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The annual budget process for colleges and departments to submit their budget requests into the university’s budgeting system is about to start. At this stage, the University Budget Office has visited with the leadership of each division regarding the upcoming process. Budget and review officers have already received, or will receive in the near future, guidance from their leadership team regarding more specific expectations for completing the process.

As in past years, budget and review officers are responsible for completing the budget request for their organizations of responsibility, unless otherwise directed by their leadership team.

The TM1 Budgeting System will open for fiscal year 2024 budget requests beginning on Monday, April 24. TM1 can be found in the “Employee Toolbox” in the Faculty/Staff tab in myWSU or accessed online.

Training for budget and review officers this year exists through multiple options:

First, a training video titled “TM1 Training Video” is posted in the Employee Toolbox in myWSU. The video is meant to help you navigate the budget system and walk you through the various forms in order for you to view and make changes to your budget. You will not need to sign up for a class to access the training video, rather the video will be available on an ongoing basis.

Second, a training video titled “TM1 Reports Video” is posted in the Employee Toolbox in myWSU. The video will explain the purpose of each report and educate you on how the reports could be used to assist you with your budgeting and on-going business decisions. The reports are available year-around and additional reports may be added throughout the year. You will not need to sign up for a class to access the training video, rather the video will be available on an ongoing basis.

Third, a TM1 Training Guide is available in the Employee Toolbox that provides instructions on the use of the budgeting system, as well as a Budget Development Guide for Budget and Review Officers that summarizes timelines, important university budgeting practices, and common budget actions and expectations of budget and review officers.

Finally, the University Budget Office will host Open Training Labs (schedule below) for in-person training and assistance. You can register for the sessions through myTraining. If you are an experienced budget or review officer, you are likely to find the video training sufficient as a reminder of how the budgeting system works. For faculty and staff new to the process, and depending on how your college or department traditionally handles the process of entering your budget requests, the Open Training Lab is likely to be beneficial. The Open Training Labs are designed to work in conjunction with the training videos, as a result your attendance will be more effective if you’ve watched the training videos prior to attending the training lab.

Open Training Lab date:

• 9 a.m.-11 a.m. April 27 – Open Lab in Jabara Hall, Room 124.  Register through myTraining.
• 3 p.m.-5 p.m. May 3 – Open Lab in Jabara Hall, Room 124.  Register through myTraining.
• 10 a.m.-12 p.m. May 10 – Open Lab in Jabara Hall, Room 124.  Register through myTraining.

Please keep in mind that one of the most significant components of the budget are changes to existing positions. As in past years, changes to filled positions have to be made through the regular HR form process. HR forms impacting fiscal year 2024 must be submitted no later than May 19.  Submissions after this date will not be incorporated into your fiscal year 2024 adopted budget.

Planned dates for the budget calendar:

• April 24 – Budget system opens for changes.
• May 19 – Final day for budget officers and review officers to complete budget requests within TM1 prior to VP review.  Last day to submit HR forms.
• May 26 – Final day for vice presidents to review requests and enter changes in TM1.

If you have difficulty logging in to the system, please contact the Budget Office at 316-978-3030 for assistance. Note, in order to access the TM1 system off-campus, you need an active VPN connection.

As always, the budget office is happy to provide guidance and help you work through any budget questions you may have.

In just its first year, the Collegiate DECA chapter at Wichita State is already making its mark nationwide. The WSU team competed in the statewide DECA competition at Tabor College in February.

Two members — Jennifer Calvo, marketing major, and Nathan Holloway, business administration major — placed in the top three in their events. As a result, they will represent Kansas at a national collegiate DECA competition from Saturday, April 15 to April 19 in Orlando.

DECA is a international association connecting marketing students to professional and business development opportunities.

To help parents sign their children up for summer camps, the Office of Strategic Communications is compiling Wichita State camp info on the 2023 Summer Camps website.

The HR Total Rewards team reminds faculty and staff that the deadline for summer 2023 tuition assistance applications is Monday, April 17. Tuition assistance applications for summer 2023 are submitted through the online application form.

Due to the volume of applications received each semester, requests to submit late applications will be automatically denied without exception.

Questions may be directed to TuitionAssistance@wichita.edu.

The Wichita Police Department will use the former Intensive English Learning Center building at 17th and Hillside for routine bomb squad training from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, April 13.

The campus community may see armored vehicles and an elevated police presence at the location. This is only for training purposes.

Inspired by the Walk Across Kansas Challenge, members of Wichita State’s nursing faculty are walking the 130 miles between the main campus in Wichita and the newly launched campus located in Kansas State University’s Justin Hall.

Faculty have opted to start their walk from either KSU or WSU and will log their miles between April 1 and August 1. This challenge highlights the cooperation between KSU and WSU to offer a unique option to complete your WSU Nursing degree in Manhattan.

Faculty members with an interest in retaining students should apply to become a Retention Faculty Fellow. Applications for the 2023-24 academic year are open through Friday, April 21.

Retention Faculty Fellows support Strategic Enrollment Management goal three to “Increase persistence rates of degree seeking student populations.” The Retention Faculty Fellows share best practices and create opportunities for other faculty members to be in dialogue about quality instructional design and student engagement.

Fellows should be endorsed by the dean or their representative. For questions, contact Moriah Beck, retention faculty fellow coordinator, at moriah.beck@wichita.edu.

Women WSU students who have identified a problem people want fixed and have a solution are encouraged to apply for the Women for Women Innovation Fund.

This fund is awarded to aid women in moving forward varied ideas, including previous winners:

• A device meant to a wound vacuum device used following cesarean deliveries to mitigate surgical site infections (Chinello Ogogor, Wombcare)
• A product designed to provide menstruating individuals a more reliable means of predicting periods through continual hormone monitoring (XX Menstrual Monitoring)
• Customizable and sustainable breast prosthesis (Brittany Wojciechowski, Amulya Lomte, and Maria Jose Carrillo Munoz)
• A service connecting local businesses with more consumers (Devon Creasman)
• A symptom-tracking tool meant to aid people struggling with chronic illness (Madeline Shonka, CoVstat)

Applications close Friday, April 28.

Award for Research/Creative Projects in Summer (ARCS) round two proposals are due to the Office of Research no later than 5 p.m. Friday, April 28.

The ARCS opportunity provides funding of up to $4,000 to enable faculty to pursue research or creative projects during the summer. Proposers must work with a grant specialist in the Office of Research prior to submission, and all complete applications require an endorsement from the chair and dean. Incomplete or late applications will not be reviewed or considered. 

Contact proposals@wichita.edu to get started.

Faculty members with an interest in recruiting future Shockers should apply to become a Recruitment Faculty Fellow. Applications for the 2023-24 academic year are open through Friday, April 28.

Recruitment Faculty Fellows work in partnership with the Office of Admissions to recruit new students to the university. The Faculty Fellows engage in both in-person and virtual recruitment efforts and serve as an advocate within their college to inform others about admissions activities and operations.

For questions, contact Kayla Jasso, director of communications at Undergraduate Admissions, at kayla.jasso@wichita.edu.