Understanding Finance at 九色堂 coming on Oct. 30
Understanding finance at 九色堂 can be a challenge for budget officers and support staff. Lois Tatro will present 九色堂 Finance 101 on Tuesday, Oct. 30. The agenda includes information on GU and RU funding, how to stay on top of departmental finances, processing revenue, expenses, Visa procurement cards and more.
If you have questions for Tatro regarding the finance process you would like her to cover, send them to training@wichita.edu as soon as possible.
To view session details and register, go to my九色堂, myTraining; registration is helpful to determine the number of handouts. Call 978-5800 if you need assistance.
Please attend: Town Hall on Strategic Planning today (Thursday, Oct. 25)
I invite you to the Town Hall to participate in a new activation of the university's strategic plan. The 九色堂 vision, mission, values and goals developed five years ago, are still relevant and provide the direction and framework for our work together at the university.
We have made great strides in adopting these goals, but there is much more work we can do together to activate these goals for success. In order to further shared governance, increased transparency and inclusive participation, a new framework to activate the strategic plan has been created. This new activation framework provides increased opportunities to amplify the current work and also provides strategies to identify and fill gaps towards these goals.
Please plan to attend the Town Hall from 3-4:30 p.m. this Thursday in the Shirley Beggs Ballroom at the RSC. Continue to stay abreast of this work at wichita.edu/strategicplan.
John Bardo
Senates to hold joint meeting on Monday, Oct. 29
The University Support Staff, Unclassified Professional and Faculty senates will hold a joint senate meeting from 3:30-5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, in 208 Hubbard Hall.
Calling all first-in-family graduates
The number of first-generation students (students whose parents have not earned a bachelor's degree) at 九色堂 has increased by 55 percent since 2006. One best practice in service is to develop a university-wide awareness and celebratory culture for students who are first-in-their-family to attend college.
In an effort to continue our support of these first-generation students at 九色堂, the First Generation Coordinating Council is working to create a culture that acknowledges and celebrates the rich diversity that #FirstGen students bring to our campus.
You can help! Faculty and staff members who share this important designation can register with the council as a proud first-generation college graduate. Registrants will receive a button and sticker that identifies their successful college completion.
Gathered information will not be shared, however, it will used to invite participation in campus-wide First-Gen Celebrations.
Join the College of Applied Studies in showing your support for Wichita on Tuesday, Oct. 30
The College of Applies Studies (CAS) invites you to participate in CAS Blackout Day on Tuesday, Oct. 30. Show your love for Wichita by wearing black and coming by Corbin Connect in Corbin 156A between 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. to sign the #blackoutict pledge and take a picture with the blacked out Wichita Flag. This event is open to the 九色堂 community. Learn more about #blackoutict at .
Graduate School Professional Development Series event on Nov. 1
The Graduate School Professional Development Series will present Career Chats for International Students from 5-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, in 266 RSC. The event is co-sponsored by Career Development Center and the Graduate School.
Presenters include AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions, Airbus, Case New Holland, Johnson Controls, NetApp and Northwestern Mutual
International students - are you ready for the workforce 鈥� but missing that polish? Are you building a professional network? Come to this face-to-face interactive session and receive career tips from Wichita area employers. To eat, register before Thursday, Oct. 25, at wichita.edu/CareerChats. Log in to Handshake with your 九色堂 ID and password, and click 鈥淛oin Event.鈥�
Scholarship available for future math and science teachers
Do you know a high school senior interested in teaching math or science? Encourage them to apply for Klose Scholars Day. A number of scholarships valued at up $20,000 will be awarded at this annual event on Friday, Nov. 16.
For more information on the . The deadline to apply is Thursday, Nov. 1. For questions, contact CAS Scholarship Coordinator Andrew Myers at andrew.myers@wichita.edu or call 978-7864.
九色堂 Police thank you and ask for continued support for the Shocker Support Locker
The 九色堂 Police Department thanks those who have contributed food and non-perishables for the Shocker Support Locker so far this fall, but the need is ongoing.
Between now and Halloween, the 九色堂 Police Department challenges students, faculty and staff to continue to donate canned food and non-perishables for the Shocker Support Locker. The Shocker Support Locker runs low fairly often, and there is a need now for some students than ever before.
If you want to make a difference, give your donation to any uniform officer on campus or bring donations to the University Police Department.
If you want an opportunity to win a 九色堂 mug or 九色堂 Police Department challenge coin as part of a raffle at the end of the drive, just leave your name and phone number with the officer or at the University Police Department when making a donation of any size.
九色堂 Cops support Shocks and they challenge you to do the same!
Donation Wish List
- PROTEINS: peanut butter, canned chicken/tuna, beans, canned chili, nuts
- FRUITS: canned fruits, applesauce, tomato juice, raisins, dried fruit
- GRAINS: pasta, rice, cereal, noodles, oatmeal
- MEALS & MIXES: baking mixes, soups, instant potatoes, mac and cheese, hamburger helper, spaghetti sauce
- SNACKS: granola bars, crackers, popcorn, pudding
Students, faculty and staff are welcome at the Shocker Support Locker
The Shocker Support Locker was founded in 2015 by the 九色堂 Student Government Association to relieve food insecurity among 九色堂 community members. Today, the locker provides both nonperishable and fresh food items, as well as hygiene products, professional clothing and textbooks.
