Open forum for CIO finalist today
Dawn Stoyanoff, Associate Vice Chancellor of Information Technology/Chief Information Officer, University of Arkansas, will be interviewed as a finalist today (Tuesday, June 16). An open forum for the campus community will be at 2:15 p.m. via YouTube. Click here to join the open forum.
Log in to myWSU and view the CIO Search Candidates channel on the Faculty/Staff tab to view the candidates’ resumes.
College of Health Professions donates face masks to WSU community
If you walk around the Wichita State University campus this summer, the odds are good you’ll see someone sporting a WSU face mask.
The abundance of masks on campus is due in part to the College of Health Professions, who donated 2,500 cloth face masks to the WSU community for the campus reopening May 26.
The idea for the donation came from Stephen Arnold, interim dean of the College of Health Professions. Arnold is a member of the Health and Safety Committee — one of seven university committees formed to develop plans for reopening campus amid the Coronavirus pandemic. He said the group took into consideration state and federal guidance, and made the recommendation that all employees be provided with reusable masks as WSU moved forward with the reintegration plan.
Cowley, WSU add aerospace engineering to articulation agreement
Leaders of Wichita State University and Cowley College have signed an agreement that adds aerospace engineering to a list of degrees that students can start at Cowley and complete at WSU.
Cowley pre-engineering graduates will enter WSU with second semester sophomore status, as they transfer 48 credit hours from Cowley to WSU. Students would then need to complete at least 81 hours of coursework to receive a bachelor’s degree from Wichita State College of Engineering.
“This partnership is a win for students who choose to start their education at a local community college, but want to continue their education in the engineering field,” said Dr. Steven Skinner, College of Engineering associate dean for undergraduate studies, finance and administration. “This agreement assures there is no time or effort lost for those students.”
Existing agreements already allow for students to begin at Cowley and finish at Wichita State to complete biomedical engineering, business administration, computer engineering, computer science, criminal justice, electrical engineering, general business, industrial engineering and product design and manufacturing engineering studies.
The aerospace engineering bachelor’s degree program at Wichita State University specializes in the study of both aircraft and spacecraft. Students take courses in aerodynamics, propulsion, stability, control and structures, using laboratory facilities that are among the finest found in academic institutions nationwide.
Students interested in this degree path can contact Cowley admissions at 620-441-6335 and admissions@cowley.edu.
Prospective students with questions may contact Wichita State University’s Ana Lazarín, director of Broadening Participation & Recruitment, who does dual advising for future transfer students. She can be reached at ana.lazarin@wichita.edu or 316-978-7689.
A special announcement from the Ulrich Museum of Art
The Ulrich Museum of Art on the Wichita State University campus joins museums across
the country in solidarity and commitment to continue to turn toward the most difficult
challenges in our time.
In our capacity as public institutions in service to our communities, we will provide
a meeting ground, a place for all of us to face truth and justice with empathy and
respect -- to build a future together.
Virtual support offered by university subject librarians
University Librarians are here (virtually) to support instruction.
As Wichita State faculty plan summer and fall classes, remember librarians can help you every step of the way. Let your subject librarian:
- Make custom research guides for your classes
- Help you redesign research assignments to better fit the hybrid learning environment
- Locate electronic course materials (e-books, articles, or streaming audio and video) and embed them directly into your Blackboard course shell
- Support your students as an embedded librarian in Blackboard by answering questions, participating in discussions, providing point of need announcements, linking to electronic resources, and providing feedback on research assignments
- Provide synchronous or asynchronous virtual instruction for your classes (at least two weeks advance notice is preferred)
Contact subject librarians at libraries.wichita.edu/subjectlibrarians.
The Heskett Center is open!
Time to take a dip in the pool. The Heskett Center is open for your workout needs.
Hours are 7 a.m.- 8 p.m. Monday–Friday, and 1-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Wiedemann Natatorium hours
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; 4-7:30 p.m. Monday–Friday and 1:30-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
USS & UP joint senate meeting set for today
The USS and UP Senates joint meeting will be held via Zoom at 9 a.m. today (Tuesday, June 16). All meetings are open to the campus community. If you are interested in joining the meeting, please email Trish Gandu at trish.gandu@wichita.edu for details on how to attend.
Unclassified Professional Senate
Last Week's Tuesday Talk with SHS is now on YouTube
Last week's Tuesday Talks from Student Health Services, featuring Sandy Hill, DNP, APRN, Nurse Heather, and WSU Student Jess Prudence, discussed the Real You and Masculinizing Hormones. Missed a previous Tuesday Talks? Find them here.
Want us to discuss a certain student health topic in one of our Tuesday Talks? Send us an email at student.health@wichita.edu with the topic you'd like to learn more about!
Share your story
Share your story and help prevent suicide with #WSUWeSupportU. If you've struggled with suicidal ideation, past attempts or experienced a loss to suicide and want to help others who are struggling, the lived experiences of survivors are important to sharing hope and healing.
Reach out the #WeSupportU program by emailing us at marci.young@wichita.edu to learn more about being a part of a video or written series to share the message of hope and recovery.
Campus visits have resumed
Prospective students and their guests are again able to visit campus in person. Students visiting campus will be able to do the following:
- Sit in on an admissions presentation
- Tour the campus, Shocker Hall and the Innovation Campus with a Shocker Navigator
- Meet one-on-one with an admissions staff member
- Receive a FREE Wichita State T-shirt
Prior to coming to campus, prospective students will be notified about precautionary
measures like completing self-wellness checks, social distancing expectations and
wearing face coverings while on campus. The admissions staff is monitoring the geographic
locations students are from when they register, so if a student were to register from
a state on the current KDHE travel list, they will be notified in advance of their
visit about additional precautions and actions to take.
Campus visits will be limited to a certain number of students per session, as well
as the size of the tour group per Shocker Navigator.
Virtual campus visits will remain an option for any students who are not yet ready
to visit campus. Students can go to wichita.edu/visit to register for both.