Author: Kim Sandlin

As you prepare for spring classes and meetings, reach out early to schedule a Student Success presentation that helps students thrive. Faculty can check out options at the Faculty Collaboration Corner, and if you’re hosting a meeting, just use the presentation request link to make it happen. Shocker Success is excited to team up with you this spring to create stronger connections in the classroom and across campus.

Faculty are continuing to use the Student Early Alert System (SEAS) to share feedback on student progress. If you receive a SEAS alert, it means your instructor has noticed something that may impact your success — such as attendance, participation or missing assignments. This is an opportunity to take action and connect with support.

As Student Success progresses through the rest of the semester, instructor feedback in SEAS continues to be a valuable tool for supporting students. Take a few minutes to update student progress. If a student you flagged earlier is now making progress, removing the alert helps Student Success better understand how this intervention is working.

Accessing SEAS is easy:

• Log in to myWSU
• Go to the Home or Teach/Advise tab
• Click the SEAS link

Student Success thanks everyone for their partnership to support student success. For more information about SEAS, visit the SEAS website.

SEAS (the Student Early Alert System) is a tool used by faculty to identify students who, if they continue with their current academic behavior, are in danger of not doing well in a specific course. An instructor will send you an email encouraging you to seek assistance from them or other university resources. If you get a SEAS email, you are not in trouble. It is simply a nudge for you to look at your current habits and see how you can improve. This message will also include a link to connect to the Student Success team if you need it.

This week is a great week for faculty to provide student feedback in the Student Early Alert System (SEAS), the system that enables you to give feedback to all students in your courses on their individual progress in terms of attendance, participation, assignments and exams/quizzes. Also remember to remove the risk for any students making progress whom you flagged in prior weeks to provide the most accurate data on the impact this tool has on student behavior.

For more information about SEAS, visit the SEAS website.

Staff and faculty who want to learn more about the Navigate platform can explore information, training opportunities, data about usage and other useful information on the Navigate360 website. Find the Navigate Nuggets post at the bottom of the page.

Join the Faculty Collaboration Corner where you can co-create innovative classroom strategies, build stronger support networks and foster a deeper sense of belonging. Check out the updated and refreshed Faculty Toolbox and options for Shocker Sparks, Learning Labs, Classroom Remixes and more.

RSVP to hear from the authors of “Rethinking Student Transitions: How Community, Participation and Becoming Can Help Higher Education Deliver on its Promise” to reimagine how we think about students in transition Sept. 11-12.

The experience is designed to help faculty and staff develop creative ways to build stronger connections and a deeper sense of belonging in the classroom and through engagement on campus. During the event, the authors will host sessions for both faculty and staff, lunch is included (if you RSVP), and you’ll hear from current students about their transition experience into Shocker Nation.

Find the agenda and place your reservation on the event website. Space is limited, so RSVP soon.

Stefanie Coronado, success coach, has been selected by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Success Coach Knowledge Community to receive the 2025 Success Coach of the Year Award.

The award recognizes a success coach that has shown innovation above and beyond the role as a coach within the student affairs field, including but not limited to student support, student impact, program assessment and evaluation, community building, marketing, research and more. Stefanie will receive this award at the NASPA Annual Conference March 17.

“Stefanie’s dedication to student success has had a transformative impact on the College of Engineering,” said Dr. Anthony Muscat, dean, College of Engineering. “Through her innovative and holistic approach — particularly in first-year retention initiatives — she has played a critical role in closing equity gaps and equipping students with the support they need to persist. Her ability to build meaningful connections, combined with her leadership in student support services, makes her an invaluable asset to Wichita State and a truly deserving recipient of the Success Coach of the Year award.”

Join an insightful panel of experts from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 12 in 305/306 Rhatigan Student Center, Beggs Ballroom. The panel will talk about mental health issues among Wichita State’s students, what to listen for in student appointments, which services to utilize (and how) and how you can best help students in the moment.

The panel is sponsored by the specialized advisors. No RSVP necessary.