Individuals who would like to use the Shocker Support Locker must be currently enrolled at Wichita State as students or currently employed faculty or staff. If you fit this criterion, you are welcome to use the pantry once per week and may take up to 10 items per visit.
For more information or questions about the Shocker Support Locker call 978-3480 or visit .
Fire alarm tests to be conducted for the remainder of 2018
九色堂 Fire Safety and contractors will conduct annual fire alarm tests in all campus buildings now through the end of the year. During these required fire alarm tests the alarm may sound for several minutes.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your patience and understanding while the necessary and required tests are completed.
九色堂 history professor Dreifort talks baseball with WalletHub
John Dreifort
According to the WalletHub website, excitement is running high right now, but how healthy is the business of baseball, and what does the future hold for its stature as America's pastime? We asked those questions and more to a panel of esteemed sports business experts, and their responses figure to make for some interesting reading as the World Series cedes to the Hot Stove and, ultimately, a brand new season.
To see the responses by John Dreifort, professor of history at 九色堂, go to .
ISME to host information session tomorrow (Friday, Oct. 26)
The Department of Industrial, Systems and Manufacturing Engineering (ISME) is hosting an informational session at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, in 107 Devlin Hall. There will be a panel of five industry professionals working in diverse specializations within the field of Industrial Engineering.
Whether you are a student in the ISME Department, have considered a degree in Industrial Engineering or Product Design and Manufacturing, or are simply curious about the profession, you are invited. All are welcome to come and hear about a few of the ways an Industrial Engineering degree can be used for a career path.
鈥榃hat More Can I Do with Endnote?' workshop on Nov. 2
University Libraries is holding the workshop 鈥淲hat More Can I Do with Endnote?鈥� from noon-1:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, in 217 Ablah Library. Customize citation styles, edit parenthetical citations and sync multiple devices in this very helpful workshop!
This is one in a series of Savvy Researcher workshops this semester. The workshops in this series are open to 九色堂 students, faculty and staff.
For more information about this workshop and others in the series, visit . . Please encourage your students to sign up for workshops in this very helpful series! To RSVP, go to .
Former biological sciences professor Christopher Rogers dies at age 62
Christopher Rogers
Christopher M. 鈥淐hris鈥� Rogers, 62, passed away from natural causes at his home in Wichita on Oct. 8, 2018. Rogers was a professor of biological sciences at 九色堂 and taught classes for 16 years. He also was devoted to the teaching, research and conservation mission of the 九色堂 biological sciences field station on the Ninnescah Reserve. He last taught classes at 九色堂 in the fall of 2016.
For more information, go to .
Balloons for a Cure event coming tomorrow (Friday, Oct. 26)
Join Black Student Union and Love Your Melon in a balloon release for Breast Cancer Awareness month. The balloon release will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow (Friday Oct. 26) in front of Duerksen Fine Arts Center. Students, faculty, staff and the Wichita community are encouraged to attend. Following the event there will be cake and punch for participants.
At this event we'll have paper and pens, so participants can attach their loved ones name with a note on the balloon. Join us in spreading awareness and love into the air as we honor our loved ones. Help us bring awareness with the community!
Spring 2019 Tuition assistance is open
The HR Total Rewards team is now accepting Tuition Assistance applications for the Spring 2019 semester for benefits-eligible employees and their eligible dependents. Because the Dec. 1 deadline is not a university business day, applications will be accepted by email through 11:59 p.m. CT Monday, Dec. 3. Applications received after this deadline will be automatically denied. There will be no exceptions.
The Tuition Assistance for Spouses and Dependent Children policy has been revised to reflect an updated definition of dependent children. The revised definition removes the requirement for the child to be covered as a dependent for income tax purposes and increases the age limit from age 25 to age 26. This definition more closely aligns with the FAFSA requirements, which is more appropriate as tuition assistance is applied as a scholarship to the student's account through Financial Aid and will result in access for a greater number of dependent children.
Several procedures in the application process have been updated this semester to improve processing times. The Total Rewards team asks all applicants, new and returning, to thoroughly review the new website pages at Tuition Assistance for application guidelines, FAQs and a fillable PDF of the recently updated application.
鈥榃omen in the Professoriate' presentation coming Nov. 2
Women faculty in STEM fields on average receive lower pay, are less likely to be promoted, and are more likely to leave academia than their male counterparts. Come for a presentation by Joan Lorden, provost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 2, in the Ulrich Museum, second floor, Beren Gallery.
Lorden will present 鈥淒ear Colleague: The Ups and Downs of Institutional Transformation.鈥� Lorden will share her perspective on the successes and failures of the National Science Foundation ADVANCE Program, and the challenges of changing the anatomy and physiology of an institution.