Dr. Marché Fleming-Randle honored by the Wichita Business Journal
Dr. Marché Fleming-Randle
Congratulations to Dr. Marché Fleming-Randle, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, on your recognition by the Wichita Business Journal's Women Who Lead - Major Companies series! Throughout her career, Dr. Fleming-Randle has served Wichita State University and higher education with distinction, and this award is well-deserved! Dr. Fleming-Randle attributes her success to faith and the wonderful example set by her parents, James E. and the late Mary Fleming.
Dr. Fleming-Randle describes her leadership style as a combination of both transformational and servant leadership styles to support faculty, staff and students achieve goals and dreams they never thought possible.
As the first African-American female Vice President at Wichita State, Dr. Fleming-Randle says: “Its my duty to mentor all women in this field.”
Dr. Fleming-Randle is grateful to the many women who have supported her, including the women of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first African-American sorority, along many other strong women in the community.
DACA resources are available
Wichita State University believes in equal access and opportunities in higher education for all individuals. The recent decision by the United States Supreme Court allows nearly 700,000 DACA recipients - including those who are a valuable and integral part of Shocker Nation – to remain in the United States. Together the university remains committed to supporting all of our students, faculty and staff. For additional information on available DACA resources, please click here.
Advisory notice of nationwide unemployment benefits scam
According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a large-scale scam involving fraudulent unemployment benefits claims has been active in the United States. Criminals, possibly based overseas, are filing applications for benefits using personal information of people who have not lost their job. The FTC is currently investigating this national scam.
Many people across the country, including Kansans, have reported this fraud after receiving a notice from their state unemployment benefits office or their employer about a suspicious application for benefits. Additionally, the criminals engaging in this scam have been known to impersonate state agencies and convince unsuspecting employees to “repay” money they did not actually receive.
WSU has been working with the Kansas Department of Labor to identify potentially fraudulent unemployment benefit applications. If you are a WSU employee and you receive a notice that unemployment benefits have been filed on your behalf while you are still employed, you should immediately contact Human Resources at HR.ServiceCenter@wichita.edu or 316-978-3065 and report this activity. Human Resources will help those employees who believe they may have been affected by this scam get in touch with legitimate contacts to report the activity and combat the fraud.
Watch out: Gift card email scams gaining popularity
Gift card scams have been gaining popularity. You may see an email claiming to be from your manager saying, "I need you to do something for me right away." They will respond to your emails or even text you. Their goal – fool you into buying gift cards under the guise as an urgent request from an authority figure. Look for the warning signs!
- Any requests to purchase gift cards with personal or P-Card, which is a banned transaction.
- The email has the warning banner that the email is from outside of WSU.
- Email is not from a @wichita.edu account.
Buying gift cards with personal funds is a non-reimbursable expense! If you purchase gift cards on a personal card, you are caught with the bill.
Be smart. Don’t get scammed!
Have questions? Email askinfosec@wichita.edu for general questions, and report phishing at spamreport@wichita.edu.
Blackboard to be inaccessible July 4-5
Blackboard will go down at 1 p.m. July 4, and will be inaccessible until after 5 a.m. July 5. During this time, Blackboard will go through a major update, and it's possible this update will cause some technical problems and disturbances throughout the day on July 5. If you are working on anything in Blackboard, make sure it's saved to the system no later than July 3 to avoid losing your work.
Shocker Store closing for inventory at noon today
The Shocker Store (Rhatigan Student Center location) will be closed for year-end inventory starting at noon today (Monday, June 29) through 5 p.m. Friday, July 3. Shocker Store will reopen at 9 a.m. Monday, July 6. They will be unable to process web orders during this closure also.
RSC and departments closed Friday for Independence Day holiday
The Rhatigan Student Center and its departments will be closed Friday, July 3, in observance of the Independence Day holiday. For regular building and department hours of operation, please visit www.wichita.edu/rschours.
University Libraries provides online checkouts
To check out library materials, place a hold using the Libraries’ online catalog at https://libcat.wichita.edu/
Instructions:
You may place requests for materials at any time and they will be paged every two hours during our hours of operation. We will notify you via email when your holds are ready. Please note that holds placed for items at the McKinley Chemistry Library and Thurlow Lieurance Music Library will take longer to retrieve.
To pick up your holds, please stop at the Circulation Desk in Ablah Library. Your materials will be held in a locker adjacent to the desk. Upon showing your Shocker ID card, Libraries staff will provide you the information needed to retrieve your materials. The process in place is designed to provide contactless checkout of your materials.
Chemical Clean-Out Week announced
Old, expired or unwanted chemicals being stored in your department can create potential hazards for employees and students and can be an environmental and regulatory liability.
During the week of July 6-10, the Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Department will pick up any university-related waste chemicals or other hazardous items. This event is an opportunity for all departments to clean out these items in a safe and compliant manner. Items will be picked up in your department by the EHS staff. Items include paints, solvents, lab chemicals, acids, oils, light bulbs, batteries, etc.
If you have items for pick up, please submit a Facilities Services work order before Friday, July 10.
Safety note: If any of your chemical containers have crystals or powder build-up on the container, do not attempt to move them. Some crystals on old chemical containers can be shock-sensitive and can explode.
If you discover a chemical container with crystals or powder build-up, contact Mike Strickland at 978-3347 or Andrew Clem at 978-7904 immediately.
Ulrich Museum of ArtUlrich Museum partners with Smartify App on Community Billboard Project starting July 1
The Ulrich Museum of Art on campus is partnering with the Smartify App to give you complete information on our Ulrich + Artists + You Community Billboard Project, which kicks off across Wichita Wednesday, July 1.
By downloading the free app to your mobile phone, you can access detailed information about each billboard as you pass it on the road (as long as you're not the driver)! Just open the app and hold your phone up to the billboard as you pass by or after you pull over to admire the art -- it's that simple!
The information will also be available online through the Ulrich's website and portal[BROKEN LINK], but using the Smartify app is the quickest and easiest way to get that information while you're actually experiencing the billboards.
The first five billboards that will be unveiled throughout the city on Wednesday are: 308 N. West St.; 481 N. I-135; 957 W. 29th St.; 5218 E. 21st St.; and 1219 E. Douglas. Visit the Ulrich website for a Google map of the locations.
Visit the Smartify website to download the free app.
Learn about recognizing student distress in Care Team newsletter
Even as employees return to working on campus, classes are remaining in an online/remote format for summer semester. This has the benefit of minimizing risk of COVID-19 transmission by reducing the number and proximity of people on campus. However, remote communication can also make it more difficult to determine if a student is experiencing distress.
Read the Care Team newsletter and see more about signs of student distress