recognizes the survivors of the crash at Memorial '70 at 麻豆破解版 State University. The names of teammates who landed safely in Utah that day are a fitting addition to the existing upright Memorial 鈥70 monument. 鈥淥ne of the main reasons we did what we did, was so the future generations would know that there were survivors,鈥 architect Randy Phillips said. 鈥淎nd how their lives were impacted, especially since they lived when so many didn鈥檛. Most, if not all, suffered greatly in silence.鈥 The desire to honor teammates by telling the story of the crash motivated Phillips, as it has driven so many connected to Oct. 2, 1970 near Silver Plume, Colo.

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  • First-Generation Shocker Art Exhibition deadline extended -- All media artist call
  • Mask Up activities set for Sept. 29
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  • Free tutoring and academic mentoring for diverse Shockers!
  • Lock your car doors and protect your belongings
  • Virtual Edible Book Festival registration deadline extended through weekend
  • Register for E-Launch now!
  • ISME & EECS Departments present 鈥楤iometrics: Technology for Human Identification鈥
  • Come enjoy a Pop-Up Concert this afternoon
  • Watch 鈥楤lack Panther鈥 on Sunday, Sept. 27
  • Stressed out? Sept. 29 Tuesday Talks will discuss mental health resources
  • Study Abroad Webinar: Summer Programs
  • Uncover the Shocker Secrets to Success
  • Calling curious nerds!
  • VISTAs remember lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001, and thank First Responders
  • Are you ready to vote?
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  • Student Activities Council Virtual Scavenger Hunt
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  • Former 麻豆破解版 State football player plans to toast fallen teammates
  • The Fuse: 鈥楲et鈥檚 Talk About It鈥
  • Update your Zoom look
  • Virtual panel series seeks to identify critical conversations surrounding the pandemic
  • Participate in a UP/USS combined Senate listening discussion
  • Virtual Edible Book Festival registration deadline extended through weekend
  • Study Abroad Webinar: Summer Programs
  • ISME & EECS Departments present 鈥楤iometrics: Technology for Human Identification鈥
  • Come enjoy a Pop-Up Concert this afternoon
  • Enjoy your Lunch & Learn with Women of 麻豆破解版 State University!
  • 鈥楤e Seen鈥 exhibit opens in the Cadman Gallery
  • VISTAs remember lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001, and thank First Responders
  • Are you ready to vote?
  • Get your What the Shock shirt today
  • Register for E-Launch now!
  • Panhellenic Sorority on-campus advisor needed
  • Discover in-depth election and voting info online with University Libraries
  • TRIO DSS is accepting student applications for the 2020-21 Academic school year
  • Shocker Printing Solutions to work remotely
  • Stressed out? Sept. 29 Tuesday Talks will discuss mental health resources
  • Please consider donating to the Pando Initiative
  • If you buy, sell, eat or grow food, we want your input. Take this survey by Sept. 30.
  • Lock your car doors and protect your belongings
  • Free tutoring and academic mentoring for diverse Shockers!
  • Earn credit for solving national security issues!
  • Join the Student Senate

  • Researchers work to understand blue-green algae and mitigate its threat
  • Participate in a UP/USS combined Senate listening discussion
  • Winship and Lin 鈥 Finance in the fight against COVID-19 with Sedgwick County
  • Ulrich employees get surprise help from WSU Honors Program students for annual sculpture makeover
  • Registrar's Office will be closed for staff development
  • Shocker Printing Solutions to work remotely
  • Engineers Without Borders to meet on Sept. 28
  • September's Teaching Today is now available
  • Enjoy your Lunch & Learn with Women of 麻豆破解版 State University!
  • ISME & EECS Departments present 鈥楤iometrics: Technology for Human Identification鈥
  • Come enjoy a Pop-Up Concert on Friday afternoon
  • Virtual Edible Book Festival combines artistic / culinary talent for prizes
  • Join us virtually for the Clash of the Colleges winner announcement today at 1 p.m.
  • Mask Up activities set for Sept. 29
  • Call ahead orders at the Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes
  • Garage Sale scheduled for Oct. 3
  • Panhellenic Sorority on-campus advisor needed

