Category: Human Resources

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:

• Oct. 22: Virtual presentation at 3 p.m.
• Oct. 27: Virtual presentation at 10 a.m.

Please 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.

The Open Enrollment window to submit 2026 benefits elections is now more than halfway over. Supervisors will begin receiving email updates this week if members of their team have not submitted 2026 elections. The HR Total Rewards team is asking all supervisors to help spread the word to all staff and faculty that Open Enrollment is mandatory.

Reminder: All benefits-eligible state employees must make their 2026 elections by the deadline on Oct. 31. Employees currently enrolled in medical coverage who do not complete an open enrollment election will be defaulted into medical Plan N with a use-it-or-lose-it HRA effective Jan. 1. Employees should log in to the Member Administration Portal at sehp.member.hrissuite.com to make their elections, even if they don’t plan to make any changes from their current 2025 coverage.

There are many resources available to employees at wichita.edu/openenrollment, including open enrollment presentation as well as an on-demand webinar.

Watch SEHP’s on-demand webinar.

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:

• Oct. 10: Virtual presentation at 1:30 p.m.
• Oct. 16: In-person presentation at 9 a.m. in 262 Rhatigan Student Center, Herrman Room

Registration is not required.

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.

The online meeting links have been updated for the Open Enrollment Virtual presentations. Visit the Open Enrollment/Presentations page for the new meeting links.

Events happening this week:

• Oct. 7: In person presentation at 3 p.m. in 301 Rhatigan Student Center, Gridley Room.
• Oct. 10: Virtual presentation at 1:30 p.m.

Registration is not required.

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 Open Enrollment. Log in to the Member Administration Portal to make your elections.

Virtual and in-person presentations will be offered:

• Oct. 3: Virtual presentation at 9 a.m.
• Oct. 7: In person presentation at 3 p.m. in 301 Rhatigan Student Center, Gridley Room

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.

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

Upcoming events:

• 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24: SEHP’s final Open Enrollment presentation is online. Register to attend.
• Wednesday, 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, 2025 and ends Feb. 28, 2026. 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, 2026.
• 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 2025-26 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.

The 2026 fiscal and academic year annual appointment notices are now available online and will not be printed or distributed to departments. Log in and acknowledge your appointment notice by Aug. 31.

Note that University Support Staff (USS) and non-benefit-eligible employees (students, lecturers and temporary employees) are not subject to the annual appointment notice process.

Therefore, Unclassified Professionals (UP) and faculty of WSU can view, electronically acknowledge and print their 2026 appointment notice through myWSU:

• myWSU (Chrome is the preferred browser)
• Faculty/Staff tab
• Human Resources links
• Notice of appointment (You may need to clear the browser cache to see the link)

The 2026 appointment notices will be available to view, electronically acknowledge, print and revisit through Aug. 31. Due to the sensitive nature of this data, always close the browser to protect privacy.

Contact the Help Desk at 316-978-4357 for assistance with logging into myWSU, if needed.

For questions with any of the information contained on your fiscal year 2026 appointment notice, discuss with your supervisor and they may contact HR.ServiceCenter@wichita.edu if needed.

Note: Appointment notices are generated at a specific point in time with the beginning of the fiscal year for staff (or academic year for faculty). If your information changes after that point in time, it will not be reflected on the 2026 appointment notice.

The 2026 fiscal and academic year annual appointment notices are now available online and will not be printed or distributed to departments. Log in and acknowledge your appointment notice by Aug. 31.

Note that University Support Staff (USS) and non-benefit-eligible employees (students, lecturers and temporary employees) are not subject to the annual appointment notice process.

Therefore, Unclassified Professionals (UP) and faculty of WSU can view, electronically acknowledge and print their 2026 appointment notice through myWSU:

• myWSU (Chrome is the preferred browser)
• Faculty/Staff tab
• Human Resources links
• Notice of appointment (You may need to clear the browser cache to see the link)

The 2026 appointment notices will be available to view, electronically acknowledge, print and revisit through Aug. 31. Due to the sensitive nature of this data, always close the browser to protect privacy.

Contact the Help Desk at 316-978-4357 for assistance with logging into myWSU, if needed.

For questions with any of the information contained on your fiscal year 2026 appointment notice, discuss with your supervisor and they may contact HR.ServiceCenter@wichita.edu if needed.

Note: Appointment notices are generated at a specific point in time with the beginning of the fiscal year for staff (or academic year for faculty). If your information changes after that point in time, it will not be reflected on the 2026 appointment notice.

The 2026 fiscal and academic year annual appointment notices will be available online through myWSU during the week beginning Monday, July 7. You will then need to log in and acknowledge your appointment notice by Aug. 31.

Note that University Support Staff (USS) and non-benefit-eligible employees (students, lecturers and temporary employees) are not subject to the annual appointment notice process.

Appointment notices are generated at a specific point in time with the beginning of the fiscal year for staff (or academic year for faculty). If your information changes after that point in time, it will not be reflected on the 2026 appointment notice.