Shock Talk Podcast

The Shock Talk Podcast (STP) Comm Report covers Shocker news and personalities each week, as reported by WSUAA communications staffers. This week, among the Shockers in the news are all of the 2021 fall graduates, Wichita State’s Center for Economic Development and Business Research (CEDBR) and the Shocker men's and women's basketball teams. 

2021 Arts and Culture Impact Analysis: https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2021/12-dec/arts_release_4.php

Fan Central: https://www.shockeralumni.org/s/1817/interior.aspx?sid=1817&gid=2&pgid=471 

Shock Talk Podcast: https://anchor.fm/shocktalk 

This week we share our full interview with Curt Gridley hosted by Jacob O’Connor from the Office of Tech Transfer & Commercialization. Gridley co-founded Groover labs with his wife Tracy Hoover. Taking Tracy’s last name “Hoover” and Curt’s last name “Gridley” and combine them, you get the name Groover. Hints the name Groover Labs. Hear this #ShockTalk Innovators episode wherever you listen to podcasts.

Groover Labs: https: https://bit.ly/3oU4UBh 

The Shock Talk Podcast (STP) Comm Report covers Shocker news and personalities each week, as reported by WSUAA communications staffers. This week, among the Shockers in the news are WSU President Rick Muma, Cindy Hoover ’90, Naquela Pack ’16 and AfterShocks team members Conner Frankamp and Rashard Kelly. Tune in and stay up with what’s going on at Wichita State and throughout the Shocker world.

We had the chance to catch up with Cindy Hoover ’90, a vice president in R&D at Spirit AeroSystems and the current chair of the WSUAA’s board. Listen in and hear a couple of stories about her days as a student at Wichita State –– covering everything from what it was like being a Wallace Scholar and studying electrical engineering, to playing in WSU’s marching band, to rappelling off the CAC. Tune in wherever you listen to your podcasts

This week we preview our talk with Curt Gridley ’80, an entrepreneur whose tech start-up Amber Wave Systems sold to US Robotics for 40M in shares back in 1996 and who co-founded Wichita’s Groover Labs with his wife Tracy Hoover. Combining Tracy’s last name “Hoover” and Curt’s last name “Gridley,” you get “Groover.” Hence, Groover Labs. Hear about this upcoming #ShockTalk Innovators episode wherever you listen to podcasts

The Shock Talk Podcast (STP) Comm Report covers Shocker news and personalities each week, as reported by WSUAA communications staffers Connie White, communications director, Connor Freund, communications specialist, and Bernice Barnes, communications intern. Tune in and stay up with what’s going on at Wichita State and throughout the Shocker world.

Founder and CEO of Jenny Dawn Cellars winery, Jennifer McDonald started her wine journey in California and now has opened her first urban winery in downtown Wichita. Hear her story and much more on this episode of the #ShockTalk Innovators hosted by Jacob O’Connor from Wichita State’s Office of Tech Transfer & Commercialization. Tune in — and hear the bold, flavorful, full-bodied story. Available wherever you listen to podcasts.

From dealing with chronic illness to creating The Co-Immunity Foundation, Wichita State student Madeline Shonka has overcome a diverse set of obstacles — and is on a mission to help others through similar challenges. Tune in to this episode of #ShockTalk Innovators to hear Shonka’s story. Available wherever you listen to podcasts.

Click the link below to learn about The Co-Immunity Foundation:

https://www.coimmunityfoundation.org/about-us

Connect with us on Linkedin:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wsushockeralumni/ 

Christina Long ’03, a print journalism major, is founder and owner of CML Collective LLC and president and CEO of Create Campaign Inc. In this new episode of #ShockTalk Innovators Christina discusses how she took the jump from a steady job into the entrepreneurial world.

Connect with Christina Online:

https://www.cmlcollective.com/cml

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-long-05221555/

The WSUAA and Shocker Career Accelerator partner on this Shock Talk Career Chats: Brewing Professionals featuring six Shocker brewers, who talk about what it takes to be a pro in the brewing business and the challenges that come with it. The original premiered at 4 p.m. CT Tuesday, June 1, when WSUAA director of alumni programs and moderator Tate Blanton ’13 spoke with Augustino Brewing’s Augustine ’06 and Bianca ’11 Iacopelli, Central Standard Brewing’s Ian Crane ’08 and Andy Boyd ’05, and Walnut River Brewing Company’s B.J. Hunt ’99 and Rick Goehring ’02.