The table below is to assist instructors with certain dates regarding CES. The dates shown are for the spring 2025 semester.

  • The first column includes the various start/end (part-of-term) dates for spring semester courses.
  • The second column includes dates meant for instructors. This is the timeframe when instructors will receive emails about the CES process and procedures that they should complete. Instructors will receive additional emails during and after the student CES access dates.
  • The last column includes the dates that CES will be available for the students to complete course evaluations.

If your course is in bold, then your spring 2025 CES evaluation process will start soon. Review the start/end dates in each column so you know when your access to the CES system will start and end.

Course start/end datesInstructor CES process datesStudent CES access dates    
Jan. 6-11Dec. 25-Jan. 8Jan. 9-10
Jan. 6-18, Jan. 13-18Jan. 1-15Jan. 16-17
Jan. 21-Feb. 22Jan. 28-Feb. 11Feb. 12-21 
Jan. 21-March 12Feb. 16-March 1March 2-11
Jan. 7-March 13Feb. 17-March 2March 3-12
Jan. 21-April 4, Feb. 24-April 4                     March 10-24March 25-April 3
Feb. 24-May 8, March 13-May 8, April 7-May 8April 13-27April 28-May 7
Jan. 21-May 15, Jan. 25-May 15April 14-28April 29-May 8
Jan. 6-June 20May 26-June 9June 10-19

The table below is to assist instructors with certain dates regarding CES. The dates shown are for the spring 2025 semester.

  • The first column includes the various start/end (part-of-term) dates for spring semester courses.
  • The second column includes dates meant for instructors. This is the timeframe when instructors will receive emails about the CES process and procedures that they should complete. Instructors will receive additional emails during and after the student CES access dates.
  • The last column includes the dates that CES will be available for the students to complete course evaluations.

If your course is in bold, then your spring 2025 CES evaluation process will start soon. Review the start/end dates in each column so you know when your access to the CES system will start and end.

Course start/end datesInstructor CES process datesStudent CES access dates    
Jan. 6-11Dec. 25-Jan. 8Jan. 9-10
Jan. 6-18, Jan. 13-18Jan. 1-15Jan. 16-17
Jan. 21-Feb. 22Jan. 28-Feb. 11Feb. 12-21 
Jan. 21-March 12Feb. 16-March 1March 2-11
Jan. 7-March 13Feb. 17-March 2March 3-12
Jan. 21-April 4, Feb. 24-April 4                     March 10-24March 25-April 3
Feb. 24-May 8, March 13-May 8, April 7-May 8April 13-27April 28-May 7
Jan. 21-May 15, Jan. 25-May 15April 14-28April 29-May 8
Jan. 6-June 20May 26-June 9June 10-19
Headshot of Jacob Mendez

Dr. Jacob Mendez, assistant dean for student success in the College of Engineering, has established the Stanley L. Lewis Memorial Award for Outstanding Senior fund in honor of his late father, Stanley L. Lewis, who passed away in June 2024. Distributions from the fund will be available to an outstanding graduating senior from the College of Engineering annually. Award recipients will receive a plaque, be honored at the WSU Senior Honor and College Awards Banquet in the spring and receive a $750 prize.

“My father sacrificed some of his dreams to allow me to achieve my academic, personal and professional goals,” Dr. Mendez said. “I value student leadership and involvement in extra-curricular activities and created this award to recognize students for their outstanding achievements during their undergraduate career.”

Spectrum: LGBTQ & Allies will be hosting a QT RSO Development Workshop Feb. 5 in hopes to inspire and educate students to form queer and transgender based RSOs and is searching for faculty and staff who may be interested in advising one of these RSOs that student attendees will develop.

If you are interested in being an advisor, respond to this form.

If you have any questions, reach out to Genesis Merriett at gtmerriett@shockers.wichita.edu.

Wichita State University | College of Engineering | National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity

The School of Computing within the College of Engineering has announced re-designation as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C). The original designation was in 2019, and the re-designation is through 2029. The NCAE-C program, launched by the National Security Agency (NSA) in 1999, recognizes institutions meeting rigorous cybersecurity education standards.

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The Office of Research wants you to know that soon, you will no longer need to create a separate password for Pivot; you will be able to use your myWSU credentials to access the Pivot funding database system through Single-Sign-On. To request assistance with a customized funding opportunity search, contact funding@wichita.edu.

Visit Pre-Award Services to find out more about applying for external funding.

If you missed your chance to grab your WuShock glass from this year’s Holiday Party, the Office of the President has extras available to pick up.

Stop by the Office of the President on the second floor of Morrison Hall during normal business hours to pick one up while supplies last.

The first place winners along with Ridge Towner and Dr. Adam Lynch

On the evening of Dec. 5, six College of Engineering students took first and third place in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Wichita Section Holiday Banquet Undergraduate Poster Display in Woolsey Hall. Applied engineering students Lauren Bulcroft, Shyanna Edwards, Clayton Short and Oliver Harrison placed first. Pedro Cordeiro Povoa Cupertino (aerospace engineering) and Vicknesh Prasad (industrial systems and manufacturing engineering) placed third.

The first-place poster by Bulcroft, Edwards, Short and Harrison was titled “Finite Element Analysis of Stress and Strain in High Precision CNC Machine Tooling.” The group of students was advised by Dr. Adam Lynch, associate teaching professor in the Department of Applied Engineering, and Ridge Towner, a reliability engineer at Spirit AeroSystems. The third-place poster by Cupertino and Prasad was titled “Preliminary Systems Engineering Analysis of Energy Harvesting Methods for Forklifts.” The two students were also advised by Dr. Lynch.

“The WSU Applied Engineering department has a focus on hands-on learning and strives to integrate current industry problems into our courses,” said Dr. Gary Brooking, the chair of the applied engineering department. “This is an excellent example of the value of these types of collaborations which provided benefit to industry and significant learning opportunities for the students.”

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The table below is to assist instructors with certain dates regarding CES. The dates shown are for the spring 2025 semester. The first column includes the various start/end (part-of-term) dates for spring semester courses. The second column includes dates meant for instructors. This is the timeframe when instructors will receive emails about the CES process and procedures that they should complete. Instructors will receive additional emails during and after the student CES access dates. The last column includes the dates that CES will be available for the students to complete course evaluations.

If your course is in bold, then your spring 2025 CES evaluation process will start soon. Review the start/end dates in each column so you know when your access to the CES system will start and end.

Course start/end datesInstructor CES process datesStudent CES access dates    
Jan. 6-11Dec. 25-Jan. 8Jan. 9-10
Jan. 6-18, Jan. 13-18Jan. 1-15Jan. 16-17
Jan. 21-Feb. 22Jan. 28-Feb. 11Feb. 12-21 
Jan. 21-March 12Feb. 16-March 1March 2-11
Jan. 7-March 13Feb. 17-March 2March 3-12
Jan. 21-April 4, Feb. 24-April 4                     March 10-24March 25-April 3
Feb. 24-May 8, March 13-May 8, April 7-May 8April 13-27April 28-May 7
Jan. 21-May 15, Jan. 25-May 15April 14-28April 29-May 8
Jan. 6-June 20May 26-June 9June 10-19