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Student body presidential candidates discuss DEI, SGA operations at second debate
1+ hour, 25+ min ago (1278+ words) Candidates for the upcoming student body president and vice president elections had their final debate, focusing on topics like student outreach, support for marginalized students and current SGA processes Thursday evening." Candidates Mason Fouquet and Nazanin Kasiroafar are running against…...
Student Senate recommends scholarship for rural graduate students in District 1
2+ hour, 5+ min ago (454+ words) A Wichita State student senator is attempting to create a need-based scholarship for graduate and postdoctoral students from rural counties in the 1st congressional district of Kansas. "The primary reason I focus on District 1 is that it is the largest section…...
Student Senate collaborates with university police to create an advisory board and increase transparency
4+ hour, 45+ min ago (586+ words) Student Senator Jamie Winslow introduced a bill to the student senate Wednesday evening that would create a university police advisory board to alleviate concerns about the Wichita State Police Department." The board would be composed of 14 representatives from across campus,…...
Student government may establish an International Student Mentorship Program
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (278+ words) A mentorship program for international students was introduced in Wichita State's Student Senate on Wednesday. The program would provide an orientation event and peer mentorship to incoming international students, if the bill passes in a later meeting." "The goal is…...
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1+ day, 21+ hour ago (12+ words) Student agencies are now student organizations after legislation passes in senate'The Sunflower...
Student body president vetoes legislation recommending A+ grading scale
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (171+ words) Wichita State Student Body President Jia Wen Wang announced on Wednesday that she vetoed Association Resolution 68-014, which would recommend the university add an honorary A+ to its grading scale." "I am vetoing this resolution on the grounds that it would…...
Kansas legislature moves to ban DEI in required university courses
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (1270+ words) The Kansas Legislature's budget includes a ban on state higher education institutions requiring courses with diversity, equity and inclusion content for most undergraduate degrees." In the appropriation bill passed by the Legislature, the budget is not the only content; legislators…...
Here’s how to report a violation of Wichita State student government campaign rules
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (138+ words) Students who believe a campaign has violated bylaws during the Student Government general election can report it on SGA's website." Senate seats, representing each of the colleges, and groups like graduate students, freshmen and adult learners, as well as the…...
Kansas legislature cuts student success funding, 2.5% for state research universities: tuition increase possible
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (498+ words) The Kansas Legislature passed its budget for fiscal year 2027 Friday morning. It included a 2.5% cut in base operations funding for the state's public research universities " including Wichita State " and the elimination of student success funding. It also allows the universities…...
Letter to the Editor: Graduate student writes in disapproval of recent Sunflower opinion piece, ‘God forbid I need a cig’
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (342+ words) In the March 24 edition of The Sunflower, I was surprised to see a student advocating for the removal of the tobacco-free status of Wichita State, in the form of smoking areas. In "God forbid I need a cig: Smokers deserve…...