Hometown: Midwest City, OK
Major/Minor: Industrial Engineering
Honors Distinction: Emory Lindquist Track
Favorite Honors Benefit: Free printing, and access to amazing faculty and staff
Favorite Honors Class: Black Lives Matter and Other Marginalized Perspectives
Involvement on Campus: National Society of Black Engineers (Vice president), College of Engineering Student Ambassadors, Student Ambassador Society, Black Student Union, Phenomenal Women, Black Excellence, and the (EARR) Enrollment Admissions Recruitment and Retention Committee 
Fun Fact: In high school I went to the state track meet twice in a row running the 200 meters for my school in Oklahoma!

"These students brought an impressive set of skills, new approaches and fresh perspective, and it was so exciting to watch their ideas take shape."
 
Congratulations to Murphy Ownbey and Greg Heiman from Wichita State University College of Engineering on winning the 2023 Student Practical Architecting Challenge, a FirePoint initiative. Learn more about the challenge here.

On Saturday, September 30, 2023, from 9:00am to 10:30am, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and the Cohen Honors College will be hosting a virtual recruitment event. Prospective students will hear from recent alumni and learn about Cohen Honors opportunities and upcoming scholarship deadlines.
Please share the registration link with any high school seniors or transfer students who might be interested in Honors: https://slate.wichita.edu/register/Honors_Sept30
 
Questions? Email Dr. Kevin Sylvester Harrison at kevin.harrison@wichita.edu

The Criminal Justice Student Association (CJSA) is a student organization that strives to promote academic awareness of Criminal Justice students, Pre-Law students, and students interested in related academic fields of study; assist in the networking of information related to Criminal Justice career opportunities; organize education experiences (trips, lectures, tours, etc.) to enhance knowledge of the Criminal Justice field; participate in career, academic and social activities; and establish and maintain a professional and socially favorable rapport with fellow association members, department staff, campus staff, fellow students, and community members.

CJSA holds general meetings on the first Wednesday of each month and panelist meetings on the third Wednesday. Meetings are held at the Law Enforcement Training Center here on the main campus at 12:30 p.m.

Come join us in exploring the criminal justice field and the Criminal Justice Student Association!

he Michael Tilford Conference provides an opportunity for those involved in education, in collaboration with community business leaders, to examine diversity in education and business by discussing the challenges and opportunities including:

• Inspire awareness of multiple dimensions of diversity, related practices of inclusion, and the transformation of education.
• Participate in workshops to learn about challenges and strategies for teaching diverse populations on campuses and in classrooms.
• Share your passion for teaching and interacting with students from all backgrounds.
• Reinforce the integration of multiple dimensions of diversity into student academic and personal development components.
• Explore how these strategies and practices translate into our businesses and broader communities.

Students interested in carpooling and attending the Tilford Conference will be reimbursed for mileage.
Free registration link below:
 
https://www.washburn.edu/diversity/tilfordconference/call-for-proposals.html

Join the Retention Fellows at its next Teaching Matters discussion to talk about the ways to promote active learning and student engagement at 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 6 in 231/232 Woolsey Hall. The Retention Fellows will provide bagels/donuts, but attendees are encouraged to bring their own beverages and their colleagues to the discussion.
Retention fellows have issued a challenge to reward the department and college that have the best attendance at all of the Teaching Matters sessions this year.

Any questions can be directed to Dr. Moriah Beck, Retention Faculty Fellows coordinator, at moriah.beck@wichita.edu.

Find more information about Teaching Matters

The First Year Research Experience ((FYRE) is open to new WSU students from all majors. Through a competitive application process students are matched with ongoing research projects led by WSU professors in numerous STEM disciplines. Selected students will participate in active laboratory research for 8-10 hours per week, culminating in a poster presentation about their work.
The FYRE applications are due October 10^th with interviews and selection occurring in November. Students earn 3 hours of Honors credit and a letter grade for successful completion of FYRE in the Spring 2024 semester. FYRE in STEM Student Application
More information here:  www.wichita.edu/FYRE
Questions?  Moriah.beck@wichita.edu 

Interested in studying abroad? The Paraguay Honors Service-Learning Study Abroad Program is offering a two week summer program to study in Paraguay. The deadline to apply is November 17, 2023. 

Approximately 325 students, family members, friends, and faculty gathered for the 2023 Honors Induction welcoming new students into the Cohen Honors College. Each year we invite inducted students to uphold the four Honors pillars, to be intellectual, professional, innovative, and transformational. Each year, we acknowledge that the work, ideas, and aspirations of new students recreate who we are in Honors.
 
A big thank you to all of the new students who attended and student volunteers who gave their time to make the ceremony and the reception so much fun! Special thanks to Dorothy Cohen for her words about the importance of making this commitment to Honors and a commitment to building the future.

For an appointment, schedule with Andrew Myers through the Navigate system appointment link or email him at andrew.myers@wichita.edu
Have a question outside of drop-in hours? Check our FAQs page at wichita.edu/honors.

[…]
How do you know you’re alive? What evidence
will you leave? So many myths
 
are unraveling; a yellow swallowtail glides by over
the sinless creek bed. A storm
 
wets the skin and we are surprised we have
skin. Woods’ rose, white-flowered rhododendron,
 
nothing here is unfinished. What it gave me? I saw
a new tree emerge out of a ground made of ancient trees
 
on top of more ancient trees, on top of more ancient trees,
on top of more ancient trees, and understood then
 
that this was how the Earth was made

Ada Limón is the author of six books of poetry, including The Carrying, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. Her most recent book is The Hurting Kind. She is the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States.

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