CONTENTS

Gladys Alley '75 uses her talents to help others in storm-stricken Louisiana.

Shocker Delia Garcia has a love of politics and using it to get things done for the citizens of her district.

The oldest Catholic Church in Wichita, St. Anthony's, undergoes an extensive restoration project.

A flying sports car is a TV show star, with Mark Palmer '83 playing a leading role in the production.

Art and design alumni are invited back to campus this April.

Shockers everywhere, at events long ago to happenings just the other day, always have something interesting to say.

Accomplishments are highlighed at the Golden Anniversary of the WSU Alumni Awards banquet.

Shocker Pride is a great feeling to have.

It's always a great time to be a Shocker.

Shockers turned out in force to support Rockin' the Roundhouse.

The Class of 1956 sets its 50th anniversary celebration.

On Nov. 17, 2005, after two months of keeping it under wraps, Elsie "Ellie" Shore, who teaches psychology at WSU, was officially named Kansas Professor of the Year.

Wichita State's annual Hippodrome festivities have long provided a forum for outrageous, uproarious and occasionally offensive humorous skits.

These Gleanings entries survey the current university scene and feature original illustrations by Scott Dawson '86.

A gallery of both literary and visual art, Shock Art showcases works by Wichita State University alumni, faculty and students.

Rick Musallam muses on music (pop-punk and otherwise), guitar therapy, sandwich-making and something called Punktuition

Mention “model rocketry” and the first thing to cross many people’s minds will be Estes rocket kits, sold at hobby shops and typically built by nerdy adolescents.

Former WSU students Marcus Stoesz and Jeff Vedricksen of local band Paper Airplanes ended 2005 in an unusual way.

She’s been called the maven of Middle Eastern dance in Wichita. He wants to turn Kansas’ largest city into the tango Mecca of the Midwest.

Marvel L. (Nordyke) White ’35, who passed away Jan. 1 in Wichita at the age of 99, certainly lived up to her first name.

Award-winning entertainer Karla Burns ’81/81 never met Wichitan Hattie McDaniel (1895-1952), the first African-American to win an Academy Award.

The trio of stately columns that stands at WSU’s Fairmount Avenue campus entrance off 17th Street points back in time to the early years of Fairmount College.

One hundred years ago, back when Fairmount College was young, one family forged the first Shocker sports dynasty.

WSU finds a way to win, at last.

Given the star power in Wichita State’s starting backcourt, it would be easy to overlook the contributions of reserve guard Karon Bradley.

Damon Sublett blew hitters away as a freshman, so he naturally earned a certain amount of notoriety as a pitcher.

Comings, goings, appointments, retirements, honors, accolades and other personal alumni news.

Philip Schneider, WSU English professor, writes about retirement.

Newsworthy info about alumni and university personalities and happenings — all packaged up in bite-size reads.