NetApp beginning early move to Wichita State Innovation Campus
NetApp employees, including student workers, will begin working next month in the newly completed partnership building, P3, located on 18th near Oliver, while the company awaits the construction and completion of its new site on the Wichita State Innovation Campus, just south of P3.
Robin Huber, site manager of Wichita operations, said by making the interim move, NetApp employees can more quickly become part of the Innovation Campus atmosphere and the growing digital transformation and convergent sciences research cluster at Wichita State. About one-third of NetApp’s Wichita employees are Wichita State graduates, and many of those began working at NetApp while they were students.
Huber, who also serves as vice president and general manager of NetApp E-Series, explained the company’s long-term plans last November: “NetApp has had a relationship with Wichita State University for more than 20 years that has been focused on technological innovation, applied learning and regional economic growth. We are committed to expanding our partnership in those areas, and that’s why we’re exploring the possibility of relocating NetApp’s Wichita operations to the WSU Innovation Campus.”
Huber said the balance of NetApp employees will move to campus when the permanent building is completed south of 18th St., between Oliver and Innovation Dr. The proposed 168,000 square-foot NetApp Wichita site, custom designed for the Fortune 500 global data storage and cloud management company, is planned for occupancy by late 2021 / early 2022.
Wichita State to announce strategic partnership with Lightning Diversion Systems
Wichita State University and Lightning Diversion Systems (LDS) will announce details of a new strategic partnership at 10 a.m. tomorrow (Wednesday, Feb. 26) in the 3DEXPERIENCE Center, Room 151, in the John Bardo Center.
Jay Golden, president, Wichita State University
Dave Wilmot, president, Lightning Diversion Systems
Billy Martin, senior research scientist, Environmental Test Lab, National Institute for Aviation Research, WSU
HCEA Cybersecurity Speaker Series presents Alex Roberts tomorrow
Join the Hub for Cybersecurity Education and Awareness from 2-3:30 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday, Feb. 26) in Partnership 2 Building Room A131, to hear Alex Roberts from the AGCO Corporation and learn more about threats to connected agriculture and what it’s like to hack a tractor. Find out more and register at wichita.edu/cyberhub.
Creating the education of the future
Thanks to the 2018 affiliation between Wichita State University and the Wichita Area Technical College, now WSU Tech, one educational ecosystem expands across the entire spectrum — from GED to Ph.D.
Through innovation, swift responses to industry and a concrete but flexible vision of the future, WSU and WSU Tech could evolve to become a true model for what higher education should look like.
Wichita State President Jay Golden said: "We're facing some grand challenges and some big opportunities," Golden says. "Wichita State University's going to be a leader. We're going to take our assets and we're going to, in our innovative spirit, create these next generation technologies through our research."
Learn more at The Chung Report.
Galyn Vesey to present ‘People, Pride, and Promise: The Story of the Dockum Sit-In’
Galyn Vesey will present the story of a powerful and successful civil rights event that took place in Wichita - the Dockum Sit-In. The exhibit and reception will begin at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26. Remarks will begin 1:30 p.m. The event will be held in the lower level of Ablah Library. It is free and open to the public.
Registration is open for the inaugural Wichita State University Analytics Showcase
The WSU Analytics Showcase will be held from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, April 17, in the Hughes Metropolitan Complex. Registration is free for students and faculty, but space is limited.
Contact the Analytics Showcase organizers
Learn more and register for the Showcase
President Golden talks about vision, academics and growing Wichita State on KSN-TV 3
Craig Andres of KSN-TV 3 interviewed Wichita State President Jay Golden for a weekend news program.
The story read as follows:
Jay Golden took over as President of Wichita State University this year, and he is passionate about growing the university.
“Success. I want Wichita State to be one of the most successful in the United States,” said President Golden in his one-on-one interview with KSN. “I want Wichita to be thought of as really an innovative community and one that is inclusive and one that will attract the talent.”
President Golden has plans to grow the Wichita economy as well as grow the WSU student population and academic programs. But it’s not just numbers Golden wants to increase.
The complete story and video are available here.
