Campus Connection: Jan. 22, 2019

Shock the Future website / upcoming deans featured

With the student referendum on infrastructure improvements set for March, we want to let you know that the Shock the Future website is now live at wichita.edu/shockthefuture. There you’ll find a FAQ, videos about the proposed improvements, ways you can have your voice heard and more.

In addition, our weekly briefings through the end of February will feature the deans of Health Professions, Fairmount College, University Libraries, Applied Studies and Engineering—as well as Provost Rick Muma on Feb. 28—to share what the referendum means to their colleges and the entire student body.

We encourage everyone to visit the website, attend these briefings, ask questions, and learn more about the positive impact these improvements will make for current and future students.

ROTC at WSU

If you’ve been on campus recently, you may have noticed that there have been uniformed Army personnel visiting Shocker Nation. Today we are excited to announce that we are in the beginning stages of bringing ROTC to Wichita State. We look forward to this exciting new initiative and will announce further details as they transpire.

Campus update

As the campus continues to develop, we’re happy to announce that work on the next partnership building, known as P3, and the new Crash Dynamics Lab is underway. Both will be located at 18^th and Innovation Blvd.

• Also, the Hyatt Place hotel is scheduled to break ground this spring near 19^th and Oliver.
• There are active negotiations with other retailers at Braeburn Square.
• Fuzzy’s Taco Shop is scheduled to open at Braeburn Square this August.
• Our newest living option, The Suites, will be open by summer.
• And Wilkins Stadium is currently adding a landscape drainage area to handle a hundred-year rainfall.

We’ll keep you updated on these developments, and more, when details become available.

Innovation Awards, Jan. 22

With innovation at the center of everything we do, we invite you to Wichita State’s fourth annual Innovation Awards on Jan. 22.

The Innovation Awards, hosted by WSU Ventures and WSU Strategic Initiatives, recognize students, faculty, staff and partners who execute programs and initiatives that greatly impact achievement of the university’s mission and vision.

The event is from 3-4 p.m. in the Rhatigan Student Center Beggs Ballroom. It’s free and open to the public.

 

“As CCHT has advocated against the continued criminalization of trafficking survivors across the country, this year our keynotes offer unmatched expertise on the topic. Speaking from diverse perspectives, it is our hope that their presentations ignite critical conversations in our state and community that continue past the conference.

“Mogulescu is an experienced defense attorney and professor with the Brooklyn Law School who has worked to provide post-conviction relief to survivors of abuse, exploitation and trafficking.

Continuing Education - 5.75 Social Work CEUs; 6.90 Nursing CEUs; Certificates for self-reporting for psychologists, counselors, marriage / family therapists, law enforcement, and attorneys.

In conversations regarding human trafficking and sexual exploitation, men are often only viewed as the problem. However, to effectively fight against all types of violence, our community is in desperate need of men who will stand up for those who experience abuse and exploitation. 

This event will feature men in our community engaging in courageous conversations to explore how men can become greater champions of change to combat these injustices, and to uplift our community in the name of accountability, brotherhood and love, ending with a musical performance! 
More event details

The Mailing Services price changes include:

Product Letters (1 oz.) Letters additional ounces Outbound International Letters (1 oz.) Domestic Postcards

Current 50 cents 21 cents $1.15 35 cents

New Rate     55 cents 15 cents $1.15 35 cents

The domestic Priority Mail Retail Flat Rate price changes are:

Product Small Flat Rate Box Medium Flat Rate Box Large Flat Rate Box APO/FPO Large Flat Rate Box Regular Flat Rate Envelope Legal Flat Rate Envelope Padded Flat Rate Envelope

Current $7.20 $13.65 $18.90 $17.40 $6.70 $7.00 $7.25

New Rate $7.90 $14.35 $19.95 $18.45 $7.35 $7.65 $8.00

In November of 2018, we completed the last installation of the cameras and have spent the rest of the project making tweaks in the positioning of the individual cameras (each physical camera has four actual cameras / views) and their aiming. This project had many ITS, Physical Plant and Police Department folks involved who provided expertise, direction, networking configuration, power installation, blue light relocation and assistance to the core team.

University Police Chief Rodney Clark said: “Using technology for campus safety is a growing national trend, and the WSU Police Department is grateful to work with agencies such as ITS and others as student and campus safety is the No. 1 priority for the WSU Police Department.”

Warren Glore, ITS project manager thanks each member of the team, especially Donny Davis, Sheldon Johnson, Joey Hutto and David Snook. These four individuals contributed to more than 85 percent of the completed tasks.

Thanks to Captain Corey Herl and Randy Sessions from the WSU Police Department for their guidance on positioning and aiming of the cameras. The installed cameras have already been used multiple times and have made some investigations by the PD easier.

An extra special kudo goes out to David Snook and the Telecommunications team. These folks went the extra mile when it was discovered that conduit going to several blue phone systems had been crushed and we could not pass new fiber optic or Ethernet cables through them. Their innovation on using existing wiring and modems allowed those cameras to be installed without digging up and replacing the crushed conduit under parking lots and streets. This action has saved hundreds of thousands of dollars.

According to Glore, we believe the campus is a much safer place to be now that these cameras are in place. As was brought out in meetings with the team, the telecom technicians while working on the installations were questioned by “the persons on the street” who wanted to know about the cameras. They received the appreciation and thanks of multiple students and faculty / staff for working on this very important project.

It is now a standard practice that any new blue pole system installed on campus will also have cameras installed because of the insistence of ITS and especially John Rankin. We believe another nine or more poles will be installed on the Innovation Campus in the next few months and years.

Thanks to all who have had a part in this project.