Category: News

Need to make a computer purchase? Visit the ITS Procurement website. The website provides faculty and staff an easier way to view ITS standard hardware configurations and end-user software catalog and provides an easier way to make requests for hardware and software quotes and purchases.

The website also offers more information on ITS, what they do, their policies, and their services. Faculty and staff are encouraged to visit the website to submit any computer hardware and software requests.

For more information about the computer hardware policy, please view  WSU Policies and Procedure: 19.17

Applications are now open for the 10th Annual Shocker Leadership Awards. The Shocker Leadership Awards recognize the work of student-led organizations, students, faculty and staff at Wichita State University.

Official Wichita State student organizations, university-affiliated student groups and individuals may be nominated by a student, faculty member, staff member, or organization. Nominations can also be made by an individual for themselves.

For more information, visit Shocker Leadership Awards website or contact student.orgs@wichita.edu

The Foundation’s annual Scholarship Celebration, which took place Saturday, March 5, connected scholarship recipients and donors to give them a unique opportunity to learn about each other. More than 200 people attended and listened to the personal stories of two current scholarship recipients, Olga Lesnik and Braden Botkin.

Meredith Osbourne, Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center (WASAC) is available Tuesdays 9 a.m.-noon  in the Student Wellness Center in the Steve Clark YMCA Tuesdays 9 a.m.-noon and Thursdays noon-3 p.m. at the Student Wellness Center located in the Steve Clark YMCA.

Osbourne’s services are free of charge and available to all students, faculty, staff, and innovation partners. She provides resources for survivors of sexual assault and for those who are supporting survivors. She is not a WSU staff member and is here services are confidential. 

To successfully advance our new SEM 2025 Plan, we need engagement campus-wide. We want to grow our student body and see greater student success through improved retention and more equity for our underserved students.

Check out the featured strategy this week to see if it aligns with work in your area:

Strategy 2.5 Provide and support high impact opportunities for middle/high school students in the community and beyond

Idea for the classroom: Partner with Wichita State’s Admissions Office to schedule lab tours or classroom experiences for visiting high school students (i.e. Black and Yellow Days). For more information, contact Sarah.Brill@wichita.edu.

Ideas beyond the classroom: Host a high school conference or summer camp experience; Partner with pre-college TRIO, Gear Up, or Upward Bound or USD 259 AVID programs to develop college success skills. For more information, contact Deltha.Colvin@wichita.edu

Shout outs to:

• Dr. Catherine Searle, Dr. Yueh-Ju Lin, Dr. Yuan Liu, Dr. Mai Dao, WSU Mathematics, for their work on Sonia Kovalevsky Day
• Erin Shields, College of Engineering, for Project Lead the Way
• Dr. Alexandra Middlewood, WSU Political Science, for their model United Nations conference
• Jill Fisher, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, for their Science Olympiad
• Dr. Moriah Beck, Chemistry, for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Rocks
• Dr. Tamtam Perlekar, Engineering Technology, for the MindStorm competition
• Dr. Steven Skinner, College of Engineering, for Kansas BEST Robotics
• Ana Lazarin, College of Engineering, for engineering summer camps
• Dr. Tim Shade, Dr. Ryan Beeken, Dr. Mark Laycock, College of Fine Arts, for their local, regional and national clinician workshops for the performing arts
• Sabrina Vasquez,  WSU Dance, for the Children’s Dance Festival
• Dr. Mark Vermillion, Sports Management, for the Student Leadership Program with USD 259
• Dr. Peer Moore-Jansen, Department of Anthropology, tours of the anthropology bone lab
• Dr. Jessica Provines, Counseling and Preventions Services, for the WeSupportU campaign at Bishop Carroll High School
• Travis Yang, WSU e-sports, for hosting e-sporting events for local teams

For more information, contact Dr. Carolyn Shaw at 316- 978-7130 carolyn.shaw@wichita.edu

Do you utilize library resources? Are you participating in Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum (URCAF)? Applications are currently being accepted for University Libraries annual awards for undergraduate research until April 1. For more information or to apply visit Wichita State’s University Libraries website.

In celebration of Women’s Month, the Wilson K. Cadman Art Gallery located in the Rhatigan Student Center will showcase “Making HerStory: The Evolution of Marché, Forging A Way to Greatness,” March 21- April 2. The exhibit is a tribute to Dr. Marché Fleming-Randle, vice president and chief diversity officer, and director of Military and Veteran Programs.

The exhibition is designed by Tia L.W. Owens and chronicles Fleming-Randle’s life and professional experiences leading up to becoming the first African American woman executive administrator at Wichita State in 125 years. The exhibit contains a display of  Fleming-Randle’s personal artifacts, photos, awards, and a sneak peek of candid photos and quotes taken during the filming of the upcoming oral history interview project “Forging A Way to Greatness: The Evolution of Marché – HerStory Revealed,” also produced and directed by Owens.

CARE Team exists to support students through difficulty by connecting them with the resources and help they need to succeed academically and personally. During February, the CARE Team witnessed an increase of 56.45% of cases. When comparing February 2021 to February 2022, there was no change.

The CARE Team also provided a list of concerns they saw in February:

• Academic concerns or anxiety due to the increase of academic demands
• Grief and loss for many students who have lost loved ones to COVID
• Increase in emotional concerns due to academics and self-reporting struggling

What the CARE Team expects to see in March:

• Increase of academic concerns as students are finishing up midterms and exams
• Increased anxiety about graduation
• Mood improvement with the beginning of daylight saving time

What staff and faculty can do to help students:

• Get connected to Counseling and Protection Services (CAPS) 316-978-4792 to support mental and emotional health and well-being.
• ShockerSync and S.E.A.L to encourage students to get connected to groups and organizations.
• Encourage the practice of self-care by staying hydrated, being well rested, exercising and encouraging students to make time for themselves.

For more information or to submit a concern, visit the CARE Team website.

Encourage your students to apply for the spring 2022 Women for Women Innovation Fund are now due March 23. Awarded to female Wichita State students, the Women for Women Innovation Fund provides recipients with capital to advance their business ideas.

The fund has supported women with varied business ideas like:

• Angelique Bahn-Applied with the desire to create a sustainable retail fashion boutique.
• Michele Valadez-Applied to help people in the event of a car crash with a 360 Car Cam.
• Devon Creasman-Applied to help connect local businesses with more consumers.
• Madeline Shonka-Applied to help people suffering from chronic illnesses with CoVstat.

Spring 2022 Applications for the Women for Women Innovation Fund are now due at noon March 23. Awarded to female Wichita State students, the Women for Women Innovation Fund provides recipients with capital to advance their business ideas.

The fund has supported women with varied business ideas like:

• Angelique Bahn-Applied with the desire to create a sustainable retail fashion boutique.
• Michele Valadez-Applied to help people in the event of a car crash with a 360 Car Cam.
• Devon Creasman-Applied to help connect local businesses with more consumers.
• Madeline Shonka-Applied to help people suffering from chronic illnesses with CoVstat.