Political science professor seeks to slay gerrymandering through research
Brian Amos, assistant professor of political science at Wichita State University, has dedicated numerous papers and conferences to gerrymandering research.
Amos' work is a part of an exhibition series on display WSU's Ulrich Museum of Art, titled "Solving for X=Representation: Slaying the Gerrymander." It's a collaboration between the Ulrich and university scholars in all fields to visualize their research through art.
See Gerrymandering story here.
Lean into discomfort as we engage in a discussion around the 400 years of inequality
A 400 Years of Inequality workshop will be held from 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, in 208 RSC.
Join us at 6:30 p.m. in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion as we review the 400 years’ timeline. We will engage in tough, but necessary dialogue. 2020 marks the 400th anniversary of the arrival in 1619 at Jamestown of the first Africans to be sold into bondage. These Africans were the first of millions who followed as slaves to work on plantations established on land stolen from the indigenous peoples of the continent.
Colonialism and slavery were soon codified into laws promoting inequality and legitimating oppression and terror. These laws and the practices they encouraged were and remain formidable barriers against efforts by Native Americans, African Americans, poor whites, and numerous other groups, to unite against the dispossession and occupation of lands, and exploitative and oppressive life and work conditions.
We need desperately to link arms in radical equality. The Office of Diversity and Inclusion asks attendees to lean into discomfort and go through the 400 years’ timeline with reflection, discussion, and a call to action.
For more information go to Wichita.edu/odi or contact the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at 978-3034.
Talk in the Language and Linguistics Colloquium Series features Francis Connor
We invite all of you to the first talk in the spring 2020 Language and Linguistics Colloquium Series. Dr. Francis Connor, associate professor and Interim Chair, Department of English, will give a talk at 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, in 208 Hubbard Hall. The talk is titled "Shakespeare's Imperfect Verses." This event is free and open to the public.
You’ll find an unfamiliar version of a famous William Shakespeare poem in a forgotten seventeenth-century book. Is it Shakespeare's first draft, a revision by another writer, or something else? My colloquium presentation will use such a poem as a case study to consider different language-based approaches to authorial attribution, focusing particularly on ways that digital corpora such as EEBO-TCP have changed how we approach questions of authorship.
University Update at Weekly Briefing
Here’s news from last Thursday’s University Update at the WSU Weekly Briefing.
WICHITA STATE WELCOMES BUSINESS, EDUCATION LEADERS FROM MEXICO
Earlier this week, delegations from Wichita State, WSU Tech, Wichita business and Chihuahua, Mexico met on campus to continue discussions about innovation, entrepreneurial and applied learning programs.
The groups discussed possible entrepreneurial cooperation between WSU, Wichita’s innovation ecosystem, and Blu Empire – a Chihuahua City investment and business accelerator.
President Jay Golden, WSU Tech President Sheree Utash and other WSU and WSU Tech faculty and staff met with representatives from American industries to explore a potential location in Chihuahua City that might provide certificate and degree programs by WSU/WSU Tech faculty.
The John Bardo Center hosted a delegation of six manufacturing and machining companies from Chihuahua City that are interested in growing their businesses in Kansas. The company representatives toured the 3D Experience Center and GoCreate. The companies are participating in a three-day trade mission and have interest in expanding in Wichita, establishing manufacturing or research & development projects, and partnering with companies that solve industrial problems with engineering solutions.
In early December, a delegation from Wichita State, led by Provost Rick Muma, visited Mexico to tour aerospace facilities, an industrial park and universities and discuss opportunities for Wichita State to bring educational, training and applied learning programs to the area.
TRIO/GEARUP VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME
The Wichita State University Office of Special Programs (OSP), TRIO and GEARUP program staff and students will volunteer at various organizations in the Wichita community this week.
Wichita State’s OSP TRIO/GEAR UP programs provide quality services to more than 5,000 first-generation, limited income, middle, high school, and college students, persons with disabilities, students in foster care, and adults in Wichita and throughout the state of Kansas.
The 2020 National TRIO/GEAR UP Day will be celebrated through service-learning activities at various organizations within the Wichita community. The 11 TRIO / GEAR UP programs, administered by Deltha Q. Colvin, associate vice president of Special Programs, have resided on the WSU campus for more than 45 years, and they are excited to give back to a community that has supported them during this time.
