Year: 2024

Sponsored by the French Division of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures (MCLL) at Wichita State, French Ciné-Club is presenting “Les Intouchables” with English subtitles at 4 p.m. Friday, March 1 in 209 Hubbard Hall followed by a short discussion.

The event is open to everyone and popcorn is provided.

Health, Outreach, Prevention and Education (HOPE) Services is offering a substance use and mental wellness prevention course from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, March 7 in 245 Rhatigan Student Center, CUW Room.

The course aims to help students, faculty and staff develop tools to reflect on how they engage with substances, stigma related to substance use disorder and how to best support members of their community. Participants will receive a free Suspenders4Hope T-shirt on completion of the training.

Those interested in attending, students can register by submitting a form online and faculty and staff can register through myTraining.

The WSU FAFSA Tour will be at the John Bardo Center from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28 in the computer lab, room 340.

Join the event to get help in completing your 2024-25 FAFSA from the Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships. For more information on what to bring, visit the FAFSA webpage (wichita.edu/FAFSA).

Join the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) and student organization Shelf Care in celebrating the women who wrote history from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, March 8 in 266 Rhatigan Student Center, Pike Room, for Women’s History Month.

Honor women authors from various genres, eras and nationalities with an interactive display and bookmark making. The presentation by Shelf Care is at 4 p.m. with free snacks and a chance to win a prize.

Stay tuned for more Women’s History Month events from ODI.

The new Ultra Course View has tools that make it easy for students to find upcoming assignments. All assignments can be accessed through either the “Gradebook” link or the “Calendar” link in your Ultra class, and assignments in the “Gradebook” area can be sorted easily using the column headings.

Students can sort by due date, submission status and by grade. In the “Calendar” area, students can look at due dates by day or by month. Each assignment listed in the “Gradebook” and “Calendar” is also a “clickable link” that takes the students directly to the assignment so they can begin work.

Share this valuable information with your students, and when you set up future courses in Ultra, try out the “Student Preview” (upper right corner) tool to see for yourself how your students will be able to access assignments.

Loren Belew, civic engagement coordinator for the Office of Student Engagement, Advocacy and Leadership, secured a seat on the 2024 Students Learn Students Vote (SLSV) Advisory Board.

The SLSV Coalition is a nationwide nonpartisan network committed to boosting student voter turnout and awareness across college campuses. Sixteen leaders from across the United States were selected to lead educational opportunities for students and facilitate access to voter registration. During the 2020 presidential election cycle, the SLSV Coalition played a major role in doubling the national student voter turnout compared to previous election years. The advisory board has great expectations for the 2024 election.

“I look forward to serving on the SLSV board and think it will be a great opportunity to work with other colleges, universities and nonprofits to talk and learn about best practices and ways to engage students in voting and civic engagement,” Belew said.” I hope that I will also be able to share some of these resources with our own campus and that we may be able to incorporate them into our own voter engagement initiatives.”

Belew earned her place in the board based on her dedication to civic engagement and commitment to having Wichita State recognized as a voter-friendly campus. In her role, Belew collaborates closely with the Shockers Vote Coalition and its delegates, ensuring all voices of Wichita State are heard in the upcoming elections. Additionally, she provides guidance to the Community Service Board, further emphasizing her dedication to bringing civic awareness to the campus community.

With a student enrollment exceeding 23,000 at Wichita State, enhancing student voter turnout can greatly impact election results. By fostering a community of civic engagement and awareness on campus, Belew aims to empower students to actively participate in elections.

Jessica Newman, assistant educator in the Elliott School of Communication, produces and hosts the podcast Create Space. The show focuses on creativity and storytelling and has featured WSU faculty, students and alums.

The episode, “Literature in the Audio Age,” is a multidisciplinary collaboration between two departments in the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Jessica is joined by Dr. Katie Lanning, assistant professor of English. Dr. Lanning is pioneering a new course at Wichita State titled “Literature in the Audio Age,” set to launch in fall 2024. In the episode, she gives a preview of the course as she and Jessica explore the fascinating intersection of literature and audio technology.

They dissect a piece of Shakespeare and discuss its meaning in the context of audio technology’s rapid growth. Listeners will learn how the experience of literature transforms in the dynamic landscape of the audio age, where podcasts, audiobooks and immersive soundscapes are reshaping the way people engage with narratives.

Listen to the podcast online or wherever you get your podcasts.

Wednesdays in Wiedemann continues with Professor Lynne Davis at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 6 in Wiedemann Hall on the Marcussen organ.

Admission to the half hour recital is available at no additional charge, and the event will be livestreamed on the School of Music Facebook page.

The program includes transcriptions to two famous songs by Gabriel Fauré as well as variations on the old Flemish tune, “Est-ce Mars?” (“Is it the God of War, Mars?”) by Sweelinck.

Arzu Ozkal, visiting artist, will give a talk in conjunction with “SanDiego/Wichita Mail Art/Design/Play” — a collaborative exhibition between Ozkal and Dr. Irma Puškarević, assistant professor of graphic design — at 4 p.m. Wednesday March 6 in McKnight Art Center. A reception will follow from 5 to 6 p.m.

Ozkal (she/her/ella) is a Turkish born, San Diego, California based artist, designer and researcher. Ozkal’s practice is committed to fostering collaboration and inclusivity while critically engaging with social and cultural issues. A graphic design professor at San Diego State University, Ozkal holds an M.F.A. from the University at Buffalo, SUNY and a B.F.A. from Bilkent University.

Annual non-teaching employee performance evaluations for 2023-24 are now accessible to managers to complete the manager review step of the myPerformance evaluation cycle. Managers, go to myPerformance to access and complete performance evaluations for your non-teaching employees which are due by 11:59 p.m. Feb. 29.

Follow these steps to complete your evaluations for the 2023-24 review period which began March 1, 2023 and end Feb. 29:

• Provide summary comments for expectations, competencies and goals.
• Select rating for all competencies.
• Progress through each page of the evaluation and select “save” then “submit” on the final summary page for the evaluation.
• Meet with your employee(s) to review their evaluation and provide them with a copy.

Helpful hints:

• Managers have unlimited access to update and edit performance evaluations throughout the month of February.
• Evaluations must be saved and submitted to progress to the employee signature step on March 1. Employees will not have access to their evaluation if the manager has not submitted their review.
• Managers can add co-planners during this step. A co-planner is someone who has managed a portion of the employee’s work assignment during the evaluation period.
• To find in-progress or past evaluations in myPerformance, check the small box “Show completed and expired tasks” then click “search.”

NOTE: End of year performance review conversations are also a great time to set expectations and goals for the new review period. The 2024-25 evaluations are now accessible to managers in myPerformance so you can discuss both the current end-of-review (2023-24 Manager Review) and the upcoming begin-of-review (2024-25 Planning) at the same time, if desired.

For more information (including myPerformance training, quick reference guides and other resources) go to the myPerformance webpage (wichita.edu/myPerformance).