Q&A with John Tomblin
John Tomblin, WSU vice president for Research and Technology Transfer and executive director of the National Institute for Aviation Research, traveled to Farnborough International Airshow last month in Hampshire, United Kingdom.
The international trade exhibition is a week-long event for aerospace and defense industries and attracts more than 100,000 visitors.
Seeking First Year Research Experience (FYRE) faculty mentors
The Cohen Honors College in partnership with the Department of Chemistry are excited to announce the launch of the First Year Research Experience (FYRE) pilot program. The mission of this first FYRE, FYRE in STEM, program, is to build a community of STEM students, faculty and professionals from various STEM backgrounds to support young STEM majors or potential majors as they form identities as members of the scientific community, thus improving the likelihood that they will persist to graduation.
To allow the FYRE in STEM program to be a success, we are looking for dedicated research mentors from across campus who can provide an appropriate short-term STEM research project in the spring 2019 semester. Questions may be directed to Heidi Bell at heidi.bell@wichita.edu or 978-3315.
If you know of a first-year undergraduate student who may be interested in applying to the FYRE in STEM program, please direct them to FYRE in STEM Student Application.
Faculty can apply at the link below.
FYRE Faculty Mentor Application
Interpreting text size indicators found in WSU classrooms
All WSU classrooms now have text size indicators designed to help instructors present classroom information in an accessible way. For more information about these indicators and how to interpret them, read this short article. Send any questions to Instructional Design and Access at IDA@wichita.edu.
WSU Foundation crowdfunding platform available to support your programs
Last spring, the WSU Foundation activated the WSU GiveCampus crowdfunding platform to provide the campus community with an opportunity to conduct project-specific fundraising campaigns. This social media platform can provide recognized WSU student groups, academic departments and programs with a helpful tool in securing funding for one-time projects such as the purchase of research equipment or materials, bringing a guest artist or speaker to campus or sending a student group or faculty member to represent WSU in a competition or to present an academic paper.
For information on how the WSU GiveCampus campaign platform can help you achieve your program fundraising goals, visit WSU Give. Or, contact Aaron Winter, director of development with the WSU Foundation, at 978-3803 or aaron.winter@wichita.edu.
Physical Plant to transition to Facilities Services
WSU's Physical Plant is beginning the transition to a new name, Facilities Services.
Facilities Services more aptly describes what we do. A large support organization, we are focused on providing timely service and solutions for our campus community. Partnering with all members of campus community, we will continue to provide a wide range of services to help ensure all WSU facilities, landscape and hardscape are maintained, repaired and improved in a timely manner.
Changing our name to Facilities Services brings us in line with many universities across the country.
Our home and the buildings we work from will continue to be knowns at the Gaddis Physical Plant Complex.
Assistant Director position open for applications
The Office of Graduate Studies in Business is looking to fill the position of Assistant Director. The position is open to all applicants and applications will be accepted until Monday, Sept. 17. To learn more about the job requirements and/or apply, go to assistant director opening.
For questions or assistance, contact the Talent Acquisition Team.
Engage WSU: A day of public service sharing
Engage WSU: A day of public service sharing will be held from 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, in the Marcus Welcome Center. Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m.
Engage WSU is presented by the Public Policy & Management Center, Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs and the Division of Diversity & Community Engagement.
The event will bring together university, public, nonprofit and community leaders for current research and knowledge exchange in public service. To see the agenda and more information, go to Engage WSU.
The fee is $50, which includes lunch. The cost is $20 for the Hugo Wall School and Division of Diversity and Community Engagement students, faculty and staff. Use code WSUICT at checkout.
Join the informal weekly Spanish conversation group
El Cafecito is an informal weekly Spanish conversation group for the WSU community. The group meets every Monday at 1 p.m. in 245 RSC.
At El Cafecito you can:
- Improve your Spanish through practice
- Meet students from other Spanish classes
- Converse with fluent Spanish-speakers
- Bring lunch or a snack and relax with other students
Daily website update
The web support site has handled 379 support tickets to date with an average time to completion at 5 hours.
Two new trainings are on the schedule for Wednesdays that specifically deal with best practices for images and form building.
CMS trainings and open labs are on the schedule through the end of September.
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RH: Five Shocker dates to remember this fall
Paul Suellentrop writes about five fall dates to remember for Wichita State athletics.
Walk A Mile event today (Tuesday, Aug. 28)
Student Activities Council and Interfraternity Council present Walk A Mile, an event geared to bring awareness to, and action against sexual assault, rape and gender violence from 6-8 p.m. today (Tuesday, Aug. 28) on the RSC north patio. Men will wear heels while women wear tennis shoes to walk a mile in each other's shoes. There will be speakers from the community before the walk, along with food provided by the Wichita WagonMasters.
Labor Day weekend hours in the RSC
The Rhatigan Student Center and some of its departments will have altered hours for Labor Day weekend. The Shocker Store will be open normal hours of 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, September 1, but closed on Monday, September 3. Need a place to hang out, grab a bite to eat, or bowl over Labor Day weekend? The Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes will be open the entire weekend! For all RSC building and department hours, please visit www.wichita.edu/rschours.
Welcome the new Student Ambassador Society
Say hello to our new class of Student Ambassadors! This year, the service organization welcomed 40 new members. The overall group of returning and new members collectively represents 46 cities, six states and more than 40 academic majors. The Student Ambassador Society works alongside the Office of Admissions in its various recruitment efforts to share their own experiences as Shockers.