Year: 2024

Beginning January 2024, ITS will conduct a research and inventory initiative to better understand printer and copier usage across the campus. ITS believes the information gathered from this research will significantly enhance the printing experience and help it make informed decisions about its printing resources.

Here is what to expect:

• A dedicated student team will visit every office on campus. Their mission is to assess the number of printers in use in each office.
• These students will carefully pull reports from each printer, allowing ITS to gather valuable data for analysis and to identify best practices.
• The ITS team will be in touch with each department to coordinate a convenient date and time for the visit, ensuring a smooth process.

ITS appreciates the campus’s cooperation and willingness to assist in this project. The support and collaboration are crucial to its success in making printing at Wichita State more efficient and sustainable.

Questions regarding this initiative can be sent to Warren Glore, ITS project manager, at warren.glore@wichita.edu.

KMUW’s monthly book club, Literary Feast, features selections made by its staff. For January, KMUW is reading “This Other Eden” by Paul Harding.

Participants will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31 at KMUW for a group discussion over dinner. Dinner is provided by Public, and guests are invited to bring a beverage to share with the group.

In the event of inclement weather and/or an emergency event, the university shall take all reasonable measures to protect the health and safety of students, faculty and staff.

Should such an event occur, the university may implement a temporary adjustment to its class and/or operations, including late start and moving class instruction and non-critical operations to remote delivery, where possible. Critical campus operations will continue to operate on-campus to the fullest extent possible.

In order to facilitate the university’s decision making and communication process, and to recognize potential childcare challenges faced by university students and employees, the university will typically align with USD 259 in closing campus facilities or moving to remote learning/operations due to inclement weather or national, state or local emergencies.

See the full WSU inclement weather guidelines.

Please take a moment to read how you will be informed of changes to normal on-campus operations:

• We strongly encourage you to sign up for the ShockerAlert System, which will send weather and class alerts to your phone and email.
• In the event of a change to normal on-campus operations, you will also receive a message to your WSU email account.
• The Wichita State website will be updated with a warning message during a inclement weather or emergency situation that impacts classes or activities on campus.
• WSU’s official X account and Facebook page will be updated with pertinent information.

For more information about the weather outlook at any time, consult the National Weather Service forecast for Wichita.

Shockers are invited to attend the Panhellenic Recruitment Experience and visit all five chapter houses at Wichita State from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20 on N. Omega Court, north of campus.

The Panhellenic Council hopes that students find their home on campus and can’t wait to welcome everyone to the Panhellenic community.

For more information about its chapters, visit the Panhellenic Council webpage and follow the Panhellenic Council on Instagram.

The Shocker men’s basketball team welcome in some familiar faces when it plays against Memphis at noon Sunday, Jan. 14 in Charles Koch Arena.

Tickets can be picked up at the Koch Arena ticket office, Shocker Hall, Shocker Suites, Heskett Center, WSU south and west campuses, or either the Braeburn Square or Rhatigan Student Center Shocker Store.

Click on the session link to add it to your Outlook calendar or visit the January 2024 ARC webpage for direct meeting links.

Wednesday, Jan. 10:

• 9 a.m.: What Faculty need to Know about Navigate – Brent Bruner, assistant vice president of Student Success and Persistence; Kim Sandlin, director of Student Success
• 10 a.m.: Mandatory Accessibility Training – John Jones, executive director of the Media Resources Center
• 11 a.m.: Using ChatGPT’s Virtual Agents as Personal Assistants – John Jones
• Noon, hybrid: Panel Hour: The Impact of Generative AI on Business and Work – Moderator: Tonya Witherspoon, associate vice president of industry engagement & applied learning; panelists from campus industry partners
• 1 p.m.: Using Adobe’s AI Features to Support Your Classroom – Eric Rowse, Adobe
• 2-4 p.m., hybrid: Culturally Responsive Practices – Dr. Bobby Berry, assistant dean in the College of Applied Studies; Dr. Sara Mata, executive director of Hispanic Serving Institution; Dr. Jennifer Friend, dean, College of Applied Studies
  • Note: This session will be in-person and online. Attend in person at 231/232 Woolsey Hall. If you plan to attend the workshop, fill out this form so organizers can plan for online and F2F participants.
• 4:15-6 p.m., in-person only: Wichita State Connect Mixer – Hosted by Provost Shirley Lefever
  • Note: This event is in-person only at the old Wonder School location: 1900 Research Place (west of Woolsey Hall)

For the Sunday, Jan. 14 Shocker men’s basketball game, a number of lots in the vicinity of Charles Koch Arena will be reserved for Shocker Athletic Scholarship Organization parking beginning at 9 a.m. During this time, signage will be in place alerting drivers of the impending lot assignment changes.

Anyone previously parked in these lots will need to move their cars by 9 a.m. Any unauthorized parking in a game day lot carries a $50 citation fine.

In response to the current inclement weather, Wichita State University will move to remote operations, effective immediately. Critical campus operations will remain open.

Critical campus operations that will remain open include student housing, dining options (which may reduce business hours as needed), campus police, facilities services, research laboratories (at faculty discretion), student wellness (which may reduce business hours as needed) and operations otherwise designated by the president, athletic director or any vice president.

At this time, university operations are expected to resume Wednesday as scheduled.

In response to the current inclement weather, Wichita State University will move to remote operations, effective immediately. Critical campus operations will remain open, and employees who support these operations are expected to report to campus. All other employees should work remotely when possible. Pre-session classes will be moved to remote delivery. 

At this time, classes and university operations are expected to resume Wednesday as scheduled. 

Students with questions can reach out to their instructors, and employees can reach out to their supervisors. 

Critical campus operations that will remain open include student housing, dining options (which may reduce business hours as needed), campus police, facilities services, research laboratories (at faculty discretion), student wellness (which may reduce business hours as needed) and operations otherwise designated by the president, athletic director or any vice president. 

Employees can refer to the timekeeping website for more information on time reporting, pay and leave.  

See university inclement weather guidelines for general information

Additional updates will be shared as it becomes available. Thank you for your cooperation as we work together to ensure the safety of our campus community.  

Training for GTAs is set from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10 in 305/306 Rhatigan Student Center, Beggs Ballroom. Faculty and staff are asked to encourage students who are new GTAs to attend. GTA training also has an online component that students must complete in Blackboard.

Incoming Graduate Research Assistants are invited to attend the same training from 10:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A split session will cover the rights and duties of GRAs.

Check-in starts at 8:30 a.m.