Jay Golden named 14th President of Wichita State University
Wichita State University’s new President, Jay Golden, is a leading researcher in environmental sustainability and an advocate for applied learning and economic development.
Golden will become Wichita State’s 14th President in January 2020 during a period of rapid growth for the university and changes in higher education. He brings a background as a leading thinker and national leader on environmental sustainability, applied learning and economic development.
Golden was introduced to students, faculty and staff and community leaders on Thursday, Oct. 31, following his appointment by the Kansas Board of Regents. Golden is currently vice chancellor at East Carolina University, with responsibilities including developing public-private partnerships and building research campuses.
His previous faculty and administrative roles have been at two highly admired universities, Arizona State and Duke.
Notices of Intent for limited NSF EPSCoR funding opportunity due to the WSU Office of Research by Friday, Nov. 8
Proposals are being accepted for the National Science Foundation EPSCoR Program.
Title: National Science Foundation (NSF) Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Track-2 Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (RII Track-2 FEC).
Purpose: The FY2020 EPSCoR RII Track-2 FEC program provides funding for building inter-jurisdictional teams of EPSCoR investigators specifically focused on this single topic: “Harnessing the Data Revolution to solve problems of national importance.” A minimum of two RII-eligible EPSCoR jurisdictions must collaborate on the proposal.
Amount:
- $1 million per year for up to four years (if there are two RII-eligible EPSCoR jurisdictions participating)
- $1.5 million per year for up to four years (if there are three or more RII-eligible EPSCoR jurisdictions participating)
Eligibility: WSU is allowed to submit only one proposal. WSU’s proposal must be developed in conjunction with at least one other RII-eligible EPSCoR jurisdiction. See the solicitation for a list of eligible jurisdictions.
Deadlines:
- Notice of Intent: You MUST email proposals@wichita.edu by noon Friday, Nov. 8, if you are interested in submitting a proposal in response to this solicitation.
- Pre-Proposal: If an internal competition is needed, Pre-Proposals will be due to the WSU Office of Research no later than noon Monday, Nov. 18.
- NSF Letter of Intent: If your pre-proposal is selected by the WSU committee appointed by the AVP for Research to move forward, a formal letter of intent will be due to the National Science Foundation by Friday, Dec. 20.
- NSF Formal Proposal: The full RII Track-2 FEC proposal will be due to the National Science Foundation by Jan. 24, 2020. (The WSU Office of Research deadline for finalized proposal documents will be 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21.)
More Information:
- RII Track-2 FEC Program Page
- RII Track-2 FEC Solicitation
If you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact proposals@wichita.edu as soon as possible, and a grants specialist will be assigned to assist you.
November HealthQuest upcoming events
Employees enrolled in 2019 coverage through the State Employee Health Plan can earn a premium discount worth $480 annually and HSA / HRA rewards dollars up to $500 per year for each employee and covered spouse, just by participating and logging healthy activities throughout the year. Start by registering in the HealthQuest portal.
In November, there are three events currently scheduled, worth up to six points total. Here are some of the upcoming events this month:
- Now to Nov. 13, “Gravitate Toward Gratitude” wellness challenge. Sign up in through the HealthQuest portal. (two points)
- Nov. 13, “Stress: A Way of Life or a Fact of Life” EAP webinar. Register here. (one point)
- Nov. 27-Dec. 18, “Sidestep Holiday Stress” wellness challenge. Sign up through the HealthQuest portal. (three points)
We’ll publish upcoming events each month, but if you’d like to plan in advance, check out all currently scheduled HealthQuest events. Remember, the deadline to earn points towards HSA / HRA Reward Dollars is Nov. 18, and the deadline to earn points toward your 2020 Premium Discount is Dec. 31, 2019.
Still need some points? Check out the On-Demand Training and Wellness Workshops through the HealthQuest portal.
Housing and Residence Life closed this afternoon
The Housing and Residence Life Department will be closed from 1-5 p.m. today (Friday, Nov. 1) because of staff development. We will respond to phone and email inquiries as quickly as possible upon return to the office. Staff will continue be available at the front desks of Shocker Hall, The Flats at WSU, and the Suites at WSU to assist with housing inquiries as needed during this time.
Kansas World Language Association Conference at WSU
The Power of World Languages – Re-Charge, Re-Connect, Re-Think – will be held today (Friday, Nov. 1) and Saturday, Nov. 2), at WSU.
