Year: 2024

There are many reasons to love the winter season, holidays, snow and sweater weather to name a few. However, one thing people do not love about winter is the flu season. The tips and resources below will help you to protect yourself and others and help stop the spread of germs:

• The best way to stay healthy during flu season is by getting the flu vaccine each year.
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick. When you are sick, wear a mask and keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick too.
• Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. Flu viruses spread mainly by droplets from cough and sneezing.
• Wash your hands often. If soap and water are not available, use hand sanitizer.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs can spread when a person touches something contaminated with germs and then touches their eyes, nose or mouth.
• Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces at home, work or school, especially when someone is ill.
• Get plenty of sleep, be physically active, manage your stress, drink plenty of fluids and eat nutritious food.
• If possible, stay home from work, school and errands when you are sick.

For questions or to make an appointment with Student Health Services, call 316-978-4792.

Blackboard courses, especially those in the Ultra Course Format, rely heavily on the course messages feature over email. Many instructors prefer to receive emails from their students, however. The good news is that both are possible.

If you turn on the Blackboard setting that sends email notifications right away when a student sends you a course message, you will be notified of the message both via email and within your Blackboard class. Not only does this allow instructors to respond to course messages quickly, it also creates a permanent record of the contact within your course, so it is easy for you to refer to it later if necessary.

Learn how to turn on immediate email notifications. Have other questions about Ultra? Check back each Wednesday for a new tip, or reach out to the Office of Instructional Resources directly at OIR@wichita.edu. And remember: spring 2024 is the last semester Wichita State will offer courses in Blackboard Original course format. All courses will be offered in Ultra as of summer 2024.

Blackout mental health stigma with Suspenders4Hope at the Shocker men’s basketball game at 11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 11 in Charles Koch Arena

Suspenders4Hope shirts will be given out to the first 1,000 attendees, and those who already have a Suspenders4Hope shirt are encouraged to wear theirs. In support of the cause, 5% of all proceeds from the Shocker Store sales in Koch Arena on game day will be donated.

Students can get tickets at no additional charge with their Shocker ID. Tickets can be purchased for the game by calling the Shocker Ticket Office at 316-978-3267 or on the online ticket office.

Visit the Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes on Valentine’s Day, Wednesday Feb. 14, and the first 100 people to make a purchase that day will receive a complimentary plush pair. Operating hours are from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

The Office of Strategic Communications will offer headshot photos to WSU faculty and staff at no additional charge. These opportunities are quick and walk-in only without needing to schedule an appointment.

The next headshot photo event is from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28 in 142 Rhatigan Student Center, Harvest Room.

Additional dates will be announced in the future.

Meet the Society of Public Historians for its first monthly meeting of the semester at noon Thursday, Feb. 15 in the Fiske Hall lobby.

Members will discuss the Spring Walking Tour as well as other upcoming plans for the club and hopes to see the campus community at the meeting.

Elizabeth King, president and CEO of the WSU Foundation and Alumni Engagement, will be retiring from the university after nearly 33 years of service. Join WSUFAE for a reception in her honor on Monday, Feb. 12, in the Marcus Welcome Center. The campus community is encouraged to drop by between 3-4 p.m., with the reception opening to the many donors, alumni and university friends King has worked with from 4-6 p.m. Special remarks will take place at 5:15 p.m.

Come one, come all to the first ever Student Veterans Organization (SVO) chili day. Officers of the SVO will be set up from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13 in 265 Rhatigan Student Center.

This is a fundraising event aiming to boost awareness of the club and other veteran services offered on campus. Attendees will have a choice between deer, meat-less, bean-less or classic chili and a variety of toppings for $3. First come, first served while supplies last.

To declare your candidacy for the upcoming Student Government Association (SGA) general elections, visit the SGA elections webpage and fill out the candidate application form through ShockerSync.

If you’re interested in joining SGA and making a difference on campus, stop by one of the “Intent to Run” sessions to learn more. The deadline for submitting an application is by 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25.

For more information, contact sga.elections@wichita.edu or visit 219 Rhatigan Student Center, and follow SGA on Instagram, Facebook and X.

Usha Haley — W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair in International Business — a Barton School graduate program and the World Trade Council of Wichita (WTCouncil) were highlighted in the latest issue of EFMD’s Global Focus magazine on “Internationalizing the Business School in a Changing World.” The article on “Societal Impact through Sustainable Scholarship” written by Usha, Sir Cary Cooper (Alliance Manchester Business School) and Andrew Jack (Financial Times) is available to read online on Global Focus Magazine.

With a worldwide network of 30,000 management professionals from academia, business, public service and consultancies, EFMD Global is a non-profit organization dedicated to management development and, along with AACSB and AMBA, recognized globally as one of three major accreditation bodies for business schools, business school programs and corporate universities.