Author: Caelin Bragg

Are you ready to find a career fit for you and your major? Check out these resources from the Shocker Career Accelerator:

PathwayU is your assessment tool to explore different majors and careers, whether you are currently undecided or looking to change. Go to wichita.pathwayu.com, sign up using your WSU email (first initial, middle initial, last name and maybe a number, @shockers.wichita.edu) and click “Start Assessment.”

What Can I Do With This Major? hosts information on more than 100 different majors and fields, including potential careers, advice on how to get the most out of your major, professional organizations related to your major and more.

Want to get more personalized guidance while getting started? You can schedule an appointment with an SCA career coach through Shocker Central, emailing sca@wichita.edu or calling the office at 316-978-3688.

Did you know that Shockers like you get an automatic membership to 12 Greater Wichita YMCAs, including the Steve Clark YMCA here on campus? You can get started by visiting the Steve Clark YMCA with your Shocker ID and activating your account.

The Wichita State University Police Department wants to remind Shockers to stay vigilant of scammers. Make sure you’re informed of the telltale signs of scammers:

• The police will never notify an individual over the phone that they have a warrant for their arrest. Additionally, the police or legitimate companies will never demand payment over the phone through cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin, or through gift cards.
• Do not share personal or financial information over the phone unless you are certain of the caller’s identity. If you are ever concerned a caller may be a scammer, hang up and find a phone number from a trusted source, such as an official website or phonebook, and call back to confirm their identity.
• Make sure to reach out to law enforcement if you have been contacted by a scammers or have fallen victim to them. WSUPD can be contacted at 316-978-3450, and the Wichita Police Department can be contacted by dialing 911. You can also file a police report to the Wichita Police Department by calling 316-268-4221.

And share this information with your friends and family so they know to not engage with potential scammers. WSUPD is here to help the campus community stay safe and hopes that everyone can help keep their peers safe from scammers. If you have questions, email WSUPD at police@wichita.edu.

Join Zach Gearhart, chief of staff and executive director of government relations, for updates on the legislature relevant to Wichita State. The next meeting for the legislative session is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13 in 262 Rhatigan Student Center, Herrman Room. The meeting is open to all faculty, staff and students.

Join Shocker women’s and men’s basketball and be a champion for literacy. Grab the official shirt and wear it Feb. 10 or 11 at the teams’ Champions for Literacy games in Charles Koch Arena. For every T-shirt sold, $1 will be donated to the Champions for Literacy program. Shirts are available at the Charles Koch Arena Shocker Store or online at shockerstore.com.

Isely Lane will be closed part of Wednesday, Feb. 11 to move equipment from McKinley Hall. The closure is expected to take four to five hours.

Following Shocker men’s basketball’s win against Tulane Feb. 8 in New Orleans, the team is in the running for taking the first place slot in the American Conference. To help keep the momentum going, Shocker Athletics is offering a special deal on tickets to the next two home games in Charles Koch Arena, at just $25 total:

• The team is looking for a repeat against South Florida at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11
• Help men’s basketball take revenge on Tulsa at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14

Currently, South Florida and Tulsa are tied for first place in the American, so a win against both teams will give WSU a dominant lead in the conference. Grab your tickets before they sell out through goshockers.evenue.net.

Wichita State has been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to create the Wichita HIREs program: Humanities Internships Reward Employers, an initiative designed to expand applied learning opportunities for students pursuing humanities degrees. This transformative grant includes a $1 million matching funds requirement to build a long-term endowment to sustain the program beyond the five-year grant period.

Beginning in the 2026 spring semester, Wichita HIREs will leverage WSU’s established leadership in applied learning to create increased opportunities for humanities students. While Wichita State students collectively work in more than 12,000 paid positions per academic year, humanities majors account for only 0.5% of those opportunities. This program will directly address this gap by creating paid internships for approximately 300 humanities students over the life of the grant.

“We are proud to receive this grant from the Mellon Foundation to expand paid applied learning in ways that advance WSU’s mission and directly benefit our community,” said Wichita State President Richard Muma. “This program will showcase to employers across Kansas the tremendous value humanities students can offer.”

Periodically, information will be posted regarding Watermark’s Course Evaluations & Surveys (CES) tool to help users better understand Wichita State’s course evaluation tool.

Today’s focus is on emails.

• CES uses email communication to send out information regarding the evaluation process. 
• Emails will come from WSU Evaluations (evaluations@ces.wichita.edu).
• Emails are sent according to a specific timeline. CES operates from the course’s part-of-term, meaning the course start and end dates will determine when emails are sent out.
• If you teach courses that are in different terms, you will receive duplicate emails. These emails provide information that pertains to that part-of-term.
• The emails will also inform instructors if they need to take any specific actions regarding their course(s) within CES. 
• Students will receive an email certificate once an evaluation is submitted.
• There is a dedicated CES website that includes additional information.

For questions, contact Sandra Ranney at evaluations@ces.wichita.edu.

Nominations are now being accepted for two university-wide at-large seats for the Faculty Senate to serve a two-year term starting in the 2026-27 academic year. University-wide at-large senators represent the faculty of the entire university, not just a specific college or division. The Faculty Senate meets twice-a-month during the regular academic year from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on the second and fourth Mondays of the month.

All faculty are eligible for nominations including current senators whose term expires this year. Use the Qualtrics survey sent earlier this week or submit your nomination directly to Roy Myose, Faculty Senate vice president, at roy.myose@wichita.edu before 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13. Self-nominations are strongly encouraged. Your participation is essential to a fair and inclusive process of shared governance.