Kansas World Language Association is an organization that promotes the teaching of world languages and cultures. They promote continuing professional development and encourage the spirit of cooperation among world language educators in Kansas. There are records of this organization being active in 1931. Find more information here.
Their annual conference is going to be held for the first time at Wichita State University and is being sponsored by the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures. About 150 participants from different areas of Kansas and Missouri are expected to attend. For information, contact Wilson Baldridge or Rocio del Aguila.
School of Social Work Friday today (Nov. 1)
The School of Social Work is hosting its Social Work Friday today (Friday, Nov. 1). We will have open advising from 9:30 a.m.-noon; pizza and Grad School from noon-1 p.m.; BSW Program Orientation from 1:30-2:15 p.m., and BSW Practicum Orientation from 2:15-3 p.m. The event is open to all students -- new, prospective and current.
BSW Program Orientation is required for admission to the Bachelor of Social Work Program.
Military and veterans celebration - register for free lunch!
The next Women of WSU Luncheon, in collaboration with the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, will be held from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, in 233 RSC. The luncheon will feature a potato bar for $12. Please RSVP on the website by today (Friday, Nov. 1).
All veterans and active duty service members are invited to attend and receive a free lunch! If you have served our country, we want to serve you. Women of Wichita State University, in collaboration with the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, invites you to lunch to thank you for your service. All veteran and active duty military staff will receive a complimentary lunch. We want to spotlight military and veteran service members, and request service members let us know the branch of service in which you served and send a photo to highlight your service in our presentation.
The featured presenter will be Marche Fleming-Randle, WSU Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement. She will deliver a motivational / inspirational speech titled “The Home of the Free: Because of the Brave!”
Please send your photo to Deanna Carrithers at deanna.carrithers@wichita.edu by 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4, if you want to be included in the presentation. We hope you'll join us.
Celebrate F1RST-Gen Shockers
The F1RST-Gen Coordinating Council brings Shocker Nation its 2nd Annual First-Gen Week. Those within the Wichita State community who are the first in their family to graduate college (or who are on track to do so) are important to the fabric of our institution, Wichita and Kansas.
Wichita State University has a rich history of service to first-generation students dating back nearly 55 years when they began its first TRIO program, Upward Bound. Celebrate F1RST-Gen Shockers within the WSU community the week of Nov. 4-8.
The first event will be held from 8:30-9:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 4, with a Faculty-Staff Coffee & Conversation on the RSC first floor, Groover Lounge, east of Starbucks. Respond here with your attendance plans.
Weekly Briefing university update
At Thursday’s Weekly Briefing, the university update provided information a Flag Hunt to raise awareness for veterans suicide rate, Woolsey Hall design, and FAFSA.
Flag Hunt to raise awareness for veterans suicide rate
The Student Veterans Organization is holding two events to bring attention to the suicide rate among veterans.
The Flag Hunt Challenge to promote suicide awareness will continue until Veterans Day (November 11). Twenty-two American Flags will be planted on campus each day for 16 days, totaling 352. A card with the veterans crisis hotline card and dog tag hanging over the top of each flag. People are asked to take a selfie with the card and post it before taking the card.
The challenge is designed to get students involved in finding our 22 flags a day over the course of 16 days, for a total of 352 flags. These 22 represent the daily veteran suicide rate, and the 356 represents the total active duty military suicides this year alone.
The Suicide Awareness Summit will take place outside Grace Wilkie Hall at noon on Nov. 8.
The summit features speakers aiming to raise awareness about the suicide epidemic. Master Sergeant Amber Boyd is the keynote speaker.
Ideas on Woolsey Hall design
Design consultants from Gensler and GastingerWalker were on campus earlier this week to tour campus and take ideas for the Woolsey Hall School of Business, the new home for the Barton School of Business. They meet with students, faculty, and staff to learn about the culture on campus, and listen to what stakeholders would like to see in the new building. A story-board display was posted in the RSC, Clinton Hall, and Morrison Hall, and people were encouraged to “like” images and ideas and add comments.
Data produced will be shared with the planning committee.
Wichita State is scheduled to break ground in 2020 on Woolsey Hall, a $50 million, 136,000-square-foot facility to be built in the heart of the WSU Innovation Campus.
FAFSA period continues
Applications for federal student aid for 2020-21 began on Oct. 1.
Based on the information you provide on the FAFSA, WSU will create an award package that may include federal grants, loans, work study and/or WSU scholarships.
Dec. 1 is Wichita State’s priority date to maximize your federal financial aid assistance.
