WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE
Winter 2019

Black Alumni Network Gets Connected

Wichita State students and alumni gathered for a Black Alumni Network event at the Experiential Engineering Building on WSU's Innovation Campus in November 2018. To stay current with future events and projects, join BAN's public group on Facebook.

Wichita State students and alumni of the WSUAA’s Black Alumni Network got together on Nov. 30, 2018 at the Experiential Engineering Building on campus.

The BAN holiday social event was planned by Van Williams ’89/17 and other group leaders to have a “student focus,” and Williams invited all alumni attendees to “bring your business cards for networking.” Among the alumni who attended were Williams, Paul James ’94, Taishma Owens-Council ’18, Olivia Black ’17, Darren Muci ’84, Derek Morgan ’96, Kaye Monk-Morgan ’93/96 and David Payne ’74.

The overall purpose of BAN is to engage and re-connect both students and graduates of Wichita State in the life of the university. More specifically, the group has a three-fold mission: to discover black alumni, locally and nationally, in the spirit of diversity and inclusive excellence; to work with WSU officials on fundraising, mentoring, retaining, and recruiting black students, faculty and staff, including assisting with professional talent acquisition consistent with the university’s future as an institution of higher learning; and to foster, in collaboration with the university community, opportunities that engage black alumni in WSU’s rich Shocker history.


AT THE CENTER

Shockers and their Bricks

Wichita State alumni and university friends attended the Oct. 22 unveiling of 190 bricks on the Shocker Alumni Walkway.

64th Class of Awards Honorees

The 64th WSUAA Alumni Awards class includes: Frederick “Freddy” Simon ’49, WSU Alumni Achievement Award; Cynthia “Cindy” Carnahan ’73, WSU Alumni Recognition Award; Rodney Miller, University Recognition Award; Rhonda K. Hicks ’95, Laura Cross Distinguished Service Award; and Kyle ’17 and Ricki ’09/16 Ellison, Young Alumni Award.

No Place Like Shocker Nation

WSU seniors Tommy Schmidt and Bethanie Francis were crowned Homecoming 2019 King and Queen as part of the Homecoming 2019: No Place Like Shocker Nation festivities.

Black Alumni Network Gets Connected

Wichita State students and alumni of the WSUAA's Black Alumni Network held a holiday social event at the Experiential Engineering Building.

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