Diana Austin
Human Resources Business Partner
Wichita State University
Diana has been a WSU Business Partner since April of 2022. She was born and raised in Goddard, and recently moved back to Wichita. She graduated from Southern New Hampshire University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with a concentration in Human Resource Management.
Diana gained her professional experience in locations across the United States and abroad. As she traveled in support of her husband’s Army career over the last seventeen years, gained insight into several business cultures and industries. The 6 years prior to assuming her role with WSU, she served as the HR director for three healthcare facilities.
She provides support and guidance to the following areas:
- Academic Programs
- WSU Haysville
- WSU McConnell
- WSU South
- WSU West
- Civil Rights, Title IX, & ADA Compliance (CTAC)
- Cohen Honors College
- College of Innovation and Design
- Center for Entrepreneurship
- Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Intensive English Language Center
- Environmental Finance Center (EFC)
- General Counsel
- Government Relations and Strategy
- Graduate School
- Internal Audit
- KMUW
- Military, Veterans, and First Responders
- Diversity, Military, and Veteran Programs
- Military and Veteran Student Center
- ROTC
- Office of Academic Affairs
- Office of the President
- Office of Research and Pre-Award
- Office of Planning and Analysis
- Social Science Research Lab
- Strategic Communications and Marketing
- Ulrich Museum
- University Libraries
- University Police Department
- WSU Athletics/Intercollegiate Athletics Association (ICAA)
Your profession is not what brings home your weekly paycheck. Your profession is what you were put on Earth to do with such passion and such intensity that it becomes spiritual in calling.
-Vincent Van Gogh
Email: Diana.Austin@wichita.edu
Office: 316-978-6149
SME: RR/LA/DA
Created: 08/25/2023 SA