Year: 2024

The interior lobby at Parking Services will be temporarily closed for repair work Friday, June 14. For assistance, call 316-978-5526 or visit the drive-through on the north side of the building.

Visit the Shocker Store in the Rhatigan Student Center for a Stuff the Bag sale Thursday, June 6.

Take an extra 20% off clearance merchandise that you can stuff into the tote bag. Plus, the first 60 people get a free tote. Some exclusions apply. Not valid with other discounts or promotions.

Rachel Amerson, Ph.D., was promoted to training director of Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). Rachel has been at CAPS for three years, starting as a trainee herself in her doctoral internship.

Since then, she has been passionate about supporting trainees and expanding the training opportunities at CAPS. Rachel has also taken over the training director position for the APA accredited Wichita Collaborative Psychology Internship Program (WCPIP), which includes internship opportunities at CAPS, University of Kansas Medical Center and Prairie View.

An Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) Operations and Maintenance Class will be held June 10-14 at the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) on campus.

The newly developed training program teaches attendees how to operate and maintain an AFP machine using basic and advanced functions. There are still spots available for this four-day hands-on class, which includes instruction on compatible materials, machine limitations and challenges associated with performing a successful layup.

Attendees will also learn how to disassemble certain modules and parts on the machine. Learn more about this unique opportunity to take the first steps toward adoption of AFP technology.

The Evelyn Hendren Cassat Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic at Wichita State is open all summer, offering services to the public and the WSU community. The clinic provides services to people across all ages who have communication difficulties, including speaking, hearing, swallowing and spoken and written language impairments. The clinic offers hearing evaluations to faculty and staff at no additional charge.

The Speech-Language-Hearing clinic is located in the Hughes Metropolitan Complex at the intersection of 29th and Oliver. Call 316-978-3289 to schedule an appointment.

Wichita State University recently won a $10,000 prize in the inaugural Accelerate Pitch Competition that will help the university build on its success with Shocker Pre-Season programs by offering adult learners a chance to start the school year confident and connected.

WSU’s Office of Online and Adult Learning will use the prize from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU) to fund Shocker Pre-Season programs to ensure adult learners have a smooth transition into the university through an adult learner-specific summer bridge program.

“The data shows Shocker Pre-Season programs make a significant impact on student success,” said Brett Bruner, assistant vice president student success and persistence at Wichita State. “Our Shocker Pre-Season programs are events that prepare new Shockers for the academic year. We focus on building social and academic connections and building resource awareness.”

The Shocker Teaching Community of Practice is available for all who teach at WSU (tenured, tenure-track and non-tenure track faculty, adjunct faculty, GTAs, etc.). The Shocker Teaching Community of Practice, rooted in the Student Experience Project created by the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities and the Coalition of Urban-Serving Universities, provides a monthly gathering space for community members to learn about, implement and reflect on the five core components of student success that can be implemented in teaching practices.

Monthly meeting times will be set based on availability of members of the Shocker Teaching Community of Practice. To join the Shocker Teaching Community of Practice for the 2024-25 academic year, fill out the online form.

For questions or more information about the Shocker Teaching Community of Practice, contact Brett Bruner, assistant vice president for Student Success & Persistence, at brett.bruner@wichita.edu.

Lots 9W and 9E, the parking lots along 17th Street near Ahlberg Hall, will be closed Friday, June 6 for orientation. Students that typically park in these lots will need to park in other green lots at this time.

Red reserved and ADA stalls are not subject to lot closures and proper use is permitted during this time. Green lots are open for the summer, all other lots are still enforced.

Wichita State’s badge program makes workforce training and continuing education accessible and affordable. Each badge is designed with the practicing professional in mind so coursework can be completed online and at your own pace.

The Diversity at Work series of badges offer essential information about diverse populations and best practices in providing opportunities for all employees. Badges included in this series are:

• Ability at Work
• Age at Work
• Gender at Work
• Origin at Work
• Religion at Work
• Shape at Work

To register for a badge program, follow the admission/enrollment instructions. For additional assistance, fill out the badge form and a representative from WSU will contact you to assist you with the admission and enrollment process.

The following faculty were approved for sabbaticals:

Suhair Abdinnour, professor — FREDS
Neal Allen, associate professor — Department of Political Science
Abu Asaduzzaman, associate professor — Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Amy Chesser, professor — Department of Public Health Sciences
Hussein Hamdeh, professor — Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics
Jens Kreinath, associate professor — Department of Anthropology
Hyuck Kwon, professor — Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Chengzong Pang, associate professor — Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Atul Rai, associate professor — School of Accountancy
Nickolas Solomey, professor — Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics
Sam Taylor, associate professor — Department of English
Mary Waters, professor — Department of English