CourseLeaf Curriculum (CIM) training sessions starting Friday, Feb. 22
Attention faculty! Additional training sessions for CourseLeaf Curriculum (CIM) are now available in myTraining. Access myTraining via the Faculty / Staff tab in myWSU to review the details of each session and register for the one applicable to your role in the curriculum change process.
Christine Taylor named Interim Title IX Coordinator at WSU
Christine Taylor
Christine Taylor, director of Institutional Equity and Compliance at Wichita State, has been named the Interim Title IX Coordinator. The interim position is effective immediately.
Any reports of gender-based harassment, discrimination and sexual misconduct can be submitted anonymously to www.wichita.edu/OIECreport or, if you prefer, call Taylor at 978-3205.
Before joining WSU, Taylor served as the Title IX Coordinator at Marquette University.
Summer Tuition Assistance now open
Applications are now being accepted for summer term tuition assistance. Please note the following program changes:
- Budget Officer signature is no longer required for employee tuition assistance applications.
- Spouses and dependents are eligible to request tuition assistance for the summer term.
A fillable PDF application can be found online here. For more program information, go to Tuition Assistance.
Applications for the summer term are due on Monday, April 15. Because of the volume of applications received each semester, applications received after the deadline will be automatically denied. There will be no exceptions.
Accessibility Tip of the Week: Styles, headers, and other tools
Tip: Use the “Styles” tool and other built-in tools in Word instead of building your documents completely by hand. These habits will improve the accessibility of your final documents and make them beneficial to all your students.
- The “Styles” link can be found in the “Home” tab in Word. Use these styles to build your headings and sub-headings in your document.
- If you don’t like the formatting of Word’s default headings, change them in the “Styles Pane” tool, or you can change the theme or format using the choices under the “Design” tab or by right clicking on top of the styles in the “Styles Pane” and choosing “Modify.”
- Use the “Bullets,” “Numbering,” “Tabs,” and “Alignment” tools to structure your documents instead of typing in these elements by hand.
Have questions about how different tools work in Word or other Microsoft products? Check out the great training opportunities listed in myTraining and provided to you by ITS, and consider becoming a Microsoft Office Power User.
Space is available in the Campus Safety: Active Threat Incident Planning training class
Space is available in the Campus Safety: Active Threat Incident Planning training
class from 3-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, in 233 Rhatigan Student Center. Register
for this class through myTraining.
Providing a safe and secure environment for the WSU community continues to be a top
priority. Campus Safety-Active Threat Incident Planning is a live training initiative
to enhance WSU’s proactive approach to ensure a safe campus environment and to prepare
our faculty, staff and students in case of an incident of campus violence. It will
focus on two areas: 1) what to do in an active campus threat incident, and 2) how
to identify and report behaviors of concern.
If you have questions, contact mytraining@wichita.edu.
Carpenter / Painter position open to WSU employees only
The Carpentry Shop is looking for a Carpenter/Painter. Applications will be accepted until 4 p.m. Monday, February 25th. To apply, go to Internal Postings and follow the directions there. For questions or assistance, contact the Talent Acquisition Team.
Beyond Tolerance Dinner Dialogues
The 2019 Dinner Dialogues, sponsored by Global Faith in Action and Beyond Tolerance
Wichita, will be hosted in homes and public venues offered by the City of Wichita.
Each dinner will consist of eight-to-10 people, including a moderator. This year’s
topic will be: Racial Equality. The Dinner Dialogues bring people of diverse backgrounds
around the dinner table to share, through a moderated dialogue, perspectives on healing
racial and cultural divides.
Wichita State will host a dinner dialogue, moderated by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in 202 Rhatigan Student Center.
Participants are required to register at http://beyondtolerancewichita.org and enter Wichita State University in the remarks during registration. Please register by 5 p.m. today (Wednesday, Feb. 20).
WSU Shockers in Topeka: Undergraduate and graduate students present research at the Kansas State Capitol
Research studies covering topics from advances in health care to drilling efficiency are those among a wide range of topics to be presented by Wichita State undergraduate and graduate-level students at the Capitol.
Undergraduate students will present from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. today (Wednesday, Feb, 20); Master’s and Ph.D. students will present from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.26. The undergraduate event will take place on the first floor of the Rotunda in the Capitol Building in Topeka, and the graduate event will take place on the second floor. The events are free and open to the public.
Five undergraduate students and nine graduate students from WSU will share their findings with legislators, the Kansas Board of Regents, industry representatives and other attendees. Students from other Board of Regents institutions in Kansas will also participate at the summits.
