Strategic Plan Activation Team launch
You came to the party, now it's time to work. Join friends, colleagues and community members at the Strategic Planning Activation Team (AcT) meeting(s) from 2-3:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5.
All AcT meetings will be hosted in the Rhatigan Student Center. Each room will host an “ongoing goal.” Let's maintain the momentum and move Forward, Together.
2-3:30 p.m. Activation Meetings
238 RSC Meeker Room Applied Learning
240 RSC Mayfield Room Interdisciplinary
221 RSC Huxley Room Community and Industry Partnerships
256 RSC Edmiston Room Innovation
202 RSC Shocker '70 Football Room Campus Culture
258 RSC Smoky Hills Room Inclusion
261 RSC Olive Room Assessment / Incentives/Awards
Town Hall today (Thursday, Nov. 1) to feature the value of a liberal arts and sciences education
Come to the Town Hall at 3 p.m. today (Thursday, Nov. 1) in the CAC Theater for Fairmount College's town hall dedicated entirely to discussing the value of a liberal arts and sciences education.
The participants include Robert Litan, a nonresident senior fellow at Brookings Institution, as moderator.
Panelists are:
- Jean Griffith, associate professor, department of English, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Debbie Haynes, retired family physician and chair of the WSU Foundation Board
- Eric F. Melgren, United States District Judge, District of Kansas
- Jay Price, professor and chair, Department of History, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
The last 15 minutes of the program will be open to audience questions. A wine and cheese reception will take place after the town hall.
Please encourage your students to attend; you might consider awarding extra credit for their attendance. This event is also open to the public.
Graduate School Professional Development Series event on Nov. 1
The Graduate School Professional Development Series will present Career Chats for International Students from 5-6:30 p.m. today (Thursday, Nov. 1) in 266 RSC. The event is co-sponsored by Career Development Center and the Graduate School.
Presenters include AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions, Airbus, Case New Holland, Johnson Controls, NetApp and Northwestern Mutual
International students - are you ready for the workforce – but missing that polish? Are you building a professional network? Come to this face-to-face interactive session and receive career tips from Wichita area employers.
Virtual U.S. Patent and Trademark Office workshop in Ablah Library
University Libraries is hosting a virtual U.S. Patent and Trademark Office workshop, “Intellectual Property for Beginners: Design Patents” from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. tomorrow (Friday, Nov. 2) in 204 Ablah Library.
Part II in the series will give a more in-depth overview on design patents, as well as how and when an entrepreneur or business might consider applying for a design patent as opposed to, or in addition to, a utility patent.
To RSVP to this event and other workshops for inventors and entrepreneurs, visit Intellectual Property for Beginners
King highlights career by guiding Wichita State's campus expansion
Eric King came to Wichita State in 2014 for a dream assignment. He joined WSU's Innovation Campus project. King is retiring this week so he can move closer to his family.
Sign Up for Quality Matters Training!
Have you taken the Applying the Quality Matters Rubric class? If you have not taken the class, would you like to do so? An in-person version of the APPQMR class will be offered on Monday, Dec. 10, in 261 Rhatigan Student Center.
The class is open to those who familiar with Quality Matters, and those who are not. Because a new version of the QM rubric was recently released, the class will focus on the new version. Therefore, even if you have taken the course previously, feel free to sign-up for the Dec. 10 class.
Normally, the APPQMR class is taught in an online format and takes two weeks to complete. This all-day (9 a.m.-6 p.m.) class on Dec. 10 will allow participants to complete the class in one day!
Please sign up through myTraining, and send any questions to IDA@wichita.edu. Space is extremely limited.
‘Women in the Professoriate' presentation coming Nov. 2
Women faculty in STEM fields on average receive lower pay, are less likely to be promoted, and are more likely to leave academia than their male counterparts. Come for a presentation by Joan Lorden, provost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 2, in the Ulrich Museum, second floor, Beren Gallery.
Lorden will present “Dear Colleague: The Ups and Downs of Institutional Transformation.” Lorden will share her perspective on the successes and failures of the National Science Foundation ADVANCE Program, and the challenges of changing the anatomy and physiology of an institution.
