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Few people take Kansas’ motto as literally as Stan Schaefer does. As deputy chief of NASA’s systems division, this engineer has felt the exhilaration — and the pain — of years of exploratory missions “to the stars through difficulty.”

Thurston Briscoe ’74 has witnessed — and helped create — radio history. As a disc jockey on KMUW in the 1960s and ’70s, he saw the nature of FM radio transform from student laboratory to viable commercial enterprise.

Sculpting the final preparations for the Wichita Art Museum’s June reopening are scores of volunteers and professionals — including a most impressive number of Wichita State alumni.

Readers write in to comment on The Shocker and its contents.

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

More than 300 Wichita State alumni and friends attended the 47th Annual WSU Alumni Association Awards Banquet Feb. 13 at the Olive Tree Banquet Hall.

Wichita State’s campus continues to grow and change, despite tough economic times.

These are difficult financial times for many people and organizations, including WSU.

Wichita State alumni vied for top honors in the 2003 Arizona Shocker Open March 18 near Phoenix — and cheered on WSU’s baseball team in an upset win over No. 1 Arizona State.

WSUAA News and Events

The WSU Alumni Association’s website has a new look.

As WSU’s men’s basketball team was battling its way through the MVC Tournament in St. Louis, Shocker fans of all ages were enjoying themselves not only at the games but also at pep rallies hosted by the Alumni Association.

WSU’s Business Week 2003 brought back to campus a host of business luminaries, including T. Michael Young ’67, who delivered the keynote address.

Was LBJ really on the ballot — or was this just a crazy cult of personality?

These Gleanings entries survey the current university scene.

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

John Freeman ’87, an associate professor of journalism and head of the photojournalism program at the University of Florida, has snapped an impressive collection of photographic images over the course of his career.

Coach Mark Turgeon talks about Shocker basketball, basketball in general, former Jayhawk coach Larry Brown, one particularly good movie and his 3-year-old son, Will.

The 2002 downfalls of Enron, Arthur Andersen — one of the country’s top public accounting firms — and WorldCom, the nation’s second-largest long distance carrier, jolted many in the business world.

Controversy flares from historical photographs of Hippodrome skits published in a spring publication of the Student Activities Council.

Paul Miller won’t dazzle you with an eye-catching move followed by a no-look pass like the creative Fridge Holman.

Long-time pitching coach Brent Kemnitz ’80 has seen more than his share of outstanding newcomers, young guys blessed with live arms, take the mound for WSU’s baseball teams.

The situation Lindsey Lang found herself in was highly unsettling.

Shocker Sports News and Notes

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

These WSU alumni and university friends leave lasting legacies.

Chris Brooks, associate professor of English, becomes a figure in his own suburban landscape.

One could say David Stone ’70 owes his position as head of The Media Shop in Philadelphia, Pa., to rock ’n’ roll.

Motonari “Moto” Sugai ’00 looks the part of a biker, but don’t let his appearance fool you.

As a student at Wichita State, Anne Welsbacher ’79 wrote theater reviews, then stopped.

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