For more information on the Office of Special Programs at Wichita State University go to http://wichita.edu/tgu2020 or contact Dr. Dsouza at 978-6153.
STARTUP GRIND AND DESIGN THINKING
Doug Stucky, WSU Institute of Innovation Instructor, presents “Why You Need Design Thinking” on Feb. 27 at Martin Pringle Law Firm, 645 E. Douglas Ave.
Join the Wichita Startup Community as Stucky, leads the group through an Introduction to Design Thinking and explain how human-centered design exercises will change the way you solve problems.
This is Startup Grind’s first event of 2020. Cost is $10 and registration is available at startupgrind.com.
SIGNING DAY AT WSU TECH
WSU Tech is awarding over $200,000 in scholarships at their fifth-annual National Career Technical Education Signing Day today. Top CEOs and CTE influencers are in attendance, including a keynote address by Nicholas T. Pinchuk, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Snap-on Incorporated. Immediately following the keynote, over 200 local high school seniors will participate in a Signing Ceremony. They will sport WSU Tech hats while signing letters of intent in the presence of their family and friends.
A CHANCE TO CONVERSE
If you enjoy learning about other cultures and meeting people from around the world, volunteer as a conversation leader at the Intensive English Language Center.
Conversation outings are Wednesdays from 10-11:30 a.m. or 12:30-2 p.m.
Spring 2020 conversation dates are Feb. 26, March 4, April 8, 15, 22, 29, and May 6.
For more information, contact volunteer coordinator Aimee Leisy at aimee.leisy@wichita.edu, leave a message at the Intensive English Language Center front desk at 978-6040, or stop by the Intensive English Center at 1741 N. Hillside.
A DISCUSSION OF DIVERSITY AT TILFORD SYMPOSIUM
Wichita State, in accordance with our refreshed strategic plan, is committed to providing engaging conversations and discussions centered on diversity and inclusive excellence.
To that end, WSU is hosting the first Tilford Symposium on Feb. 27-28 at the Rhatigan Student Center.
The event is a tribute to the work started by Dr. Michael Tilford - a former WSU Graduate School Dean who was committed to diversity within higher education. It is also a way of bringing students, community members, faculty, staff and business and industry leaders into an active discussion centered on diversity and inclusive excellence.
The Tilford Symposium is committed to providing a supportive ecosystem in which a variety of stakeholders can discuss how diversity is impacting student, employee, and leadership experiences from all over the state of Kansas.
Registration is available at wichita.edu/services/tilford_commission/symposium.php.
Documentary filmmakers talk about their films
The Ad Astra Film Studies Conference - Spring 2020 - is featuring regional and local documentary filmmakers who will discuss their films on Monday, March 9.
This event is being held from 9:15 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (break from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.). Talks begin on the half hour.
The event is free and open to students, faculty, staff, and community members.
The keynote speaker is Carol Zuegner, Ph.D., holder of the Joella Cohen Endowed Chair in Journalism at Creighton University.
Local documentary filmmakers include Jim Grawe, Sara Harmon, Rocio del Aguila Carreno, and Enrique Navarro.
For more information, contact Marti Smith at martha.smith@wichita.edu or 978-6679.
Severe weather preparedness drill scheduled for Tuesday, March 3
This year, as we have done in the past, WSU will participate in the annual statewide severe weather preparedness drill.
The annual drill this year is Tuesday, March 3. If the weather is clear that day, all of the severe weather sirens in Sedgwick County will go off at 10 a.m. When the severe weather sirens sound, proceed to your designated severe weather shelter area.
Emergency Building Coordinators in each building will ensure that all building occupants safely make their way to the designated severe weather shelter area.
Departments should use this opportunity to ensure that all faculty, staff and students know where to go to protect themselves in a severe weather event.
Nominate a phenomenal woman at Wichita State University
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion is celebrating the 12th annual Phenomenal Women Award. Nominations close at 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 4. This award recognizes Wichita State University women for their accomplishments and contributions to our community through their scholarship, activism, and commitment to excellence. Individuals are encouraged to nominate women who have made a difference in their lives. Learn more and nominate women at wichita.edu/phenomenal.
