Category: News

The September 2022 Food For Fines will take place through today, Sept. 9. Food for Fines is an initiative to support the Shocker Support Locker, while providing a cheaper alternative to pay parking citations.

Please note that donations can only be accepted during the donation period. All citations given after the end of the spring 2023 semester are eligible.

All donations for Food for Fines must be dropped off at the Student Government’s Office in RSC 219.

The Wichita State Child Development Center currently has openings for their pre-k classroom. To qualify for this classroom, students must eligible to attend kindergarten in August 2023. For more information, contact 316-978-3109 or amy.mease@wichita.edu or 316-978-3109.

NASA’s International Space Apps hackathon is coming to Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) Oct. 1-2.

NASA invites coders, entrepreneurs, scientists, engineers, designers, storytellers, makers, builders, artists and technologists to come together in a global hackathon. Over two days, participants from around the world will create in-person and virtual teams to solve challenges using NASA’s open-source data.

Space Apps is for everyone, including those who have never hacked before. The competition is open to passionate problem solvers of all ages. While some of the challenges are technical, others require the use of artistic ability, business acumen, and historical imagination. In other words, you do not need to be a coder or data expert to be a part of Space Apps. In fact, the most diverse teams are often the most successful.

Teams consist of two to six participants. The hackathon will begin 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1 and conclude on Sunday, Oct. 2. Upon registration, participants will receive details on the release of challenges and virtual boot camp videos, as well as the opening of chat and team formation.

The deadline to register for the Wichita event is Sunday Sept. 18.

The hackathon is hosted by the NIAR’s Advanced Technologies Lab for Aerospace Systems (ATLAS) and will take place in the ATLAS labs.

Facilities Services has updated its entire campus key policy, effective immediately. Please refer to the Wichita State Facilities Services Policies page for more information and to view the updates.

Due to the Labor Day holiday, the Rhatigan Student Center (RSC) and its departments will have altered hours Saturday, Sept. 3. The building and departments will also close Sunday, September 4, and Monday, Sept. 5.

Due to the upcoming Labor Day holiday, Wichita State Timekeeping will have an early sign-off for the week of Aug.29-Sept. 2. Because of this, timesheets and leave reports need to be submitted and fully approved by noon today, Sept. 2.

The College of Engineering is your 2022 Clash of the Colleges winner!

The final competition to determine “who rules the school” was held Friday, Aug. 26 and included students in each academic college competing against each other in relay races and team sports. This is the fourth win for the College of Engineering.

Another honor awarded was the Spirit Award, which went to the W. Frank Barton School of Business.

Congratulations to the students and deans from all of the colleges who took part in this annual tradition.

Check out WSU’s social media to see photos and videos from Clash of the Colleges.

Have questions about the government’s newly announced student debt relief plan?

For answers and information, go to the Debt Relief Announcement on the Federal Student Aid webpage.

Additional links and content are available at wichita.edu/debtrelief.

This is a reminder for all students, faculty and staff to send out surveys with Qualtrics. Wichita State has a license for Qualtrics, which became the official institutional survey software in 2012.

Qualtrics can be used for research purposes, program review, nominations, elections, applications and more.

Listed below are some of the benefits of using Qualtrics for your survey needs:

• The program reduces overall cost as the university has a site license for Qualtrics, so users do not have to pay any other third-party vendor.
• There is access to the Qualtrics Support Site to help users with survey design, methodology and survey questions.
• Members have access to on-campus survey experts to optimize their survey and response rate.
• Qualtrics ensures that users get accurate email lists of students, faculty and staff for their survey.
• Qualtrics reduces survey fatigue as it can create reduced samples that more approximately target your survey population.
• Qualtrics sends reminders, follow-ups and thank you emails to survey recipients.
• Users can view analytics of create reports, including filtered results within Qualtrics.
• Users can avoid getting marked as a spammer by sending surveys through Qualtrics rather than through their myWSU email.
• Users can create surveys with embedded video, audio and graphics.
• Users can create surveys that only show appropriate questions to each user using skip logic and survey flow.
• Users can export data directly to (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Comma Separated Value (CSV) format or Portable Document Format PDF.
  
  If you need an account, would like training, or have questions, contact Whitney Crager, Office of Planning and Analysis, at 316-978-5350 or at whitney.crager@wichita.edu.

Wichita State athletics has partnered with Opendorse to form the Wichita State Shockers Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) Marketplace, which will launch Aug. 29.
 
The NIL Marketplace will offer a streamlined access point for organizations and individuals who would like to explore NIL collaborations with WSU student-athletes, while remaining compliant with NCAA guidelines. WSU fans, brands, sponsors and donors can browse, book, pitch and pay any WSU student-athlete for NIL activities in one compliant platform, built specifically for the athletes’ needs. 

“Opendorse’s NIL Marketplace is an important pathway for our student-athletes and the Wichita State community to facilitate NIL opportunities,” WSU director of Athletics Kevin Saal said. “At Wichita State, we understand the importance of NIL and we fully support our student-athletes positively building one’s brand and earning from their NIL.”

 Every WSU student-athlete will receive an Opendorse profile, which they can customize and promote to fans on their personal social media channels. Student-athletes review opportunities, receive deals, accept compensation,and disclose NIL activities to their institution, all within the Opendorse app.

“WSU has been committed to providing its student-athletes with NIL support since the beginning,” said Opendorse senior director of collegiate partnerships Tim Pederson. “Today’s launch of their NIL Marketplace is the next step in enhancing opportunities for every athlete. Any fan or brand can confidently offer compliant NIL deals to their favorite Shockers student-athletes in just seconds.” 

The Opendorse-powered marketplace is built on a decade of athlete marketing technology and experience. Opendorse has facilitated hundreds of thousands of NIL deals and endorsements with athletes at every level of sports. The marketplace is used by over 75,000 athletes to manage deals from pitch to payment, and even tax prep, every day.

The NIL company launched its initial school-specific NIL marketplaces throughout the spring 2022. Student-athletes at these institutions experienced a 193% increase in NIL opportunities in the first month after the marketplace’s launch.

In addition to the marketplace, WSU continues its partnership with Opendorse, receiving full access to the all-in-one NIL platform: 

• WSU will continue to provide its student-athletes and staff with Opendorse’s best-in-class compliance, content and education tools.
• Compliance – Upon completing a deal, athletes can automatically disclose activity details to their institution to ensure eligibility.
• Content – Athletes have on-demand access to share photos and videos from games, practice and more.
• Education – Athletes receive in-person and on-demand virtual education sessions from industry leaders at companies including Meta, Overtime, Players’ Tribune, Opendorse and more.

People who wish to enter into NIL deals with international student-athletes should contact their legal counsel prior to entering such an agreement to ensure they are compliant with federal law which restricts people on student visas from most work inside the United States. Likewise, international student-athletes on student visas may not enter into agreements without approval of the Center for Global Engagement. Our international student-athletes may be able to work internationally or a few may have work authorization.