Author: Sadi Roberts

Student success is an important responsibility for everyone at WSU and leaders in particular play a vital role in fostering an environment and behaviors that enhance the student experience. In this instructor-led core course on the certificate path available for all levels, you’ll learn effective strategies and share best practices for fostering student success and persistence.

Go to myTraining and register to attend the LevelUp Your Leadership certificate path course, “Enhancing Student Success.” You can also see and sign up for other LevelUp Your Leadership courses.

To learn more about the LevelUp Your Leadership program and other professional development resources, go to wichita.edu/hrprofessionaldevelopment.

Whether you’re aspiring to become a supervisor, new to supervision or a seasoned leader looking to sharpen your self-awareness, the “Role of a Leader” course, as part of the LevelUp Your Leadership program, offers a practical lens for reflecting on your own management style, identifying your strengths and recognizing where you may have blind spots.

This session explores Henry Mintzberg’s landmark framework for understanding what managers actually do and why it still matters decades after it was first introduced. Through his three core role categories (interpersonal, informational and decisional) Mintzberg cuts through management theory to reveal the ten distinct roles every effective supervisor plays.

You’ll leave with a clearer picture of the full scope of the managerial role and a new vocabulary for talking about the work you do every day.

Go to myTraining and register to attend the course. You can also see and sign up for other LevelUp Your Leadership courses.

To learn more about the LevelUp Your Leadership program and other professional development resources, go to wichita.edu/hrprofessionaldevelopment.

Staff Senate and Human Resources are excited to continue offering faculty and staff professional development opportunities made possible through grants they wrote and were awarded by the Kansas Leadership Center (KLC).

Faculty and staff who’ve taken advantage of this opportunity share about the impact it has on their growth and success, like Gina Riggs, chief privacy officer, in this testimonial video.

The grant provides a select number of seats for KLC’s leadership development path which starts with step one, “When Everyone Leads.” Based on KLC’s bestselling book, “When Everyone Leads,” this six-hour course makes leadership radically accessible, unleashing capacity for collective leadership in teams, organizations, coalitions and communities.

All faculty and staff are invited to go to the KLC professional development opportunity website to learn more and find instructions for submitting an interest form.

For additional professional development resources, visit the HR professional development website.

The GuidanceResources Program is an employee benefit offered through the employee assistance program provider, ComPsych. During this overview, employees will receive a comprehensive look at the services, what’s available through the program and how to access those resources.

Resources and support include:

• Clinical Support and Counseling. 24/7/365 clinical support, assessment and referral with eight sessions of counseling
• FamilySource. Support for childcare, elder care, moving and everything in between
• LegalConnect. Support from in-house attorneys on family law, real estate and more
• FinancialConnect. Support from certified financial experts on budgeting, taxes, debt and more

Register for one of the following options:

• Virtual option: 9-10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25 – Register using your State employee ID number (SHaRP ID) which can be found in myWSU.
• In-person option: 3:30-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26 – Go to myTraining and register for “Employee Assistance Program: GuidanceResources Program Overview.”

The LevelUp Your Leadership Program is a “choose your own adventure” style program, allowing you to pick and choose courses from the program’s catalog based on your unique leadership development needs.

• Introductory level courses for those career pathing to a leader role or those brand new to a leader role.
• Core set of courses accompanied by a certificate of completion for existing leaders looking to level up their leadership knowledge and skills.

Go to the LevelUp Your Leadership website to learn more or go directly to myTraining to find the curriculum and start your journey today.

Student success is an important responsibility of everyone at WSU and leaders in particular play a vital role in fostering an environment and behaviors that enhance the student experience. Go to myTraining and register to attend the LevelUp Your Leadership certificate path course, “Enhancing Student Success,” where you’ll learn effective strategies and share best practices for fostering student success and persistence.

The certificate path course, “Improving Culture Through Difficult Conversations,” also has a session available in myTraining.

To learn more about the LevelUp Your Leadership program and other professional development resources, go to wichita.edu/hrprofessionaldevelopment.

Five Wichita State faculty and staff reached a remarkable milestone in their careers in 2025. A special ceremony was held on Thursday, April 30 at the Kansas State Capitol Building to celebrate their dedication and the legacy they have each built over the last 40 and 50 years. Gov. Laura Kelly expressed her appreciation and recognized the invaluable contributions they have made throughout their tenure and the lasting impact they’ve had on the State of Kansas.

Celebrating 40 years of service:

• Lori Godderz, events coordinator, Shocker Career Accelerator
• Charles Martin, professor, Department of Marketing
• Larry Ramos, WSU TRIO Programs Support
• Barbara Smith, professor, Department of Physical Therapy

Celebrating 50 years of service:

• Sharmon Holcomb, records and registration specialist, Registrar’s Office

Staff Senate and Human Resources are excited to continue offering faculty and staff professional development opportunities made possible through grants they wrote and were awarded by the Kansas Leadership Center (KLC).

Faculty and staff who’ve taken advantage of this opportunity share about the impact it has on their growth and success, like Dr. Bobby Berry, assistant dean of the College of Education, in this testimonial video.

The grant provides a select number of seats for KLC’s leadership development path which starts with step one, “When Everyone Leads.” Based on KLC’s bestselling book, “When Everyone Leads,” this six-hour course makes leadership radically accessible, unleashing capacity for collective leadership in teams, organizations, coalitions and communities.

All faculty and staff are invited to go to the KLC professional development opportunity website to learn more and find instructions for submitting an interest form.

For additional professional development resources, visit the HR professional development website.

The LevelUp Your Leadership Program is a “choose your own adventure” style program, allowing you to pick and choose courses from the program’s catalog based on your unique leadership development needs.

• Introductory level courses for those career pathing to a leader role or those brand new to a leader role.
• Core set of courses accompanied by a certificate of completion for existing leaders looking to level up their leadership knowledge and skills.

Go to the LevelUp Your Leadership website to learn more or go directly to myTraining to find the curriculum and start your journey today.

The LevelUp Your Leadership program is a choose-your-own-adventure style program, allowing participants to choose courses from the program’s catalog based on their unique leadership development needs.

• Introductory level courses for those career pathing to a leadership role or those brand new to a leadership role
• A core set of courses accompanied by a certificate of completion for existing leaders looking to level up their leadership knowledge and skills

Go to the LevelUp Your Leadership website to learn more or go directly to myTraining to find the curriculum and start your journey today.