Annual non-teaching employee performance evaluations for 2025-26 will be available for employee signatures beginning March 1 provided that their manager has submitted their manager review in myPerformance.
Employees should log into myPerformance then electronically sign and submit their 2025-26 evaluation by 11:59 p.m. March 7.
Helpful hints:
Let your manager know if you don’t have access to your evaluation. Managers must submit their manager review for you to have access.
Progress through each page of your evaluation to review all comments and ratings.
Enter your name in the signature field, click “Sign,” and then click “Submit” on the approval signature page and the submit review pop-up window.
To find in-progress or past evaluations in myPerformance, check the small box “Show completed and expired tasks” then click “Search.”
All Wichita State University benefits-eligible employees can access their YTD 2025 Total Compensation Statement in myWSU. The Total Compensation Statement provides you with a complete view of your compensation package, including both direct compensation, such as pay and leave, and indirect compensation, such as benefits paid by WSU.
Note that the email address for Leave Administration has changed. Effective Feb. 16, all leave-related inquiries and documentation should be sent to leaveadmin@wichita.edu. The previous email address (totalrewards@wichita.edu) will no longer be used for leave administration purposes.
If you have any questions or need assistance, reach out to the new email address. There is also helpful information located on the Human Resources website. Thank you for your attention to this update and for helping ensure a smooth transition.
Annual non-teaching employee performance evaluations for 2025-26 are now accessible to managers to complete the Manager Review step of the myPerformance evaluation cycle. Managers, go to myPerformance to access and complete performance evaluations for your non-teaching employees which are due by 11:59 p.m. Feb. 28.
Follow these steps to complete your evaluations for the 2025-26 review period which began March 1, 2025 and ends Feb. 28:
Provide summary comments for expectations, competencies and goals.
Select rating for all competencies.
Progress through each page of the evaluation and select “Save” then “Submit” on the final summary page for the evaluation.
Meet with your employee(s) to review their evaluation and provide them with a copy.
Helpful hints:
Managers have unlimited access to update and edit performance evaluations throughout the month of February.
Evaluations must be saved and submitted to progress to the employee signature step on March 1. Employees will not have access to their evaluation if the manager has not submitted their review.
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.”
Note: End-of-year performance review conversations are also a great time to set expectations and goals for the new review period. The 2026-27 evaluations are now accessible to managers in myPerformance so you can discuss both the current end-of-review (2025-26 Manager Review) and the upcoming begin-of-review (2026-27 Planning) at the same time, if desired.
A change was made for the 2026-27 evaluation form based on university feedback to simplify and reduce redundancy in the competency section comments. There is now only one comments box to capture performance expectations and progress versus a comments box for each competency.
There are upcoming changes to the WuHire approval processes for both job requisition and offers related to benefit eligible positions. This change is being made to ensure that department leadership has discussed the need for the position and budgetary oversight as part of the job requisition process. This only applies to positions within the Market Based Compensation program.
For the purpose of creating operational efficiencies and optimizations, Benefit Eligible (BE) job requisitions will require approvals from two department leaders*. The updated job requisition approval process is listed below:
Hiring department submits request to hire; provides justification
Department leader #1 (department budget officer) approves/declines; ensures justification is provided
Department leader #2 (direct report to divisional officer) approves/declines; ensures justification is provided
Hiring Review Committee (HRC) approves/declines/holds for more information
MBC conducts compensation review, creates position number
Budget Office reviews/secures funding
Talent Team initiates hiring process
HRC approval applicable when required.
Offer approval changes – Effective Feb. 3
Starting Feb. 3, all offers will require approval from two department leaders*. Offers not in compliance with Market Based Compensation (MBC) guidelines are required to go through the divisional officer** approval process, which include the two department leaders approval in addition to the divisional officer. The revised offer approval process is outlined below:
MBC (Market Based Comp) conducts pay analysis, makes recommendation, notates if request is an exception to comp guidelines
Department leader #1 (department budget officer) reviews. If approved, provides justification for offer
Department leader #2 (direct report to divisional officer) reviews. If approved, ensures proper justification is provided
Divisional officer approval required*
If a grant, Post Award reviews to ensure compliance with grant
*Department leader #1: Department budget officer *Department leader #2: Direct report to the divisional officer (senior leader) **Divisional officers are Rick Muma, president; David Miller, senior vice president for Administration, Finance and Operations; Monica Lounsbery, senior executive vice president and provost; and Kevin Saal, director of athletics
For questions, contact your dean or department leader, or if still unclear, contact employment@wichita.edu.
Non-Teaching Employees, it’s time to complete your self-evaluation in myPerformance. The self-evaluation step in the performance evaluation cycle is your opportunity to provide input on your job performance and accomplishments since the beginning of the current review period that began on March 1, 2025. Go to myPerformance to access and complete your self-evaluation which is due by 11:59 p.m. Jan. 31.
Helpful hints:
You can access your performance evaluation as many times as you need during the month of January to update and complete your self-evaluation. Access will route from you to your manager on Feb. 1.
Be sure to save and submit anytime you update or make changes to your self-evaluation. You still have access to make changes after you save and submit.
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.
Watch your inbox this week for an email from HR Total Rewards with the subject line “Changes to your Benefit Deductions.” This email will show changes in deduction amounts for the benefit elections you made during open enrollment for coverage beginning Jan. 1, 2026.
Note:
The 2026 benefit elections have been finalized and cannot be changed.
If the new deductions match what you elected for 2026 there is no action required. You can review your benefit elections in the Pending Election Statement email you received from SEHP.
