Year: 2024

The 2025 fiscal and academic year annual appointment notices will be available online the week beginning Monday, July 15. They will not be printed and distributed to departments. Please log in and acknowledge your appointment notice by the Saturday, Aug. 31 deadline.

Please note that University Support Staff (USS) and non-benefit-eligible employees (students, lecturers and temporary employees) are not subject to the annual appointment notice process.

Therefore, Unclassified Professionals (UP) and faculty can view, electronically acknowledge and print their 2025 appointment notice through myWSU:

• myWSU (Chrome is the preferred browser.)
• Faculty/Staff tab
• Human Resources links
• Notice of appointment (You may need to clear the browser cache to see the link.)

The 2025 appointment notices will be available to view, electronically acknowledge, print and revisit through Aug. 31. Due to the sensitive nature of this data, always close the browser to protect privacy.

Contact the Help Desk at 316-978-4357 for assistance with logging into myWSU, if needed.

For questions with any of the information contained on your fiscal year 2025 appointment notice, discuss with your supervisor and they may contact HR.ServiceCenter@wichita.edu if needed.

Note: Appointment notices are generated at a specific point in time* with the beginning of the fiscal year for staff (or academic year for faculty). If your information changes after that point in time, it will not be reflected on the 2025 appointment notice.

*If you were impacted by the FLSA changes that were effective with the June 23 pay period, those will be included on your appointment notice.

Gain a deeper understanding of how to write grants with the Successful Grantwriting 101 series of Badges at Wichita State. This two-part Badge series, designed for full-time professionals, starts with information on narrative writing and budgets and concludes with learning deeper theory and practice.

Wichita State has been a national leader in creating a standard for microcredentials, allowing employers to be confident that meaningful learning has occurred, so you can confidently list a badge you’ve earned from WSU on your resume.

To learn more about Badges, including how to enroll for the fall 2024 semester, visit wichita.edu/badges, or fill out the Badge interest form for any questions you may have.

Professionals looking to boost their skillsets can enroll in the one or many of the Badge courses offered at Wichita State. These badges can not only teach you new skills, but also enhance your current knowledge base.

One such series of Badges is the Engineering Computer Programming series, which includes different segments of computer programming, designed for professionals with an engineering background. Badges in this series cover basic computer programming, linear systems, numerical analysis and optimization.

Badges are bite-sized, one credit hour or less courses designed to work within the working professional’s schedule. They can be taken at your own pace and use Open Educational Resources, meaning you don’t need to pay for a textbook.

To learn more about Badges, including how to enroll for the fall 2024 semester, visit wichita.edu/badges, or fill out the Badge interest form for any questions you may have.

Wichita State has been a leader in creating a standard for microcredentials, allowing employers to be confident that meaningful learning has occurred when you list the badge on your resume. Badges are developed with input from employers, government licensing agencies, trade associations and faculty.

Those looking to deepen their understanding of globalization and its effects on the business world can take one or many Badges in the Global Business series here at Wichita State. Badges in the series cover the implications of globalization, differing cultures, exporting and entering foreign markets.

Badges are bite-sized, one credit hour or less courses that you can take at your own pace during the semester. These badges are developed in concert with employers, government licensing agencies, trade associations and faculty, meaning employees and employers alike can be confident that meaningful learning occurred.

To learn more about Badges, including how to enroll for the fall 2024 semester, visit wichita.edu/badges, or fill out the Badge interest form for any questions you may have.

Wichita State has been a national leader in creating a standard for microcredentials.

Professionals can learn new skills or enhance what they already know with Badges at Wichita State, such as with the Professional Writing series, which covers a breadth of topics to bring your writing to a higher level.

Badges are bite-sized, one credit hour or less courses that can be taken at your own pace using Open Educational Resources. Registering in the Professional Writing series can help you gain skills in areas such as creating your resume and cover letter or writing and editing for social media. Or you can learn more about presenting online, writing professional correspondence or developing researching grants.

To learn more about Badges, including how to enroll for the fall 2024 semester, visit wichita.edu/badges, or fill out the Badge interest form for any questions you may have.

Wichita State has been a national leader in creating a standard for microcredentials, allowing employers to be confident that meaningful learning has occurred, so you can confidently list a badge from WSU on your resume.

Research Place, near Wichita State Connect and the WSU Police Department, will be closed while Facility Services begins repainting starting Monday, July 8. Work is expected to last until Thursday, July 11.

Road markings across campus will then be repainted through July 19, weather permitting.

Fairmount Street, North Yale Avenue and Mike Oatman Drive will be restriped at a later date. Stay tuned in the newsletter for more information.

Professionals looking to boost their skillsets or retrain for new opportunities can enroll in the many Badge courses offered at Wichita State in the fall 2024 semester. With Badges, professionals can take bite-sized, one credit hour or less courses to learn or enhance their skills.

Wichita State has been a national leader in creating a standard for microcredentials, allowing employers to be confident that meaningful learning has occurred when you list the badge on your resume. Badges are developed with input from employers, government licensing agencies, trade associations and faculty.

One such series of Badges is the Human Resource Management series, which can enhance your capabilities of being an effective supervisor. Badges in this series cover designing jobs, recruiting, hiring, managing and mentoring employees.

To learn more about Badges, including how to enroll, visit wichita.edu/badges, or fill out the Badge interest form for any questions you may have.

Those looking for new opportunities can enroll in the many Badge courses offered at Wichita State, such as with the Creative Interventions series. Badges in this series cover trauma informed care, mindfulness in practice and creative process in practice.

Badges are bite-sized, one credit hour or less courses, which are developed with input from employers, government licensing agencies, trade associations and faculty, allowing employers to be confident that meaningful learning has occurred.

The Trauma Informed Care Badge qualifies under the Aetna Better Health Workforce Badge Scholarship, which you can apply for online. To learn more about Badges, including how to enroll for the fall 2024 semester, visit wichita.edu/badges, or fill out the Badge interest form for any questions you may have.

Wichita State has been a national leader in creating a standard for microcredentials.

Wichita State’s Office of Human Resources will operate remotely on Friday, July 5. The physical office on campus will not be open. However, should you need to reach HR, call 316-978-3065 or email HR.ServiceCenter@wichita.edu. It will resume normal business hours starting Monday, July 8.

The Office of Student Accommodations and Testing will offer a new resource for all students this fall semester. Join a virtual presentation from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 10 on how Kurzweil 3000 can help increase student success. Participants will need to sign up online, and a training link will be sent to them.

Kurzweil 3000 is an accessibility software designed to help students learn course materials in school. With functions such as text-to-speech, highlighting and integrated notetaking and brainstorming, this assistive technology enables students with learning difficulties to fully engage in what they are learning and to focus on the tasks at hand.