Year: 2024

Student Conduct & Community Standards (SCCS) is wanting to raise awareness regarding certain policies in the Code of Conduct at WSU. For the month of October, it is discussing Academic Integrity.

Did you know that Academic Integrity is any act or action which includes:

• Plagiarism
• Unauthorized use or possession of materials or resources
• Unauthorized collaboration or consultation
• Fabrication, falsification or misrepresentation of information
• Academic interference
• Unauthorized resubmission
• Facilitation of academic misconduct
• Bribery
• Unauthorized sale, distribution or receipt of academic materials
• Research misconduct as identified in policy 9.13/Misconduct in Research.

More details regarding Academic Integrity violations can be found in Section VI: Prohibited Conduct in the Academic Integrity Handbook.

As a faculty or staff member, you are required to report academic integrity issues to the SCCS office, if outcomes are assigned to the student, such as an assignment grade reduction, course grade reduction, assignment resubmission, etc. Use the academic integrity report form. To explore other reporting forms (such as the Conduct Reporting Form) at Wichita State, visit the Report It webpage (wichita.edu/reportit).

Come join the School of Education Fall Colloquium at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7 in 110B Woolsey Hall with guest speaker Dr. Priya V. Prasad, associate professor of mathematics at the University of Texas to speak about humanizing grading practices.

Humanizing grading practices have become more popular lately, especially at the college level and in STEM courses. However, many faculty struggle to find ways to incorporate humanizing grading practices into courses with many students or that are governed by strict institutional guidelines. In this discussion, the speaker hopes to connect humanizing grading practices with other pedagogical commitments (such as the Rights of the Learner) to help faculty create their own roadmaps into humanizing their grading practices.

This panelist event is focusing on artificial intelligence in P-12 Education: opportunities and challenges. It will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21 at Wichita State Connect. The event is free and dinner will be provided.

The panelists are Rae Niles, Rob Dickson, Dyane Smokorowski and Carolyn Speer. This event is presented by Credit Union of America

Bring a sack lunch or purchase a treat from the Shawarma Ur’s food truck and join the Ulrich Museum of Art for an artist talk with members of Sip & Stitch, a group of fiber artist friends who enjoy getting together for wine and creative time, from 12:15 to 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3.

Known for their recent “yarn bombing” of the Tom Otterness bronze sculpture “Millipede” (Millie), as well as a campus-wide yarn bombing in 2014, this group of 16 artists worked for eight months using approximately 25,000 to 30,000 yards of yarn to create 24 sections of handwork — knitting, crochet, cross-stitch and crewel embroidery — which they installed on Aug. 27.

Visit Millie in the garden south of the Ulrich Museum to hear about the artists’ process at this free event.

In conjunction with Empty Bowls Wichita, Wichita Ceramic National’s featured artist, Lisa Orr, will give an artist lecture at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3 in the Beren Gallery of the Ulrich Museum of Arts on her softly formed ceramic artworks for the table inspired by the playful and abundant qualities of Mexican earthenware. Orr is an American potter and a teacher of ceramics who has work in both public and private collections and shows her work nationally as well as internationally.

Learn about Lisa’s inspiration and process using gestural animals, stamps, slips, sprigs and multi-hued glazes. Join a reception at 3:30 p.m. with the program following at 4 p.m.

The School of Art, Design and Creative Industries is proud to present MIDPOINT, a two-day typography event. Confirmed guests include Shani Avni, Ismar David Visiting Assistant Curator at the Cary Graphic Arts Collection, RIT; and Dave Crossland, project manager at Google Fonts.

Shani Avni will be leading a free letterpress and Hebrew type workshop exclusive to WSU students from 9 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9 in the McKnight Art Center atrium. Space is limited to 16 participants, and registration is required.

Dave Crossland will be leading a free font design workshop exclusive to WSU students 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10 in 118 McKnight Art Center. Space is limited to 20 participants, and registration is required.

To secure your space in a workshop, email Suman Bhandary, assistant educator of graphic design, at suman.bhandary@wichita.edu. 

Feeling the pressure as deadlines pile up? The Procrastination Prevention Night is your chance to stay on track and finish strong. Join University Libraries from 6 p.m. to midnight Oct. 23 at Ablah Library for a night of personalized support, including workshops, tutoring sessions, arts and crafts, games and more.

Whether you’re juggling papers, projects or assignments — or stuck in a class because of academic requirements — the late-night study session is here to help. This is an opportunity to jumpstart your work, tackle your to-do list and ease the stress of the semester. Costumes for the season are welcome.

Sponsored by the Shocker Learning Center and University Libraries.

Need to create eye-catching maps for your projects? Join University Libraries from 3 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8 in the Ablah Library Digital Scholars Commons to learn how ArcGIS Online makes mapping easy.

This workshop will show you how to find data and create online maps with just a few clicks, giving your research a visual edge. You’ll pick up skills that simplify your work, save you time, and reduce the stress of tackling GIS.

Student Conduct & Community Standards (SCCS) is wanting to raise awareness regarding certain policies in the Code of Conduct at WSU. For the month of October, it is discussing Academic Integrity.

Did you know that Academic Integrity is any act or action which includes:

• Plagiarism
• Unauthorized use or possession of materials or resources
• Unauthorized collaboration or consultation
• Fabrication, falsification or misrepresentation of information
• Academic interference
• Unauthorized resubmission
• Facilitation of academic misconduct
• Bribery
• Unauthorized sale, distribution or receipt of academic materials
• Research misconduct as identified in policy 9.13/Misconduct in Research.

More details regarding Academic Integrity violations can be found in Section VI: Prohibited Conduct in the Academic Integrity Handbook.

To report any potential academic integrity issues to the SCCS office through the school year, use the academic integrity report form. To explore other reporting forms at Wichita state, visit the Report It webpage (wichita.edu/reportit).

Usha Haley, W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair in International Business, was recently interviewed by CheddarTV and Quartz on the recent problems experienced by Boeing and its turnaround strategy.

Haley was quoted in Quartz: “‘The cultural issue was a shift from quality and innovation to cost cutting,’ said Usha Haley, a professor at Wichita State University’s business school and a longtime Boeing watcher. The problem, she said, is Boeing’s outsourcing, a move that started more than 20 years ago when Boeing spun off Wichita-based Spirit AeroSystems, which builds fuselage parts. ‘When you outsource manufacturing, you lose control over quality and coordination,’ Haley said.”