Weekly Briefing update
Here are some highlights from yesterday’s university update at the Weekly Briefing on the subjects of two-factor authentication, Strategic Planning, Fairmount Towers site, and Bike Share ICT at WSU.
Two-factor authentication
As part of the university’s efforts to keep information secure, we’re beginning a rollout of Duo two-factor authentication for employees signing into our internal site to perform administrative processes and procedures.
Duo enhances security by requiring the use of a secondary device at login to verify identity, which will ensure that others cannot access your account by obtaining your password.
Information Technology Services is providing training on Duo Security on the following dates:
- Tuesday - Feb. 5 - 2-3 p.m. - 211 Hubbard Hall
- Wednesday – Feb. 6 - 2:30-3:30 p.m. – 142 RSC
Faculty and staff can enroll in these sessions through the myTraining link of the myWSU portal, under the faculty/Staff tab. The name of the training session is “Duo Security Software Demonstration.”
For more information about Duo, visit myWSU.wichita.edu and click on Duo Two Factor Security.”
Strategic Planning update
Monthly Activation Team meetings have resumed, with the first meeting of the semester held on Tuesday. Activation Teams are the foundation of the strategic planning process at Wichita State. These teams evaluate our current strategic plan and determine whether improvements or changes are needed.
Faculty, staff, students and community members are invited to join a team and help the university better fulfill its mission. To find out more and sign up, visit wichita.edu/strategicplan, click on the drop-down menu and click on Activation Teams.
Fairmount Towers site update
A quick update on the Fairmount Towers site: Its 290 existing parking spots will be retained, and there are no immediate plans for construction where the residence hall was demolished. It will be planted with grass and available for future university use.
Bike Share ICT at WSU
Today we’re happy to announce that Bike Share ICT is coming to campus this spring. This is an extension of the same bike-share program that is currently operating throughout the city, and is another way the university is enhancing the campus experience for our students, employees, partners and the community.
The program is funded from a grant through the YMCA and includes 20 bikes, which can be accessed at the Rhatigan Student Center, Heskett Center, the Experiential Engineering Building and Metropolitan Complex. The bikes are expected to arrive in February.
Annual memberships are $30, student annual memberships are $20 or riders can rent bikes for $3 an hour.
For more information about Bike Share ICT, and to sign up for a membership, visit bikeshareict.com. We hope to see many of you biking around campus soon.
Airbus encourages students to a one-of-a-kind design competition
Compete with students from all over the world on Feb. 15-17, in a one-of-a-kind, 48-hour design competition.
Invent for the Planet (IFTP) gives you the opportunity to solve world-wide issues with an interdisciplinary team. Earn amazing prizes, create new networks, and flex your innovation skills! Registration is free, thanks to the Airbus sponsorship at Wichita.edu/IFTP.
Women working for peace in Korea
Nan Kim from the international peace organization Women Cross DMZ (Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea) will be the featured speaker at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, in 266 RSC. The event is free and open to the public.
Kim is associate professor in the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, where she is the Director of the Public History Program and the Faculty Co-coordinator of the Asian Studies Certificate. She is the author of “Memory, Reconciliation, and Reunions in South Korea: Crossing the Divide” (2017).
Women Working for Peace in Korea
What’s that huge metal egg-shaped thing by the Food Truck Plaza?
Anyone who has been east of the Food Truck Plaza on campus has probably seen a large, slightly egg-shaped structure being installed. That is what’s known as a pod, and it’s part of the new place-making initiative at Wichita State inviting students, employees and community members to “linger longer” on campus. https://wsu.news/pods
Q&A with Wichita State's service-learning leaders
Wichita State psychology professor and chair Rhonda Lewis (l above) and Chelsea Redger-Marquardt, associate director of student involvement, want their students to get out of the classroom and into the community.
Then there is another step that makes the experience “service-learning.”
The students perform community service that is connected to their class, giving them an applied learning experience that motivates them in the class and the community.
Rie Bloomfield Organ Series resumes on Wednesday, Feb. 6
Lynne Davis will perform a free Wednesdays in Wiedemann concert on the Marcussen organ at 5:15 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday, Feb. 6) in Wiedemann Hall.
