WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE
Spring 2016

ON THE HILL

Message from the WSU President

President John Bardo introduces us to the Ideas Lab Leadership Council and updates us on all manner of innovative activity at Wichita State.

Teacher-Scholar Wins $500,000 Award

In 2011, Esra Buyuktahtakin, assistant professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering, founded the Systems Optimization and Analytics Laboratory, which, she says, “is designed to conduct theoretical and applied research on mathematical optimization.”

Coalition of Neighbors

Darryl Carrington’s campus involvement extends beyond his role as a student and his position as community liaison.

Record Breaking Year for Fraternity and Sorority Life at Wichita State

The Shocker’s On the Hill Greek page celebrates WSU’s Greek-letter organizations, their members and alumni members.

Gleanings

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