Teaching faculty are invited to apply for Tilford Incentive Grant
The 2019-20 Tilford Incentive grants will focus on promoting inclusive teaching. Course proposals that offer content and teaching techniques to promote the inclusion of first generation students, LGBTQ individuals, persons with disabilities or other marginalize groups will be given stronger consideration.
Proposals should be emailed to gergana.markova@wichita.edu by Sunday, March 24. For more information visit Faculty Development.
Office of Research workshop: Finding funding
Join the Office of Research for practical tips for finding funding opportunities and the resources available to you at WSU from noon-1:30 p.m. Friday, March 8, in 405 Jardine Hall. The workshop, “Finding Funding – Funding Search Resources; Foundation and Industry Funding Opportunities; Institutional vs Individual Awards,” will be presented by Fran Cook, senior grants / contracts administrator and training manager.
myPerformance Manager Review is due now!
Managers of USS and Non-Teaching UP employees should now submit reviews and ratings
for their direct reports for the 2018-19 annual evaluations in myPerformance. This
step is due Thursday, Feb. 28.
Managers should log in to myPerformance in myWSU to rate their direct reports and submit comments to justify the ratings. For more information (including quick reference guides, training available, and open labs) go to www.wichita.edu/myPerformance.
Call for Presentations / Save the Date: 6th Annual Gender & Sexuality in Kansas Conference
We are currently seeking submissions of original research, training / workshops, and other scholarship from any discipline from students, scholars, staff, and interested others associated with a college or university in Kansas.
The deadline for submissions is Monday, Feb. 25. We hope that you will consider submitting a proposal consisting of a 200-300 word summary of your proposed presentation, and/or encourage your students and colleagues to submit proposals.
The conference will take place on Friday, March 29 in the Rhatigan Student Center.
Our keynote speaker for this year’s conference is Monique Morris, award-winning author of the book “Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools.” Her talk will be titled “Education is Freedom Work (And Other Critical Reflections about Responses to School Pushout for Black Girls).”
Find more information about the conference, keynote speaker, and the Call for Presentations submission link.
If you’d like to stay up to date on conference announcements, go to our Facebook event page.
Encourage your students to participate in the WSU / McBEE Campus Safety Survey
Wichita State University will again participate in a national campus consortium assessing Title IX safety issues and evaluating the efficacy of previously instituted federal mandates for providing Bystander Intervention Programming as a means of preventing sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking on college campuses. We seek your help in advertising the 2019 WSU / McBEE Campus Safety Survey in your courses
Students can access the research survey via a unique link emailed to them on Feb. 11, or online through myWSU. (In myWSU, students will need to scroll to the second box on left hand side of the home page). The survey should take about 10 minutes to complete, and students participating in the research will be entered into one of two drawings for $250 scholarships and $50 Amazon Gift Cards. A total of four scholarships and 14 gift cards are being provided by the Title IX office for Spring 2019.
Please click on and save the recruitment image provided above to share with your students. Questions about the research, and/or WSU’s participation in the National Multi‐Campus Bystander Efficacy Evaluation (McBEE), should be emailed to Jodie Hertzog, Department of Sociology at Jodie.Hertzog@wichita.edu.
WSU Tech is looking for more people who they will pay to move to Wichita and train to work at top aviation companies
WSU Tech is ramping up their Wichita Promise Move scholarship that pays tuition and fees, relocation and cost of living expenses and provides a guaranteed job interview for the second time this year in response to local aviation companies major job initiative announcements.
Wichita, Kansas, named “The Air Capital of the World” is experiencing rapid growth in their aviation and manufacturing operations. WSU Tech, the largest technical college in Kansas, is thinking outside of the box to produce a trained workforce to meet their hiring needs through a scholarship program titled Wichita Promise Move.
After successfully relocating and training 50 individuals from across the United States to Wichita in fall 2018, WSU Tech hopes to duplicate this success for the second time this year.
The goal of Wichita Promise Move is to relocate people who live at least 75-miles outside of the Wichita area from states along the I-35 corridor plus Missouri to receive training and an employment opportunity at no cost to the student. WSU Tech hopes to attract 50 more individuals to start training as early as March.
Wichita Promise Move is designed to help break down the barriers that keep individuals from getting trained,” said WSU Tech President Sheree Utash, president. “Whether those barriers are financial, location, time or the fear of failing, we are ready to help anyone get the training they need to get a career in aviation and live, work and play in Wichita, Kansas."
Wichita Promise Move promises to:
- pay tuition and fees for eligible training programs at WSU Tech
- provide certifications and credentials
- provide personal career coaching
- and a guaranteed job interview
Eligible training programs for the Wichita Promise Move include Aviation Sheetmetal Assembly and Process Mechanic Paint. The eligible programs were selected based on the hiring needs at Wichita’s aviation companies. Both programs can be completed in just six to eight weeks.
