Category: Faculty and Staff Resources

Join Adelante Juntos (previously LFSA) at Social Tap for a chance to meet with coworkers and new connections from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4 at Social Tap.

Join the WSU Admin Support Group for its next Lunch & Learn event at noon Thursday, Sept. 11 in 265 Rhatigan Student Center, Lucas Room. This month’s meeting will feature a speaker from the WSU Foundation and Alumni Engagement who will provide a brief overview of foundation funding and share upcoming staff training dates.

Bring a lunch and stop by to connect with other administrative professionals across campus. RSVP for the event by Sept. 8 by contacting Angie Linder at angela.linder@wichita.edu.

The Admin Support Group is a community engagement initiative supported by the Wichita State University Staff Senate. To learn more, visit the Admins Support Group webpage.

Meet with the Office of Student Accommodations and Testing (OSAT) testing coordinator to discuss proctoring. Come with any concerns you may have about testing options for your courses, and OSAT is excited to answer questions, set up facility tours and engage with faculty.

Faculty Fridays will be every first Friday of the month with sessions at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. in the Rhatigan Student Center at a table near Starbucks. The first meeting will be Sept. 5 with the following meeting being Oct. 3.

WSU Testing is a sector of OSAT, located in 118 Shocker Success Center. For questions, email testingcenter@wichita.edu or call 316-978-8378. Learn more about proctoring.

The University Staff Senate has established a scholarship to support the advancement of WSU staff and their dependents. Staff members or their dependents beginning or continuing their first bachelor’s degree are eligible to apply. This scholarship can be combined with university Tuition Assistance and other awards and can be used for tuition, books and fees.

Applications for the University Staff Senate scholarship close Nov. 1 for the spring 2026 award. For more information and to apply, visit the Staff Senate Scholarship webpage.

The Office of Student Accommodations and Testing would like to remind all instructors to submit the Test Information Form for students utilizing its office for exams and quizzes. Timely submission is crucial for students to schedule their appointments, so submit TIFs as soon as possible. This form is used for make-up exams and accommodated exams.

And remind your students that all exams require an appointment. Students must schedule their exams through RegisterBlast.com/wsu.

For any testing related questions, contact OSAT at testing.center@wichita.edu or call 316-978-8378.

Dr. Susan Castro, philosophy and Dr. Nils Hakansson, biomedical engineering, are spearheading the launch of a new faculty research club starting at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28 in 262 RSC, Herrman Room, in partnership with the Office of Faculty Advancement, Retention, and Excellence (FARE). The goal of the FARE Faculty Research Collaborative is to catalyze interdisciplinary research partnerships among WSU faculty.

Each month, faculty from across campus will gather to hear three-minute talks from three colleagues and will have an opportunity to ask questions and contribute to the project through their own disciplinary lenses and networks. Snacks and drinks will be provided.

Those who attend at least 50% of the collaboratives will receive a letter of participation to include in their FAAR.

September’s gathering will be 2-3:15 p.m. Sept. 24 (meetings will be at 2 p.m., alternating between Wednesday and Thursday)

August presenters:

• Dr. Susan Castro, associate professor of philosophy – “WSU Research Affiliation Groups: HealthHum and AI”
• Dr. Yuanyuan Gao, assistant professor of biomedical engineering – “Optical Instrumentation Design for Neuroimaging”
• Dr. Abdulaziz Abubshait, assistant professor of psychology – “Should Robots be Social?”

The ShockerStrengths Initiative provides “Discover Your Strengths” workshops and activities that are a great plug in option for your courses this semester. Through First Year Seminars to capstone courses, it can help connect students with their top five CliftonStrengths, connect to your course content and encourage students to leverage their strengths academically, personally and professionally.

All workshops include the inventories and materials.

For more information and to request the inventory or a workshop, visit the ShockerStrengths website.

Leo Wetta, investment adviser representative with Voya Financial, will be available for in-person meetings at Wichita State Monday, Aug. 25. Faculty and staff can get one-on-one advising and review their Voya Financial accounts as part of their KBOR retirement plan.

If you are interested in meeting with Leo, you can schedule a time to meet. Time slots are limited, so reserve a time soon. For questions, you can call Voya Financial Advisors at 316-686-2428.

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.

The Shocker Teaching Community of Practice is available for all who teach at WSU (tenured, tenure-track and non-tenure track faculty, adjunct faculty, GTAs, etc.). The Shocker Teaching Community of Practice, rooted in the Student Experience Project created by the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities and the Coalition of Urban-Serving Universities, provides a monthly gathering space for community members to learn about, implement and reflect on the core components of student success that can be implemented in teaching practices. The Shocker Teaching Community of Practice will gather on the last Wednesday of the month at 2 p.m.

For questions or more information about the Shocker Teaching Community of Practice, contact Brett Bruner, assistant vice president for Student Success & Persistence, at brett.bruner@wichita.edu.