Category: News

Medication take back is now everyday at Student Health. You can bring any unused or expired medication for safe disposal to Student Health Services in the Student Wellness Center between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

You can also pickup medication disposal bags to take with you for free at the Student Wellness Center.

Students, bring in your gently used textbooks and get cash during textbook buyback at the Shocker Store. Buyback will be during normal operating hours May 6-11 in the Rhatigan Student Center store.

The process of preparing for the upcoming copier fleet lease agreement renewal, set for Nov. 1, is currently underway. Your feedback as a current lessee of an ImageQuest Xerox copier is invaluable to navigate the decision-making process.

By taking a few moments to complete the survey, you will provide crucial insights that will directly influence the choices regarding the copier fleet. Your responses will help tailor offerings to better meet your needs and ensure a smooth transition into the new lease agreement. Responses are requested no later than May 10.

Sophie Martins is one of 137 college students recognized for their nonpartisan democratic engagement work during the 2023 election cycle.

Wichita State University and the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) announced that Sophie Martins has been recognized as part of the 2024 ALL IN Student Voting Honor Roll. The ALL IN Student Voting Honor Roll awards college students doing outstanding work to advance nonpartisan democratic engagement at participating campuses. Sophie joins a group of 137 students recognized for their voter registration, education and turnout efforts during the 2023 elections, which featured critical ballot measures and local and state races.

“Whether it’s a presidential election year or one with critical state and local races on the ballot, students have a powerful role to play in fostering active and engaged campuses and getting their peers to participate in our democracy. Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge is honored to celebrate 137 student leaders who model nonpartisan democratic engagement,” said Jennifer Domagal-Goldman, executive director of the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge. “These honorees hosted candidate information sessions, created guides on polling location accessibility, registered their peers to vote and so much more. We know these students will continue to make a difference in our democracy.”

Studies show that voting and democratic participation are habits that are built and strengthened over time. A recent survey from CIRCLE showed that 86% of under-35 youth who voted in 2022 and 72% of those who voted in 2020 consider themselves extremely likely to vote in 2024. Colleges and universities have an important role to play in encouraging their students to become active and engaged citizens at the ballot box and beyond.

The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge empowers colleges and universities to achieve excellence in nonpartisan student democratic engagement. With the support of the ALL IN staff, campuses that join the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge complete a set of action items to institutionalize nonpartisan civic learning, political engagement and voter participation on their campus. The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge engages more than 1,000 institutions enrolling over 10 million students in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Campuses can join ALL IN here.

Staff Senate and Human Resources are excited to offer faculty and staff a professional development opportunity made possible through grants they wrote and were awarded by the Kansas Leadership Center (KLC). The grant provides a select number of seats for their leadership development path which starts with step one, When Everyone Leads.

Based on KLC’s bestselling book, “When Everyone Leads,” the six-hour course makes leadership accessible and inclusive, unleashing capacity for collective leadership in teams, organizations, coalitions and communities.

All faculty and staff are invited to go to the HR professional development website to learn more and find instructions for submitting an interest form.

Faculty, there is still time to submit summer and fall 2024 textbook information to the Shocker Store.

Verba Collect is a simplified faculty experience including pre-populated course assignments, easy-to-adopt past adoptions and smart book search. Verba Collect will send out customized emails to faculty and department coordinators with a unique link that logs you into a walkthrough process without any need for username or password. Once you get into Verba Collect, there are four short videos for your perusal showing how to get started, add materials and submit your adoptions. Keep an eye on your email inboxes for an email from Verba.

If you are interested in providing your course materials digitally through the Shocker Store’s Access Now program, where students will access them in Blackboard, select that option in the “Item Questions.” Should you choose to have your courses participate in the program and those courses cross list with another course. please order the same thing for both and note that on your order.

Those planning on using open resource materials can indicate that on their order as well and to flag the course as such and the information can be made available to students.

Those interested in learning more about Access Now can reach out at accessnow@wichita.edu. For any other questions or concerns, contact the Shocker Store at shockerstore.books@wichita.edu or 316-978-7032.

Meet Arland Wallace. With a successful 40-year career in printing behind him, he courageously returned to WSU in 2019 to fulfill a dream he started in 1970.

He is currently majoring in anthropology with a focus in archeology. He enjoys learning alongside his peers, loves to share his passions and invests in giving back to his community. His perseverance is a testament to the fact that dreams never expire.