In addition, Wichita Promise Move will assist students by
- paying relocation expenses
- providing housing and paying cost of living expenses while in the program
- and offering a potential sign-on bonus when hired
WSU Tech will also provide other optional assistance for these students based on need.
Among the companies offering guaranteed job interviews to Wichita Promise Move students are Spirit AeroSystems and Textron Aviation. Both located in Wichita, Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers and Textron Aviation is the leading general aviation authority and home to the Beechcraft, Cessna and Hawker brands. Of the 50 students who participated in the Wichita Promise Move program in the fall of 2018, all 50 received job offers with one of these two companies.
Wichita Promise Move is limited to the first 50 students who meet the program eligibility requirements and are from Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Texas or Kansas, but 75-miles outside of Wichita. The first opportunity to begin classes will be in March.
Individuals who are interested in learning more or applying should visit Wichita Promise Move.
For Wichita and local residents who live inside of the 75-mile radius and are interested in having their tuition and fees paid and a guaranteed job interview through the Wichita Promise program should visit.
WSU Tech is still accepting applications for spring classes and have opportunities to start every two weeks.
Physics Seminar tomorrow (Wednesday, Feb. 13)
Zhu Diao from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will present a Physics Seminar at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, in 128 Jabara Hall. His talk will be “Materials Physics with Micro-Machines.” Refreshments and discussion will follow the talk.
Encourage students to run for SGA
Please encourage your students to consider running for SGA office. The Declaration for Candidacy for the SGA Senate continues to be open.
Senators work on the voting legislative body of SGA, are required to complete two office hours per week, they are able to work on specified initiatives, and attend weekly committee and senate meetings on Wednesdays.
We need your help to identify students who you believe are willing to help shape the direction of the university. Encourage your students and direct them to wichita.edu/sgaelections to learn more.
Graduate student seeking participants for coping with depression research project
A WSU graduate student working on her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology is seeking volunteers to participate in a project that compares two approaches for coping with depression. This study will be conducted within the Department of Psychology (Jabara Hall) under the supervision of Robert Zettle, and will require your involvement for 18- 20 weeks. The study involves eight weekly treatment sessions.
The first two weeks involve one hour sessions and the remaining six sessions will be half-hour sessions. Participants who complete all sessions will be contacted one week and two months later for follow-up measures.
Participants must be at least 18 and will be screened in three stages to determine their eligibility.
If you are interested, complete an online survey (30 minutes) to assess your initial eligibility. The next two stages will be conducted in person for 20 and 50 minutes respectively.
For more information, contact Yvonne Chaw at jxchaw@shockers.wichita.edu or call 316-978-6347.
University Libraries to hold Women in Horror Month Escape Room
Join University Libraries for their escape room titled "Making Mary’s Monster: A University Libraries and Women in Horror Month Escape Room" from 10-11:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 18 and Thursday, Feb. 21, and 2-3:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 19-20, and Friday, Feb. 22 in Special Collections, Ablah Library. Individual registration is required. Up to eight participants per escape room.
Family Fun Day this Saturday at the Ulrich Museum of Art
You’re invited to Family Fun Day at the Ulrich Museum of Art from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16. It’s free and open to the public.
Bring the whole family for an afternoon of gallery exploration, games, and hands-on art-making activities inspired by the artist’s ideas and materials featured in our spring exhibitions. Snacks and refreshments provided.
For more information contact Jana Durfee at Jana.Durfee@wichita.edu.
Shocker Store sales
This week at the Shocker Store (RSC location) you can take 20 percent off the basic Wichita State sweatshirts and any pink WSU merchandise.
The Popcorner Flavor of the Week is: Cupid’s kettle corn.
Valentine's cookies and Nuggets from Chick-fil-A!
Order your heart-shaped container filled with your choice of 30-count nuggets ($17.99), 12-count chocolate chunk cookies ($14.99), or six-count chocolate chunk cookies ($7.39) for your Valentine through Chick-fil-A in the RSC! Available now to Saturday, Feb. 16.
Shocker Learning Center to host a Valentine’s Day Open House
The Shocker Learning Center (SLC) is hosting an Open House from 1-3 p.m. on Valentine’s Day, Thursday, Feb. 14, in 107 Lindquist Hall. Stop by and learn to love learning!
The SLC is open from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. It is the home of Student Success’ Academic Success Programs.
Supplemental Instruction (SI): Free, weekly group study sessions led by a certified SI leader who has previously succeeded in the course. Meet with your SI leader individually during their office hours.
Tutoring: Free one-on-one and small group educational support with a trained tutor.
Peer Coaches: Peers helping peers with time management, study skills, goal setting, organizing assignments, note taking and referrals to other resources on campus.
In addition to the services it offers, the SLC is also a study room equipped with computers, and free beverages such as coffee, tea, hot chocolate and filtered water.