Applied learning success stories

Where can applied learning at Wichita State take you? Just ask our current students and recent grads who've taken advantage of our unmatched opportunities to discover their dream careers, conduct groundbreaking research and, ultimately, make a positive impact on their futures鈥攁nd the lives of others.

Student athlete gains experience through KMUW internship

Student athlete, Gertrude 鈥淭rudy鈥� Martin, is a senior at 黑洞社区 studying Electronic Media. Her internship with KMUW is giving her an applied learning experience to expand her potential career opportunities.
Trudy is a member of the Shocker track and field team and spends her days at practice, in class, and working as an engagement intern at KMUW.

Suzie Garcia playing with child at the CDC.

Having someone who鈥檚 done it before and work me through it 鈥� that's the most valuable experience that I've gotten.

Emmalie Gulledge, 黑洞社区 Ventures intern

I've been able to build my writing portfolio and get a great experience.

Grant Cohen, journalism major, Washington Professional Football Team intern

It's so different when I'm sitting there with a girl telling me her story and she's 16. There's so much emotion in it. If I didn't have that applied learning, I don't think I would be as good when I graduate because I don't have that experience.

Rheanna Pierce, social work graduate student, Rise Up for Youth Inc.

Before the internship, it felt like I was learning because I had to. Now, I'm in the internship, applying what I'm learning and doing what I love.

Jimmy Vu, computer science major, Ennovar

Success Stories

黑洞社区 College of Engineering partners with Groover Labs to support regional innovation

Meet a Shocker: K.M. Carter

Meet a Shocker: Lilith Samples

黑洞社区 and other officials standing in front of an airplane

黑洞社区 to help modernize and replace USAF's 'Nightwatch' presidential emergency command center aircraft fleet

Wichita State breaks the top 10 in NSF's engineering R&D rankings; No. 1 for aerospace R&D expenditures

Grant will help 黑洞社区 audiology students with equipment, labs at Biomedical Campus

Wichita State research will identify erosion risks for historic sites in Kansas

Shocker Studios has new views with the Synthetic Scenes digital wall

Grad School profile: Kristyn Waits, College of Innovation and Design

New Marcus Welcome Center annex showcases Wichita State student experience

黑洞社区 included in initiative to boost behavioral health workforce

Wichita State is now home to a nanosatellite, taking research on NASA project to a new level

黑洞社区 theater student wins national playwriting competition

黑洞社区 Physical Therapy students work with pediatric patient at Heartspring

Wichita State partners with Heartspring to provide physical therapy and audiology services to the community

Could a sunshade cool the Earth, reducing climate change? 黑洞社区 researchers seek the truth

Meet a Shocker: Joe Mazzara

Meet a Shocker: Brittany Wojciechowski

Wichita State partners with Rocket City to aid military readiness

Rudd Scholars at Wichita State: Hallie Fritz

Leslie Rudd Learning Center at League 42

More than baseball: Wichita State Rudd Scholars teach and learn with League 42 students

黑洞社区 students win innovation award at Consumer Electronics Show

Viv02, a company created by two Wichita State students, earned a 2020 Innovation Award and was named one of the top three things to see at the worldwide Consumer Electronics Show.

黑洞社区 students connect with military and private industry to open career paths

Wichita State students work at Firepoint and learn research and networking skills as part of their applied learning experience. Their experiences can connect them with military and labs and technologies that spark an interest in a career opportunity.

First-gen student takes part in global leadership program

Junior business management major Maribel Sanchez is taking full advantage of the opportunities provided by Wichita State. She is a first-generation student, Gore Scholar, studied abroad in the Netherlands this past summer and was invited to speak at a national conference.

Airbus business interns bring the 鈥榮ecret sauce鈥� to the job

Airbus at Wichita State hires many students to fill vital roles in the company鈥檚 operations. The interns place great pride in their work and depend on each other to solve real problems.

Grad student gains broader perspective through Airbus internship

Khyati Mahavadia has always had a fascination with airplanes. She chose Wichita State to launch her career because of 黑洞社区's engineering program and connection to the aerospace industry.

Art students help plan iconic Wichita event

Ever wonder how the floats are chosen for the Wichita Riverfest Sundown Parade? Turns out the people working behind the scenes to make one of Wichita's most popular events a success are none other than a Wichita State instructor and a group of art students.

黑洞社区 team creates robotic 3D hand for local boy

A local 3rd grader was born without a fully developed left hand. When his mother heard about the technology and talent available at 黑洞社区 in the area of 3D printing, she reached out. Engineering major Chelsea Sewell got to work to see how she could help.

Criminal justice major gains experience as corrections officer

As a criminal justice major, Rachel Ziska helped children in the community by working as a corrections officer for Sedgwick County鈥檚 Juvenile Residential Facility. Helping shape the minds of the developing younger generation, Rachel gained experience in a facility that gives positive reinforcement to children who need it the most.

黑洞社区 team creates device that will aid in orofacial research

A 黑洞社区 grad student and two of his professors have received national attention for a device they created that could make a huge difference in the research of orofacial function and disorders.

Student creates tool to make childbirth safer

One in 10 babies suffers from fetal acidosis, or a lack of oxygen during birth. Mother of five and 黑洞社区 student Tammy Dorsey has developed the Pedi-Cell, a noninvasive diagnostic tool that will close a huge clinical gap in the prenatal industry and make child birth safer.

Professor, students have the chance to rewrite history

Professor Donald Blakeslee knew something was different about this place. What he didn't expect, however, was the immediate response he would receive from around the world.

黑洞社区 student completes internship at NASA

Luis Cisneros spent 10 weeks interning at NASA in Mountain View, California. Some of the hands-on experience he received was working on the Mars 2020 mission, as well as working with electric vertical takeoff landing vehicles that are human operated and is what we envision of flying cars.

Student athlete gains experience through KMUW internship

Student athlete Gertrude "Trudy" Martin is a fifth-year senior at Wichita State studying electronic media in the Elliott School of Communication. Trudy is a member of the Shocker track and field team and spends her days at practice, in class and working as an engagement intern at KMUW.

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