Category: Human Resources

At Wichita State, our most important resource is our people. Our vision is to support and empower those who serve WSU by creating a meaningful employment relationship. To achieve this, we are engaging our WSU community to gain input on revising the performance management process for staff at WSU.

We started our revision of talent management in 2023 focused on hiring and onboarding. We are excited that our new WuHire talent system will go live on Oct. 7. With this milestone, we are ready to start focusing on the second phase: performance management — an ongoing process between a leader and an employee that occurs throughout the year to ensure alignment, engagement and continual development.

We will start the performance management revision in 2025 and will focus on our non-teaching staff.

As we begin planning, we want to ensure we have diverse perspectives and understand what our leaders and staff consider priorities in performance management. We have prepared a Performance Management Survey to gather your input and ideas. Your feedback is invaluable as we work towards creating a performance management process that helps employees reach their potential and helps leaders retain talent.

We ask that you complete the brief Performance Management Survey no later than Monday, Oct. 21

We look forward to your feedback as we prepare for performance management revisioning and work together towards achieving employee success.

All benefits-eligible state employees must participate in open enrollment. Log in to the Member Administration Portal to make your elections.

Events occurring this week:

• 9-10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16 in person in 258 Rhatigan Student Center, Smoky Hills Room
• 2-3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, online, attend the Online Open Enrollment Presentation. Registration is not required.

Take advantage of the scheduled virtual and in-person presentations, as well as on-demand options. To add meeting reminders to your calendar or for additional information visit the Open Enrollment Website. Any questions should be directed to TotalRewards@wichita.edu.

All benefits-eligible state employees must participate in open enrollment. Log in to the Member Administration Portal to make your elections.

Events occurring this week:

• 9-10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16 in person in 258 Rhatigan Student Center, Smoky Hills Room
• 2-3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, online, attend the Online Open Enrollment Presentation. Registration is not required.

Take advantage of the scheduled virtual and in-person presentations, as well as on-demand options. To add meeting reminders to your calendar or for additional information visit the Open Enrollment Website. Any questions should be directed to TotalRewards@wichita.edu.

We are excited to announce that WuHire, Wichita State University’s new Talent Management System, is officially live! You can now access the WuHire system through the following link:

Access WuHire System: https://wichita.pageuppeople.com/

Training and Resources

To assist with the transition, we have provided several training resources to help you get familiar with WuHire. These include:

• Recorded training
• User guides
• Additional support materials

You can access all these resources on our SharePoint site: WuHire SharePoint

Need Help?

If you have any questions or need additional support, please don’t hesitate to reach out via email to employment@wichita.edu with the subject line: WuHire.

Thank you for your cooperation as we are moving forward with this exciting new system. 

All benefits-eligible state employees must participate in open enrollment. Log in to the Member Administration Portal to make your elections.

Events occurring this week:

• 3-4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7 (online)
• 3:30-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9 in person in 256 Rhatigan Student Center, Edmiston Room
• Monday, Oct. 7: At 3 p.m., attend the Online Open Enrollment Presentation. Registration is not required. Zoom link to join and additional presentation times can be found at wichita.edu/openenrollment

Take advantage of the scheduled virtual and in-person presentations, as well as on-demand options. To add meeting reminders to your calendar or for additional information visit the Open Enrollment Website. Any questions should be directed to TotalRewards@wichita.edu.

All benefits-eligible state employees must participate in open enrollment. Log in to the Member Administration Portal to make your elections.

Events occurring next week:

• 3-4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, online

This is a busy time, so the Total Rewards Team is not available for walk-in traffic or to make individual appointments regarding open enrollment. Take advantage of the scheduled virtual and in-person presentations, as well as on-demand options. To add meeting reminders to your calendar or for additional information visit the Open Enrollment Website. Any questions should be directed to TotalRewards@wichita.edu.

All benefits-eligible state employees must participate in open enrollment. Log in to the Member Administration Portal to make your elections.

Virtual and in-person presentations will be offered:

• 9-10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, online
• 3-4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, online
• 3:30-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, 256 RSC, Edmiston Room
• 9-10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, 258 RSC, Smokey Hills Room
• 2-3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, online
• 10-11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 21, online

This is a very busy time, so the Total Rewards Team is not available for walk-in traffic or to make individual appointments regarding open enrollment. Take advantage of the scheduled virtual and in-person presentations, as well as on-demand options. For additional information, visit the Open Enrollment Website. Any questions should be directed to TotalRewards@wichita.edu.

All benefits-eligible state employees must participate in benefits open enrollment, which starts tomorrow, Oct. 1.

Upcoming events:

• Tuesday, Oct. 1: SEHP will begin opening enrollment portals throughout the day. All benefit-eligible employees should have access to their open enrollment portal by close of business on Oct. 1
• Thursday, Oct. 3: At 9 a.m., attend the Online Open Enrollment Presentation. Registration is not required, Zoom link to join and additional presentation times can be found at wichita.edu/openenrollment

The Total Rewards Team is not available for walk-in traffic or to make individual appointments regarding open enrollment. Take advantage of the scheduled virtual and in-person presentations, as well as on-demand options. For additional information, visit the Open Enrollment Website. Any questions should be directed to TotalRewards@wichita.edu.

This is once again an active enrollment, meaning that all covered state employees must participate, or be enrolled in a default plan. 

Events next week:

Tuesday, Oct. 1:  SEHP will begin opening enrollment portals throughout the day. All benefit-eligible employees should have access to their benefits open enrollment portal by close of business on Oct. 1^.

Take advantage of the scheduled virtual and in-person presentations, as well as on-demand options. For additional information visit the Open Enrollment Website. Any questions should be directed to TotalRewards@wichita.edu.

Managers, it’s time to complete the mid-review step of the myPerformance evaluation cycle for your non-teaching employees. The mid-review step is your opportunity to do a formal progress check-in with your employees now that we’re halfway through the annual performance evaluation period that began March 1 and ends Feb. 28, 2025. Go to myPerformance to access and complete mid-reviews which should be completed by Sept. 30.

Follow these steps to complete mid-reviews for your non-teaching employees:

• Add comments regarding your employee’s performance and progress on their expectations and goals for the first half of the evaluation period
• Make any necessary updates to expectations and goals for the last half of the evaluation period
• Save and submit your updates
• Meet with your employees to review their progress, share any updated expectations and goals, and provide them with a copy

Helpful hints:

• Managers have unlimited access to update and edit content on evaluations in myPerformance until the employee self-evaluation step begins Jan. 1, 2025.
• Be sure to save and submit anytime you update or make changes to an evaluation. You still have access to make changes after you save and submit.
• Employees don’t have access to their 2024-25 myPerformance evaluation until the employee self-evaluation step which is why it’s important to review and provide a copy of their evaluation for reference throughout the year.
• Managers can add co-planners during this step. A co-planner is someone who has managed a portion of the employee’s work assignment during the evaluation period.
• To find in-progress or past evaluations in myPerformance, check the small box “Show completed and expired tasks” then click “Search.”

For more information (including myPerformance training, quick reference guides and other resources) go to wichita.edu/myPerformance.