If there is a discrepancy, reply directly to the email you receive, and a member of the team will respond after winter break. If you do not receive an email, it simply means that your elections and deduction amounts will not change.
Recent new hires: Reminder that you may have multiple premium deductions on the first paycheck that includes benefit premium deductions.
In preparation for the 2025 Winter Break (dates and details are available on the Leave Administration webpage), the HR Talent Acquisition team will implement the following deadlines related to hiring all positions (excluding Division of Industry and Defense Programs). This will provide a more positive experience for candidates and ensure positions are posted and employees are hired successfully prior to the shutdown.
Approvals
Any items submitted after Wednesday, Dec.17, 2025, that require HR Employment approval will be processed after our return on Jan. 5, 2026.
For hiring benefit eligible (BE) positions:
The first New Employee Orientation (NEO) in 2026 is on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. To attend this session:
Candidate(s) must have accepted their offer(s) by Monday, Dec.15, 2025.
Candidate(s) must have completed all onboarding tasks by the end of the day on Thursday, Dec.18, 2025.
Candidates who have not completed onboarding by the deadline may have their start date moved to the next available date and corresponding NEO.
For Hiring Non-Benefit Eligible (NBE) Positions (i.e., student, grad, lecturer, temp)
Candidates with an effective date of Jan. 4 must meet the following:
Candidate(s) must have accepted their offer(s) by Monday, Dec. 15, 2025.
Candidate(s) must have completed all onboarding tasks by end of day on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025.
Candidates who have not completed onboarding by the deadlines noted above may have their start date moved to the next available date.
All Add-Job ePAFs for WSU and ICAA must be fully approved by Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025.
*Please note that all new hires must have completed all onboarding and be updated to “hired” status by HR before they can start work.*
If you have any questions, please email the Talent Acquisition team at employment@wichita.edu.
Managers of non-teaching employees, here’s what you need to know.
At the start of January, your employees will be able to view content you entered during the planning and mid-review steps of the evaluation cycle when they go in to complete their self-evaluation. You’ll regain access to their evaluations for the manager review during the month of February.
Please complete these steps before the winter break to prepare for employee self-evaluations:
Update any of your comments on your employees’ competencies and goals if necessary.
Save and submit on the summary page to ensure your comments route to your employee.
Touch base with your employees about upcoming self-evaluations and ensure they have what they need to successfully evaluate themselves at the start of January.
More information to come at the beginning of January for the employee self-evaluation.
Managers can access employee evaluations in myPerformance.
For more information (including myPerformance training, quick reference guides and other resources) go to wichita.edu/myPerformance.
To find in-progress or past evaluations in myPerformance, check the small box “Show completed and expired tasks” then click “Search.” Select the evaluation and you’ll have the option to print or save to PDF.
A change is being implemented in Wuhire regarding job requisitions for GAs, LPs and RS/WS/AL positions and their corresponding advertising (sourcing) timelines to the academic semester in which the roles are needed.
What is changing
Effective immediately:
Job reqs (GA/LP/RS/WS/AL) will only be advertised and open for applications during the same semester which the job requisition is approved and needed for hiring.
Job reqs will display a sourcing (advertising) closing date, which reflects when the job req will no longer be able to accept applications.
Semester posting windows and requisition end dates:
Semester hiring for
Advertising period
Advertising closed
Fall
Fall semester only
Beginning of December
Spring
Spring semester only
Beginning of May
Summer
Summer semester only
Beginning of July
Example: A fall GA or LP posting submitted in August will advertise through the fall term and will have an advertising end-date in December.
Key clarifications:
The sourcing close date restricts new applications on the job req.
The requisition itself will remain available for hiring on so long as there are open positions available.
Departments may continue hiring to that requisition throughout the semester (again, provided open positions remain).
If all positions on a job req have been hired, the job req cannot be used any longer and HR will close it, considering it as filled.
If a job req of these types is submitted towards the end of a semester (November/December, April/May, July):
It will be assumed the hiring is intended for the following semester, in which the advertising (sourcing) will extend through the upcoming semester advertising period; so hiring timelines remain supported and clear.
You will start to see sourcing (advertising) close dates associated with your current job req. The closing date can be found in your jobs list page under the ‘sourced’ column. We appreciate your partnership as we refine recruitment processes to better support academic hiring needs. If you have questions, please reach out to the Talent Team by way of employment@wichita.edu.
Job reqs created prior to July 1, 2025 cannot be copied
In our efforts to refine the Wuhire system, we are committed to identifying features that improve efficiencies and align with institutional standards. To support these priorities, and with your partnership, we are implementing the following update. The following does not apply to IDP, due to their difference in data entry methods and hiring process.
Effective immediately, job requisitions may not be copied if the original requisition was created prior to July 1, 2025.
This change is essential to ensure accurate data flow between WuHire and subsequent integrated university systems, uphold compliance, create a smooth hiring process for both departments and candidates, and maintain consistency as we continue our improvement efforts since launch.
To identify when a job req was originally created, please review your job req from your jobs list (either current recruitment or non-current recruitment), and check the ‘Date Created’ in the history.
If the job req may have been copied previously, verify this through the revision history to ensure the original was not created prior July 1, 2025. Revision history can be found as follows:
Go into the job req
Click on ellipses next to “View Applicants”
Choose “Revision History”
Check the “Date Request Started”
If the “From” and “To” field dates differ then the job req was copied from a previous version. This is an instance of a job req that cannot be copied.
We encourage everyone to follow the steps above and attend Wuhire trainings as often as needed. Should you still have questions, you may reach out with questions to the Talent team by way of employment@wichita.edu.
Thank you for your understanding and partnership as we work to serve you the best we can.
