Nominate an advisor for the Excellence in Academic Advising Award
Do you know of an advisor who goes above and beyond for students? The Advising Network (TAN) is proud to support student success by recognizing academic advisors at Wichita State University. Anyone who provides advising services in any role (faculty or staff) is eligible for nomination.
These awards recognize individuals who demonstrate qualities and practices that make significant contributions to the improvement of academic advising at WSU and beyond. Nominate an advisor by completing an online form by April 24.
Seeking Academic Affairs Fellows
The Office of Academic Affairs is seeking several faculty or staff members with an interest in gaining administrative experience through leadership of three projects that advance WSU’s Strategic Plan. These Academic Affairs Fellows will select to work on one of the following three projects: Advancing the use of Open Educational Resources (OER’s) on campus, Developing a Record of Experiential and Applied Learning, and Exploring trends in higher education around curriculum and program development, and student success.
Project work would begin for summer 2019, with some projects extending into AY 2019-20. The deadline to submit a letter of interest is Monday, April 1.
Advancing the use of Open Educational Resources
Developing a Record of Experiential and Applied Learning
Exploring Trends in Higher Education
If you have questions, contact Carolyn Shaw at carolyn.shaw@wichita.edu.
KMUW invites you to Engage ICT: Democracy on Tap tomorrow (Tuesday, March 12)
Your voice matters, but is your message reaching the right ears? Do you know all of the government officials representing you? Do you tell them what's important to you? Learn the best way to raise your voice and reach your reps at the next Engage ICT: Democracy on Tap at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday, March 12) at Roxy’s Downtown, 412 ½ E. Douglas.
We'll have a chance for everyone to send a message to their chosen representative during the event. It's always free to attend, and appetizers are provided. Learn more at EngageICT.org.
Attention managers of USS and non-teaching UP employees!
Manager signatures for myPerformance evaluations from March 2018 through March 2019 should be available as long as the employee has signed and submitted their signature. The employee signature due date was (March 7). Managers should log in to myPerformance in myWSU to submit electronic signatures by Thursday, March 14.
Also, planning for myPerformance evaluations from March 2019 through March 2020 is available.
To access the current review period’s evaluations, look for “2019-2020 Annual” in the list of evaluation titles. Managers should add expectations for the 2019-20 review period, including competencies and goals in myPerformance, then meet with their employees to provide copies and review planning. Planning should be completed by Sunday, March 31.
For more information (including quick reference guides, training available, and open labs) go to www.wichita.edu/myPerformance.
WSU Fire Safety will conduct inspections during spring break
WSU Fire Safety will do annual sprinkler system inspections and will set off alarms in buildings during spring break. Fire Safety will conduct inspections from 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. today (Monday, March 11) to Friday, March 15.
Next LaunchPrep entrepreneurial class announced
The Center for Entrepreneurship at Wichita State University has announced the next cohort of the LaunchPrep entrepreneurial program. Six early-stage start-ups were selected and began their first session of training in the last week of February.
The startup’s founders will continue to attend training sessions and meet with their mentors to examine their business strategies and create plans for growth and expansion during the next few months, culminating in a Demo Day on May 22.
The LaunchPrep program is a collaboration between the e2e Accelerator Inc. and the Center for Entrepreneurship at Wichita State University that matches participants with local business mentors designed to help each set the stage for future growth.
Here is a look at the latest LaunchPrep cohort, along with the primary mentor for each:
- Blake Benton of Coming Together for a Cure, Inc., with mentor Steve Heiden
- Brent J. Wilson of Hearsay, with mentor Kevin Bauer
- Wes & Kathrine Lewis of James Wesley Furniture, with mentor Marc Conrady
- Fabrice Metan & Francois Djedjes of M.A.D. Ad Company, LLC, with mentor Bob Harbison
- Madison and Lutz Lai of Vrume, LLC, with mentor Derek Sorrells
- Tori Deatherage of Wichita Limelight, with mentor Bill Ramsey
Campus Safety: Active Threat Incident Planning training class this week
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.
Take a tour of The Suites residence hall starting March 18
Housing and Residence Life will offer hard hat tours of Wichita State’s newest residence hall, The Suites at WSU, beginning Monday, March 18. Tours will be about 20 minutes long and will be offered every day, Monday through Friday, from 3:30-5 p.m. Tours will start and end at the front desk in The Flats Apartments. Visitors must wear closed-toed shoes. Join us for a first-hand look at the latest housing option at Wichita State! Please direct any questions to Katie Austin at Katie.Austin@wichita.edu.
WSU graduate students attend statewide 16th Capitol Graduate Research Summit (CGRS)
On Feb. 26, nine WSU graduate students drove to Topeka to participate in the annual statewide KBOR Capitol Graduate Research Summit (CGRS) event at the Capitol. Brien Bolin, associate dean, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, and Kerry Wilks, interim dean of the Graduate School, participated. The event featured research conducted by graduate students at all Kansas Board of Regents graduate public universities.
Selected in a competitive application process by the CGRS committee, the students showcased research and projects relevant to the state of Kansas and of potential interest to state legislators. A multi-month commitment, the Graduate School congratulates all participants and the winners!
