Retirement celebration set for Wanda Holt
Join Counseling and Prevention Services for the celebration of Wanda Holt's retirement,
3-5 p.m. Thursday, June 13, at Shocker Grill and Lanes in the basement of the RSC.
Wanda has served the WSU community for 33 years across multiple offices, spending the past 13 years with Counseling and Prevention Services - formerly the Counseling and Testing Center.
Her time included a stint on the Classified Senate, where she served as president helping to transition the university from USS to UP employment. She also completed her bachelor’s degree while employed at the university earning an award for highest GPA in criminal justice. Help us show our appreciation for her outstanding service by joining us for refreshments and karaoke, and wish Wanda luck in her future endeavors.
University Police hire new parking and transportation manager
Today (Monday, June 3) Tanner Morell starts duty as the parking and transportation
manager for WSU. Morell will report to the WSU Police Department and will handle all
things parking and transportation related on the WSU campus. This reorganizes Parking
and Transportation under one person in one department and was designed to streamline
operations and consolidate efforts. Morell’s office will be in the police department
with the intent that he quickly become involved in university projects and have a
seat downtown on the city of Wichita transportation board.
This marks a new chapter for WSU, and the police department is excited to have Morell’s 15-plus years of experience in parking and transportation. Prior to coming to WSU, he was the parking and transportation manager for the city of Columbia, Missouri, and prior to that, the parking and transportation manager for the city of Logan, Utah.
Morell can be reached at 978-5526.
Register for June 19 Service Standards training
Did you know that Wichita State University has a set of Service Standards? These standards are known as Shocker PROUD: Professional, Responsive, Open, Understanding, and Dependable.
A training session 9-11 a.m. Wednesday, June 19, in 142 RSC will explore the standards in more detail and ensure that all of us are providing excellent service to everyone we encounter.
The training is free and available to all WSU employees. Log into myWSU and register through myTraining. For questions, contact myTraining@wichita.edu.
Learn more about Shocker PROUDSPTE Request forms coming soon
Student Perception of Teaching Effectiveness (SPTE) Request forms will be mailed to your department in the next couple of days. If you would like, you can choose to complete a fillable pdf request form located on our website. You can also get additional SPTE information at wichita.edu/sslab.
Changes made to ITS Desktop Ticketing System (Team Dynamix) web portal are live
Information Technology Services Desktop Support has made changes to its service offerings
on the Team Dynamix ticketing system web portal. Our new services offerings are:
- Help Me Shop
- Help Me Set Up / Change
- Help Me Fix
These new selections are now live, and the previous offerings have been removed.
Questions? Reach out to Ross Powell, manager of ITS Desktop Support, at 978-5001 or email ross.powell@wichita.edu.
Celebrate WSU at Shockerfest
Everyone is invited to participate in Shockerfest from noon-6 p.m. Friday, June 7,
at RiverVista, 150 N. McLean. Celebrate Wichita’s hometown university with Shockers
of today, tomorrow and yesteryear at this new Riverfest experience.
There will also be a free yoga class at noon on the lawn outside the River Vista Shocker Rowing boathouse.
Free shuttles are available between campus and RiverVista throughout the event.
Sign up for Administrative Processes and Procedures informational event
An information-sharing and Q&A event about administrative processes and procedures
will be held 2:30-4 p.m. June 17, in 209 Hubbard Hall.
Administrative assistants, executive assistants, college business managers and others who are interested are welcome to attend.
Registers on myWSU > myTraining. Attendees are encouraged to send questions by June 11 to adminprocesses@wichita.edu.