Category: Health and Safety Updates

Wichita State has a single website for all students, staff and faculty to utilize for reporting any incidents of concerning behavior. If you see something that gives you cause for concern, please submit any information you have through the appropriate form on the website.

The website includes reporting forms for the following concerns:

• Care Team – Used to report any person who is concerned about the health or safety of a WSU student, employee, visitor or the campus community at large.
• Title IX/Discrimination – Used to report any discrimination on the basis of sex and all forms of protected characteristic discrimination.
• Bias Incident – Used to report any bias related incidents.
• Student Advocate – Used to report any student complaint, where the student advocate can help provide resources and resolution options.
• Conduct – Used to report behavior that is disruptive to the campus community, infringes on any person’s ability to successfully pursue their academic progress, violates the Student Code of Conduct, or puts others or themselves in danger.
• Academic Integrity – Used to report violations of the WSU Policies and Procedures Manual section 2.17, Student Academic Integrity.
• Clery – Used to report any Clery crimes.

Remember that if there is an emergency, always call the WSU Police Department at 316-978-3450 or dial 911.

Just in time for the surge of respiratory illnesses flooding the state, Wichita State University’s Molecular Diagnostics Lab has announced it will extend free RSV, influenza and COVID (RIC) testing through March 31, 2023.

The MDL has been providing public testing for COVID since October 2020, and the triple-virus RIC test was added to the MDL’s capabilities in December 2021. All MDL testing costs have been covered through CARES funding from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

Currently enrolled Wichita State students, staff and faculty can get flu shots from Student Health Services (SHS) at a low cost from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Student Wellness Center.

Please keep in mind that it takes two weeks for a flu shot to get the most immunity and protection, so the earlier the better.

• The cost of the vaccine is $25 for currently enrolled Wichita State students and $35 for staff and faculty.
• If the patient has insurance, the card must be presented while checking in. Your flu shot coverage depends on your type of health insurance.
• No appointment is required to receive the shot.

For more information, contact 316-978-4792 or visit our website at SHS website.

Student Health Service’s final Pee for Pizza event for 2022 will take place from noon to 4 p.m. Dec. 7 at Student Wellness Center in the Steve Clark YMCA. During the event, participants can get tested for gonorrhea and chlamydia and then receive a free pizza. This month is dedicated to World AIDS Day, a global health day to raise awareness of HIV disease and those who have lost their lives to the infection.

Co-sponsored the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Positive Direction, and Shocker Sports Grill and Lanes, Pee for Pizza occurs twice a month through the fall and spring semesters. Reservations are required.No walk-ins will be accepted. Participants must not use the restroom for at least one hour before testing.

For more information or to make a reservation, contact SHS at 316-978-4792. Other tests are available upon request.

Walk-in COVID vaccination services through Student Health Services will have modified hours Nov. 28-Dec. 20.

Tuesdays – 9 a.m.-noon

Fridays – 1-4 p.m.

Dec. 19-20 — no COVID vaccines

Student Health Services will not be available while the university is closed for Thanksgiving break Nov 24-27. For medical care, learn more about after-hours care and emergencies. For a list of Covid-19 testing sites, please visit the Sedgwick County Health Department website. Student Health Services will reopen at 8 a.m. Monday, Nov 28.

Currently enrolled Wichita State students, staff and faculty can get flu shots from Student Health Services (SHS) at a low cost at the Student Wellness Center inside the Steve Clark YMCA on campus.

Hours Nov. 14-18: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Hours Nov. 21-25: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday and Tuesday (Nov. 21 and 22); 9-11 a.m. Wednesday (Nov. 23). Closed Thursday and Friday (Nov. 24 and 25).

The cost of the vaccine is $25 for students and $35 for faculty and staff.

If the patient has insurance, the card must be presented while checking in. Flu shot coverage depends on type of health insurance.

No appointment is required to receive the shot.

For more information, contact 316-978-4792 or go to the SHS website.

Currently enrolled Wichita State students, staff and faculty can get flu shots from Student Health Services (SHS) at a low cost from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Student Wellness Center.

• The cost of the vaccine is $25 for currently enrolled Wichita State students and $35 for faculty and staff.
• If the patient has insurance, the card must be presented while checking in. Your flu shot coverage depends on your type of health insurance.
• No appointment is required to receive the shot.

For more information, contact 316-978-4792 or visit our website at SHS website.

Sedgwick County is hosting a free mobile COVID vaccine clinic from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 9 in Charles Koch Arena.

First and second shots and updated boosters will be available, including the Pfizer vaccine for ages 5 and up, and the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for ages 18 and up.

No appointments, ID or insurance necessary but please bring your vaccine card.

On Friday, Nov. 4, the Student Wellness Center in the Steve Clark YMCA will be open for Counseling and Prevention Services only.

At-home COVID testing kits are available only on this day at the front desk for no charge while supplies last.