Celebration of life for John Bardo planned for Thursday, May 9
An event celebrating the life of President John Bardo will be held on Thursday, May 9. We will let you know more details when they become available.
We want to thank everyone for the outpouring of sympathy and support since the passing of President Bardo on March 12.
To quote the Kansas Board of Regents KBOR Chair, Dennis Mullin, “We will miss him as a leader and a person and are thankful for the opportunity to have worked with him. Wichita State University, the city of Wichita, and the state of Kansas are better places because of John Bardo.”
These sentiments were echoed by Provost Rick Muma, who wrote “President Bardo had a profound positive impact on Wichita State and the community. Future generations of students will benefit from his foresight and leadership.”
Everyone wanting to honor President Bardo may do so by supporting a scholarship named for his wife, which the Bardos created in 2012. The Deborah J. Bardo Scholarship is given annually to an incoming freshman with financial need, with children of WSU faculty and staff as the preferred recipients.
Donations to the scholarship can be made online through the WSU Foundation. Just visit WSU Foundation and click on the “memorials & tributes” tab.
Faculty / staff invited to interactive lecture on 'Creativity as the Competitive Advantage'
The WSU College Readiness Partnership Initiative presents Sue Keller-Mathers from the International Center for Creative Studies at Buffalo State College. Keller-Mathers will deliver an interactive lecture open to WSU faculty and staff from 1-3 p.m. Monday, March 25, in Corbin Connect (room 155A) in the Corbin Education Center. Space is limited and those interested in attending can register here.
Top Career Proofing Skill of 2019: Creativity as the Competitive Advantage
Higher Education institutions are recognizing the need to develop a culture of creativity. Stanford’s d-School, Sheridan College’s “Creativity Campus” and Buffalo State’s International Center for Studies in Creativity are just a few examples.
Creativity is described by Linkedin as the most in-demand skill of 2019 and the number one “Career Proof” skill. With the rise of automation, the demand for workers who can think in novel ways and solve problems that have never been encountered before is critical.
In this presentation, elements of a creative campus culture are examined. Participants will engage in activities to enhance their creative behavior, explore ways to utilize creative thinking to positively affect student learning inside and outside the classroom and lead change initiatives that embrace new ways of thinking.
Dr. Keller-Mathers is a faculty member and Associate Professor at the International Center for Studies in Creativity at Buffalo State College where she teaches graduate courses in creativity, chairs the curriculum committee, facilitates organizational change and delivers creativity workshops and graduate courses on five continents and over a dozen countries. She published more than 30 articles, chapters and books on creativity, creative behavior and the use of deliberate methods to enhance creative teaching and learning.
Keller-Mathers served as the Interim Director of the International Graduate Program for Educators, providing a master’s program and professional development for more than 1,000 educators working abroad at American and International Schools. Keller-Mathers diverse clientele includes school districts, universities, government entities, businesses and organizations looking to embed creativity into their practices. Dr. Keller-Mathers holds a BS in Elementary Education and an M.S. in Creativity from Buffalo State and an Ed.D in Curriculum and Instruction from the Argosy University Sarasota.
Faculty invitation to lunch and discussion with Anne Krook on March 29
The Graduate School & Career Development invite faculty to lunch and a discussion with Anne Krook, Ph.D., titled “Women and Men in the Workplace: Colleagues & Allies.” Krook has a long-standing history of topics related to women in the workplace, but was recently inspired by the #metoo movement to create discussions that address systemic issues that may hinder our success. The event is from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, March 29, in 156A Corbin Hall. RSVP below.
In this talk, she offers two models for making relations work better: collegiality and allyship. She will also offer tactics for making these models more effective. Are you concerned about bias and equality for all? This talk is for you! Come network with lunch as we hear possibilities of reaching a more inclusive culture in the workplace. To learn more about our guest presenter, visit her website at www.annekrook.com.
All are welcome, but to reserve your lunch, faculty please rsvp to jenny.stauffer@wichita.edu and students should register (rsvp) 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.
Nationally known speaker to lead three events at WSU next week
Anne Krook is a nationally known speaker who helps students transition from the academy (university) to the workplace, using the language that employers expect from applicants.
Krook herself left academia (she was an assistant professor of English at the University of Michigan) to work for a small startup in Seattle … Amazon (!), where she enjoyed many roles both abroad and in the United States. She then went on to become VP of Operations at another startup, Mindbloom, and then VP of Operations at Synapse.
She now specializes in helping graduate students transition to non-academic workplaces and undergraduate humanities majors translate their skills into jobs. In addition to her consulting work, Krook currently chairs the Board of Directors of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund.
Krook will speak at WSU three different events later this month. Read on to learn more about these wonderful opportunities!
