Category: Faculty and Staff Resources

The table below is to assist instructors with certain dates regarding CES. The dates shown are for the fall 2025 semester.

• The first column includes the various start/end (part-of-term) dates for fall semester courses.
• The second column includes dates meant for instructors. This is the timeframe when instructors will receive emails about the CES process and procedures that they should complete. Instructors will receive additional emails during and after the student CES access dates.
• The last column includes the dates that CES will be available for the students to complete course evaluations.

If your course is in bold, then your fall 2025 CES evaluation process will start soon. Review the start/end dates in each column so you know when your access to the CES system will start and end.

Join the first meeting of the WSU Faculty/Staff Club from 3:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6 at Club 95 in Partnership Building 11. The event will feature the College of Health Professions, the College of Fine Arts and University Libraries with a rotating slide presentation. There will also be three live presentations starting at 4:30 p.m.:

• Dr. M’Lisa Sheldon will present on the state of access to care and rehabilitation for children in local school districts.
• Ed Baker will present “Replace Fear of the Unknown With Curiosity,” centered on the power of curiosity to overcome fear and unlock human creativity and growth.
• Brent Mai will present “The Volga Germans of Kansas,” a niche group of ethnic Germans who spent 110 years living on the Russian steppe before migrating to the plains of Kansas in 1876 and who have had a significant impact on all things Kansan.

Come have fun and enjoy the company of your colleagues as well as some good music, food and drink.

In preparation for migration to a new Integrated Library System (ILS), in February 2025, WSU Libraries became a member of MOBIUS, a consortium of 65 academic libraries stretching from Iowa to Texas. The new ILS would manage all of WSU Libraries’ resources regardless of format.

WSU adopted the open-source FOLIO platform, and following months of planning and testing, went live with the new system Sept. 16. Later this fall, phase two of this implementation will launch OpenRS which will provide WSU researchers with access to over 30 million items and streamline delivery of materials across the consortia.

Brent Mai, dean of WSU Libraries, noted that adopting FOLIO will advance the university’s student-centered and innovation driven mission by not only improving management of extant resources but also by expanding resource accessibility for WSU students and faculty.

“Joining MOBIUS opens new doors for our students and faculty to access resources and collaborate with their colleagues at peer and aspirant institutions across the region,” Dean Mai said. “Coupled with our adoption of FOLIO, we are positioning the WSU Libraries to deliver innovative, sustainable library services that support the libraries’ unique role in fostering teaching and learning and advancing research and scholarship.”

Student Health Services has flu vaccines available for WSU students, faculty and staff. Cost is $25 plus administration fee but may be free with your health insurance benefits (all plans are different). Financial assistance for self-pay students may be available for the administration fee. Walk-in to the Student Wellness Center 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday for your flu vaccine before cold and flu season.

Student Health Services is also hosting two upcoming pop-up flu shot clinics:

• 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29 in the Woolsey Hall atrium
• 4-5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30 in the lobby of The Flats

This month’s Faculty Research Collaborative, sponsored by the Office of Faculty Advancement, Retention, and Excellence (FARE), will meet from 2 to 3:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30, in 262 Rhatigan Student Center, Herrman Room. This month’s gathering will feature three-minute presentations by:

• Erin O’Bryan, communication sciences and disorders, presenting “Singing versus Speech in the Human Brain”
• Tetsuya Sato, human factors psychology, presenting “Examining Human–Automation Trust and Eye Movement Behavior Under Varying Risk Conditions in a High-Fidelity Flight Simulation Environment”
• Suman Bhandary, graphic design, presenting “An Investigation into the Readability Research for Native Bangla”

The Faculty Research Collaborative is an opportunity for faculty to network with other researchers on campus over brief research presentations, followed by Q&A and informal conversation. Coffee, drinks and snacks are provided.

The collaborative is spearheaded by engineering Professor Nils Hakansson, philosophy Professor Susan Castro, graphic design Assistant Professor Irmaj Puškarević and sociology Professor Twyla Hill.

The Child Development Center has immediate pre-K openings for this school year. Children need to be entering kindergarten in fall 2026 to be eligible for this classroom. Call 316-978-3109 for more information.

WSU faculty and staff are invited to attend the 2025 WSU Wellness Retreat from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24 at 305/306 Rhatigan Student Center, Beggs Ballroom.

The retreat will include:

• Healing stations
• Connection-focused conversation
• Mental health advocate recognitions
• Free lunch

The table below is to assist instructors with certain dates regarding CES. The dates shown are for the fall 2025 semester.

• The first column includes the various start/end (part-of-term) dates for fall semester courses.
• The second column includes dates meant for instructors. This is the timeframe when instructors will receive emails about the CES process and procedures that they should complete. Instructors will receive additional emails during and after the student CES access dates.
• The last column includes the dates that CES will be available for the students to complete course evaluations.

If your course is in bold, then your fall 2025 CES evaluation process will start soon. Review the start/end dates in each column so you know when your access to the CES system will start and end.

With news of university firings in other states, faculty may feel a sense of uncertainty and anxiety about academic freedom in their research and teaching. Join Rhonda Lewis, community psychology professor, for a facilitated conversation about this topic from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23 in 102C McKinley Hall. Coffee, beverages and light snacks will be provided.

This event is part of the Faculty Support Network series sponsored by the Office of Faculty Advancement, Retention, and Excellence (FARE). These events are intended to create a socially and emotionally supportive environment for WSU faculty by providing a safe forum for difficult conversations to take place.

For more information about Faculty Support Network events, contact rhonda.lewis@wichita.edu. To see all FARE events on your calendar, join the FARE Events group and select the option to show the group calendar in Outlook.

Periodically, information will be posted regarding Watermark’s Course Evaluations & Surveys (CES) tool to help users better understand Wichita State’s course evaluation tool.

Today’s focus is on the basic timeline.

• The CES administrator programs the pre-determined dates for each process. This pre-determined schedule cannot be modified.
• The CES tasks are sent at midnight on the scheduled start date and will end at 11:59 p.m. on the scheduled end date.
• The manage course process for instructors: Instructors have 10 days from notification of the opt-out window to delete courses from CES.
• CES evaluations will be open for students for varying lengths of time, depending upon the length of the course term:
  • Fall and spring one-week to four-week courses: Two days
  • Fall and spring five-week to 16+ week courses: 10 days
  • Summer one- and two-week courses: Two days
  • Summer four-week to 10+ week courses: Seven days
• Current CES Results will be available at the end of the semester. Results will continue to remain accessible afterwards.
  • The availability date will be the Friday after grades are due to the Registrar.
• A full timeline with specific dates is on the website. These dates will also appear as separate posts in WSU Today, with emphasis on the most relevant information for a specific date.   
• There is a dedicated CES website that includes additional information.

For questions, contact Sandra Ranney at evaluations@ces.wichita.edu.