Nearly 60 percent of Wichita State students receive some sort of financial aid, totaling around $105 million.
ME Seminar today (Friday, Nov. 1)
Rainer Massey
“Change, Evolution, and Innovation: A 35-Year Personal Journey in Aviation,” will be presented in the next ME Seminar from 3:30-4:30 p.m. today (Friday, Nov. 1) in 128 Jabara Hall.
Rainer Massey, head of mass properties at Airbus Americas Engineering in Wichita, will be the featured speaker.
Engineering is all about changing the world for the better. Engineers make changes using of science, mathematics, and technology. Externally, commercial aircraft haven’t changed much in appearance over the last 50 years. Underneath that paint, however, the industry has made continuous improvements in safety, performance, cost, and, yes, passenger comfort. During one’s career, each project brings new challenges and changes, which lead to further improvements on the next. Some changes witnessed by one person over a 35-year career will be discussed. The question is: “What is in store for the next 35 years?”
Rainer Massey graduated from Wichita State University in 1984, with a BS in Aeronautical Engineering. Upon graduation, he began his career in mass properties engineering at Boeing Military Airplane Co. in Wichita. There, Rainer worked on aircraft including the B-52, KC-135, and VC-25 (a.k.a. Air Force One). Moving on to Commercial Aircraft, he acted as lead engineer for 777 nacelles, and then 737 NextGen empennage.
The 767 Freighter took him back to the military side on the KC-46 Tanker program. New opportunities led him to Airbus on A380 wing design. Currently, he is the head of Mass Properties Engineering-Wichita, where the team works on A320, A330, and A380 wings, as well as supporting the Mobile, Alabama office with A320 delivery weight documentation, and A330 and A350 cabin modifications.
WSU Foundation provides aid for student in need
Star Billingsley, a sophomore studying pre-law psychology, is the recipient of a scholarship that provides aid during the academic year. Star works as an RA, founded the Black Academic Honor Society on campus, and works at the Career Development center. Star relies on financial aid and her income to pay for college.
Read story on Star Billingsley.
Litigation attorney to speak about case involving lost Apollo 11 samples
The Wichita Space Initiative welcomes litigation attorney Christopher McHugh, who will give a talk "The Legal Battle Over Apollo 11 Samples," at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, in 319 RSC.
In 1969, the United States met the impossible challenge leveled by President John. F. Kennedy eight years earlier, to land a man on the moon and return him safely to earth. The heroism of the moment culminated in Neil Armstrong’s collection of the first lunar rocks into the Apollo 11 Lunar Sample Contingency bag.
Embodying the self-sacrifice, courage, ingenuity and fortitude of an entire nation, the Lunar Contingency bag was the ultimate trophy for the winner of the space race. It was like the Lombardi trophy, the Stanley Cup, and every Olympic Gold Medal, all rolled up into one and multiplied by a thousand ... and NASA lost it! This is the story of the Chicago woman who found it almost 50 years later, and her battle with NASA over a national treasure."
As always, WSI talks are free and open to the public.
Participants needed for audiology research
You are invited to participate in a research study of Digit-Pair Speech Recognition Thresholds in Adults with Hearing Loss. We hope to learn the validation and generalization of using digit recognition thresholds during hearing evaluations.
If you decide to participate, you will be scheduled for a hearing evaluation. Once criteria are determined, additional hearing testing will be conducted.
Testing is expected to last about 55 minutes.
If you are interested in participating in this study, contact Marian Smith, mxsmith18@shockers.wichita.edu, or call 361-290-7015, (Yes, area code is not 316); or Stacey Kampe at stacey.kampe@wichita.edu or call 316-978-7264.
Refer a student to LeaderShape
Refer a Student for LeaderShape! We have spots available to fill for students looking for leadership development, community building, and application to their academic and personal leadership goals. LeaderShape is a national organization known for their Institute. For more information or to refer a student, contact lead@wichita.edu or visit www.wichita.edu/leadershape.
KMUW to convene mental health conversation with Sheriff and Chief of Police
The intersections between mental health and other aspects of our community are endless, from law enforcement to homelessness, medical responders to nonprofit support.
A panel of local experts will discuss the pervasiveness of mental health issues in our community at KMUW's Engage ICT: Democracy on Tap. Join us at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, at Roxy's Downtown, 412 1/2 E. Douglas, for this free event.
Our panelists include Jeff Easter, Sedgwick County Sheriff, and Gordon Ramsay, Wichita Police Department Chief of Police.
