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    • Former political science chair David Farnsworth passes away 

      Unknown author (Wichita State University, 2021-01-07)
      David Farnsworth, former interim dean, department chair and professor of political science at Wichita State, passed away on Dec. 17.

    • Former professor Bryan Hay passes away 

      Strategic Communications (Wichita State University, 2021-04-14)
      Bryan Scott Hay passed away Monday, March 15, due to complications from a stroke. He taught for 36 years as professor of English and English Literature at Wichita State University, where he served as undergraduate coordinator ...

    • Former Wichita State First Lady Deborah Bardo dies 

      Office of the President; Strategic Communications (Strategic Communications, 2022-04-15)
      Deborah J. (Davis) Bardo, former first lady of Wichita State University, died April 15, 2022. She was 68 years old. Mrs. Bardo was married to WSU’s 13th president, Dr. John Bardo, for 44 years until his death on March ...

    • In memory of Professor Victor Isakov 

      Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics (Wichita State University, 2021-05-17)
      Distinguished Professor Victor Isakov of the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics passed away Friday, May 14, 2021 at the age of 73 after a battle with cancer. In 1988, Professor Isakov joined Wichita State ...

    • It's a Great Day to be a Shocker 

      Wichita State University; Strategic Communications (Wichita State University, 2019-05-09)
      Dr. Bardo's friend, Esther Headley, recalls the changes made to the university and the impact John had on WSU. Then follows a compilation of videos from the late Dr. John Bardo.

    • Professor Dharam Vir Chopra 

      Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics (Wichita State University, 2021-12-05)
      It is with great sadness to announce that Professor Dharam Vir Chopra of the department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics passed away Monday, September 14, 2020. Although he was 89 years old, he was still active ...

    • University mourns loss of Brian Brown 

      Strategic Communications (Wichita State University, 2022-11-07)
      Brian Brown, NIAR director of Robotics and Automation, passed away Monday, Oct. 31. In his 20 years at Wichita State, Brian left a lasting imprint on multiple facets of Industry and Defense Programs, from network structure, ...

    • Wichita State University mourns death of President Emeritus Eugene Hughes 

      Strategic Communications; Muma, Richard D. (Wichita State University, 2021-03-11)
      From Interim President Rick Muma: It is with great sadness that I, on behalf of the entire Wichita State University community, express my condolences to the family and friends of Eugene Hughes, former president of Wichita ...

    • Wichita State University President John Bardo dies 

      Office of the President; Strategic Communications (Wichita State University, 2021-06-14)

    • WSU mourns loss of Dorothy K. ‘Dotty’ Billings 

      Strategic Communications (Wichita State University, 2022-08-22)
      Dorothy K. “Dotty” Billings, Wichita State emerita professor of Anthropology, died Aug. 12, 2022, after a brief illness. Dotty, 89, taught Anthropology at WSU for 44 years. She studied under Margaret Mead at Columbia ...

    • WSU mourns loss of Sherry Chapman 

      Strategic Communications (Wichita State University, 2022-08-24)
      Sherry Chapman, retired associate clinical professor, died Aug. 21 after an extended illness. Sherry taught at the Wichita State School of Social Work from 2007 to 2017. Sherry positively impacted thousands of people both ...

    • WSU mourns the loss of LaWanda Holt-Fields 

      Strategic Communications (Wichita State University, 2022-08-10)
      LaWanda Holt-Fields, director of WSU’s McNair Scholars Program, died Aug. 6, 2022. LaWanda, 54, touched many lives at Wichita State and beyond, including those she served through the McNair program, as well as the many ...