2024 WSU Fall Conference

UPDATE: Registration is now closed. We can’t wait to see over 350 of you on Sept. 23!

The 2024 Fall Conference at Wichita State University will gather students and advisers to kick off the 2024 school year. We are excited to offer a variety of speakers and sessions as part of three different regional events happening during September and October. Welcome to Wichita State University and enjoy your day in Wichita!

MONDAY, SEPT. 23

REGISTRATION: 8:30-9:00 a.m.

Please come check in outside the ballroom of the Rhatigan Student Center. Oh and don’t miss the donuts and juice to get the morning started off right.

WELCOME/ANNOUNCEMENTS: 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Members of the KSPA board of directors will welcome students and advisers, announce recent KSPA award winners, and outline the schedule for the day and the KSPA offerings for the rest of the year. 

SESSION SCHEDULE*

Session 1: 10 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.

Session 2: 10:50 a.m. – 11;30 a.m.

Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – 12: 15 p.m.

Session 3:  12:20 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

*CHECK OUT THE FULL SCHEDULE HERE!

Here’s who is sharing their wisdom with you at the conference:

Suzanne Perez, KMUW, 89.1

Kylie Cameron, KMUW/89.1

Jack Brand, Wichita State University

Todd Vogts, Sterling College

Paige Felkert, Splurge Magazine

Kylie Cameron, KMUW 89.1

Vicki Eastman, Maize Career Academy

Susan Massy, JEA state representative

Cary Conover, Andover High School

Katie Rages, Andover High School

Eric Wilson, Wichita State University

Joanna Chadwick, Derby High School

Amy DeVault, Wichita State University

Taylor Eldridge, Wichita Eagle

Celia Hack, KMUW/89.1

Travis Heying, Wichita Eagle

Shelby Kellerman, Wichita Business Journal

Jeff Welch, Wichita High School South

Eric Wilson, Wichita State University

Editors of The Sunflower, Wichita State University’s student news organization

• Your All-Kansas Yearbook Entry: Save postage by bringing your yearbook to the conference to submit for an All-Kansas yearbook critique. If you haven’t registered your school’s 2023-2024 yearbook for our critique service, it’s not too late! You can purchase one here. Be sure to fill out this form to send with your book or you can email the completed form to the KSPA office (staff@kspaonline.org).
• A laptop: some sessions will encourage you to learn on your laptop during the session
• Money for food: Food options at the Student Center as well as the popular dining hall at nearby Shocker Hall will be available for students. 

• The WSU conference will be held in the Rhatigan Student Center, 1845 Fairmount St #56, Wichita, KS 67260 on the campus of Wichita State University.
• Please consider these two parking options:
  • Option 1 (for cars, suburbans, vans): Pay to park in the garage just south of the Rhatigan Student Center
  • Option 2 (all vehicles, including busses): Lot 24 or 25 across 17th Street would be best, especially if schools are bringing buses. Buses can unload outside the RSC (or use the cut-out outside Ahlberg Hall) and then park across the street.

Here is a link for the food options in at the WSU union.

Below are the schools that are registered to participate in the conference at this location: