USS and Non-Teaching UP Employee Self-Evaluation is due today!
The USS and Non-Teaching UP Employee annual myPerformance Self-Evaluation is due today (Thursday, Jan. 31)! This is an opportunity for employees to provide input on job performance and accomplishments made since March 1, 2018.
Employees can access their self-evaluation through the myPerformance link found in myWSU. For more information (including quick reference guides, training available, and open labs) go to www.wichita.edu/myPerformance.
LAS dean to host Shock the Future Town Hall today (Thursday, Jan. 31)
Andrew Hippisley, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will host a College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Town Hall meeting to answer questions and spark discussion on the Shock the Future Referendum, a student-led campaign that identifies a list of academic and student success infrastructure needs.
You’re invited to attend the Town Hall at 3 p.m. today (Thursday, Jan. 31) in 211 Hubbard Hall. The Town Hall will be led by Gentry Thiessen, president of the Fairmount College Student Advisory Committee.
This is your opportunity to listen to students' thoughts on WSU’s future and find out more about the potential changes coming to our campus.
Tools for recruitment and retention
As WSU continues to promote enrollment growth through focused recruitment and retention efforts, there are many simple practices that faculty across campus can employ to help us reach our goals.
Carolyn Shaw, associate vice president of Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM), has developed a comprehensive “toolkit” of best practices that can be used by individual faculty and as well as departments.
This toolkit includes suggested initiatives for outreach and recruitment, as well as retention strategies for students who are struggling, for program majors, for online students, and for graduate students. It also has recommendations for maintaining and enhancing alumni relations, recognizing the beneficial connections they can form with our current students.
Check out more tips in the toolkit, as well as the latest WSU SEM data, on the recently updated SEM webpage.
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
Veterans Administration visits campus today (Thursday, Jan. 31) to provide help with health care
Let the VA (Veterans Administration) help you gain access to your VA health care and the service that you deserve. VA representatives will visit campus from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. today (Thursday, Jan. 31) in the Rhatigan Student Center.
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.
LinkedIn: Craft a stellar profile and build a valuable network
For many, LinkedIn is the social media equivalent of an awkward networking event. However, 98 percent of recruiters and 85 percent of hiring managers use LinkedIn to find candidates.
Come to this workshop, co-sponsored by the Career Development Center, from 5-6:30 p.m. today (Thursday, Jan. 31) in 266 RSC, where you'll learn how to craft a stellar profile, build a valuable network and leverage both to your best advantage. The presenter will be Christina Unrein, Possibility Lab. Snacks will be provided.
Let us know if you are coming by logging into Handshake with your WSUID and password and click “Join Event.” An email confirmation will be sent to your "shockers.wichita.edu" email address. Be sure to bring your laptop!
First ever FUN presentation this Friday at the Ulrich Museum of Art
Visit the Ulrich Museum of Art from 4-5 p.m. tomorrow (Friday, Feb. 1) for the first FUN / Future Now at the Ulrich event. FUN is a series of pechakucha-style presentations featuring campus-wide research -- three Fridays, four presentations, seven minutes each. This program is an extension of the Museum’s “Solving for X” exhibition series.
Check out this month’s FUN presentations by researchers Wilson Baldridge, Andrew Swindle, Alicia Prince and Maggie Koops.
Wilson Baldridge, chair and professor of French
Department of Modern & Classical Languages and Literature
Climates, Architecture, and Correspondences
Andrew Swindle, associate professor
Department of Geology
Acid Mine Drainage: Working to Improve Passive Remediation Systems
Alicia Prince, graduate student
Department of Biological Sciences
Antibiotic Synergy Against Dental Caries Bacteria
Maggie Koops, Graduate Student, Masters of Innovation Design
Institute for Interdisciplinary Innovation
Visualizing the Invisible
“Solving for X” is a series of exhibitions organized by the Ulrich Museum of Art in collaboration with university scholars across campus. The intent of the museum is to work with WSU scholars in all disciplines who are problem-solving for sustainability to create visualizations of their research.
The objective is to explore the potential for the museum, as a WSU public-access point for the community, to make accessible the fascinating and essential research taking place on campus.
We are thrilled by the opportunity to work with researchers across campus and excited about the challenges we will face together in discovering how to create visual pathways to understanding.
WSU awards newest Barton Scholar with $48,000 scholarship
Trevor Cumpston, a senior from Aurora High School in Aurora, Nebraska, has won the 2019 Wichita State University Clay Barton Scholarship.
He will receive $12,000 a year for four years to attend WSU. The $48,000 Barton Scholarship is one of the largest business scholarships in the state.
Cumpston is a 4.0 student and a National Merit Scholarship semi-finalist.
You’re invited to Viva Italia!
Enjoy Italian food, wine and music featuring Italian songs and arias by WSU voice students from 6-9 p.m. tomorrow (Friday, Feb. 1) at The Ville in Andover, 123 Andover Road. Tickets are $70.
Proceeds from the event, sponsored by the WSU Voice and Opera Department, and the silent auction, will provide summer 2019 scholarships for students who wish to study in Italy.
Silent auction items include
Two authentic Italian dinners for eight
- with special guest Sam Ramey
- with special guest Alan Held
Ed’s Excellent Selections Italian Wine Tasting for six with appetizers
Italian cooking lessons in your home
Premium Italian wines
Tickets to Music Theater Wichita and the Wichita Symphony
Autographed CDs signed by Samuel Ramey
Karg art
The Canta in Italia (“Sing in Italy”) study abroad program was started in 2004. Many generous individuals have made it possible for more than 60 WSU students to study in Italy.
Numerous graduate and undergraduate students have also been recruited to WSU because of their positive experience.
Your scholarship provides daily Italian classes, opera tickets, daily voice lessons and tours of Florence and Lucca museums. Our Italian colleagues ensure that students practice their language skills, and perform their selections with authentic Italian style.
To learn more about the program, go to Canta in Italia
Adopt a Student:
Tuition - $4,460
Housing - $500
Airfare - $1,500
Italian classes - $400
Food - $750
Verona Opera Tickets - $30
For more information or tickets, call 978-6608, email pina.mozzani@wichita.edu, or call Anne Marie Brown in the School of Music at 978-3500 or email annemarie.brown@wichita.edu.
Library tips and tools for Grad Students
University Libraries (UL) can make your life easier, especially when it comes to doing library research. Come to this workshop from 1-2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, or 5-6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, in 217 Ablah Library, to learn about library resources that help you avoid article charges, the EndNote software program provided by the UL that reduces the effort required to format research papers and citations, technology equipment such as iPads and portable projectors that you can borrow, subject librarians who are available for individual and group consultations, and much more.
Besides brief demonstrations, there will be time for questions and answers. The University Libraries invites all graduate students, especially new ones, to attend. Registration appreciated, but not required.
For more information, go to library events.
Volunteers sought for upcoming conference at Wichita State
Wichita State is the host of the 27th annual MBLGTACC conference Friday to Sunday, Feb. 15-17. The Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Asexual College Conference (MBLGTACC) is an annual conference held to connect, educate and empower queer and trans+ college students, faculty and staff around the Midwest and beyond.
The event will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and Century II Conference Center. This year’s event is expected to draw more than 1,200 students from around the Midwest, and feature speakers and entertainers including Nyle DiMarco, Janaya Khan, Pidgeon Pigonas, and Penny Tration from Ru Paul’s Drag Race Season 10.
To make this event a success, we need your help! You can choose a volunteer opportunity that fits your schedule. Any person who signs up for three or more volunteer spots is eligible for free registration. This is the conference’s first time in Kansas, so let’s show them some great Shocker hospitality!
Student Veterans organization to hold Waffle Feed fundraiser
Help support student veterans at the first Waffle Feed fundraiser from 8:30 a.m.-noon Monday, Feb. 4, in 105 Grace Wilkie. Each plate comes with sausage links and orange juice. Donations will be accepted and proceeds will benefit the Student Veterans organization.
Become a conversation leader for Intensive English Language Center
If you enjoy learning about other cultures and meeting people from around the world, come volunteer as a conversation leader at the Intensive English Language Center. Conversation outings are from 10:10 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Wednesdays on Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27, March 6, April 3, 10, 17, 24, and May 1 and 8.
Orientation for conversation volunteers is from 10:10 a.m.-11:05 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, at the Intensive English Language Center, 1741 N. Hillside.
For more information, contact the volunteer coordinator, Aimee Leisy, at aimee.leisy@wichita.edu.
Call for submissions with examples of diversity!
All students, faculty, staff, student organizations and departments are invited to submit entries that are examples of diversity or highlight successes related to diversity. We are looking for all kinds of diversity entries from individual/group projects, workshops, events, mixed media, photography or artwork. The deadline for submission is 5 p.m. Friday, March 15.
For more information and to submit your entry, go to http://wichita.edu/diversecity.
The Big Game at the Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes
Head to the Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes on Sunday, Feb. 3 to catch the Big Game! Enjoy specials all day long, including $1 bowling games, half-priced billiards, $1 any size fountain beverage, $2 Bud Light draws, $7 Bud Light pitchers, and 20 percent off all starter items!
Canoe Battleship returns on Feb. 8
Canoe Battleship is back at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, in the Heskett Center Pool. This is a great way to have fun in with your friends.
Canoes are comprised of four players in the boat at one time. Teams will compete in the Heskett Center Pool, and the goal is to be the last canoe above water. Get your friends together for a fun and fantastic battle for an Intramural Champion T-shirt.
Sign up today at IMLeagues.com/wichita.