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Graduate students are strongly encouraged to submit their proposals for the 2022 University Community Innovations for Positive Aging Graduate Student Poster forum to be held in conjunction with the UCIPA conference on April 15.

This is a free event, but registration is mandatory. Students who submit their posters are also required to register for the conference separately.

This is a reminder for all students, faculty and staff who send out surveys to use Qualtrics. Wichita State has a license for Qualtrics, which became the official institutional survey software in 2012.

Qualtrics can be used for research purposes, program review, nominations, elections, applications and much more. Listed below are some of the benefits of using Qualtrics for your survey needs:

• The program reduces overall cost as the university has a site license for Qualtrics, so users do not have to pay any other third-party vendor.
• There is access to the Qualtrics Support Site to help users with survey design, methodology and survey questions.
• Members have access to on-campus survey experts to optimize their survey and response rate.
• Qualtrics ensures that users get accurate email lists of students, faculty and staff for their survey.
• Qualtrics educes survey fatigue as it can create reduced samples that more approximately target your survey population.
• Qualtrics sends reminders, follow-ups and thank you emails to survey recipients.
• Users can view analytics of create reports, including filtered results within Qualtrics.
• Users can avoid getting marked as a spammer by sending surveys through Qualtrics rather than through their myWSU email.
• Users can create surveys with embedded video, audio and graphics.
• Users can create surveys that only show appropriate questions to each user using skip logic and survey flow.
• Users can export data directly to (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Comma Separated Value (CSV) format or Portable Document Format PDF.

If you need an account, would like training, or have questions please contact Whitney Crager in the Office of Planning and Analysis at 316-978-5350 or whitney.crager@wichita.edu.

Some users have experienced an issue with logging into their parking portal recently. If you are unable to login please email wsuparking@wichita.edu with your name, my WSU ID number and a brief description of what is occurring for you. Please also include a screenshot of any error messages you receive.

The fifth class of Rudd Scholars includes 16 Kansas high school seniors who will attend Wichita State University.

Each recipient will receive a full-ride scholarship, which includes tuition, fees, on-campus housing, and considerable networking and coaching support along the way. All Rudd Scholars are from Kansas and will attend Wichita State, Emporia State or Fort Hays State.

“We couldn’t ask for a better collaborative partnership from the Rudd Foundation, in terms of not only making sure Shocker Rudd Scholars graduate from college debt-free but also their hands-on deployment of additional networking, mentoring, and fellowship activities for their students,” said Bobby Gandu, assistant vice president and director of undergraduate admissions. “Based on the track record from the first four classes of Rudd Scholars, this fifth class will be students who thrive academically at Wichita State, while also securing incredible internships and being student leaders in our campus community.”

Our new SEM 2025 goals include expanding our enrollments to 17,000 students, increasing our first to second-year retention rate to 75%, and closing the equity gap for our underserved students.  Everyone on campus plays a direct or indirect role in the recruitment and retention of our students.  Promoting student success is at the heart of what we do.

Check out the featured strategy this week to see how it aligns with work in your area.

Strategy 3.11 Create summer bridge programs for students with identified needs to transition smoothly into the college setting

Ideas beyond the classroom: Faculty and staff should create programming targeted at a specific incoming student population that helps them connect with peers, identify support resources on campus and refresh academic skills in preparation for the semester. Groups can be linked to planned majors, first-generation students or other student populations.

Shout-outs: The Office of Diversity and Inclusion for their Passage 2 Success program, the Shocker Engineering Academy program in Engineering and the Student Affairs, and the Math, English and Communication departments for their new Launch Week plans for fall 2022 which all help advance Strategy 3.11.

For more information, contact Dr. Carolyn Shaw 316-978-7130 carolyn.shaw@wichita.edu

Our new SEM 2025 goals include expanding our enrollments to 17,000 students, increasing our first to second-year retention rate to 75%, and closing the equity gap for our underserved students.  Everyone on campus plays a direct or indirect role in the recruitment and retention of our students.  Promoting student success is at the heart of what we do.

Check out the featured strategy this week to see how it aligns with work in your own area.

Objective 3.7.4: Maintain and grow student affinity groups to promote student connectedness

Ideas for the classroom: Faculty should let students know about student organizations in their departments and encourage students to get connected with others who share common interests, career goals or other experiences. (Learn more about culturally-based student organizations on campus). Faculty can also serve as a advisor to a student organization.

Shout-outs to:

• Men of Excellence – Facilitated by Quang Nguyen, Dr. Bobby Berry and Gabriel Fonseca
• Phenomenal Women – Facilitated by Alexus Scott and Trang Bui
• Latinos Lead – Coordinated by Nayeli Cano
• Black Excellence – Coordinated by Alexus Scott, Dr. Bobby Berry
• Alpha Alpha Alpha First Gen Honor Society (Tri-Alpha) – Advised by LaWanda Holt-Fields and Vanessa Souriya-Mnirajd
• Asian Student Conference – Advised by Alicia Newell
• Black Student Union – Advised by Carmen Hytche and Alexus Scott
• Hispanic American Leadership Organization – Advised by Alicia Sanchez, Armando Minjarez and Rocio Del Aguila
• First Generation Student Organization – Advised by Anita Barrett
• Spectrum: LGBTQ and Allies – Advised by Dr. Jennifer Pearson
• International Student Union – Advised by Dr. Alan Dsouza

For more information, contact Dr. Carolyn Shaw 316-978-7130 carolyn.shaw@wichita.edu

Wichita State’s International Student Union is looking for students to serve on its executive committee. Member must have an F-1 or J-1 Visa Status and be enrolled as a full-time student at WSU for the duration of their term of office. All executive committee officeholders must also be available to attend ISU meetings on the first and third Fridays of the month.

Wichita State’s Association of Hindu Students in America (AHINSA) is looking for WSU students to serve on its executive committee. AHINSA is a group of WSU Hindu students who organize Hindu festivals at the campus. For more information, contact alan.dsouza@wichita.edu.

Faculty and staff can now reserve space outside for their meetings or classes. The outdoor meeting spaces include 20 adirondack chairs at five different locations on campus. To participate, complete the reservation form at least two hours in advance.

The east half of Parking Lot 5 (the lot north of Wilkins Stadium) close for an event hosted by the Student Government Association March 23. All vehicles will need to be out of the east part of the lot for this reservation.

In addition to this closure, Parking Lot 19W (next to Eck Stadium) will close for the baseball game in the afternoon March 23. All students, faculty and staff should plan ahead for these lot closures.