Aug 14, 2008 — By WSU News Services — Blue Cross Blue Shield has advised the State Employee Health Plan of a situation in which one of their members received a call at home indicating the person was calling on behalf of BCBS to conduct a phone survey. BCBS officials say that they do not currently have any type of phone survey taking place. Please be aware of this potential scam and be cautious about providing personal information over

Aug 1, 2008 — By WSU News Services — New and returning WSU students are searching for employment, and many of them prefer to work on campus. Will your office have an on-campus student position available? If so, post your employment opportunities to ShockWORKS. For this free service, go to http://careers.wichita.edu, scroll down to the ShockWORKS banner, take the employer login and sign in if you are already registered for ShockWORKS.

Aug 15, 2008 — By WSU News Services — Celia Goering, director of satellite campuses, will retire from her position at WSU effective Aug. 23. According to Keith Pickus, associate provost, "Celia has been instrumental in developing both the West and South campuses, and her leadership will be greatly missed. Not only has she overseen the construction of both satellite campuses, but she has helped determine the appropriate curricular of

Aug 4, 2008 — By WSU News Services — The food handler classes for faculty and staff who volunteered to help at The Lord's Diner, will be held from 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 30, and 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, in 203 Rhatigan Student Center. To register for one of the sessions, contact Belinda Bishop at belinda.bishop@wichita.edu, or call 978-5582.

Jul 31, 2008 — By WSU News Services — NIAR presenters include Dr. John Tomblin, NIAR executive director; Yeow Ng, associate director of National Center for Advanced Materials Performance; Waruna Seneviratne, senior research engineer in the Composites Laboratory; Dr. Dwight Burford, Advanced Joining & Processing Lab director; Jeremy Brown, research engineer in the Advanced Joining & Processing Lab; Josh Merry, T.J. Lam and Pedro Gimene

Aug 4, 2008 — By WSU News Services — WSU Libraries is offering four Web of Science clinics over the next few weeks for faculty who need a citation search for their tenure and promotion file. Faculty will learn how to search for cited references to their own works. The clinics will be held from 2:30-4 p.m. Thursday, July 31; 10-11:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 4; 2:30-4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12; and 1:30-3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 25. All clinics will b

Aug 4, 2008 — By WSU News Services — * The deadline for changes to "Departmental Listing," University Offices" and "University Teaching Faculty" sections of the campus telephone directory is today (Thursday, July 31). Please return corrected copies to University Relations, Campus Box 62. If you have questions, contact Amy Schafer at amy.schafer@wichita.edu or at 978-3335. * WSU Libraries is offering four Web of Science clinics for

Jul 29, 2008 — By WSU News Services — More than 1,400 students completed their degrees at Wichita State University in spring 2008. For a complete list of spring graduates from WSU, go to http://www.wichita.edu/gradlist. WSU also has announced the names of about 1,900 students who were on the dean's honor roll for spring 2008. For a complete list of honor students go to http://www.wichita.edu/deanhnr. http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/

Aug 4, 2008 — By WSU News Services — * The Wichita State University Summer Jazz Ensemble will perform a free concert from 7-9 p.m. today (Wednesday, July 30) at Yia Yia's Eurobistro, 8115 E. 21st St. in Wichita. * The deadline for changes to "Departmental Listing," University Offices" and "University Teaching Faculty" sections of the campus telephone directory is Thursday, July 31. Please return corrected copies to University Rela

Jul 25, 2008 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State head volleyball coach Chris Lamb has announced the 2008 volleyball schedule, which includes 13 home matches and three early season tournaments. Season tickets are now available online at www.goshockers.com. For more information, go to http://www.goshockers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=7500&ATCLID=1522777.