WSU Symphony Orchestra Concert features student soloists
Four student soloists will be featured at the Wichita State University Symphony Orchestra Concerto-Aria Honors Concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, in Miller Concert Hall. Mark Laycock, director of orchestras, will lead the program.
For tickets, go to Fine Arts Box Office or call 978-3233. Admission is free for students with a WSU ID.
WSU Philosophy Department named one of the best in the nation to study undergraduate philosophy
The WSU Philosophy Department has been named one of the best in the nation to study philosophy at the undergraduate level by Great Value Colleges:
"Wichita State University is one of the nation’s best colleges for philosophy study at the undergraduate level. The university’s Department of Philosophy offers both a major and minor in philosophy as well as a pre-law focus. Courses offered through the department include Science and the Modern World, Meaning of Philosophy, Ancient Greek Philosophy, and Introductory Logic, for instance. An active Philosophy Society has also been established to promote interest in the academic discipline and is open to all students. Wichita State has been accredited by the Higher Learning Commission to award the bachelor’s in philosophy degree. It has also been ranked among the country’s top national universities by U.S. News & World Report."
Great Value Colleges for Philosophy Degrees
March Savvy Scholar Workshops begin
The Savvy Scholar series continues into March, starting with workshops from noon-1 p.m. Friday, March 6, and 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, in 217 Ablah Library. RSVP for these and more workshops throughout March and April at libraries.wichita.edu/savvyscholar.
KMUW is hiring for the two-year Kansas Public Media Digitization Project
KMUW is seeking a Digitization Archive Professional. This two-year position will manage and execute the collection and organization of public broadcasting materials from seven stations across Kansas following the preservation process of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
The position will research content to develop an archive from the 1950s to present day that presents the state's history and culture in audio and video recording. The 3,000-5,000 tapes will require cataloguing an inventory for transfer to a digitization vendor.
This position will manage the vendor relationships, as well as relationships with other stations and historians involved in the Kansas Public Media Digitization Project. Once digitized, this large inventory will be available online through AAPB and the Library of Congress.
For more information please go to KMUW.org/employment. Applications close Wednesday, March 4.
KMUW marks 100 years of women’s suffrage with new podcast series
KMUW will debut a six-episode podcast series on March 2 in recognition of 100 years of women’s suffrage. “Hindsight: Looking Back at 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage,” examines the history of women’s suffrage, political involvement, and social activism in the U.S. from the middle of the 19th century through today.
Host Robin Henry, associate professor in the history department at Wichita State University, blends historical context and conversations with scholars, politicians, and activists. Hindsight aims to educate, entertain, and provide listeners a better understanding of women’s diverse voices and roles in US history.
The first episode of Hindsight will premiere Monday, March 2, at KMUW.org/programs/hindsight and wherever podcasts can be found.
‘Breaking Ground: Women in Engineering Initiatives in Australia’
Kristin Alford will present “Breaking Ground: Women in Engineering Initiatives in Australia,” from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, in the Ulrich Museum, second floor.
Alford is a futurist and the director of MOD at the University of South Australia. MOD is an immersive museum of discovery that showcases research and emerging technologies on broad exhibition themes such as waging peace and hedonism.
Prior to this role, Alford was the founding director of foresight agency Bridge8, facilitating futures and engagement on water sustainability, climate futures, emerging technologies and advanced manufacturing. She also has experience in minerals processing engineering and marketing, and holds postgraduate degrees in chemical engineering and strategic foresight.
Reception and light refreshments will follow the talk, which is sponsored by the College of Engineering, Ulrich Museum, and NSF ADVANCE Catalyst project.
Registration now open for second annual Edible Book Festival
The second annual Edible Book Festival hosted by Wichita State University Libraries is open for registration! To submit your culinary creation or for more information, go to Edible Book Festival.
Writing Center Drop-In offers free help to Shocker students
Writer's block got you stuck? Stop by the Writing Center from 1-3 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays during the spring semester in 125 Ablah Library, main floor. It is free and open to all Wichita State students