As always, we welcome your questions and stories, which you can share with us in advance using the two-way radio feature on the KMUW app. The discussion will be streamed via Facebook Live starting at 5:30 p.m. for those who can't make it. All past Engage ICT discussions can be found at kmuw.org/topic/engage-ict.
Japanese Culture Association will host Japanese Culture Night
Japanese Culture Association (JCA) will host a Japanese Culture Night, showcasing performances ranging from traditional dances to martial arts demonstrations. There will also be performances from Wichita Asian Festival's Ms. Japan, and K-State's Yosakoi dance group. The event will be held from 7-9 p.m. today (Friday, Nov. 1) in the CAC Theater.
The event is free for WSU students and faculty, and $5 for outside guests, and $2 for children.
You're invited to Ulrich Family Fun Day
Bring the whole family and explore your creative side with the Student Activities Council and the Ulrich Museum of Art from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2. Together we will explore the galleries with a scavenger hunt, play games, and participate in hands-on art-making activities inspired by the artists, ideas, and materials featured in the Ulrich’s current exhibitions. The Ulrich Museum is located on the southwest corner of the Wichita State University campus (17th and Hillside).
The event is free and open to the public.
Wichita Wurlitzer presents 'Sounds of Silents' with Clark Wilson and 'Wings'
"Sounds of Silents" with Clark Wilson accompanying "Wings," will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5, in Century II Performing Arts and Convention Center Exhibition Hall.
WSU faculty / staff / students / partners who use WSU as a promotional code, can buy tickets (single or table) at the seniors price. Single tickets are available at wichitatix.com.
Sound for silent movies was provided an orchestra, theatre organ, or pianist in each theatre. More than 10,000 theatre organs were built to give the movies their voices. Music soundtracks for today’s movies evolved from these live accompaniments for silent films.
"Wings," the "Star Wars" of its day, was digitally restored by a team of Paramount Pictures, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Film Archive, and Technicolor. The restored movie premiered Jan. 18, 2012, with Clark Wilson playing a live musical accompaniment. See the digitally restored blockbuster accompanied by Clark Wilson on the Wichita Wurlitzer.
Clark will accompany “Wings,” 1929’s Best Picture Academy Award winner on the Wichita Wurlitzer. The four manual / 36 rank instrument premiered Nov. 19, 1926, in the New York Paramount Theatre at Times Square, the "Crossroads of the World." After arriving in Wichita in 1968, the Wurlitzer today is a four manual / 38 rank instrument. 2019 is the Wurlitzer’s 51st year in the Heart of America. Of more than 10,000 instruments built, Wichita is home to the finest instrument built.
Video of Wichita Wurlitzer Tour
Faculty advisor needed for new student organization
Phi Sigma Pi is a gender-inclusive National Honor Fraternity established in 1916. Faculty advisors play an important role in the collegiate chapter by building a bridge between the local chapter and the university community. Responsibilities of the faculty advisor include:
- Assisting the chapter with day-to-day operation questions
- Provide guidance to chapter officers and committee chairs
- Encourage smart financial decisions
- Promote Phi Sigma Pi to other students on campus
- Attend meetings, ceremonies, and events when possible
*You are not required to be an Alumni Member of Phi Sigma Pi in order to serve as a faculty advisor.
Currently, there is only one Phi Sigma Pi chapter in the state of Kansas. With your help, we believe Wichita State can become the newest home to the Phi Sigma Pi family!
Contact Katie if you have any questions at krhefner@shockers.wichita.edu or wsuphisigmapi@gmail.com.
Phi Sigma Pi faculty advisors.
Support Shocker Rowing this Sunday
Join us 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, in Riverside Park (551 N Nims St., Wichita) to support Shocker Rowing as they compete in the Frostbite Regatta! Gumbo is back for sale. $10/person for Gumbo lunch, which includes bread, rice and salad. You can also pre-order a quart of Gumbo for $20. For more information, email rachel.tuck@wichita.edu.
Submit your Finals Frenzy event
If you are a department or organization on campus planning an event for Finals Frenzy week, let Student Activities Council know. Finals Frenzy will take place from Dec. 2-6. Submit your event(s) by 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12. Any event submitted after this date may not be included in Finals Frenzy marketing.
Find out more about Finals Frenzy
Come join the Arts and Crafts Fair hosted by SAC
Come join SAC at the annual Arts and Crafts Fair from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 20-21. We are looking for vendors to fill the RSC with arts, crafts and oddities.