“Ensuring undergraduate research and creative activity is critical to the university’s mission to be an economic and cultural driver in the state of Kansas. These students and their faculty mentors are the best representatives of the excellent work happening every day on campus,” said Kimberly Engber, dean of the Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College.
“The Graduate School is proud to be a part of an event which showcases the innovative research that WSU graduate students are doing that directly benefits the state of Kansas and her residents,” said Kerry Wilks, interim dean of the Graduate School.
WSU undergraduate students presenting at the event, with their respective faculty mentors in parentheses, are the following: Mouhamad Ballout (Dr. C. Brendan Clark); Lynn Buchele (Dr. Nickolas Solomey); Abby Jurgensmeier (Dr. Moriah Beck); Austin Nelsen (Dr. Nickolas Solomey); Dale Small (Dr. Robert Bubp).
WSU graduate students presenting at the event, with their respective faculty research advisors in parentheses, include: Ali Sattar (Dr. Eylem Asmatulu); Fayez Alruwaili (Dr. Kim Cluff); Suvagata Chakraborty (Dr. Visvakumar Aravinthan); Heather Forster (Dr. Bin Shuai); Jacob Griffith (Dr. Kim Cluff); Parsa Kianpour (Dr. Deepak Gupta); Jenny Masias (Dr. Enrique Navarro); Seyedali Mirzapourrezaei (Dr. Ehsan Salari); Naveen Mukundan Ravindran (Dr. Vinod Namboodiri).
For more information, contact Kerry Wilks, interim dean of the Graduate School, at 978-6244 or kerry.wilks@wichita.edu, or Kimberly Engber, dean of the Honors College, at 978-6459 or kimberly.engber@wichita.edu.
WSU Weekly Briefing to feature a Shock the Future update from the dean of the College of Engineering
The WSU Weekly Briefing will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in the Marcus Welcome Center.
Dennis Livesay, dean of the College of Engineering, will talk about the potential impact of the Shock the Future referendum on the College of Engineering.
Kevin Harrison, community engagement coordinator, Diversity and Community Engagement, will give the overall university update.
The briefing will be livestreamed and available later that day at WSU Weekly Briefing. There will be time for questions following the briefing.
Gearhart to give legislative update on Friday, Feb. 22
Zach Gearhart, director of Government Relations, will provide a legislative update at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 22, in the Morrison Hall boardroom. Interested faculty and staff are welcome to attend.
OneStop office will be closed Friday afternoon
Wichita State University’s OneStop Office in 112 Jardine Hall will be closed from noon-5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, for professional development. The office will resume normal business hours on Monday, Feb. 25.
Hubbard Hall stairwell closing for construction
The north stairwell in Hubbard Hall will be closing this week because of window replacement work. Only one stairwell will be closed at a time for construction, so as soon as the east stairwell is back open this week, the north will close as long as there are no weather delays.
During construction, each stairwell will be blocked from both the exterior and interior entrances. Students and staff should avoid the stairwells during the work; however, in case of emergency, the stairwells will be accessible.
Along came a spider
Many people feel squeamish, uncomfortable, disgusted, or even fearful when they encounter a spider. In fact, fear of spiders was found to be the most common fear among a sample of more than 800 college students.
A project is currently underway in the Department of Psychology at Wichita State University to investigate different approaches in helping such individuals better manage and cope with discomfort they may experience around spiders. This project being conducted by Kyle Rexer, a doctoral student in clinical psychology, under the supervision of Robert Zettle, director of Clinical Training, seeks volunteer participants who experience at least slight to moderate levels of discomfort around spiders.
Those interested in participating in the project will first be asked to complete a brief, online screening survey that assesses their level of discomfort about spiders. Those who qualify will be contacted with additional information and details about further participating in the project
In addition to learning skills that have shown promise in helping individuals cope with similar distressing situations, participants will also be eligible to receive a $40 dollar gift card and $80 dollar gift card. Our further hope is that the findings from this project may help improve services offered to those who may experience even more severe levels of anxiety and distress.
Interested individuals who may experience slight to moderate discomfort related to spiders can access the brief screening survey by going to: http://tinyurl.com/beliefsandexperiences.
Questions or requests for further information about this project may be directed to either Kyle Rexer at Kgrexer@shockers.wichita.edu, 248-765-4099 or Robert Zettle at robert.zettle@wichita.edu, 978-3081.
Visiting ceramicist Casey Whittier to give artist talk tomorrow
Casey Whittier
Casey Whittier will present an artist talk from 4–5 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday, Feb. 21) in 210 McKnight Art Center. A reception with the artist will follow from 5–6 p.m.