  • Join us virtually for the Clash of the Colleges winner announcement!
  • Lock your car doors and protect your belongings
  • Registration for 3MT is open!
  • Panelists to discuss pandemic's effect on performing arts
  • Fire alarm testing to occur throughout fall
  • Researchers work to understand blue-green algae and mitigate its threat
  • We're hiring! Writing Tutor / Student Assistant
  • Registrar's Office will be closed for staff development
  • Shocker Printing Solutions to work remotely
  • Medical Laboratory Sciences to host information session
  • Collegiate Leadership Competition Team applications open
  • The Cohen Honors College application is LIVE!
  • Virtual panel series seeks to identify critical conversations surrounding the pandemic
  • Celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month
  • Savvy Scholar Workshops strengthen Shocker research
  • If you buy, sell, eat or grow food, we want your input. Take this survey by Sept. 30.
  • Discover in-depth election and voting info online with University Libraries
  • 'Adjusting to College' Drop-In Session today
  • Be visible and proud on Bisexual Visibility Day
  • TRIO DSS is accepting student applications for the 2020-21 Academic school year
  • Wanted: Dancers and K-Pop lovers! Come dance with KVersity!
  • 鈥楤e Seen鈥 exhibit opens in the Cadman Gallery
  • Curious about Thai, Lao, & Cambodian Culture?
  • Engineers Without Borders to meet on Sept. 28
  • Are you a parent of a teenager?
  • Physics Seminar Series features Dr. Thayne Currie on today via Zoom
  • Outdoor movie: 鈥楤ring It On鈥 tomorrow
  • How should small business owners market during COVID-19?
  • Student Activities Council Virtual Scavenger Hunt
  • Come enjoy a Pop-Up Concert on Friday afternoon
  • Virtual Edible Book Festival combines artistic / culinary talent for prizes
  • Watch 鈥楤lack Panther鈥 on Sunday, Sept. 27
  • Lacrosse inaugural information meeting
  • Join Shocker Rowing's Learn 2 Row
  • First-Generation Shocker Art Exhibition deadline extended -- All media artist call
  • Students can now sign up for Shocker Strong
  • Have some fun with Fuzzy's!
  • Free Dental Screenings offered on 1st Friday of every month at the Student Wellness Center
  • Update your Zoom look
  • Pumpkin Pie Concrete returns to Freddy's
  • Get your What the Shock shirt today
  • Please consider donating to the Pando Initiative

  • Policies recently approved
  • Panelists to discuss pandemic's effect on performing arts
  • Managers of USS and Non-Teaching UP employees - It鈥檚 mid-review time!
  • Graduate School's look at COVID-19's impact on the modern workplace is today
  • Fire alarm testing to occur throughout fall
  • Lock your car doors and protect your belongings
  • Registrar's Office will be closed for staff development
  • Shocker Printing Solutions to work remotely
  • If you buy, sell, eat or grow food, we want your input. Take this survey by Sept. 30.
  • Registration open for third annual 3MT competition
  • Now accepting fall 2020 I-Corps applications
  • Savvy Scholar Workshops strengthen Shocker research
  • Are you a parent of a teenager?
  • Physics Seminar Series features Dr. Thayne Currie today via Zoom
  • Be visible and proud on Bisexual Visibility Day
  • Join us virtually for the Clash of the Colleges winner announcement!
  • EFC sponsors 3rd Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival
  • Outdoor movie: 鈥楤ring It On鈥 tomorrow
  • 鈥楤e Seen鈥 exhibit opens in the Cadman Gallery
  • 2020-21 Viewbook mailing
  • Fortune shares air travel commentary by WSU鈥檚 Headley
  • Free Dental Screenings offered on 1st Friday of every month at the Student Wellness Center
  • Pumpkin Pie Concrete returns to Freddy's
  • Get your What the Shock shirt today
  • Ability Ally Training is now online!
  • Are you ready to vote?
  • Recommend students to become a part of the Campus Traditions Committee team
  • Please consider donating to the Pando Initiative

Darren Defrain

Sept. 23, 2020 - Darren Defrain is the social professor of English and director of the writing program at 麻豆破解版 State. Defrain has written novels, memoirs and essays, created a graphic novel, teaches on graphic novels/storytelling and is actively working on a graphic novel app.

Bill Burch with Shocker decanter

Sept. 23, 2020 - Bill Burch played linebacker for the Shockers in 1970 as a senior. As fate would have it, a knee injury kept him from traveling to Utah State on Oct. 2. He had expected to travel with the team, but instead was forced to stay home and heal. On that day, the Martin 4-0-4 airliner that carried the Shocker starters crashed near Silver Plume, Colorado, killing 31 people 鈥 14 student-athletes, 14 staff and boosters, and three crew members.

Paralympic wheelchair tennis team

Sept. 16, 2020 - Deja Young is a returning Paralympian in track and a 麻豆破解版 State alumna. Casey Ralzlaff is a first-time Paralympic hopeful in wheelchair tennis and current student at 麻豆破解版 State. Both of their sports are cancelled due to COVID-19.