Category: News

Parking in green lots will be open Monday, Oct. 16 and Tuesday, Oct. 17 for fall break. Note that all other lots will be enforced as usual as university offices will still be open for business.

The Office of Academic Affairs has announced the new members of the emeriti faculty. Help congratulate the following retired faculty:

• William D. Bischoff, professor emeritus of geology
• Donald J. Blakeslee, professor emeritus of anthropology
• Collette D. Burke, associate professor emerita of geology
• Kathy A. Downes, dean of University Libraries and associate professor emerita of University Libraries
• Rodney E. Miller, dean of the College of Fine Arts and professor emeritus of School of Music
• Scott Miller, professor emeritus of aerospace engineering
• Stephen S. Porter, associate professor emeritus of marketing

Emeritus status is an honorary designation conferred upon retirees in recognition of their contributions and accomplishments over their years of service to the university.

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 main course evaluation.

• The main course evaluation is a core set of questions that will be sent to all courses in which the instructor has not selected to “opt-out.”
• Instructors can find these questions in CES. While in “Manage Courses,” click on the semester’s project, and then click on “Preview” to view the questions. The questions will also be posted on the website sometime this semester.
• Some courses are not eligible for the main course evaluation. These are courses that are appointment-based, research, COOP, Intensive English and weekend-only courses.
• There is a dedicated CES website that includes additional information.

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

Located in the heart of the main campus, the Rhatigan Student Center’s (RSC) dynamic slate of events and services keeps the Wichita State community humming. Whether you are looking for a place to study, a place to hang out with friends, a place to eat, a place to shop, a place to relax — or even a place to get a quick haircut — the RSC is the place to be.

The Rhatigan Student Center provides:

Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes

• Faculty/staff discounted pricing on bowling and billiards
• Engraving shop for awards, signage, gifts and more
• SSGL rewards program
• Perfect venue for group events and kids’ birthday parties

Shocker Store

• 10% off imprinted items as faculty/staff with Shocker ID
• Shocker Store rewards program

RSC Event Services

• Free meeting/event space for on-campus events
• 25% discount on meeting/event space for personal events

WSU Dining

• Faculty/staff meal plans. Staff dollars never expire unless you leave WSU
• Starship food delivery service to deliver food anywhere on campus by downloading the Starship app

The College of Engineering is seeking faculty and staff from across the university to serve as group activity judges for the college’s annual Wallace Invitational for Scholarships in Engineering (WISE) from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 17 in 142 Rhatigan Student Center, Harvest Room.

Two-person judging teams will observe a score a small group of four to five competitors. Students are judged on teamwork, communication and problem-solving skills, not on their knowledge of engineering concepts, so judges do not need to have a background in engineering or computing.

Those interested in judging should sign up by Nov. 4. For questions, contact Jason Bosch at jason.bosch@wichita.edu.

Students, faculty and staff can anonymously drop off any unused or expired medications to Student Health Services (SHS) until Oct. 27 and it will dispose of them safely. Drop off any medications or prescriptions to SHS, which is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

October is National Prescription Drug Take Back Month, which is part of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) program to prevent drug misuse or abuse of prescription and over-the-counter medications.

Contact SHS at student.health@wichita.edu or call 316-978-4792, or receive assistance in the SHS office.

The Association of Public & Land-grant Universities (APLU) featured Wichita State as one of the finalists for its Innovation & Economic Prosperity (IEP) University Awards.

The APLU highlighted the benefits WSU’s Innovation Campus provides to both students and industry, and some new expansions coming. The IEP Award winners will be announced at the APLU’s annual meeting Nov 12-24 in Seattle, Washington.

Visit the Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes in October to try the next Pizza of the Month, the Chicken Bacon Ranch pizza.

It’s topped with ranch style sauce, grilled chicken, pepper smoked bacon, fresh tomatoes, green onions, cheddar and mozzarella cheeses.

Matt Crow, a Wichita State alumnus and multimedia coordinator in the Office of Admissions, directed and produced a video that will be featured at the Tallgrass Film Festival at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 6 in the Orpheum Theatre. The video features GoBabyGo, a program sponsored by the College of Engineering, that modifies off-the-shelf ride-on toy cars for children with disabilities. As part of the program, engineering students collaborate with physical therapy students to customize cars and deliver them at no cost to the families.

The video, called a Shock Doc, was created as part of an initiative of the Office of Admissions to create an ongoing digital series featuring students, alumni and faculty. Crow submitted the video to the Tallgrass Film Festival for consideration in the “Kansas Filmmaker” category.

In September, teams from 16 high schools and two-year colleges competed in the inaugural Capture The Wu event, a two-day virtual contest in which teams solve cybersecurity challenges. Wichita State students from the Wichita State Linux User Group (WULUG) and Joe Jabara, the director of the cybersecurity program in the School of Computing, organized and ran the contest.

Winning teams in the high school division were from Shawnee Mission West High School in Overland Park, Eisenhower High School in Goddard and Tuscaloosa Academy in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, while Garden City Community College won the two-year college division.