Reflection and preflection. Wait. What?
Consider taking time to reflect on the past 15 weeks and look ahead to the upcoming spring and summer as you wrap up this semester. Thinking about what went well and what you would change are important steps in maximizing your opportunity for success.
You can meet with a Success Coach or a Peer Financial Coach in Student Success for assistance in setting goals, completing success plans or designing a financial plan to remain on the path to graduation.
Considering future co-curricular opportunities are also important in developing goals and plans for next year. Internship and cooperative education opportunities can be explored through the Career Development Center and social and leadership opportunities can be explored in Student Involvement.
Don't wait. Start planning the rest of your academic year now. Have we mentioned enrollment is now open for spring? It is! Enroll today!
Service-Learning Showcase results
The Service-Learning Showcase is a unique opportunity for students who participate in service-learning through applied learning opportunities to showcase their experience through a research or reflective poster about the application of their course work to current community issues. The showcase is an open forum for students to interact with faculty/staff, community partners and other students to engage in conversation about Wichita State University's commitment to the public good.
12 Days of Christmas Sale continues today (Monday, Dec. 3)
Looking to find your favorite Shocker a holiday gift? Stop by the Shocker Store's Rhatigan Student Center location for its annual 12 Days of Christmas Sale from now to Saturday, Dec. 8. Or shop the sale online at shockerstore.com.
New sale items are added daily and will stay on sale the remainder of the promotion or while supplies last.
The new sale item for today (Monday, Dec. 3) is 20 percent off select fleece hoodies and crew sweatshirts.
The special sale item on Saturday, Dec. 1, which continues this week while supplies last, is 20 percent off blankets.
Vote for the King and Queen candidates
Voting is now live to choose your top 10 royalty candidates for WSU's “There's No Place Like Shocker Nation Homecoming 2019!” This is the first round of voting to determine the top five King and top five Queen candidates. Undergraduate students may vote once per day on their myWSU account from Monday, Dec. 3 to Friday, Dec. 7. The Homecoming 2019 Royalty Court will be announced next week, after the conclusion of voting.
Don't miss out on the Homecoming fun! Mark your calendars, Homecoming week will be Monday, Jan. 28 through Saturday, Feb. 2. We have a ton of entertaining events planned and can't wait to see Shocker Nation show up in full force! Stay up-to-date on all things Homecoming by following @shockerhoco on Twitter, or liking the WSU STAT page on Facebook.
Get tested and support World Aids Day at WSU
Join Student Health Services, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and KU School of Medicine-Wichita for World Aids Day at WSU from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. today (Monday, Dec. 3) on the third floor, RSC. Get Tested, Know Your Status and Show Your Support.
Seeking participants for a paid study about computer monitor resolution
Participants are sought for a paid study investigating the effects of computer monitor resolution on user performance and experience.
Do you play computer video games or digitally create / edit illustrations, photos, textures or animation? We are seeking computer users 18 and older to participate in a research study about computer monitor resolution.
The study will take place in McKinley Hall and last about 90 minutes. Participants in the study will earn $25 or six SONA credits if enrolled in a WSU psychology course.
If you are interested in participating, take a few minutes to take the screening survey. If you qualify for the study, you will be contacted by the researcher to schedule a time to participate.
Questions can be directed to Christal Haskins at cahaskins@shockers.wichita.edu.
SGA is hosting a Menstrual Products Drive
As a part of its commitment to improving student health across campus, SGA is hosting a drive for menstrual products to the Shocker Support Locker. The drive will take place every business day until 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4.
All donations are to be submitted to the SGA office in 219 RSC, or to the Shocker Support Locker in 103 Grace Wilke Hall. SGA recommends donations of panty liners, menstrual cups, sanitary wipes, sea sponges and tampons.
Sign up by tomorrow (Tuesday, Dec. 4) for nontraditional swim meet
Sign up on imleagues.com/wichita by tomorrow (Tuesday, Dec. 4) to participate in the event occurring on Wednesday, Dec. 5. Events include watermelon relay, reindeer relay, full cup relay, sculling (feet first), T-shirt relay, raft relay, beach ball race, human extension relay, and noodle breaststroke.
Sign up for open basketball scrimmage at imleagues.com/Wichita
Register at imleagues.com/Wichita to participate in an open scrimmage from 6-8 p.m. today (Monday, Dec. 3) for the 5 vs. 5 unified basketball league. The league is coming in spring 2019.
Trivia Night set for Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes
Trivia Night will be held at 7 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday, Dec. 4) at Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes.
Finals Frenzy deals at the Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes
From today (Monday, Dec. 3) through Saturday, Dec. 8, you can unwind at the Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes with $1.50 bowling games (shoes included) and $3 per hour billiards rental.
Meritrust at Braeburn Square branch opening Monday, Dec. 10
Meritrust's new high-digital-touch branch at the Wichita State University Braeburn
Square on the east side of campus is scheduled for opening Monday, Dec.10.
“We're proud to be offering this new location to serve the university community and
our membership,” says James Nastars, Meritrust President/CEO. “The new Meritrust at
Braeburn Square branch allows us to better serve the students, faculty and visitors
of the campus and the businesses nearby, while building upon our long-term support
of Wichita State's growth and investment in the future.”
