Greetings Shocker Nation!
Innovation is everywhere on campus, and the WSU Alumni Association isn’t to be left behind. As the new buildings and partnerships physically take shape, the WSUAA is also building infrastructure for our future.
We became fully staffed in February and have been evaluating our programs, processes, technology and partnerships. We have taken our findings, along with the work from our Board, assisted by the Center for Community Engagement, to create our strategic plan. This plan will guide our efforts and complement the university’s strategic goals. We will be unveiling our goals — including better ways to serve you — very soon!
As we strive to create, maintain and enhance relationships among Wichita State University alumni, current and prospective students, faculty, staff and friends in order to foster loyalty, interest and support for the University and for one another, I encourage you to attend one of our events, “like” an alumni post on Facebook, download our WSUAA app for your Smartphone, or simply go to our website and learn about the many alumni-affairs efforts being made.
There are many signs of progress and encouragement daily — be it interviewing student candidates as Shockers Forever leader or visiting with our awards recipients at our 60th anniversary ceremony — that I can’t help but be excited about our WSUAA work and the many and diverse ways we are supporting WSU. It’s critical to our mission to grow our membership base, and you can help us do that!
I encourage you to share the great things happening at WSU with your friends, colleagues and other alumni.
And don’t forget to mark your calendars for the biggest Shocker party of them all. Rockin’ the Roundhouse will be Oct. 1, and this year’s theme is “Red White and Wu!”
