Join the Department of Math and Statistics for a public lecture by Dr. Qi Zhang, professor at the University of California, Riverside.

The lecture, titled “Log gradient estimates of the heat equation on manifolds,” will take place at 3 p.m. Friday, March 24 in room 372 Jabara Hall. Refreshments will be available at 2:30 p.m. in 353 Jabara Hall.

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Leanne Caret — former president of Boeing Defense, Space & Security and the 2023 engineer in residence for the College of Engineering — is visiting Wichita State Monday, March 27. Caret will be featured at two speaking events that students, staff, faculty, alumni and industry partners are welcome to attend.

The first speaking event, “How To Navigate Your Way to the Top,” will be a Q&A session hosted by Dr. Anthony Muscat, the dean of the College of Engineering. The session will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in 301 Rhatigan Student Center. Donuts and coffee will be served.

The second speaking event, “A Conversation With Leanne Caret,” will be another Q&A session hosted by Grace Peterson, a junior mechanical engineering major and the president of the Society of Women Engineers student organization. The session will be from 4 to 5 p.m. in 128 Jabara Hall. Cookies and iced tea will be served.

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Distinguished Professor of Psychology Dr. Virginia Valian — member of the doctoral faculties of psychology, linguistics and speech-language-hearing sciences and director of the Language Acquisition Research Center and the Gender Equity Project at Hunter College, CUNY — is visiting Wichita State. The National Science Foundation Advance Catalyst team on campus is sponsoring the visit, including Valian speaking on gender equity at two events.

Valian will deliver the talk, “The Advancement of Women: Better, but Still too Slow,” 10-11 a.m. Friday, March 31 in 265 Rhatigan Student Center. Faculty, staff and alumni are invited to attend the talk.

An open forum featuring Valian will be from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in 265 RSC. Undergraduate and graduate women in STEM fields are encouraged to attend the event.

The 2023-24 Wichita State undergraduate and graduate course catalogs are now live and online.

Be sure to check out everything that’s new at WSU. Look at the “Degrees and Academic Majors” page to browse through all of WSU’s undergraduate and graduate degrees, programs and certificates. Click on any of the column headers to sort the list, or click on the name of the program and go right to the program information.

Curious about admission, financial aid, advising or commencement ceremonies? The information is available in the catalog.

The catalogs are accessible from a desktop, tablet or smartphone.

Links to download PDFs of the full undergraduate and graduate catalogs or specific pages in the catalogs are located at the bottom right of every page.

Faculty and staff at Wichita State University are required to complete mandatory training on preventing harassment and discrimination. The deadline has been extended to Friday, April 7.

You can access the training two ways:

  • Go to myWSU under the Faculty/Staff tab, scroll down to “Employee Required Training” and click on Preventing Harassment and Discrimination Training.
  • Open the email with subject line Vector LMS, Higher Education Edition Online Training, which was sent to all faculty/staff email addresses. Note: The email might say April 27 is the deadline, but April 7 is the correct deadline.

If you have not completed the training, it is very important that you do so. If you have already taken the training this academic year and see your name on a list that says you haven’t completed it, please disregard.

This prevention training, which is led through WSU’s Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance, is not only important in making our campus a welcoming and equitable environment, but it’s also important for Title IX compliance. If you have completed your training, thank you for helping us make real progress in making our campus safe, inclusive and equitable.

University supervisors should follow up with their employees to ensure that they are completing the training by the deadline. Supervisors are expected to work with employees needing accommodations or extensions as necessary.

Graphic with the text, "NSF Informational Webinar. No cost to attend | Registration required. March 28, 2023, 1-2 p.m. Register here: wichita.edu/NSFInfoWebinar"

Join Erik Pierstorff, program director in the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program for the National Science Foundation (NSF), will describe the SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs at NSF. He will also cover the SBIR/STTR program’s goals, funding philosophy, topics, funded examples and the project pitch process.

This webinar is a special opportunity for the region to connect with a program officer and ask direct questions about the SBIR/STTR programs. It will begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 28.

There will be 10 minute, one-on-one meetings from 2 to 3 p.m. for additional discussion with Pierstorff. This webinar does not cost to attend, but registration is required.

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President Rick Muma and Shirley Lefever, provost and executive vice president, are conducting a town hall for Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences staff and faculty.

The town hall begins at 10 a.m. Friday, March 24 and will be conducted via Zoom.

Yellow background with black liquor bottles. Text: "Did you know? Alcohol Policy Overview. Policy VI.B. Wichita State University Student Conduct and Community Standards"

Student Conduct & Community Standards (SCCS) is raising awareness regarding certain policies in the code of conduct at Wichita State. For the month of March, it is discussing alcohol policy.

The alcohol policy in the code of conduct prohibits multiple actions:

  • Underage possession and/or consumption of alcohol.
  • Unauthorized possession and/or consumption of alcohol.
  • Unauthorized and/or unlawful distribution, sale and/or service of alcohol.
  • Possession of common source container(s).
  • Social host.
  • Excessive and/or rapid consumption.
  • Manufacturing and/or producing alcohol.
  • Open container.
  • Driving while impaired.
  • Public intoxication.

More details regarding alcohol and other policies in the code of conduct can be found in section VI: Prohibited Conduct in the Student Code of Conduct Handbook.

SCCS is available to help ensure that students are safe. As a WSU faculty or staff member, to report any potential conduct issue to the SCCS throughout the school year, use the conduct incident response form. To explore other reporting forms at WSU, such as the academic integrity form, visit the Report It homepage.

Yellow background with black liquor bottles. Text: "Did you know? Alcohol Policy Overview. Policy VI.B. Wichita State University Student Conduct and Community Standards"

Student Conduct & Community Standards (SCCS) is raising awareness regarding certain policies in the code of conduct at Wichita State. For the month of March, it is discussing alcohol policy.

The alcohol policy in the code of conduct prohibits multiple actions:

  • Underage possession and/or consumption of alcohol.
  • Unauthorized possession and/or consumption of alcohol.
  • Unauthorized and/or unlawful distribution, sale and/or service of alcohol.
  • Possession of common source container(s).
  • Social host.
  • Excessive and/or rapid consumption.
  • Manufacturing and/or producing alcohol.
  • Open container.
  • Driving while impaired.
  • Public intoxication.

More details regarding alcohol and other policies in the code of conduct can be found in section VI: Prohibited Conduct in the Student Code of Conduct Handbook.

SCCS is available to help ensure that students are safe. To report any potential conduct issues to its office through the school year, use the conduct incident response form. To explore other reporting forms at WSU, visit the Report It homepage.

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Students looking for a career in the health care industry or as a health care professional can meet one-on-one with representatives/recruiters about their organizations and available opportunities at the Shocker Career Accelerator’s Health Professions Career Fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 22 in the Beggs Ballroom, 305 Rhatigan Student Center.

The career fair is an opportunity to meet one-on-one with representatives/recruiters about their organizations and available opportunities,

Business dress is recommended, but scrubs are welcome if students come from labs or clinical. Students should bring a copy of their resume and their Shocker ID.

Contact the Shocker Career Accelerator for questions in 162 John Bardo Center or at 316-978-3688 or SCA@wichita.edu.