What impact will you make?

Our Wichita State University Foundation team is ready to help match your interests and priorities with opportunities to advance Wichita State. There are many ways individuals, organizations and foundations can get involved in Wichita State’s vision to hether your passion is supporting an academic college, establishing a student scholarship or giving through your estate, our development team can help find the right opportunity for you. Simply fill out our contact form so create meaningful change in the lives of students and the communities they serve. Wwe can get to know you. Together, we can change our world through the power of education.wsu

Christian Alvarez, Wichita State University Senior

End-of-the-year giving

We hope you will consider an end-of-the-year gift to support the academic college of your choice through one of our Shocker Funds.

“It is amazing to have a third and unrelated party support your success with their own resources,” said Christian Alvarez, WSU senior. “It is a generosity I can’t ever repay directly, but it inspires me to be a better student and person.”

Shocker Funds are flexible and able to meet students’ changing needs, which is critically important in times like these. We are grateful for your ongoing support.

 

 

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Shock The World

You Shocked the World!

The results are in for the WSU Foundation’s Shock the World Campaign, a seven-year undertaking that ended earlier this year.

Alumni and friends of Wichita State University contributed $307.8 million, surpassing the goal of $250 million to help position the university for a successful, innovation-focused future.

To learn more about the enduring impact the campaign will have, visit our special Shock the World page.

 

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Our top priority: need-based scholarships

Every year, Wichita State has far more students who apply and qualify for financial aid than can be helped with our available resources. That means that 31 percent of students who need help are turned away. The average financial gap is $2,000 for residential students.

We believe everyone who wants a college education should have that opportunity. Here is how you can help close the gap.

  • Endow a need-based scholarship.
  • Contribute to a need-based scholarship in one of our academic colleges.
  • Learn more by visiting our priorities page.
  • Fill out our contact form to speak to a development team member.

 

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How Giving Helps

Your gift has a ripple effect. When you support students who otherwise wouldn’t be able to attend college, you not only change their lives, but also the lives of their families and the communities where they live. Your generosity helps Wichita State students succeed. Just take a look at the numbers in fiscal year 2019, July 2018-June 2019.

$42.71M

Raised in gifts & pledges

$8.02M

In Scholarships & Fellowships Awarded

1,966

Students Received Scholarships

Scholarships create better futures

“More than one-third of Wichita State students have a gap in the financial aid they’re receiving versus what they need to pay for tuition and fees. When you give philanthropically to Wichita State students, you are changing lives through the gift of a college education. It’s about changing the future for that student and the future generations of that student’s family and, ultimately, our greater community and society as a whole.”
— Sheelu Surender, director of financial aid at Wichita State

 

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