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Watermark’s Course Evaluations & Surveys (CES) tool is Wichita State’s new course evaluation tool. Find more information over the coming weeks in WSU Today about CES.

Today’s focus is on the basic timeline.

• The CES administrator programs the pre-determined dates for each process. The pre-determined schedule cannot be modified.
• The CES tasks are sent at midnight on the scheduled start date and ends at 11:59 p.m. on the scheduled end date.
• The “Manage Course” process for instructors: Instructors have 10 days from notification of the opt-out window to delete courses from CES.
• CES evaluations will be open for students for varying lengths of time, depending upon the length of the course term:
  • 1-week and 2-week courses: two days
  • 5-week to 16-week courses: 10 days
  • Summer 4-week to 11-week courses: seven days
• Current CES results will be available at the end of the semester. Results will continue to remain accessible afterwards.
  • The availability date will be the Friday after grades are due to Registrar.
• There is a dedicated CES website that includes additional information.

For questions, contact Sandy Ranney at evaluations@ces.wichita.edu.

During the month of September 2023, CARE Team saw a 73.43% increase in the number care reports submitted for students from September 2022, totaling 248 care cases worked. The top two concerns that were submitted for students included “direct statements indicating distress” and “needing support for their emotional wellbeing.”

These top concerns are on track with the previous year’s data. At this time in the semester, students are often experiencing more anxiety and stress over schedules, managing social life and academics, and are unsure of the available supports here on campus. 55% of the students CARE Team worked with in September were freshmen who we were able to connect to resources on campus with Counseling and Psychological Services, Success Coaches and the Office of Student Accommodations and Testing being the CARE Team’s top three referrals made.

With the significant increase in reports and care cases, CARE Team is prepared to also see a high numbers of cases in October due to the mid-semester trends of transition/homesickness, seasonal depression beginning and academic stressors. As such, the CARE Team encourages faculty and staff to review the resources available on campus to support the mental and emotional wellbeing of all Shockers.

Join HOPE Services, in collaboration with the Wichita State University Police Department, in wearing purple Monday, Oct. 23 for Purple Day to help spread awareness about the issue of domestic violence, the help that is available and support survivors.

Visit HOPE Services and the prevention ambassador tables Oct. 23 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Rhatigan Student Center and from 2 to 3 p.m. in Shocker Hall to contribute to the “Hands are not for Hurting” mural and pick up resources.

For those who may be seeking resources, contact the WSUPD or find a list of resources from the WSUPD.

Faculty and staff from across campus are invited to develop and teach Cohen Honors College seminars, including first-year seminars, for academic year 2024-25. Faculty are paid or the college is reimbursed for adjunct replacement.

Each semester, more than 60 faculty and staff are engaged in Honors. Honors-affiliated faculty and staff work individually and in collaboration with colleges to increase student opportunities across campus and lead students to do more meaningful work.

The Honors College encourages faculty and staff to consider developing problem-based, team-taught and/or social justice topics. An ideal Honors course is, at its core, an experiment. It boldly challenges assumptions about what students know and how they learn. It should provoke students to engage actively in the learning process, and it should empower students to participate in academic dialogue, solve real-world problems through research, and draw creative and compelling connections within and across disciplines.

Interested faculty should submit a course proposal through the Course Information Management system (CIM) system and include specific information about what makes a course an Honors-level experience. Course proposals are routed to the Honors College Faculty Council for review. Instructors whose courses are approved by the council will be asked to confirm chair approval and other details related to course scheduling.

Faculty also may use the Seminar Course Proposal form to make a preliminary inquiry and get feedback on a course idea.

Teaching existing HNRS seminars: Faculty may request to teach an existing Honors seminar course, such as HNRS 351 Survey of Leadership, HNRS 352 Survey of Law and Public Policy, or HNRS 486 Collaborative Research. For more information about Honors curriculum, visit the current student page of the Honors website or visit the undergraduate catalog.

Departmental honors courses: Departments may offer an honors (H- suffix) section of any existing department course by adding a cross-listed course through CIM. Once approved by the department and the honors faculty council, these courses are scheduled and supported by the department. Department chairs are welcome to contact the Dean of the Cohen Honors College with any questions.

For questions, visit the Resources for Faculty in Honors webpage or email honors@wichita.edu

The Center for Entrepreneurship has funding dedicated to helping Shockers make their ideas rock the marketplace.

The Center for Entrepreneurship knows that building an idea can be challenging, especially when faced with financial constraints, and that’s why its excited to offer these opportunities to remove those barriers. It’s about encouraging students to explore their innovative ideas and take risks as they build ideas with commercial possibility.

Would you like to get involved in the 2024 election? The Shockers Vote delegation will lead the planning, implementation and facilitation of all Shockers Vote initiatives leading into the 2024 election.

Delegation positions consist of the following: president, marketing, deliberative dialogue and voter engagement. The Ambassador position will take place from January 2024 to December 2024. Interviews for the positions will take place in November, and applicants will be notified of their placement in early December. Delegates will be compensated for their work.

Learn more about available positions, and applications are due Nov. 10. For questions, email Loren Belew at loren.belew@wichita.edu or call 316-978-7016.

Learn more about the Psychology Department’s community psychology doctoral program at its virtual information session from 2 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25 via Zoom.

Community psychology is a growing field that conducts social justice-focused, action-oriented research. There are only twenty community psychology doctoral programs in the U.S., and one of them is at Wichita State. Students are accepted at both a bachelor’s and master’s level and frequently come from a variety of undergraduate majors, including psychology, social work, criminal justice, public health, sociology, women’s, ethnicity, and intersectional studies, and more.

The Shocker Store is taking regalia rental orders from faculty and staff members who are planning on attending the fall 2023 commencement. The deadline to place an order is 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3.

Email Julie at shockerstore@wichita.edu or call 316-978-7021. Payment is due when the order is placed. The deadline to purchase a custom academic regalia is Friday, Oct. 20.

Student Engagement, Advocacy & Leadership (SEAL) is home to student activities, community service opportunities, leadership programs, fraternity and sorority life, student government, and over 200 student organizations.

The opportunities SEAL offers enhances the academic experience, builds personal and professional networks, strengthens citizenship, creates meaningful memories and provides students the skills they need for success in their future careers.

SEAL understands how important it is for students to get engaged on campus and encourages them to attend an event, serve the community, sign up for a leadership program, or even join a student organization.

Shocker Career Accelerator is excited to share the Class of 2022 First Destination Survey Report results. The report presents an overview of the Wichita State graduating cohort of 2022.

The data was sourced from the First Destination Survey, a nationwide initiative to encapsulate the early-career trajectories of recent college graduates within the first six months post-graduation.