Year: 2024

Mark your calendars to join the Academic Resources Conference (ARC), Jan. 13, 2025 through Jan. 17, 2025. The sessions this year continue to include topics ranging from Blackboard to Microsoft to mandatory trainings. This upcoming semester, one of the biggest changes coming is the move away from Panopto. This means that there will be sessions dedicated to video tools available to instructors as well as how to integrate them within the Blackboard environment.

Another change coming this year is how you can plan and access the sessions. As you decide which sessions you want to attend, you will have the option to register for that session which will include both the link to access the session as well as the ability to RSVP and get the session into your Outlook Calendar.

Visit the January 2025 ARC page to find a downloadable PDF schedule, see session descriptions, register and add sessions to your calendar and find meeting links.

The Graduate School will be closed from 11:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16 for a staff event. Items to be dropped off can be left in the locked drop box next to the office’s front door.

For the Tuesday, Dec. 17 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 3:30 p.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 3:30 p.m. Any unauthorized parking in a game day lot carries a $50 citation fine.

Wichita State senior Steven Soetjoadi was attracted to WSU because of the digital acting degree from the School of Digital Arts. Beyond his studies, he’s found a community at Shocker Studios that embraces inclusivity and ensures his needs are met with compassion and creativity.

Military and Veteran Services will provide stoles and cords for graduating student veterans for the fall semester. Call 316-978-3856 or stop by the office in 318 Student Success Center to pick them up. Students must show an ID and validate their graduation. Military and Veteran Services office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Financial Services and Payroll in 201/210 Jardine Hall will be closed from noon to 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13. The offices will re-open at normal business hours Monday, Dec. 16.

The College of Engineering has been ranked 20th nationally out of 550 colleges and universities in the Cyber Power Rankings, which were created by Cyber Skyline in partnership with the National Cyber League (NCL). The rankings represent the ability of students to perform real-world cybersecurity tasks on the Cyber Skyline platform.

Students from the School of Computing within the College of Engineering and the Wichita Linux Users Group (WuLug) competed in the NCL competition throughout the fall 2024 season, including individual and team Capture the Flag competitions. The top team from Wichita State, SKY-SHOC-2024, ranked 16th out of more than 4,800 teams. Students and their rankings were as follows:

Individual game (8,485 total players):

• Steven Janssen: 86th
• Daniel Halbleib: 166th
• Charlie Hill: 186th

Team game (4,894 total teams):

• SKY-SHOC-2024: Steven Janssen, Daniel Halbleib, Aidan McGillivray, Harsh Subnani, Corbin Huisman, Charlie Hill: 16th
• Kali Girls: Divy Patel, Arpan Day, Alex Harms, Stockton Underwood, Sophie Clark, Liv Robl: 75th
• Club Penguin: Hyacinthe Howell, Jack Delmar, Juniper Riot, Sophia Hunt, Koral Richardson, Morgan Stewart: 86th
• aPun: Hannah Nikkel, Sean Dugan, Remington Derksen, Liam Moore: 101st

WSU’s Information Technology Services (ITS) department, including the Technology Help Desk, will close at noon Thursday, Dec. 19.

The office will return to regular business hours on Friday, Dec. 20.

The Shocker Teaching Community of Practice Team will be hosting its spring 2025 High DF Course Institute from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, Jan. 10, 2025 in the Shocker Success Center and Ablah Library. The morning will provide instructors of high D/F courses with a community of practice to examine promising practices from the Student Experience Project as well as technology resources and resources from the Shocker Success Center that can be utilized with your course. With support of NISS funding, faculty who participate in this experience will receive $50.

Wichita State is focused on student success and persistence for every student from admission to completion. In spring 2022, WSU received the National Institute for Student Success report that focused on identifying and resolving institutional barriers to college completion. This report provided four recommendations that focused on key actions that all members of Wichita State (faculty, staff and administrators) should implement to fully support the success of each student. Within NISS recommendation one, WSU is focusing on the use of academic data for course retention in ongoing efforts to fully support student success and persistence. One such data source examined are high D/F courses. These are courses where a larger percentage of students are not successful and would benefit from continuous support.

The Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships will be closed on from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12. For urgent questions, contact 316-978-3430.