Author: Lainie Mazzullo

If you were unable to continue your workday due to the city water issues on Thursday, Oct. 7, please record time (hours) as you normally would have for your scheduled workday. There is no need for special earn codes.

Shocker students,

Welcome to the 2021-2022 academic year! I hope you had a fun and productive summer. Here at WSU, we have been preparing for positive and exciting changes and growth. One area we are pleased to share is being led by Wichita State’s Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance (OIEC).

Beginning this fall, OIEC is partnering with Student Government Association and Student Affairs on a number of initiatives to increase education and awareness of Title IX and campus safety, as well as continuing to expand the accessibility and transparency of OIEC resources and processes.

One of these initiatives is the Sexual Assault Prevention training requirement for all WSU students, faculty and staff. You should have received an email announcing that an online course has been assigned to you by Wichita State University. It is important that you complete this training on or before Oct. 24, 2021. The training will take no more than an hour and a half.

Answers to frequently asked questions about the training can be found on OIEC’s website.

If you would like to report sexual harassment, discrimination or retaliation, go to www.wichita.edu/reportit.

Sincerely,

President Rick Muma

Wondering how to get around campus? Wichita State’s interactive map gives you walking directions to all campus buildings. All you need is your phone.

WSU’s Office of Strategic Communications – the official communication and marketing office of the university – is looking for hard-working students to apply for a variety of part-time positions. They include:

• Graphic design: This job includes strategizing and producing design work, video and photo content for the media, web and social media; and participating in client discussions about the development of marketing plans.
• Marketing and news writing: This job includes writing and editing feature stories and news releases for the media, web and social media.
• Videography:  This job includes shooting and editing videos for web and social media; and basic photography skills.
• Web marketing content writing: This job includes writing, updating and editing marketing text on the WSU website; designing and updating web content features; and improving the SEO, usability and accessibility of web pages. This is not a coding position.

To be considered, students must be enrolled full-time at WSU, be able to work up to 20 hours a week and be proficient with English grammar. Information for each job can viewed at the above links. You must create a free Handshake account to view the links. All positions pay $10 an hour.

Questions? Email lainie.mazzullo@wichita.edu.

Supervisors: Strategic Communications has an updated signage toolkit for office and building use. Visit wsu.news/signage to download and print a variety of signs related to COVID operations and safety. Please remember that all signs should be hung up with painter’s tape only.

Is there a sign you think is needed in the toolkit? Let us know by emailing annelise.muret@wichita.edu.

If you need assistance printing these signs, including outdoor signage needs, please reach out to shockerprinting@wichita.edu. (Additional fees may apply).

The fall semester has begun, and we’re excited about your return to campus!

Because COVID-19 continues to require flexibility in our daily lives, we will continue throughout this time to keep you updated on what you need to know for a successful school year. 

We have updated our student guide with new information about classes, health and safety, campus events, and more.

The fall semester has begun, and we’re excited for the semester!

Because COVID-19 continues to require flexibility in our daily lives, we will continue throughout this time to keep you updated on what you need to know for a successful school year. 

We have updated our employee guide with new guidance regarding health and safety, testing and vaccination information, staffing details and more. 

Yesterday, in response to the increasing community spread of the COVID Delta variant, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced a new mask requirement for state employees and in state facilities that will go into effect Monday, Aug. 2.

We are in the process of reviewing this requirement and how this change affects Wichita State. We will communicate that information to the campus community once we know more.

Thank you for your patience, and stay tuned for more updates on this evolving situation.

President Rick Muma

WSU remains committed to providing educational opportunities at no or low cost to senior citizens.

The recently announced change in fee structure will not impact the cost to senior citizens who audit WSU courses. The letter sent to seniors last week can be disregarded. We regret the confusion caused by that.

Individuals 60-plus years of age will continue to not pay course fees. Occasionally, as has always been the case, a course will have incidental costs for supplies needed to participate in class activities. In those cases, students will be responsible for those expenses.

WSU will be sending a letter of clarification to the seniors who received the previous letter.

With the goal of furthering its mission to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship among the campus and community, Wichita State’s Center for Entrepreneurship has changed its reporting structure.

Formerly part of WSU’s Barton School of Business, the center is now under the operation of the College of Innovation and Design, led by Dean Jeremy Patterson.

This new reporting structure will continue to move the Center for Entrepreneurship forward as it seeks to grow WSU’s legacy as an entrepreneurship leader in our community. The entrepreneurship major and the associated private academic scholarships will remain with the Barton School.

Additional key decisions will be announced in the coming months.

“The Center for Entrepreneurship’s value to the university and our business community is immeasurable and will remain as we moved forward,” Patterson says.