Opera Theater to present ‘Scenes and Songs’
Wichita State University Opera Theater will present its 2nd annual “Scenes and Songs” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, and Friday, Feb. 8, in Wiedemann Hall.
This year’s theme follows “the journey of life” with music by Bernstein, Copland, Mozart, Gounod, Dvořák, and WSU student composer Aaron Fink.
Contact the WSU College of Fine Arts Box Office for tickets at 978-3233. WSU students receive one free ticket with their WSU ID.
Writing Now / Reading Now: Margaret Malone
Margaret Malone is WSU’s spring 2019 visiting emerging write, and the author of “People Like You,” a 2016 Pen Hemingway finalist. A reception for Malone will be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, at the Ulrich Museum of Art, followed by a reading at 6 p.m.
Writing Now / Reading Now is cosponsored by the WSU Department of English, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Watermark Books and Café, and the Ulrich Museum of Art.
Philosophical Society meeting coming to WSU on Feb. 9
Philosophers from WSU, Kansas, and the region will present their recent work on Saturday, Feb. 9 in 266 Rhatigan Student Center. The event is free and open to the public.
11 a.m.-12:10 p.m.
Fake News on Social Media: Eliminating a Uniquely Noxious Market" Megan Joanna Fritts and Frank Cabrera, Kansas State University
"On the Contractualist Case for Eating Meat" Keith Harris, University of Missouri
1:30 – 2:40pm
"Self-Reflexive Cognitive Bias" Joshua Mugg, Park University and Muhammad Ali Khalidi, York University
"Confucian Ethics and the Challenge of Gender" Dennis Arjo, Johnson County Community College
3:15 – 4:25 pm
"Epistemic Injustice in Aristotelian Ethics" Noell Birondo, Wichita State University
"Knowing Disability Transactionally: A Pragmatist Response to Epistemic Injustice" Sarah Woolwine, University of Central Oklahoma
4:40 pm Keynote Address
"The Mnemonic Puzzle" Sarah Robins, University of Kansas
Volunteer at Wu’s Big Event X
Community Service Board invites you to join us on Saturday, Feb. 9 to make a huge impact in the Wichita community by volunteering at Wu’s Big Event X. Individuals, organizations, faculty, staff, alumni, friends and family are all encouraged to participate in a fun-filled day of service.
The event will be start on the third floor of the RSC in the Shirley Beggs Ballroom. Check-in will run from 8:30-8:50 a.m. We will have fun speakers, a breakfast including muffins and coffee, and you will be given a collectible Wu’s Big Event T-shirt.
Participants will load onto buses and be at a service site by 10 a.m. and volunteer until 1 p.m. Participants will then get back to the RSC for fun celebration activities and lunch (a Chartwells boxed lunch containing sandwich, chips, and fruit). The event will end by 2 p.m.
We hope to serve more than 750 collective volunteer hours on Feb. 9, and we need your help to make this happen!
Q&A with Tyler Levesque of WSU varsity Esports team
Tyler Levesque is Wichita State’s coordinator of Esports and he is charged with building the varsity program after his hiring in early January.
The Esports offices in Heskett Center are under construction. The former home of the sport management program is largely empty, the walls gray and bare and desks and chairs outdated. Soon, new chairs, computers, monitors and headsets will fill the room.
Graduate student seeking participants for coping with depression research project
A WSU graduate student working on her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology is seeking volunteers to participate in a project that compares two approaches for coping with depression. This study will be conducted within the Department of Psychology (Jabara Hall) under the supervision of Robert Zettle, and will require your involvement for 18- 20 weeks. The study involves eight weekly treatment sessions.
The first two weeks involve one hour sessions and the remaining six sessions will be half-hour sessions. Participants who complete all sessions will be contacted one week and two months later for follow-up measures.
Participants must be at least 18 and will be screened in three stages to determine their eligibility.
If you are interested, complete an online survey (30 minutes) to assess your initial eligibility. The next two stages will be conducted in person for 20 and 50 minutes respectively.
For more information, contact Yvonne Chaw at jxchaw@shockers.wichita.edu or call 316-978-6347.