* Entering the Job Market with a Humanities or Arts Degree: A Talk with Anne Krook, Ph.D.
Wondering how to get a job with a liberal arts degree? Talk to someone who knows: Anne Krook, Ph.D., a former academic who transitioned successfully to the corporate and nonprofit workplaces, will share her story and advice from 4-5 p.m. Thursday, March 28, in 261 RSC. Hear about how you can identify and market the skills that make you an asset to many different jobs. All students and faculty welcome. Cosponsored by Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College, Graduate School, and Career Development. Visit Dr. Krook’s LinkedIn profile.
* Women and Men in the Workplace: Colleagues & Allies
What are the economic, social, and cultural factors that influence how men and women see and treat each other in the workplace? Students (UG and GR) and faculty are invited to join consultant Anne Krook, Ph.D., for lunch from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, March 29, in 156A Corbin Hall for a discussion that offers two models for making those relations work better: collegiality and allyship, and discusses why those well-known ideals sometimes fall short at work. Finally, it offers tactics for making those models more effective in your workplace. Visit Krook’s LinkedIn profile. Event cosponsors are Graduate School & Career Development Center. Students register here to log into Handshake with your WSUID and password and click “Join Event.” An email confirmation will be sent to your "shockers.wichita.edu" email address.
* Marketing Yourself After Graduate School: A Talk with Anne Krook, Ph.D.
Join nationally known speaker and consultant Anne Krook, Ph.D. for practical advice for graduate students who want industry jobs outside of academia. We will meet from 2-5 p.m. Friday, March 29 in 305 RSC East Shirley Beggs Ballroom to learn from her how to identify your skills, craft a resume, and how to use the language that employers expect from applicants! Snacks served. Visit Krook’s LinkedIn profile. Cosponsors of event are the Graduate School & Career Development Center. All are welcome. Students register here to log into Handshake with your WSUID and password and click “Join Event.” An email confirmation will be sent to your "shockers.wichita.edu" email address.
Police sergeant candidates to give campus presentations today (Thursday, March 21)
The WSU Police Department has changed the sergeants’ assessment process this year to include a campus presentation. The two candidates will make a presentation on community policing on the university campus at 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. today (Thursday March 21) in 314 RSC.
An evaluation form is provided below because your input and feedback are essential in this process. It’s important that we not only protect the campus, but that we are a part of everyday life on the campus. Your help is appreciated in determining the best candidate for our open sergeant’s position.
Police Sergeant Evaluation Form
Gartner IT Town Halls coming April 3 for staff / faculty / students
In early February, the university announced it had engaged with Gartner Consulting to make sure we have the right IT structure and capabilities to help drive the university’s future success. In that endeavor, we’d like to hear your thoughts.
On Wednesday afternoon April 3, Gartner will hold three IT Town Hall sessions in 208 Hubbard Hall, to engage faculty, staff, and students on the IT services offered on campus, and their connection to the demands of a modern higher education institution. If interested, please plan to attend one of the sessions based on your relationship to the university. If you have any questions, reach out to David Miller, university budget director.
- Staff: 1-2:30 p.m.
- Faculty: 2:30-4 p.m.
- Students: 4-5:30 p.m.
Gearhart to give legislative update tomorrow (Friday, March 22)
Zach Gearhart, director of Government Relations, will provide a legislative update at 10 a.m. Friday, March 22, in the Morrison Hall boardroom. Interested faculty and staff are welcome to attend.
ISME Colloquium to be held tomorrow (Friday, March 22)
Alok Dand, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Industrial, Systems, and Manufacturing Engineering at Wichita State University will present "Predicting airline delays using control variables with machine learning algorithms" from 11 a.m.-noon tomorrow (Friday, March 22) in 211 Engineering Building.
2019 Shocker Philosophy Undergraduate Conference to be held tomorrow (Friday, March 22)
The 2019 Shocker Philosophy Undergraduate Conference will be held tomorrow (Friday, March 22) in McKinley Hall.
The program will run from 1:30-4 p.m. in 224 McKinley Hall, followed by a reception from 4-5:30 p.m. in 207 McKinley Hall.
See entire conference schedule.
‘Mikrokosmos’ 65th Edition Release Party tomorrow (Friday, May 22)
You’re invited to the “Mikrokosmos” 65 Release Party tomorrow (Friday, March 22).
Located at the McKnight Art Center first floor atrium, the event will include readings
and art from the 65th issue. The journal will be for sale as well as “Mikrokosmos”
and “mojo” T-shirts. Food and drinks will be served at the 5:30 p.m. reception, and
the reading will begin at 6 p.m.
“Mikrokosmos” is the print edition of the graduate-run online literary journal, “mojo,” at Wichita State University, highlighting art and writing from WSU students and alumni that has continually published for more than 50 years, featuring work from William S. Burroughs, Charles Plymell, and William Stafford, among others.