Retirement party planned for Chuck Bouska and Becky North on Monday, Nov. 5
Save the date for a retirement party for Chuck Bouska and Becky North from 3:30-5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5 in 233 RSC. It will be come-and-go with remarks at 4 p.m. Please come wish them well in retirement!
Bouska has worked for the State of Kansas for 40 years, recently in ITS Application Development.
North has been in ITS Application Training for 14 years.
Proquest Lunch-n-Learn highlights new library resources
University Libraries is hosting a lunch-n-learn for faculty, staff and students from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov, 6, on the lower level of Ablah Library.
Arta Kabashi of Proquest will highlight several of the more than 70 primary source databases that were recently added as a subscription by the library. These databases cover a wide range of diverse and interdisciplinary areas including anthropological fieldwork, African American studies, human rights, historical newspapers, Native American studies, human rights, women's studies, border and migration studies, environmental studies, global issues, American history, British history, LGTB studies, immigrant letters and diaries, and many more. Incorporating primary sources into research is the focus of the presentation.
Lunch will be provided by Proquest, and registration is required. For more information and links to Proquest databases, go to Proquest. To sign up for the lunch-n-learn, go to Lunch-n-Learn.
NASA Kansas Space Grant Consortium Call for Proposals
The NASA Kansas Space Grant Consortium (KSGC) Teacher Workshop Program supports the development and implementation of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) educator workshops. NASA is especially interested in helping teachers bring NASA-relevant material and content into middle-school classrooms.
KSGC affiliate proposals are competitively awarded by peer review. A total of $42,000 in NASA funds is available. Proposals are due any time prior to Jan. 31, 2019.
Affiliates must identify a $1 commitment for every NASA dollar requested (use of federal matching funds is not allowed). Matching funds can be real-dollar, in-kind, or waived / reduced indirect costs provided by the institution, industry or private sponsors.
Proposals and Selection
Proposals should comply with the following guidelines:
- The cover sheet should include the proposal title, all critical contact information, and a signature from the Principal Investigator's financial authority (showing the commitment for matching funds)
- A six-page length limit (excluding cover sheet, budget and related institutional pages)
- Use one-inch margins and a 12-point Times New Roman font
- Participants, including students and faculty, receiving direct support must be U.S. citizens
The KSGC Executive Committee reviews proposals for:
- Responsiveness to NASA interests and goals
- Proposal quality; including a specific description of the workshop's intended goals and results (be sure to identify particular metrics that will be used to demonstrate your achievements in the required final report)
- Evaluation mechanisms which demonstrate teachers use the NASA relevant materials / knowledge / experience in their classrooms
- Impact on women and underrepresented minorities (both teachers and students), especially in middle schools
- The proposed budget's clarity and appropriateness
Contact your Affiliate Representative or KSGC Director L. Scott Miller (scott.miller@wichita.edu), with any questions. Consult NASA's Education website, for additional helpful information.
Submissions & Awards
Submit proposals to L. Scott Miller, KSGC Director (scott.miller@wichita.edu), as a single PDF document of less than 1 MB size, via email any time prior to the deadline. Proposals will be reviewed and awards announced as quickly as possible, conditional on funding availability.
Holiday shred schedule announced
Underground Vaults & Storage Inc. is reaching out to all university departments regarding the upcoming holidays and the shred schedule, so you can let them know if you need to skip or reschedule any of the services in November, December or January.
Underground Vaults & Storage will run its normal routes on Wednesday, Nov. 21, and Wednesday, Nov. 28. If you have a scheduled service and need to cancel or reschedule because your office will be closed, please let them know before Friday, Nov. 16, so they can make the adjustment.
Since the campus is closed from Dec. 21-Jan. 1, they will cancel the route scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 26. If you have a service that day and need to reschedule, please let us know, otherwise we will just plan to service your container(s) on your next scheduled date.
If your office will be closed until classes resume on Tuesday, Jan. 22 and you have a scheduled service in January, please let us know if we need to skip or reschedule the service. We will plan to service everyone as normal unless we hear back from you since the campus is open.
