Year: 2024

The School of Digital Arts, in partnership with Justin McClure Creative, is hosting an open house to showcase Synthetic Scenes. The event is from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5 at Shocker Studios.

Synthetic Scenes is the name of the LED Volume room used for virtual production. It is a direct, applied learning partnership which utilizes new and emerging technology. The partnership has been years in the making, and the School of Digital Arts is excited to see it come to life. Everyone will also be able to see all the updates and additions that have evolved in Shocker Studios.

The event is come and go, with comments around 4:45 p.m. There will be additional corporate entities and partners in attendance. The School of Digital Arts is already partnering with a WSU alum on a film project out of Burbank, California, and have begun conversations with several others about how this technology can be used for commercial production along with narrative production.

Watermark’s Faculty Success program is the new platform for the Faculty Annual Activity Review. After careful review and customization, Faculty Success is now ready for you to begin entering records and running reports.

Log in here or locate the link in the MyWSU Portal, under the Faculty/Staff tab, within the “Employee Toolbox,” and listed in tools area as “Watermark Faculty Success.”

Training will be provided throughout the fall semester to ensure all users are comfortable using Faculty Success. A recorded overview is available on the Academic Resources Conference (ARC) 2024, site. There is also a dedicated Faculty Success website that includes additional information.  Look for more training details over the coming weeks in WSU Today.

Faculty Success may continue to be customized, so don’t hesitate to reach out if any further changes are needed to completely and accurately enter your records. For general questions, contact Rachel Crane, Faculty Success administrator, at rachel.crane@wichita.edu.

The Cohen Honors College is seeking faculty mentors to work with students selected to participate in the First-Year Research Experience (FYRE) in STEM. The mission of the FYRE in STEM program is to build a community of students, faculty and professionals from various STEM backgrounds to support young STEM majors or potential majors as they form identities as members of the scientific community, thus improving the likelihood that they will persist to graduation.

To allow the FYRE in STEM program to be a success, organizers are looking for dedicated research mentors from across campus who can provide an appropriate short-term STEM research project in the spring 2021 semester. Faculty should apply by Oct. 18 and are also encouraged to nominate graduate students to serve as FYRE mentors. All mentors will be matched with students based on interest. Questions may be directed to Moriah Beck at moriah.beck@wichita.edu or 316-978-5476.

If you know of a first-year undergraduate student who may be interested in applying to the FYRE in STEM program, you can direct them to FYRE in STEM student application.

The First Year Research Experience (FYRE in STEM) is open to new students from all majors. Through a competitive application process, students are matched with ongoing research projects led by professors in numerous STEM disciplines. Selected students will participate in active laboratory research in the spring 2025 semester, culminating in a poster presentation about their work.

The FYRE applications are due Oct. 11 with interviews and selection occurring in November. Students earn three hours of Honors credit and a letter grade for successful completion of FYRE in the spring 2025 semester. Through the FYRE program, students gain perspectives about research and mentoring for developing their career plan.

Questions may be directed to FYRE Program Director Dr. Moriah Beck at moriah.beck@wichita.edu or call 316-978-5476.

Wichita State Campus Recreation cares deeply about the health and safety of the community. Its comprehensive CPR training taught by certified instructors is specifically designed to equip employees with essential lifesaving skills. Sign up now and gain the confidence to act in critical situations.

Classes are currently being offered to faculty and staff. The fee is $50 per person, which includes the training and certification.

The fall classes will be held Sept. 13 and Nov. 8.

Volunteers are needed for the fall 2024 Commencement Ceremonies will be held Sunday, Dec. 15. There are two shifts: 11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. and 3:30-7:30 p.m.

Participation is voluntary. Volunteers will be fed and enjoy a great time with a fun group of people as you welcome guests and graduates to this memorable event.

Volunteers should check with student organizations they are a member of or their departments to see if there are even more benefits to your participation.

The Shocker Support Locker will officially reopen Sept. 9 in its new space, the basement of the Shocker Success Center, Room 001. Hours of operation will be 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday; as well as 3 p.m.-8 p.m. on Thursday.

Join in the fight against hunger in the community by creating a one-of-a kind ceramic bowl starting at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7 in 106/107 Henrion Hall, using wheel-throwing or hand-building techniques, with help from the WSU Ceramics Guild.

The bowl you make will be donated to the Empty Bowls Chili Cook-off fundraiser, scheduled for Oct. 19.

In collaboration with the Department of Anthropology’s archaeology faculty and students, sculptor Randy Regier will give an artist’s talk at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5 in the form of a staged field demo, beside his outdoor sculpture, The Celestial Mechanic (2018), near the Geology Building.

Regier will open the clear dome that encases the partially excavated figure, for a rare close look at the work, discussing his process as it connects to archeological procedures and theories. Everyone is welcome to a free 5:30 p.m. reception.

The School of Art, Design and Creative Industries will host Clayton Staples Visiting Artists Jessica “JB” Burke and Kariann Fuqua for a panel discussion in conjunction with their collaborative exhibition “A World Away” Thursday, Sept. 12. The panel, facilitated by Robert Bubp, will run from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in 210 McKnight Art Center, with a reception to immediately follow until 5:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.

This project has been supported by a grant from the Wichita Arts Council.