Year: 2024

Usha Haley, W. Frank Barton Distinguished Professor of International Business, was approached by CNET to explain the effects of the incoming administration’s policies on people’s wallets. Her response can be found in “Here’s What a Second Trump Term Means for Inflation, Taxes and Student Loans.”

Abby Arbeiter was attracted to Wichita State University because of its creative writing program in the Department of English. Since attending WSU, she had the opportunity to travel to Europe thanks to the WSU Travel Seminar and will be graduating with her bachelor’s in creative writing this fall. Her advice to other Shockers? “Never be afraid to put yourself out there.”

Arbeiter is one of more than 1,200 students eligible for fall 2024 graduation. Learn more about her time at Wichita State and what’s next for the grad.

The College of Engineering is hosting its fall 2024 Engineering Open House event from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6 in the John Bardo Center. Senior students will feature their projects on the first floor and the second floor concourse, while students enrolled in the first-year seminar will feature projects in the second and third floor hallways.

Students, staff, faculty and individuals from both Innovation Campus partners and community organizations are invited to attend. The event is an opportunity for students to showcase their work and practice presentation skills, for staff and faculty to show their support, and for companies and organizations to see the work our students are doing, as well as interact with prospective job candidates.

The Human Resources Office will close starting at noon Thursday Dec. 5 and will return to normal business hours the following day on Dec. 6.

Join the Women’s Leadership Initiative for its next book club. This time, the selection is “The Likeability Trap: How to Break Free and Succeed as You Are” by Alicia Menendez.

The event is open to anyone who would like to read this title with the group. Participants will meet twice in person: from 2 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19 and Jan. 16, both in 261 Rhatigan Student Center, Olive Room to discuss key takeaways and thoughts from the book. Reading during the winter break is a perfect way to unwind and reflect, making it an ideal time to dive into this inspiring book.

Visit the Shocker Financial Wellness “Coffee Chat” workshop anytime from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4 in Woolsey Hall or Thursday, Dec. 5 near the Rhatigan Student Center Starbucks Lounge. The team will share information on financial wellness, and students who stop by can also receive a $5 coupon for coffee (first-come, first-serve).

Student Conduct & Community Standards (SCCS) is raising awareness regarding certain policies in the Code of Conduct at WSU. For the month of December, it is discussing failure to comply and keys.

Did you know that the failure to comply policy is defined as “failure to comply with the reasonable directive or request (including appearing for meetings or student conduct hearings) of a university official, law enforcement officer, emergency responder, or any protective order including, but not limited to, protection from abuse or stalking orders, no contact orders, no trespass notices, building or campus ban/restriction, or removal from campus housing facilities.”

Additionally, the student code of conduct has the following policies on keys:

• Never engage in unauthorized possession, duplication or use of keys or access cards (including Shocker IDs and other forms of identification) or codes for any property, building, vehicle, structure or facility.

More details regarding failure to comply, keys and other policies in the Student Code of Conduct can be found in Section VI: Prohibited Conduct in the Student Code of Conduct Handbook.

SCCS is here to help ensure that all students’ experience are safe. As a faculty or staff member, if you need to report any potential conduct issues to the office through the school year, use the conduct incident response form. If you want to explore other reporting forms (such as the Academic Integrity reporting form) at Wichita State, visit wichita.edu/reportit.

Student Conduct & Community Standards (SCCS) is raising awareness regarding certain policies in the Code of Conduct at WSU. For the month of December, it is discussing failure to comply and keys.

Did you know that the failure to comply policy is defined as “failure to comply with the reasonable directive or request (including appearing for meetings or student conduct hearings) of a university official, law enforcement officer, emergency responder, or any protective order including, but not limited to, protection from abuse or stalking orders, no contact orders, no trespass notices, building or campus ban/restriction, or removal from campus housing facilities.”

Additionally, the student code of conduct has the following policies on keys:

• Never engage in unauthorized possession, duplication or use of keys or access cards (including Shocker IDs and other forms of identification) or codes for any property, building, vehicle, structure or facility.

More details regarding failure to comply, keys and other policies in the Student Code of Conduct can be found in Section VI: Prohibited Conduct in the Student Code of Conduct Handbook.

SCCS is here to help ensure that your student experience is safe. To report any potential conduct issues to the office through the school year, use the conduct incident response form. If you want to explore other reporting forms at Wichita State, visit wichita.edu/reportit.

The Wichita State Accounts Receivable Office would like to inform students that the IRS requires WSU to report all tuition charges with a valid social security number and legal name. To be eligible for the 2024 Higher Education Tax Credit, you must have your SSN on file with WSU by Dec. 31, 2024.

Please complete the W-9S form by logging into your myWSU portal, going to myFinances tab, under Accounts Receivable Links click on “Provide your SSN to WSU with the W-9S form.” Please return within seven days by mail to: WSU Accounts Receivable, 1845 Fairmount Box 38, Wichita, KS 67260-0038. Accounts Receivable recommends students protect their private information by not emailing this form.

For questions, contact Accounts Receivable at wsuaccountsreceivable@wichita.edu or call 316-978-3333 for assistance.

The AI boom has brought about many new, free products to the community. Information security has been investigating these AI driven products and how they represent themselves is not always what you expect.

Examples include:

• When you accept the terms and conditions to use the free model, any emails, text or chat messages, pictures and videos on the device can be collected and used to train, regardless of the sensitivity.
• Messaging, audio and video is being used to infer and report out a possibly inaccurate picture of an individual’s engagement and participation in meetings.
• Personal information collected in these systems is being sold to outside entities or reused without consent.

Is there an AI assistant you want to use? If so, reach out to the to the Data Management Committee by email at DataTransferReview@wichita.edu before engaging with free services. “Free” often means data, sensitive or not, becomes their data. Often times, ITS has cheaper, better and safer integrated solutions.

For more information on the safe and ethical use of generative AI, visit WSU Generative AI Guidelines.​