Candlelight event tomorrow (Friday, March 22) in memory of victims of Ethiopian airline crash
A Wichita candlelight event is being held to honor the memory of the 157 victims of the Ethiopian Airlines jet crash from 4:30-8 p.m. tomorrow (Friday, March 22) in 208 Hubbard Hall. There will be an indoor seminar program that will involve a panel discussion from 4:30-6 p.m. and an outdoor program from 6-8 p.m. Please bring only battery-operated candles.
The victims belonged to 50 different nationalities, with the majority Kenyan nationals. Victims included eight Americans and 18 Canadians.
As Wichita residents, we have the opportunity to come together in the context of this very sad event which connects to our core economy, and which has propelled Wichita to emerge as a major city in the global aviation industry.
The event is being planned by a group of WSU faculty, along with internal and external cosponsors.
For more information, contact ngoyi.bukonda@wichita.edu.
Faculty Senate to meet on Monday, March 25
The Faculty Senate will meet from 3:30-5 p.m. Monday, March 25, in 126 Clinton Hall. Key topic areas will include a final senate vote on Faculty Policy on Low Performance and Dismissal for Cause, first reading of recommendation to move the General Education 1st Year Seminar program from a pilot to a required program, and review of proposed Human Resources policies. More attachments (1st year seminar) coming shortly, will be linked to the Senate agenda.
Open forum planned for USS and UP staff
A USS and UP Staff Open Forum Discussion will be held from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Monday,
April 1, in 233 RSC. The USS and UP Senates invite all USS and UP staff to attend
to gather feedback on combining the USS and UP Senates.
The senates have been discussing joining forces to form one representative body with both UP and USS members. Please join us to learn why the senates are addressing this issue and share your input on this important topic.
For more information, contact USS Senate President Matt Houston at matthew.houston@wichita.edu or UP Senate President Camille Childers at camille.childers@wichita.edu.
There is still time to Register to attend the 6th Annual Gender & Sexuality Conference
The 2019 Gender & Sexuality in Kansas Conference will be held Friday, March 29 on
the second floor of the RSC. The conference is scheduled from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., with
our keynote address by Monique Morris, titled, “Education is Freedom Work (And Other
Critical Reflections about Responses to School Pushout for Black Girls),” from 1-2:30
p.m. Those only attending the keynote need not register. We ask that those planning
to attend the full conference at least half-day, however, pre-register so that we
have enough conference materials.
Pre-registration will be open until noon Monday, March 25 at Gender & Sexuality Conference.
Conference day check-in and on-sight registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. The full agenda with details on all three sessions will be added to the Facebook event soon, so be sure to follow us on Facebook at @WSUSoc1: https://www.facebook.com/events/723154738078243/
As always, the conference is free and open to the public.
Please share this information widely with faculty, staff, students or others in the community who may be interested in attending.
Registration open for WSU engineering ‘Design, Build, Code’ summer camps
Registration is now open for Wichita State’s “Design, Build, Code” engineering summer camps. This year, the College of Engineering is hosting 21 camps, a record number, with new offerings for younger children and new camps that allow campers to design, build and code their own inventions, drones, robots and mini-computers.
Fees range from $100 for the single, half-day camps to $375 for the four, full-day camps. However, more than 100 camp scholarships are available to qualifying applicants. Scholarship recipients pay only a $10 administrative fee.
Birzer to be panel moderator of Wichita Public Library’s Candid Conversations
Candid Conversations - The Position of Race within the Criminal Justice System: Strategies for Reform,” will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 28, at the Advanced Learning Library, 711 W. 2nd Street in Wichita. Michael Birzer, professor in the School of Criminal Justice at WSU, will be the panel moderator.
The discussion will focus on the intersectionality of race and the criminal justice system. The panel will consist of criminal justice executives from the courts, corrections, and police. The panel is part of the Wichita Public Library’s “Candid Conversations on Race series.
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.
2019 SGA Presidential and Vice Presidential Debate set for March 29
Join the SGA Elections Commission for the 2019 Presidential and Vice Presidential Debate for your final chance to learn about all four of our tickets at 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 29, in the CAC Theater (doors open at 6 p.m.).
The debate will be moderated by Brandon J. Johnson, Wichita City Council Member from District 1, and will cover a variety of topics from platform points to broad overviews of their hopes for student government.
Fifteen high schoolers win Rudd Scholarship to attend WSU
Fifteen Kansas high school seniors have been named as part of the newest class of Rudd Scholars, each receiving a 4-year scholarship to attend Wichita State University.
The scholarships cover all remaining tuition and fees, books and supplies, and room and board.