Category: News

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) will close temporarily at noon Friday, Dec. 10 for staff development. The office will re-open on Monday, Dec. 13.

Holiday Shutdown at Wichita State will take place Dec. 20-Dec. 31. If your department needs a holiday greeting activated on your calling tree or call distribution number, please submit a telecommunications assistance request to the Information Technology Services (ITS) Telecommunications website.

Customers can then choose a telephone request as the requested service, then choose programming as the telephone service. Please include all details in the description.

Only requests received via this method will be processed. For more information, please contact ITS at 316-978-3535 or telecomservices@wichita.edu.

OneStop Student Services in-person operations will close temporarily Dec. 18 through Jan. 2. The OneStop Student Services call center will still take phone calls and chats all hours of the day during this time at 855-978-1787.

OneStop agents can answer most student questions and will create a ticket for questions that can’t be answered immediately. Agents will respond  to all tickets between Jan. 3-7 to all tickets.

Are you traveling during the winter break? If so, stay up to date with current travel restrictions at the Centers For Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention website. While there, you can learn additional information about international travel for both U.S. citizens and non-citizen.  

Community Engagement Institute’s (CEI) Prevention Initiatives team hosted the fourth annual Kansas Prevention Collaborative Conference on Oct. 21-22, where participants from across Kansas gathered virtually. This conference is supported by Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) and the Kansas Prevention Collaborative.

Dr. Wanda Boone, founder of Together for Resilient Youth, opened the conference with a moving keynote on social determinants of health, and applying a resilience-based, equity informed lens to the prevention practice. Participants had the chance to attend six breakout sessions live during the two days and can return to the platform for the following year to watch all recorded sessions.

Jerry Moe, national director of Children’s Programs at the Betty Ford Center, gave a moving closing keynote on the unique perspective children have in the world of addiction and prevention. Moe also led a breakout session on his role as an advisor and consultant to Sesame Street on its Parental Addiction Initiative.

During the conference, 150 participants signed into the conference platform. This year’s conference had eight Gold sponsors, two Silver sponsors, five Bronze sponsors, and five exhibitors. The 2021 Kansas Prevention Collaborative Award Winners were recognized for their achievement on Oct. 21.

Visit KansasPreventionCollaborative.org/conference to view the conference brochure, 2021 sponsors, and 2021 KPC award winners.

The December issue of Teaching Today is now available. This issue details the changes to the Ultra Course Format rollout as well as changes to the university’s paid proctoring services. It also features advanced information about the January Academic Resources Conference events and reminders about the codes to use when submitting grades.

To subscribe to Teaching Today, send a request to the Office of Instructional Resources at oir@wichita.edu. Have a wonderful winter break.

On Dec. 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked U.S. forces at Pearl Harbor and other locations in Hawaii, taking the lives of 2,403 service members and civilians and leading the United States to declare its entrance into World War II.

It was a day that still lives in infamy 80 years later. As we mark National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, we honor the patriots who perished, commemorate the valor of all those who defended our nation and recommit ourselves to carrying forth the ensuing peace and reconciliation that brought a better future for our world.

Today, we give thanks to the Greatest Generation, who guided our nation through some of our darkest moments and laid the foundations of an international system that has transformed former adversaries into allies.

The Congress, by Public Law 103-308, as amended, has designated Dec. 7 of each year as National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

The College of Applied Studies at Wichita State University announced today that Travis Yang has been hired as the new director of varsity esports.

In the new role, Yang takes charge of a successful program in its third year of competition. He will oversee recruiting, coaching, and team development while implementing strategic goals, fundraising, and overseeing the holistic development of student-athletes.

Students, participate in one of the Shocker Store’s textbook buyback options and receive cash for your gently used textbooks. In-store buyback is Dec. 6-11 in the RSC location during normal operating hours. Or take advantage of the online buyback option and ship your books for free. Visit the course materials section of shockerstore.com for details. Rental textbooks are due on or before Dec. 13. For rental textbook return information, visit shockerstore.com/rentalreturn.