Braeburn Square is located near the intersection of 21st and Oliver in northeast Wichita.
The Meritrust branch is opening near the Shocker Store and – opening in summer 2019
– Fuzzy's Taco Shop. Nearby are Airbus, Marcus Welcome Center, Law Enforcement Training
Center, new residence halls and the planned Student Wellness Center and YMCA.
Wichita State branding will be featured prominently throughout the branch, and it
will have an emphasis on digital technology. This focus will include Interactive Teller
Machines (ITMs), allowing members to have a more interactive experience with their
finances.
Two interior ITMs will be housed within the location, allowing members to make financial
transactions and providing 24/7 access to Meritrust card-holding members within a
vestibule for eATM deposits and withdrawals.
Another drive-up ITM will provide members an enhanced drive-thru experience during
business hours and 24/7 deposit and cash withdrawals.
The ITM technology of the new branch will complement the four Meritrust ATMs currently
located on campus, providing options for convenient banking access for students, faculty,
staff and visitors. ATMs can be accessed at the Rhatigan Student Center, Shocker Hall,
The Flats at WSU and Koch Arena (during games).
The new Meritrust at Braeburn Square branch is the next step in a longtime partnership
between Meritrust and Wichita State. Meritrust is heavily involved on campus, and
through a three-year $324,000 gift to the university, Meritrust is helping bring the
Professional Edge career development program and financial literacy curriculum to
Wichita State students in the Barton School of Business. Through this program, students
are able to identify career paths and opportunities, learn how to interact with business
professionals and develop their skills in professional networking, resume writing,
communication etiquette and financial literacy. Meritrust is also a supporter of Wichita
State Shocker athletics.
A ribbon-cutting celebration date for the new branch will be planned for early 2019.
Meritrust at Braeburn Square
Address: 4510 E. 19th Street, Wichita
Braeburn Square, located near 21st and Oliver on the east side of Wichita State's
campus
Branch Hours
Monday – Friday
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Saturday
Live Teller via vestibule ITM
9 a.m. to noon
24/7 self-service deposits and quick cash available after-hours via the vestibule
machine.
Oklahoma native is proud to call WSU his home
Wichita State senior and sport management major Barak Cole Segura is not afraid of change. Originally from Oklahoma City, Barak chose Wichita State University to be his second home.
Organized chaos by Ashley Estes in Cadman Art Gallery
Organized chaos is an art exhibition presented by student artist Ashley Estes. Her work will be on display till Tuesday, Dec. 11, at Cadman Art Gallery, located on the first floor, Rhatigan Student Center.
This show is a series of paintings where the artist strives to prove that nontraditional artwork has a place in the world just as much as traditional art by depicting colors and patterns found in nature as well as science, and resemble cell structure when viewed through a microscope while remaining abstract.
Join the artist for her opening reception at The Cadman Art Gallery at 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7. For more information about this exhibit and others, go to Cadman Art Gallery.
Send a letter from Santa
Once again the Campus Post Office will offer eight different letters that you can choose from and have sent to a child. “A Letter from Santa” will be forwarded to the Santa Claus Post Office in Indiana for a pictorial postmarking and then sent to the addressee on the envelope.
Each letter will cost $1.25. The last day to purchase a letter will be Friday, Dec. 14, to allow them to get the pictorial postmark.
The Santa Claus Post Office is the only post office in the world with the Santa Claus name, and during the Christmas season thousands of letters are mailed to Santa each year.
The first Santa Claus Post Office opened its doors in 1856. The town's name did not peak interest, however, until 1914 when Santa Claus' 14th postmaster, James Martin, took it upon himself to answer the children's letters.
Soon after, people flocked to the Santa Claus Post Office to get the special postmark; so much that in the early 1930s the U.S. Postal Department suggested changing the name of the town to avoid the Christmas season frenzy. Fortunately, for everyone, that did not happen!
James Martin continued answering letters and eventually enlisted Jim Yellig to aid in helping him write back to children across the world. Today, the nonprofit organization, Santa's Elves Inc, and the Santa Claus Museum, organize volunteers to answer all the children's letters that flood this tiny post office during the holidays. More than 22,000 letters were answered in 2018.
Campus Credit Union invites you to donate toys for Wesley Children's Hospital
The Campus Credit Union is collecting toys to take to the kids at Wesley Children's Hospital. Help us make some awesome kid's Christmas a little brighter and joyful as we look forward to filling the sock! Bring the toys to the Campus Credit Union by Tuesday, Dec. 18.
Student tour guide job opportunity
Do you love being a Shocker? Are you eager to tell others why? The Office of Admissions is hiring student tour guides, also known as Shocker Navigators, to aid in the recruitment process of prospective students.
Shocker Navigators acclimate campus visitors and their families to WSU by relaying important information about the university during their official campus visit tour. Tours typically take place between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday and on some weekends, so availability during those timeframes is a desired trait.
The application is available on Handshake and will close on Monday, Dec. 31.
Now hiring - student graphic artist
The Rhatigan Student Center is now hiring for a student graphic artist to work in the RSC marketing department. Qualified applicants should be a graphics / marketing / communications major and have experience with various Adobe applications.
For more information or to apply, go to www.wichita.edu/rschr. Rhatigan Student Center is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.