WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE
Fall 2017

ALUMNI NEWS

Chalkboard Days: Making a Difference

After years as a teacher and administrator in Wichita public schools, Alicia Thompson '15 was appointed district superintendent in spring 2017.

Shocker Football, Cardiac Surgery and the Art of Mending a Broken Heart

When Vincent Gott '50 was 85, he decided to develop a pictorial history of open-heart surgery. Five years later, he has completed this effort, which includes 75 watercolor paintings, each one depicting a heart defect.