Kudos to our amazing Academic Advisors
WSU has many amazing academic advisors who are dedicated to helping our students successfully complete their degrees and achieve their personal goals.
These advisors make hundreds of appointments every semester and continuously reach out to our students to make sure they are on track and getting sound advice. Recently the advising teams took on a ‘March Madness’ challenge of their own, seeing who could log the most notes from appointments, schedule the most appointments college-wide in a day, and conduct the most outreach campaigns. Congrats to all of our winners, we are proud of the work you do! See the winners below.
Danielle Freshnock
Caroline Fulbright
Janet Jensen
Ben Donals
Zach Brown
Jessi Raburn
Maria Lucas
Gina Stewart
Angela Blackerby
Christina Folkerts
Most targeted email communications: College of Health Professions
Largest number of appointments scheduled in one day
1) LAS
2) Engineering
3) Business
Congratulations to Phenomenal Women Award recipients
Congratulations to the 2019 Office of Diversity and Inclusion Phenomenal Women Award recipients! Our recipients are extraordinary and courageous women who are inspiring others and making an impact in the lives of others. They are women of inspiration who overcome challenges with grace and lifts those around them. We want to honor their accomplishments, build their legacy, validate their hard work, dedication, contribution in the workplace, elevate their personal and professional profile and giving them an opportunity to be recognized. See information on this year's recipients below.
Faculty/Staff Dr. Karen Countryman-Roswurm
Faculty/Staff Dr. Rocio Del Aguila-Carreno
Student Recipient Amena Elamin
Once again, congratulations!
For more information about the Phenomenal Women Awards, go to wichita.edu/phenomenal.
Shared governance update
This winter, the Office of Human Resources undertook the creation and hosting of 21 discussion groups to explore shared governance at Wichita State University. The forums were sponsored in conjunction with the Strategic Planning committee and in support of the 2018-19 University Priorities.
As promised, the notes and discussion responses have been compiled and are being shared with the university community. This act of transparency is intended to help move the dialogue forward and encourage others to join in the discussions about how we can better engage diverse and usual voices.
The next phase of this work has begun with a partnership with Kansas Institute Peace and Conflict Resolution. A team of university faculty and staff are currently working to design a process for improving trustworthiness that will result in a decision-making framework. The Strategic Planning committee hopes to share both tools with the campus community at the May 2 Strategic Planning Town Hall meeting. We hope to see you there.
Read about the Shared Governance Forums and review the work of the discussion groups.
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.
UAS Tech Forum set for Aug. 21-22 in Salina, seeks technology pitch presentations; application deadline is April 12
The UAS Cluster Initiative’s UAS Tech Forum is being held in Salina, Kansas, this year on Aug. 21-22. The forum is seeking researchers, businesses, startups and entrepreneurs with advanced technology seeking investor capital, licensing or commercialization agreements to give pitch presentations.
If you are interested in getting your company and product in front of manufacturers, entrepreneurs, and investors in the unmanned aerial systems industry, quick pitches are the most efficient way. Spots are limited, don't lose yours!
The application deadline is Friday, April 12. Those chosen to present will receive mentoring prior to the pitch session. Click here for more information or to apply.
Graduate School - Annual Awards for Academic Year 2019-20
Faculty, please consider nominating a student for next academic year’s financial awards. The nomination deadline is Friday, April 5, and students must be nominated by a graduate faculty member to be considered. The awards are only available for students who will not graduate until fall 2019 or later. Spring and summer 2019 graduates are not eligible for consideration.
- Only one student per program, per award, may be nominated - program faculty must work together to determine who should be nominated.
- Fill out and submit the online nomination form, uploading all required elements.
Awards Open for Nomination:
- Tilford Fellowship: To be eligible, a student must be admitted to a graduate degree program in good standing, be enrolled full-time, and demonstrate financial need. Preference is given to minority students who are U.S. citizens.
- Delano Maggard Jr, Research Grant: To be eligible, a student must be admitted to a graduate degree program in good standing, be enrolled either full-time or part-time, have completed nine graduate credit hours, and demonstrate financial need. This award entails the following additional criteria: (1) student must submit a budget for the research project and (2) if the proposed research involves human or animal subjects, a copy of the approval from the WSU institutional Review Board or Animal Care and Use committee should be included.
- Dora Wallace Hodgson Outstanding Graduate Student Award (Masters and Doctoral/PhD): To be eligible, a student must be admitted to a graduate degree program and in good standing.
Gearhart to give legislative update on Monday, April 8
Zach Gearhart, director of Government Relations, will provide a legislative update at 2 p.m. Monday, April 8, in the Morrison Hall boardroom. Interested faculty and staff are welcome to attend.
Graduate School Professional Development Series offers the art of communication in professional life
“The Art of Communication in Professional Life: Your Competitive Edge” will be presented from noon-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, in 142 RSC. The presenter will be Ray Hull from the College of Health Professions. All are welcome; lunch RSVP to jenny.stauffer@wichita.edu.
To demonstrate excellence as professionals, we must also develop excellence as communicators. Effective communication involves a delicate balance between a nurturing and caring communicative style, and the assurance that one is working with a well-prepared professional.
This presentation will give those in attendance insights into the art of communication, the art of non-verbal communication, and the art of communication in conflict resolution.
Registration for the April 11 Ability Ally training is available!
Ability Allies are a network of faculty, staff and students who take a visible role in promoting disability awareness, supporting persons with disabilities and maintaining resources for working and interacting with people with disabilities. This Diversity in Action interactive training from 2-4 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in 266 RSC, is designed to shape your perspective on ability versus disability and providing an open forum for questions and concerns for those interacting with individuals with disabilities. For more information about the Diversity in Action Program, go to Diversity in Action.
