Category: Faculty and Staff Resources

The university has extended the deadline to apply for fall 2023 tuition assistance. The new deadline is Friday, Aug. 25.

Applications for fall 2023 tuition assistance can be submitted through the online application form. Faculty and staff may apply for employee, spouse or dependent tuition assistance.

Tuition assistance can be applied to undergraduate, graduate or to the badge programs courses.

Questions may be directed to TuitionAssistance@wichita.edu.

The HR Total Rewards team reminds staff and faculty that the deadline for fall 2023 tuition assistance applications is Saturday, July 1. Tuition assistance applications for fall 2023 are submitted through the online application form.

Due to the volume of applications received each semester, requests to submit late applications will be automatically denied without exception.

Questions may be directed to TuitionAssistance@wichita.edu.

Instructors who used Course Evaluations & Surveys (CES) for the spring semester will have access to the results on Friday, May 19. There will be an email sent from “WSU Evaluations” with information on how to access the results.

Student Perception of Teaching Effectiveness (SPTE) results are tentatively set to be mailed to the departments on Thursday, May 25. Check with your department after this date regarding your SPTE results packet(s).

Additional information regarding both course evaluations can be found on their respective websites:

• Course Evaluations & Surveys
• Student Perception of Teaching Effectiveness

This semester, course evaluations will transition more to the new platform, Watermark Course Evaluations & Surveys (CES). CES utilizes Blackboard to centralize all facets of the course evaluation process:

• Communications to alert faculty and students to take action
• Dashboards for both faculty and students to monitor activity
• Deliver the course evaluation to the students
• Reports available for faculty on completed evaluations

Having the CES components embedded within a central location where most instructional activity is being done is key to maintaining communications and performance.

More information can be found on the CES website. Additionally, check for emails sent from WSU Evaluations or Sandra Ranney, and for spring 2023 SPTE users, a letter with the results.

For any questions, contact Sandy Ranney at sandra.ranney@wichita.edu.

Tuition assistance applications for the fall 2023 semester are now being accepted through the online application form. The online application will be available through July 3.

Due to the volume of applications received each semester, requests to submit late applications will be automatically denied with no exceptions.

Questions can be directed to TuitionAssistance@wichita.edu.

Faculty and staff can visit the Faculty/Staff Acute Care Clinic for minor and acute medical issues only. Appointments are required for the clinic.

The clinic is located in the Student Wellness Center within the Steve Clark YMCA. Most appointments are $30 to $50 for an office visit evaluation by a Student Health Services medical provider, dependent on insurance. The office visit cost does not include the costs for laboratory services, medications or radiology services. Call 316-978-4792 to schedule an appointment.

Co-pays or deductibles are the employee’s responsibility and depend on personal health insurance benefits.

Examples of minor/acute illness/injury acceptable for treatment:

• Cough, cold, fever and flu
• Sore throats and sinus infections
• Bronchitis and pneumonia
• Allergies and asthma
• Sprains and strains that are non-work related
• Headaches and acute migraine
• Urinary tract infections
• Ear and eye infections
• Rashes and skin infections
• Minor procedures, such as ear lavages
• In-house laboratory services – rapid strep, UAs, mono, etc.
• Radiology X-ray services – not ultrasound
• Pharmacy services — with prescriptions written by SHS providers
• Immunizations
• Tuberculosis testing
• Blood pressure checks
• Sexually transmitted infections with symptoms

Injuries and illnesses occurring while on the job at WSU must be reported to your supervisor and follow Human Resources procedures. Student Health Services cannot treat potential workers’ compensation injuries or illnesses.

WSU Student Health employees will provide medical services as licensed medical providers. They are nurse practitioners, physician assistants and registered nurses. The clinic is a Student Health Services clinic.

Jeremy Kohn, chartered financial consultant and Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) financial consultant, will be available at Wichita State on Wednesday, April 26 and April 27 for in-person KBOR retirement plan consultation meetings.

Kohn can help individuals confirm they are on track for enough income at retirement and provide specific investment recommendations at a fiduciary level of care for their TIAA funds.

To schedule a meeting with Jeremy, visit the TIAA website, login and follow the prompts to schedule an in-person meeting at WSU. Call the TIAA scheduling team at 800-732-8353 for assistance in scheduling a meeting.

The spring 2023 Community Education guide has been released, and WSU employees get 10% off all Community Education classes excluding day trips. To register for a class, call 316-978-3731.

Request a free set of #WeSupportU mental wellness in the classroom cards from Counseling and Prevention Services (CAPS). The cards are designed to give instructors and staff who work with groups of students an easy-to-use mental wellness curriculum to incorporate into their content delivery.

The set includes more than 30 cards that can be used to lead students in short activities designed to increase peer connections and overall well-being. CAPS asks instructors and staff to consider incorporating them into their work with students this semester.

CAPS knows mental health is essential for healthy students and makes them better prepared to be academically successful.

The Office of Disability Services is using a new software system to distribute accommodation letters to faculty starting spring 2023.

They will be emailed to faculty and will state the name of the intake specialist and come from disability.services@aim.wichita.edu. The subject will read as “Class, CRN # – Notification of Academic Accommodation Services.”

Any questions or concerns about the accommodations can be sent to Disability Services at disability.services@wichita.edu.