The Sunflower

10/02/2026

Who will win the 3-point contest? Coach Mills gives his prediction and other thoughts heading into Shocker Madness.

In the NIL era of college basketball, where rosters are constantly changing, showcases like Shocker Madness are usually a way for fans to see many of their favorite team’s players for the first time. However, that will not be the case for the Wichita State men’s basketball team this year as the ...

09/30/2026

WSU's symphonic band brought its audience a strong mix of traditional and new pieces during its concert Monday.

09/29/2026

Discussions around department mergers continue at Wichita State among faculty.

Amidst the talks about departments merging at Wichita State, a proposed recommendation was passed through Faculty Senate that gives administration a framework to go by when consolidating departments. Susan Castro, a professor of philosophy, presented a resolution to the senate that would give an alt...

09/28/2026

Women’s tennis uses early tournaments to be better prepared for later in the season.

Most programs try to schedule tough non-conference games to better prepare the squad for later moments in the year. For the women’s tennis team, this was exactly the case. The Shockers sent seniors Giorgia Roselli and Xin Tong Wang, who is ranked 117th nationally in singles, to the ITA All-America...

09/28/2026

New outfielder provides offense and scouting report as Shockers take down Big Ten powerhouse Nebraska.

After Shocker baseball passed its biggest test of the fall season, third baseman AJ Velarde revealed that an inside source helped the Shockers knock off the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Saturday afternoon. “Coming in, it’s very helpful having a player who played for them,” Velarde said. “We had a...

09/28/2026

Two weeks after the Kansas State Fair, the Shockers brought the fair to campus.

09/27/2026

Somewhere Festival brought both big names and local artists to the stage over the weekend, with DJ Diesel and Bailey Zimmerman headlining the festival's third year running.

Photos by Zachary Ruth / The Sunflower

09/27/2026

A new funding opportunity was presented to the Student Government Association by the Vice President for Student Affairs.

On Wednesday, Jamarco Clark, Wichita State’s vice president for Student Affairs, asked SGA to fund a pilot initiative that would allow projects benefiting students to be funded outside of the normal billing cycle. Clark said the VPSA Student Impact and Innovation Fund is meant to be a flexible fun...

09/25/2026

Since 2014, Guy Schroeder has served as WSUPD Chief, but his time is coming to an end and is retiring at the end of the semester.

After working in law enforcement for 46 years, Guy Schroeder, Wichita State University police chief, is retiring at the end of the fall semester. “Policing has changed considerably since my start on Feb. 4, 1980,” Schroeder said. “Technology moves fast and helps considerably, but in the end it...

09/23/2026

In-depth editor Josh Pfleger-Bernat, explains upcoming department mergers happening in multiple colleges at WSU. The mergers have resulted in some WSU faculty raising concerns about lack of transparency from the university throughout the process. Faculty worries were intensified when the university revealed they were using a policy for discontinuing programs which faculty sees as inappropriate for this situation.

Read more about the merger by clicking the link in our bio.