- Winner of the WSU award: Heather Forster, master's student, Department of Biological Sciences, “Innovative Genetic Approach May Give Crops Resistance to Charcoal Rot Disease." Bin Shuai, research advisor.
- Winner of the BioKansas award: Jacob Griffith, master’s student, Department of Biomedical Engineering: "Non-Invasive Detection of Intracranial Fluid Volume Shifts Using Wearable Headband."Kim Cluff, research advisor.
Other 2019 WSU graduate student research presenters included:
Sattar Ali, doctoral student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, “Produced Water Treatment for Agricultural Use in Kansas Oil, and Gas Production Fields.” Eylem Asmatulu, research advisor.
Fayez Alruwaili, master’s student, Department of Biomedical Engineering, “Cardiac Failure Detection Using a Wearable Patch Sensor in a Point-of Care Setting.” Kim Cluff, research advisor.
Suvagata Chakraborty, doctoral student, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, “Modeling and Evaluating the Effect of Data Aggregation Interval on Smart Power Distribution System.”Visvakumar Aravinthan, research advisor.
Parsa Kianpour, doctoral student, Department of Industrial, Systems and Manufacturing Engineering,“Economic Development and Job Creation by Applying Optimization Methods for Scheduling Problem in Job Shops.” Deepak Gupta, research advisor.
Jenny Masias, master’s student, Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literature, “The Immigrants Who Built Kansas: One Spike at a Time.” Enrique Navarro, research advisor.
Seyed Ali Mirzapour, doctoral student, Department of Industrial, Systems and Manufacturing Engineering, “Organ Motion Prediction in MR-Guided Radiotherapy.” Ehsan Salari, research advisor.
Naveen Ravindran, master’s student, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, “GuideCall: A System for Remote Video Call Assistance for Blind and Visually Impaired People.” Vinod Namboodiri, research advisor.
For more information, including abstracts, click on CGRS.
WSU presents “The Theory of Relativity," the musical
Wichita State University’s School of Performing Arts will present “The Theory of Relativity”, the musical (rated PG). The musical will take place 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21 to Saturday, March 23 and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 24, in Wilner Auditorium.
“The Theory of Relativity” is a song cycle written in 2016 by the Drama Desk Award-nominated team Neil Bartram and Brian Hill. It is a musical written for and about college-age youth and is sure to offer audiences a new perspective on the millennial generation and the idea of infinite uncertainty combined with the logical certainty of mathematics and physics. It is an emotional and highly accessible show that examines love, friendship, parental expectations, personal aspirations and human connection.
The cast of the musical features 13 musical theatre majors (Ariel Glorsky, Natalie Carrera, Ari Chandler, Grace Roush, Courtney Wages, Katriana Kisner, Jackson Dorris, Nora Dooley, Philip Hanson, Jacob Kramer, Trevor Seyl, William Day and Lucas Lowry).
Along with the cast, the musical features a variety of talent from the design team, including Associate Professors David Neville (lighting design) and Ed Baker (set design and technical direction); and student design and technical theatre majors include Erin Mittman (stage manager), Sydney Jordan (sound design), Ali Miro (asst. lighting designer), Emily Evans (costume coordinator) and Wesley Sweigart (props).
Tickets are $20, $18 and $10. WSU students receive one free ticket with WSU student ID.
For more ticket information, call the WSU Box Office at 316-978-3233 or online at Theory of Relativity tickets.
Research workshop: ‘Writing Proposals’
A research workshop, “Writing Proposals,” will be held from noon-1:30 p.m. Friday,
April 12, in 405 Jardine Hall. The workshop will be presented by Fran Cook and Megan
White.
This workshop will provide grant-writing tips and resources to use. Funders and their reviewers want proposals that are clear, concise and consistent. Come to this workshop to learn some hands-on approaches to improving your grant-writing skills.
Fran Cook, CRA, training manager for the WSU Office of Research, will present helpful strategies for responding to a variety of funders and funding opportunities.
Women of Wichita State luncheon set for March 20
Join the Women of Wichita State for a luncheon from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, in 233 RSC, for Make it March! We will be planting a succulent. Go to March 20 luncheon for more information.
Seeking participants for a paid study investigating effects of computer monitor resolution on user performance / experience
Computer users, 18 or older, are sought to participate in a research study investigating the effects of computer monitor resolution on user performance and experience. Do you digitally create / edit illustrations, photos, textures or animation?
The study will take place in McKinley Hall, and last about 90 minutes. Participants will earn $25 or six SONA credits if enrolled in a WSU psychology course.
If you’re interested in participating, take the screening survey. Questions can be directed to Christal Haskins at cahaskins@shockers.wichita.edu.
Spring break play pass now to March 15
From today (Monday, March 11) to Friday, March 15, you can get unlimited bowling and billiards at the Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes for only $20!
Spring break hours of operation in the RSC
The Shocker Store’s RSC location, the Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes, and other departments will have adjusted hours of operation during Spring Break. You can view all Spring Break Hours online.
Food court hours during spring break
Freddy’s and Pizza Hut will be closed during spring break. Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, and Panda Express will have adjusted hours of operation. You can view Food Court hours during Spring Break online.