1.06 / Controlled Affiliated Organizations

Effective: July 01, 1997Last Revised: December 05, 2023

  1. Initiating Authority

    1. The Office of General Counsel serves as the initiating authority for this policy.

  2. Purpose

    1. The University has several Controlled Affiliated Organizations that were formed for the purpose of enhancing or supporting the mission of the University. The purpose of this policy is to provide notice and descriptions of the University's Controlled Affiliated Organizations.

  3. Policy

    1. The University is affiliated with the following Controlled Affiliated Organizations:
      1. Wichita State University Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Inc.
        Wichita State University Intercollegiate Athletic Association is a Controlled Affiliated Organization that was incorporated to schedule, manage, and promote University athletic contests in harmony with the general education policy of the University.
      2. Wichita State University Union Corporation
        Wichita State University Union Corporation is a Controlled Affiliated Organization that was incorporated to promote the educational purposes of the University, and to provide management and operational services and facilities for operating the Rhatigan Student Center.
      3. Wichita State University Innovation Alliance, Inc.
        Wichita State University Innovation Alliance is a Controlled Affiliated Organization that was incorporated to oversee and manage the innovation campus and relationships with public and private organizations that engage in innovation-based partnerships to support the University's mission, and to facilitate the University's intellectual property development, dissemination and licensing.
      4. WSIA Investments Corporation
        WSIA Investments Corporation is a Controlled Affiliated Organization that was incorporated to manage University-created intellectual property that is to be commercialized, to license technology and receive royalties, identify and evaluate commercialization projects, and manage the Innovation Campus.

  4. Definitions

    1. For the purpose of this policy only, the following definitions shall apply:
      1. Affiliated Organization: An incorporated entity that is funded solely or primarily by monies other than state funds and the purpose of which is to enhance or support the mission and activities of the University.
      2. Controlled Affiliated Organization: An Affiliated Organization that the University or the University President has direct or effective control over. Such control may be directly established through a majority of a quorum of the governing board of the organization being made up of University Employees or of members appointed by the University President; or through other effective means that may include authority to appoint the chief executive officer of the organization and/or the voting members of the organization's governing executive committee(s), or control over the organizations daily operations and decision making process, or by control over the public funds that support the organization.
      3. University: Wichita State University.

  5. Applicable Laws And Additional Resources

    1. Kansas Board of Regents, Policy Manual, Ch. II / Fiscal Management and Business Administration / Affiliated Corporations

  6. Revision Dates

    1. December 6, 2006
    2. November 10, 2008
    3. June 17, 2016
    4. December 5, 2023