Email Shred.Wichita@UndergroundVaults.com with any schedule changes.
Thanks and Happy Holidays to everyone!
Senate committee confirms three Regents
Yesterday (Wednesday, Oct. 31) the Senate Confirmation Oversight Committee approved Mark Hutton of Andover (Butler County) and Allen Schmidt of Hays (Ellis County) to begin serving on the Kansas Board of Regents, and confirmed Bill Feuerborn of Garnett (Anderson County) for a second term on the Board. Hutton and Schmidt will fill the positions vacated by Joe Bain of Goodland and Zoe Newton of Sedan.
“Our higher education institutions play an important role in educating the next generation, which keeps our workforce and economy strong. The Regents ensure that the future of our state remains bright and prosperous by keeping our higher education system on track to meet these long-term goals,” said Gov. Jeff Colyer during his Oct. 4 announcement of the appointments. “Bill, Allen, and Mark bring a great amount of experience and talent to the Board and I am excited they've agreed to serve our great state.”
Bill Feuerborn was born in Garnett, Kan., and has served on the Board of Regents since 2014. He has spent the last 40 years in small business development and ranching. He also served as a state representative in the Kansas legislature from 1994 to 2012. He received his bachelor's degree from Pittsburg State University.
Mark Hutton was the CEO of Hutton Construction Corporation in Wichita. He served as a state representative in the Kansas Legislature from 2013 to 2017. He is a graduate of Kansas State University, where he obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering.
Allen Schmidt is a retired U.S. Army Colonel from Hays, where he works as the Director of Planned Giving for Development Services of Northwest Kansas. Schmidt served as a state senator in the Kansas legislature from 2011 to 2013. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Kansas, master's degree in psychology from Fort Hays State University, and a Master of Science degree from the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Penn.
ISME Colloquium to feature WSU's Fujian Yan
Fujian Yan
WSU's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science will feature doctoral student Fujian Yan from the EECS Department in the next ISME Colloquium from 1-2 p.m. tomorrow (Friday, Nov. 2) in 214 Clinton Hall.
Yan's talk is titled “Comprehension of Object Semantics and Spatial Relationship for Robotic Scene Understanding and Reasoning.”
CHP Week celebrates students, faculty and staff
CHP Week is Monday, Nov. 5-Friday, Nov. 9, and is a celebration of students, faculty and staff in the College of Health Professions. We encourage everyone to attend the events, hang out with fellow CHP colleagues and enjoy the spirit of WSU!
For a list of events, go to CHP Week.
Halloween festivities at the Forensic Science lab
The Law Enforcement Training Center on campus set up a haunted Forensic Science Lab for Halloween yesterday (Wednesday, Oct. 31)!
Funding available for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity
Students who are sophomores, juniors or seniors with a GPA of at least 2.5 and at least two semesters remaining at WSU (including the semester in which you apply), are full time and have a faculty research mentor are eligible. Preference is given to projects not otherwise funded and previous awardees are not eligible.
Go to Undergraduate Research -- or email undergraduateresearch@wichita.edu for more information. The deadline to apply is March 15, 2019.
Tunnel of Oppression postponed to spring
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion is postponing the Tunnel of Oppression to Monday,
March 4 and Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Tours will run from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on the third
floor of the Rhatigan Student Center. Check-in for tours will be in the Office of
Diversity and Inclusion in 208 RSC.
The Tunnel of Oppression is a multi-sensory exhibition of some of the most difficult and complex issues we face today. The tunnel experience will demonstrate the concepts of privilege, power and the reality of hate crimes. Experience both covert and open acts of oppression as several communities have experienced them.
Participants are guided through a series of scenes that aim to educate and challenge them to think more deeply about issues of oppression. Some of the topics included in the tunnel are racism, sexism, homophobia, body image, classism, xenophobia, transphobia, ableism and much more. The tour of the Tunnel will be followed by a discussion facilitated by professional staff from the Counseling and Testing Center.