OneStop is excited to announce an enhancement to its services to better serve the Wichita State community. OneStop Student Services and Help Desk online services are now available in both English and Spanish. Whether you prefer to reach out via phone calls, chat services or through the Student Self-Help Portal, OneStop has you covered.

Click “Haga clic aquí para el español” while on the OneStop or Blackboard support webpages. For phone calls, press “2” to get a Spanish-speaking staff member (1-855-978-1787, option 2).

Wichita State is committed to ensuring inclusive excellence for all students.

During the month of March 2024, CARE Teams’ number of CARE reports appropriately reflected the number from previous year, March 2023. Reports that came in from staff and faculty make up the majority of reports for the month of March.

The most common concerns that are reported mid semester include repeated absences due to mental health decline, deterioration in quality of work and students voicing distress. One way CARE Team has been assisting students who report distress is by walking them through a grounding technique of utilizing their five senses. The 54321 senses method is designed to manage acute stress, regain focus and reduce anxiety:

• Five things you can see
• Four things you can touch
• Three things you can hear
• Two things you can smell
• One thing you can taste

By focusing one’s attention to the power of their five senses, it helps redirect the attention away from their state of distress, allowing them to regain control over their thoughts and emotions and be present in the moment.

CARE Team encourages staff and faculty to try the technique out and find a way to apply it in their own wellness routine at work.

The annual budget process for colleges and departments to submit their budget requests into the university’s budgeting system is about to start.  Budget and review officers have already received, or will receive in the near future, guidance from their leadership team regarding more specific expectations for completing the process. As in past years, budget and review officers are responsible for completing the budget request for their organizations of responsibility, unless otherwise directed by their leadership team.

The TM1 Budgeting System will open for FY 25 budget requests beginning on April 22. TM1 can be found in the Employee Toolbox in myWSU or at wsubudget.wichita.edu:9514/tm1web/.

Training for budget and review officers this year exists through multiple options.

First, a training video titled “TM1 Training Video” is posted in the Employee Toolbox in myWSU. The video is meant to help you navigate the budget system and walk you through the various forms in order for you to view and make changes to your budget. You will not need to sign up for a class to access the training video, rather the video will be available on an ongoing basis. The video outlines a small change to the FY 25 budgeting process, incremental budgeting for controllable accounts is no longer used. You will need to review historical information and business plans to assign the budget for each account.

Second, a training video titled “TM1 Reports Video” is posted in the Employee Toolbox in myWSU. The video will explain the purpose of each report and educate you on how the reports could be used to assist you with your budgeting and on-going business decisions. The reports are available year-around and additional reports may be added throughout the year. You will not need to sign up for a class to access the training video, rather the video will be available on an ongoing basis.

Third, a TM1 training guide is available in the Employee Toolbox that provides instructions on the use of the budgeting system, as well as a “Budget Development Guide for Budget and Review Officers” that summarizes timelines, important university budgeting practices, and common budget actions and expectations of budget and review officers.

Finally, the University Budget Office will host open training labs (schedule below) for in-person training and assistance. You can register for the sessions through myTraining in myWSU. If you are an experienced budget or review officer, you are likely to find the video training sufficient as a reminder of how the budgeting system works. For faculty and staff new to the process, and depending on how your college or department traditionally handles the process of entering your budget requests, the open training lab is likely to be beneficial. The open training labs are designed to work in conjunction with the training videos, as a result your attendance will be more effective if you’ve watched the training videos prior to attending the training lab.

Open Training Lab dates:

• 9-11 a.m. April 25: Open lab in 124 Jabara Hall.  Register through myTraining.
• 3-5 p.m. May 7: Open lab in 124 Jabara Hall.  Register through myTraining.
• 10 a.m.-noon May 15: Open lab in 124 Jabara Hall, Room 124.  Register through myTraining.

Please keep in mind that one of the most significant components of the budget are changes to existing positions. As in past years, changes to filled positions have to be made through the regular HR form process. HR forms impacting FY 25 must be submitted no later than May 17. Submissions after this date will not be incorporated into your FY 25 adopted budget.

Planned dates for the budget calendar:

• April 22: Budget system opens for changes.
• May 17: Final day for budget officers and review officers to complete budget requests within TM1 prior to VP review. Last day to submit HR forms.
• May 24: Final day for vice presidents to review requests and enter changes in TM1.

If you have difficulty logging in to the system, please contact your budget analyst for assistance. Note, in order to access the TM1 system off-campus, you need an active VPN connection.