Category: News

Students are requested to provide updated information to WSU anytime there is a change to contact information. This includes mailing address, phone number and emergency contact. It is especially important that you provide and update an emergency contact.

The person you list will only be contacted in the event of a health or safety emergency in which you are personally involved. If you live on campus, this will also be the person contacted should you be reported as missing. You may list a parent, family member, spouse or other trusted individual as your emergency contact. You will find the link to your profile page on the myWSU Home tab, under Student Tools, myContact Info. A separate link there also provides an opportunity to update self-reported military affiliation.

Please take a few minutes and ensure WSU has your updated information and an emergency contact.

Shocker Printing is excited to announce that the deployment of the new copier fleet will begin the first week of October and should be completed by Oct. 31. If your department has ordered a copier, a representative from Shocker Printing will contact you to coordinate delivery to your building.

Shocker Printing is partnering with Digital Office Systems to ensure smooth delivery and setup of each copier. If you have not yet placed an order and would like to, contact copiers@wichita.edu. Copier information can be found on ITS’s Sharepoint.

Student Outreach & Support is excited to announce the promotion of Courtney Lockhart to lead case manager and advocate for the department. In this new role, Courtney will continue to provide essential support to students facing barriers to academic success and wellbeing, while overseeing his cohort in the day to day functions.

Courtney has been a dedicated staff member at Wichita State since 2003. In his 21 years of serving students, Courtney has accomplished many milestones, including serving as president and vice president of the African American Faculty and Staff Association; being an active member and staff advisor for Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.; serving as a staff senator for the 2023-25 term; and completing the inaugural Like A Boss cohort through the Division of Student Affairs this past spring. Courtney is also a proud alum of WSU, having received his Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of General Studies, Master of Counseling and is currently pursuing his Doctorate in Educational Leadership.

Help congratulate five Wichita State communication sciences and disorders (CSD) graduate students from the college of health professions who were selected for 2024 Margaret Byrne Sarricks Student Scholarships from the Kansas Speech-Language-Hearing Association (KSHA).

MA-CSD speech-language-pathology recipients are Isabelle Wolters, Gabrielle Winter, Kenzie Craig and Jenna Gochenauer. Project research mentors are Imran Musaji and Erin O’Bryan, assistant professors, and Aaron Bowen, University Libraries.

The Doctor of Audiology recipient is Edie Reese. Her research mentor is Xiao-Ming Sun, audiology professor.

Students will present their research at the 2024 KSHA Convention at the Hyatt Regency Sept. 26 and 27. Wichita State students were selected for two out of the top three awards given. Additionally, WSU will be presenting 13 student research posters (out of a total of 30 from universities across Kansas), which approaches numbers not seen since pre-COVID.

September is nationally recognized as Parent-Student Month, and the Office of Online and Adult Learning would like to honor all Shocker parent-students who are not just managing coursework, but also navigating the demanding journey of parenthood.

Their stories inspire everyone and emphasize the importance of support systems and the critical role of empathy in the higher educational community. To offer deeper insight into the unique experiences of parent-students, read Mason Moore’s Shocker journey.

In the aftermath of a sexual assault, survivors have the choice to undergo a medical forensic exam, a procedure which collects evidence in a sexual assault kit. Most who opt for the medical forensic exam will have their kit collected and released to law enforcement to support investigation of the assault.

One in five, however, will have a medical forensic exam, but not report their assault at that time. Few of those who elect the non-report kit will ever convert their kits into a full report. This raises questions about why survivors choose to undergo an invasive, intensive and uncomfortable medical forensic examination following an assault, but then decide that they do not want to see their kit processed.

Assistant Professor of Psychology Rachael Goodman-Williams seeks to answer that very question.

Research scientists and engineers from Wichita State’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) attended the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) in San Diego this week and returned home with coveted accolades.

Waruna Seneviratne, senior research scientist and director of NIAR’s Advanced Technologies Lab for Aerospace Systems (ATLAS), received the Pioneer Award from the American Composites Manufacturer’s Association (ACMA); and a combined team from NIAR ATLAS and KraussMaffei received CAMX’s Unsurpassed Innovation Award.

Encourage your students to explore the vast world of demographic and social data in the upcoming workshop from 3 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24 at the Ablah Library Digital Scholars Commons (in-person and online). And with the new attendance tracking system in place, offering extra credit for student participation is now simpler than ever. There is no cost to attend.

The session will guide them through accessing and utilizing key data sources to better understand demographic groups, large populations and pressing social issues. Empower your students with the tools they need for impactful research.

The office of Student Conduct and Community Standards is looking for students to join its Academic Integrity and Student Conduct hearing boards. This is an opportunity to gain community service hours and have a lasting impact on your college campus.

Along with the training to be an active and engaged board member, you will also get to help create the future of what these boards look like. Serving on the Academic Integrity Committee or Student Conduct Board will allow you to meet and work with amazing faculty and staff at WSU, engage with your peers and broaden your network.

If you have any questions or are interested in joining, reach out to Christine Yim at christine.yim@wichita.edu.

In preparation for our WuHire transition, the HR Talent Acquisition team will implement the following deadlines related to the hiring of all positions (excluding Division of Industry and Defense Programs). These deadlines will assist us in transitioning from PeopleAdmin to WuHire and provide a more positive experience for candidates.

Posting of benefit-eligible positions

• PAR forms: Fully approved forms will be accepted by employment@wichita.edu through Friday, Sept. 20.
• Intake meetings: The last day to complete this process is Friday, Sept. 20.
• Job posting language: The last day for the hiring manager to approve the job posting language is the end of the day on Monday, Sept. 23.
• Posting of jobs: The last date to post jobs in PeopleAdmin will be Monday, Sept. 23. Jobs must be fully processed, including intake consultation, to be posted by this date.
• Any PAR that is fully approved, but not yet posted by Monday, Sept. 23 will be held and posted in WuHire beginning Friday, Oct. 4
• PAR forms: No PAR forms will be accepted after Friday, Sept. 20. Any requisitions for new positions will be created and processed in WuHire beginning Monday, Oct. 7.

Current benefit-eligible posted positions in PeopleAdmin

• If involved in an active search process (have interacted with applicants and have a viable candidate pool), the position will be fully hired and on-boarded in the PeopleAdmin system.
• If a position is not in an active search process (no interaction with applicants or there is not a viable candidate pool), the positions will be closed in PeopleAdmin and re-opened in WuHire. (Note: Applicants will have to reapply to the new posting.)
• The last day applicants can apply in PeopleAdmin is Tuesday, Oct. 1.
• All positions in PeopleAdmin will close on Tuesday, Oct. 1.

Hiring non-benefit-eligible (NBE) positions (i.e., student/grad, lecturer, temp):

• NBE hire requests: The last day to submit forms to employment@wichita.edu is noon on Friday, Sept. 27.
• After noon on Friday, Sept. 27, non-benefit eligible positions will need to be created in WuHire beginning Monday, Oct. 7.
• Any NBE hire requests received by noon on Friday, Sept. 27will be processed and completed using current practices with ePAF and PeopleAdmin onboarding.     

Onboarding of new hires (Both benefit-eligible and non-benefit-eligible)

• For candidates hired in PeopleAdmin, onboarding will continue in PeopleAdmin until Friday, Dec. 13.

If you have any questions, email with subject line “WuHire” to employment@wichita.edu.