Show your support with a WPC membership

As we kick off 2023, don’t forget to renew your membership to Wichita Professional Communicators. Not a member yet? We’d love for you to join. WPC offers networking opportunities throughout the year, including monthly lunch meetings featuring exciting and relevant speakers. Additionally, our annual mixer offers entertainment, great food, wine Read more…

WPC member testimonial: Debra Fraser

Why join WPC? Here’s what KMUW General Manager Debra Fraser has to say: “I’ve led communications professional groups in another city, and I believe the best services a communications organization can provide are professional development and scholarships. WPC does both with monthly speakers on topics relevant to anyone in communications Read more…

Reflecting on The News landscape

I started working at The Hutchinson News in 2005 after graduating from Wichita State University. It was my first full-time job in journalism, and I was hired as a copy editor and page designer. After a couple of years, I became a reporter and covered everything from school board meetings Read more…

KAKE Wins for Kansas awards grant to WPC

  Wichita Professional Communicators has been awarded a $500 KAKE Wins for Kansas grant! The grants from DeVaughn James Injury Lawyers and KAKE-TV are given to local nonprofit organizations who have a positive impact on the community, and demonstrate adding greater value and resources to the community. WPC is grateful Read more…

Lift someone up in 2021

I honestly can’t tell you how many posts I’ve come across on social media asking me to “copy and paste” some urgent message. There have been too many to count, and usually I roll my eyes and scroll on. But recently I stopped scrolling after reading a post on LinkedIn Read more…

Words from the WPC president: Thankful and grateful

It’s time to usher the year 2020 out the door. Much has been learned personally, about politics and a disease that has attacked our world. Feelings and relationships have escalated or deteriorated beyond our imaginations. With challenges faced during these unprecedented times, it’s important to just stop and reflect on Read more…

Words from the WPC president: Thank you to 2020 WPC board and members

This year has been a historic and humbling experience for me. It is a tall order to serve as president of the Wichita Professional Communicators (WPC) after you did it 11 years ago. But it was my time to take on leadership of an organization that offers many benefits and Read more…

Spread the word about WPC’s special membership offer

New members who join Wichita Professional Communicators for the 2021 calendar year from now until the end of this year will receive membership for the rest of 2020 free! Please invite other communicators to join our group. Let them know that as members they get lower monthly program fees, WPC Read more…

Renew your membership or join for 2019

WPC has maintained a diverse, vibrant membership, and we want to build on that success, as well as contribute to yours. Membership in WPC is by the calendar year, so please remember to renew or join for 2019, if you haven’t already. Download the 2019 app from the WPC website, Read more…

Membership reminder: 2019 changes and incentives

2019 membership changes & incentives By Adrienne Churchill, membership chair As you consider renewing your WPC membership (based on the calendar year from January through December), please note that professional level DUES have increased this year to $152. Renewals are due and payable by Dec. 31, 2018. All other membership Read more…