This training is free and available to all WSU employees (faculty and staff). Register now before space runs out! Log in to myWSU and register through myTraining. For questions, contact myTraining@wichita.edu.
Sign up by April 10 to host a Finals Frenzy event
The Student Activities Council is gearing up to publicize the upcoming Finals Frenzy, which runs from Saturday, May 4, through Thursday, May 9. Is your department or organization planning to host an event during this time? Please fill out the following form on ShockerSync.
The submission deadline is 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 10. For more information, contact SAC at sac@wichita.edu.
Opportunity for Quality Matters training on campus
Instructional Design and Access is offering “Applying the QM Rubric” training from 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25, in 258 RSC. The training cost is sponsored in full by the Office of Online Learning, so there is no cost to participants. This all-day training will introduce participants to the new QM rubric and the fundamental ideas behind creating a Quality Matters course. This is the first training in the Quality Matters sequence, and participants who successfully complete it can move on to the Peer Reviewer course.
To sign up, please go to myTraining. The training will include an hour break for lunch on your own.
How to stand out in a competitive market with a capability statement
Wichita State University’s Kansas Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) will conduct a training event in our Wichita, Overland Park, and Topeka locations on Thursday, April 18, to help businesses develop a capability statement. A capability statement can be an important element in marketing and promoting a business, and is essential in government contracting. Think of this statement as a business resume that tells existing and potential customers about the business’s capabilities and strengths.
Whether a business is currently involved with government contracting or wants to pursue this option as a way to expand their market, valuable information will be gained about the what, why and how of developing a business capability statement.
The topics of discussion will be:
- Key elements of a capability statement for the Government sector
- How to develop the target capability statement, and items needed on a website
- How to do research to know how to provide solutions for government agencies
Fees: None (Fees paid by cosponsors)
9-11 a.m. Thursday, April 18 (Registration begins: 8:30 a.m.)
For assistance or more information, call 316-978-6788.
Held simultaneously at:
Wichita State University
Old Town Campus
238 N. Mead, Wichita, Kansas
Johnson County Community College
Regnier Center
12345 College Blvd., Overland Park, Kansas
GO Topeka
719 S. Kansas Ave., Suite 100
Topeka, Kansas
Philosophy Colloquium to feature presentation by Noell Birondo
Associate Professor of Philosophy Noell Birondo will present “Aristotle and Aztec Human Sacrifice,” from 4-5 p.m. Thursday, April 11, in 218 McKinley Hall.
The presentation is part of the WSU Department of Philosophy Colloquium. It’s free and open to the WSU community.
‘Hotel Tempus’ by Tasha Wentling in Cadman Art Gallery – Main Space
“Hotel Tempus” is an art exhibition presented by student Artist, Tasha Wentling. Her work will be on display from now to Friday, April 12, in Cadman Art Gallery, first floor, RSC. Join the artist for her opening reception at the Cadman beginning at 6 p.m. Friday, April 5.
“Hotel Tempus” celebrates the bizarre, providing refuge for even the strangest and most sinister beings in the universe. This photographic exhibition explores topics such as escapism, fear, and the uncanny while documenting strange happenings around a fictitious hotel for time travelers.
For more information about this exhibit and others, visit Cadman Art Gallery.
Acting on depression project at Wichita State
Depression is one the most common and debilitating of all mental health conditions. Nearly 20 percent of us will experience depression at some point during our lifetime, and within this year it is projected by the World Health Organization to become the second leading cause of disability worldwide.
A project is currently underway in the Department of Psychology at Wichita State University to investigate different variations of behavioral activation in helping individuals better manage and cope with depression. This program, conducted by Yvonne Chaw, a doctoral student in clinical psychology, under the supervision of Robert Zettle, director of Clinical Training, seeks volunteer participants who are currently experiencing at least a moderate level of depression.
Those interested in participating in the project will first be asked to complete a brief, online screening survey. Interested individuals 18 or older experiencing a least a moderate level of depression can access the brief screening survey.
Comparisons with other psychological approaches, as well as medication, has identified behavioral activation as one of the more effective means of coping with depression. As its name suggests, behavioral activation stresses the importance of systematically re-engaging in a range of activities that are often abandoned in the face of depression.
Those interested in participating in the project will first be asked to complete a brief, online screening survey that assesses their level of depression and obtains some relevant background information. Those who qualify will be contacted with additional information and details about further participating in the treatment phase of this project which consists of eight weekly, individual sessions following some further assessment.
Our hope is that participants will learn some new strategies for more effectively coping with depression and that the overall findings from this project may also help improve psychological services offered to others who also struggle with it.
Interested individuals 18 or older experiencing a least a moderate level of depression can access the brief screening survey.
Questions or requests for further information about this project may be directed to either Yvonne Chaw at jxchaw@shockers.wichita.edu, 316-882-4966 or Dr. Robert Zettle at robert.zettle@wichita.edu, 978-3081.
Sign up as a WSU Heart Walk Coach or join a team
Heart disease is the #1 killer in the nation and stroke is #5. Everyone knows someone who has been impacted by one of these. Help support the American Heart Association by signing up as a Heart Walk Coach for the Wichita State University team.
The Heart Walk will be held Saturday, June 8 on the Wichita State campus. If you are interested in being a WSU Heart Walk Coach, you can create a team or join an existing team here. If you have any questions, contact Trish Gandu at trish.gandu@wichita.edu.