Doctoral students need participants for their research projects
Two WSU graduate students (Doctor of Audiology and Doctor of Philosophy) need participants for their research projects. They are studying an existing and a newly developed clinical technique for evaluating function of the middle ear.
Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 35, have normal hearing, have not had an ear infection in the past three months, nor had a cold or flu in the past two weeks. Participants will receive a free comprehensive hearing evaluation and ear examination prior to testing. The testing will take about an hour.
If you are interested in volunteering, contact Devon Holt at deholt2@shockers.wichita.edu or 586-747-3774 or Dr. Sun at Xiao-Ming.Sun@wichita.edu.
Shockers After Dark this Friday, Feb. 8
Head to the RSC on Friday, Feb. 8 for Shockers After Dark! From 8-10 p.m. you’ll find a wide variety of games and events, including free bowling and billiards, a snack walk, face painting, a balloon artist and a lot more!
$1 off frappuccinos at Starbucks
During RSC Unplugged from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday, Feb. 6), you can take $1 off frappuccinos and lattes size grande or larger!
University Libraries announces upcoming events
Upcoming events at the University Libraries include "Library Tips and Tools for Grad Students," "Trademark Tuesday," "A Call for Papers! How Do I Publish or Present at Conferences?," Visuals: How Do I Create Effective Research Posters?," and more. Students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend.
- “Library Tips and Tools for Grad Students” from 1-2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, in 217 Ablah Library, and 5-6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7 in 217 Ablah Library. See event details at Library Tips and Tools and library events.
- “Trademark Tuesday” from 2-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5 in 204 Ablah Library. See event details at Trademark Tuesday.
- “A Call for Papers! How Do I Publish or Present at Conferences?" from 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6, in 217 Ablah Library. See event details at A Call for Papers.
- “Visuals: How Do I Create Effective Research Posters?” from noon-1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, in 217 Ablah Library. See workshop details at Visuals / Research Posters.
- “Intellectual Property Basics” from 5:30 -7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, in 217 Ablah Library. See workshop details at Intellectual Property Basics.
- “Research: How Do I Write a Literature Review?” from 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, in 217 Ablah Library. See workshop details at Write a Literature Review.
- "I've heard of Endnote: How Do I Get Started?" from noon-1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, in 217 Ablah Library. See event info at Endnote.
Health Fair planned for Feb. 27
Join us as we host an educational and interactive health fair in the upstairs gymnasium at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, in the Heskett Center. Plan to join hundreds of your fellow Shockers as you receive medical screenings and wellness tips from more 50 vendor booths from Wichita State University departments and the community. For more information visit wichita.edu/healthfair.
Wichita State chosen to host TBT
The Basketball Tournament (TBT) – a $2 million, winner-take-all summer basketball event broadcast live on ESPN – announced yesterday regional sites for its sixth annual tournament, bringing the summer's premier basketball event to Wichita for the first time. As a part of the tournament, The AfterShocks – a team comprised of former Wichita State University basketball players – will return to play in Wichita.
Eck Stadium skyboxes available for 2019 season
Several Eck Stadium Skyboxes are available for purchase for the upcoming 2019 Wichita
State baseball season,
Skybox users receive eight tickets for Shocker home baseball games and a VIP parking
pass.
Wu's Crew packages available this spring
Wu's Crew will be available for the 2019 Wichita State softball and baseball seasons. Youth organizations are invited to purchase a package that includes tickets for all members of the team (up to 30) and two coaches.
Sign up by Friday, Feb. 8 in support of an annual fundraising event
Join the Exercise Science, Athletic Training and Team K12 student organizations at their annual fundraising event from 6-10 p.m. Friday March 1. Teams will compete to be crowned champion with some awesome prizes up for grabs. Register as a team or free agent online at www.wichita.edu/esso. Free T-shirts will be available for each team member. The deadline to sign up is Friday, Feb. 8. For more information contact Hannah at hrgoetzman@shockers.wichita.edu.
Learn how to swim or improve your swimming
Want to face your fear of water, learn basic strokes or get ready for a swim meet? The Wichita Aqua Shocks offer adult, children and parent-tot classes in group, private and semi-private settings. For more information, contact Tonya Blattner of the Aqua Shocks at 316-833-6544 or at tblattner11@gmail.com.