6.23.23

Take a tour of Wichita State’s “off campus” facilities

No outliers to learning, research and service, these off-the-main campus university facilities count among Wichita State’s network of labs, clinics and studios that signal all kinds of interactions, using every type of bandwidth known. Enjoy a tour of these four centers:

Shocker Studios, WSU South, 3805 E. Harry, School of Art, Design and Creative Industries

This state-of-the-art production facility, headed by Justin Rorabaugh ’08, WSU School of Digital Arts director, maximizes creative collaboration between students, faculty and industry professionals who all can gain access to more than 35,000-square-feet of specialized film, TV, sound and animation editing and production space.

Evelyn Hendren Cassat Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic, Hughes Metropolitan Complex, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD)

Open to the public and faculty, staff and students at Wichita State, the speech-language-hearing clinic provides services for speaking, hearing, swallowing, and spoken and written language impairments. Clinic professionals – including Doug Parham, CSD associate professor, chair and program director, and Ashley Purdum ’06/08, CSD associate clinical professor and clinic director – also oversee programs and support groups for aphasia, autism, fluency, literacy and more.

KMUW, 121 N. Mead, downtown, Wichita 89.1 National Public Radio (NPR) member station

This NPR member station is an outreach service of Wichita State and has served the community for more than 70 years. KMUW produces 14 local newscasts each weekday and regular in-depth news features. Debra Fraser is the station’s general manager.

WERX, 4174 S. Oliver, National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR)

Manned by some 500 program managers, engineers, contractors, technicians and paid applied learning students, NIAR’s WERX – overseen by Allison Bonitati, program director, and housed in hangars on a Wichita site long known for excellence in aircraft research, testing, design and production – aids in the development of engineering and testing plans for new aircraft, modifications/repair/overhaul and electrical components.