Whittier's solo exhibition "For Desires that We Wish To Name," is on view in the Clayton Staples Gallery through Saturday, March 2. Her intricate ceramic works investigate the fine line between the need to preserve and the need to re-imagine, re-configure and re-contextualize the world around her. Whittier teaches ceramics social practice at the Kansas City Art Institute.
Shockers host UCF for midweek matchup
The Wichita State women’s basketball team welcomes UCF to the Air Capital for the Knights' first-ever trip to Charles Koch Arena for a 6:30 p.m. tip today (Wednesday, Feb. 20). Free admission for students with a WSU ID.
Wichita State University announces Lenora N. McGregor Scholarship recipient
Gabe Kimuri
Gabe Kimuri, senior at Lawrence Free State High School, is the winner of the 2019 Lenora N. McGregor Endowed Scholarship at Wichita State University. Kimuri plans to major in aerospace engineering and music performance.
The Lenora N. McGregor Endowed Scholarship awards up to $26,000 over four years to an incoming freshman student who has demonstrated academic excellence, has an academic vision for the future and who expresses an interest in advancing knowledge through individual learning. The McGregor Scholar agrees to maintain active membership in WSU’s Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College.
The Cohen Honors College engages ambitious students through meaningful coursework, interdisciplinary study, collaborative research or creative activity, and community service. We offer a small college environment with the resources of a research university.
Kimuri, son of Eric and Larisa Kimuri, and the first of three children, plans to major in aerospace engineering and music performance at Wichita State. He was born in Kansas City, Kansas, and grew up in Lawrence, Kansas.
Throughout high school, Gabe has excelled in his academics and been involved in a variety of extracurricular activities. Along with advanced physics and math classes, he has studied Spanish for five years. He plays varsity soccer and track as well as being the principal violist in the Free State High School Orchestra. He also participated in the Kansas City Youth Symphony, Topeka Youth Symphony and Lawrence Community Orchestra, and was selected for the All-State Orchestra the last two years.
Kimuri loves spending time with his family and enjoys nature and exercise. He makes a point to stay up-to-date with modern advancements in technology as he hopes to one day to be a part of them. He credits the start of his interest in aerospace engineering when he visited a family friend who had built a plane in his garage and showed him all the steps. Kimuri was only in middle school, but knew he had found his calling.
Upon graduation, Kimuri plans to pursue a career in the aerospace industry. He chose WSU because of the strength of the engineering program and the aviation opportunities in the area. He wants to be a part of the Cohen Honors College in order to delve deeper into his topics of study, develop close relationships with his professors and have a strong, well-rounded understanding of the concepts in the field.
Wallace Scholar announcement and reception this Friday, Feb. 22
The College of Engineering will announce its fall 2019 freshman class of Wallace Scholars at 9 a.m. Friday, Feb. 22, in the Experiential Engineering Building lobby. Fourteen scholars will be introduced with a reception following. All members of the Wichita State community are invited to attend.
Wallace Scholarship recipients will each receive a $28,500 scholarship package to study engineering or computer science at Wichita State.
High school seniors compete for Wallace Scholarships at the Wallace Invitational for Scholarships in Engineering (WISE) each fall. This past fall, the college hosted its largest WISE event ever with 233 students from 14 states competing.
For questions or more information, contact Jason Bosch, director of Student Engagement & Scholarships, at jason.bosch@wichita.edu.
New date set for 3-on-3 basketball hoops tournament
A 3-on-3 basketball hoops tournament will be held from 6-10 p.m. Friday, April 5. Register at www.wichita.edu/esso by Wednesday, March 20 and get a tournament T-shirt.
For more information, contact Hannah Goetzman at hrgoetzman@shockers.wichita.edu.
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Game Day Specials all day
The Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes is your Shocker Basketball headquarters! For each men’s basketball game, they will have a different game day special, honored all day long.
Today (Wednesday, Feb. 20) you can take $1 off burger combos, and on Saturday, Feb. 23, you can save 15 percent off all starter menu items!
RSC Unplugged featuring the Tom Page Trio
Stop by the Rhatigan Student Center every Wednesday for the live music series, RSC Unplugged. The Tom Page Trio will be featured from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. today (Wednesday, Feb. 20) in the RSC’s Starbucks Lounge. Grab a cup of coffee and relax with some great music!
$1 off frappuccinos at Starbucks in RSC
During RSC Unplugged from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. today (Wednesday, Feb. 20) you can take $1 off frappuccinos and lattes size grande or larger!