Author: Caelin Bragg

Join the Community Service Board for a morning of volunteering with neighbors in the Shocker Neighborhood. Help those in the Shocker community keep their neighborhoods clean and beautiful. Volunteers will help clean up trash and debris. The next clean-up will be from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 27.

For more information, email CSB@wichita.edu or call 316-978-7016.

Shockers, come to the Mini-Wellness and Social Services Fair any time from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today, Sept. 17 in the Rhatigan Student Center to learn about local resources and to enter to win a variety of prizes.

The event celebrates and promotes health, wellness and social service resources within the campus and community. Learn about the unique service providers the are available to you and gain a better understanding about their role in the community.

The event is sponsored by HOPE Services, Student Engagement and Belonging, and Student Health Services.

Schedule is subject to change

Wednesday:

• Casa Azada Jalisco: 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
• Desi Fusion: 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Thursday:

• Casa Azada Jalisco: 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Follow Wichita State Food Truck Plaza on Facebook for the latest updates and scheduled food trucks.

With your Shocker ID, you have access to the Student Dental Discount at WSU General Dentistry, located at 2838 Oliver St., which gives discount pricing to dental procedures from cleanings and fillings to extractions and more. The discount also applies to students’ spouses and children.

Students, join Student Success and University Libraries for “The Case of the Missing Grades,” an interactive study skills workshop. You will interview Study Skills Suspects (played by WSU faculty and staff), solve mini puzzles, collect clues and work together to crack the case.

You can drop in anytime between 2-4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24 at Ablah Library. The event combines mystery-solving fun with practical academic success strategies.

Christopher Leonard, Director of Counseling and Psychological Services, published “How to Start Your Career With a Boss Who Mentors: Recommendations for Success” in Eye on Psi Chi Sept. 15.

Abstract: Although your first boss should not “make-or-break” your career, a good boss will send you on the right trajectory. The transition from working a job or internship to starting a career in psychology can be exciting but intimidating. As a clinical supervisor of over 10 years and an early career master’s level therapist, we have experienced firsthand the positive benefits of having a boss who is a mentor during this transition. Therefore, we believe having a supportive first boss who will help you achieve multiple early career goals is essential. A mentoring boss can also help you get onto the right path for achieving your long-term goals and ensure a smooth entrance and transition to advanced practice in your field.

All faculty and staff are invited to attend one of the upcoming Curriculum Management (CIM) virtual training sessions available this semester from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17.

The Zoom sessions will provide a demonstration of how to submit a curriculum change proposal via the online CIM course and program forms, how to search for existing proposals, how a proposal moves through the electronic workflow and how to approve proposals.

Registration is required to attend the session. To register, visit the myTraining link on the Faculty/Staff tab of myWSU, then search for “CourseLeaf Curriculum (CIM) Administrator & Faculty Remote Training.”

After registering, a link to the session will be emailed 24 hours in advance of the training. Reach out to the corby.redington@wichita.edu if a Zoom link has not been received within 24 hours of the session start time.

To log into CIM during the training session, participants will need a dual authentication (DUO) device.

Staff and faculty who are unable to attend a session can view CourseLeaf user guides on the Registrar Office’s website.

Shocker volleyball student-athletes Sydney Dunning and Jordan Heatherly have both been named to the American Conference Honor Roll for their performances at the Golden Eagle Invitational. Heatherly had one of the best weeks by an American setter, while Dunning put together one of the top offensive efforts.

The Shockers finished the tournament 3-0 with sweeps over Radford, Tennessee Tech and Samford.

Dunning, a junior outside hitter from McClave, Colorado, averaged 4.44 kills and 2.67 digs per set, while hitting .514. Heatherly, a junior setter from Western Springs, Illinois, averaged 11.00 assists, 1.89 kills, 0.44 service aces, 2.00 digs and 0.56 blocks per set, while hitting .556. She also guided the team to a .397 attack percentage.

Masud Chand and Gery Markova, Professors in the Department of Management, published “Demographic Change in High-Income East Asian Economies – Implications for Human Resource Management” in Thunderbird International Business Review May 21.

Abstract: The industrialized high-income economies of East Asia – Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan – are some of the most rapidly aging in the world. We examine the changing demographics of these economies and analyze how organizations can best manage the transition to a workforce that is rapidly aging and beginning to shrink. We synthesize from different sources an overview of the aging situation, explain how it affects businesses, and provide cases of organizations that have implemented human resource policies to make their workplaces more inclusive and supportive of older employees. Government efforts to promote active aging, family-friendly regulations, higher birth rates, and create more open immigration policies to attract talent are also briefly discussed. We point out some steps that organizations can take to better integrate older workers and provide insights for managers and policy makers to deal with emerging issues.

Scott Hill, Assistant Teaching Professor in Department of Philosophy, published “Why people who believe in God fear death” in Analysis July 28.

Abstract: People who report believing in God fear death. They also experience grief when someone they love dies. Philosophers and social scientists sometimes claim that this can only be plausibly explained by the hypothesis that people who claim to believe in God do not really believe in God. I show that this is mistaken. I identify three independently plausible explanations of why people who genuinely believe in God would have these behaviours and attitudes. First, there is an evolutionary explanation of why a fear of death would be resilient even if one genuinely believes God has good things in store for us after death. Second, people often fear low-probability outcomes. It may be that religious people are afraid of hell or the cessation of existence even if they judge those outcomes to have a low probability. Third, belief in God is typically combined with views according to which death is accompanied by the permanent loss and radical transformation of important relationships.