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The Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships is excited to launch the Shocker Financial Wellness Workshops for fall 2023.

These workshops will be interactive and led by the peer financial counselors who are trained to reflect the big five of holistic financial wellness as identified by the U.S. Financial Literacy and Education Commission. The topics focus on earning, saving/investing, protecting, spending, and borrowing.

Shocker Financial Wellness is also available for campus presentations in First Year Seminars or with student organizations with groups of 10 or more students. Find the full list of upcoming workshops, and submit a meeting request, online.

Faculty and staff are encouraged to invite students to the first workshop, “Budgeting 101,” from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20 in 142 Rhatigan Student Center. The more sessions students attend this semester, the better their chance to win a full-tuition scholarship for spring 2024.

For questions, contact Janet Hartley at janet.hartley@wichita.edu.

The Graduate Student Council is holding its annual elections to elect new councilors for the 2023-24 academic year, opened until 11:45 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15.

The council is comprised of student representatives from all recognized graduate colleges who are responsible for advocating for the educational, professional and social needs of graduate students at Wichita State.

All registered graduate students are invited to participate in this voting exercise.

Those interested in pursuing a graduate degree to be an advanced professional in the field of education can now apply for the Wichita State’s Master of Education in Learning and Instructional Design program.

The M.Ed. is an innovative, dynamic and flexible program that meets the diverse needs and goals of candidates seeking to advance their professional careers in teaching, learning and program design.

The campus can learn more about the program by attending the virtual information sessions. The sessions are held at 7 p.m. every first Tuesday of the month during the fall and spring semesters via Microsoft Teams. Contact Dr. Jay at jaehwan.byun@wichita.edu to get the link to the sessions or for more information.

The Office of Online & Adult Learning understands the challenges faced by adult students who are raising children while working toward a degree. In honor of National Student Parent Month, OAL would like to highlight some of the resources available to parents on campus:

• Baby changing stations
• Child Development Center
• Lactation and Wellness Rooms
• Community Garden
• Other activities available for children

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 emails from CES.

• CES uses email communication to send out information regarding the evaluation process.
• Emails will come from WSU Evaluations, evaluations@ces.wichita.edu.
• Emails are sent according to a specific timeline. CES operates from the course’s part-of-term.  Meaning the course start and end dates will determine when emails are sent out.
• If instructors teach courses that are in different terms, they will receive duplicate emails. These emails provide information that pertains to that part-of-term.
• The emails will also inform instructors if they need to take any specific actions regarding their course(s) within CES.
• There is a dedicated CES website that includes additional information.

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

Campus Recreation is here to shape the Shocker experience. By providing sports, fitness and recreational events, students can participate in activities that contribute to a healthy and strong community.

Campus Recreation operates a variety of indoor and outdoor facilities, including the Heskett Center, Boats & Bikes, Bombardier Indoor Fields and the Hughes Metropolitan Complex playfields, so Shockers can stay fit and try new experiences while at WSU. Membership is also open to faculty, staff, YMCA members at no additional charge, and students’/members’ partners and dependents.

Students can also build connections with others through intramural programs, club sports and Shocker rowing. With 21 active sports clubs, students can find a way to train and/or compete at a high level. The longest running sport club is the WSU Men’s Soccer Club, which has been active since 1976.

Support the Shockers this weekend by attending the upcoming men’s and women’s soccer games:

• Men’s Soccer: 1 p.m. against Northwest Missouri State
• Women’s Soccer: 3 p.m. against KU

Graduate students who plan to complete all degree requirements this semester must file an application for degree and pay the $25 filing fee. This needs to be done no later than Monday, Sept. 18. Submit you application for degree even if you have a plan of study pending to be approved or have not submitted a plan of study.

To submit your application for degree, log into the myWSU portal and click on the “myClasses” tab. On the right hand side, you will find a section called “Graduation Links,” with the appropriate links to proceed. The $25 fee must be paid using a credit or debit card.

For questions, email the Graduate School at wsugradschool@wichita.edu.

The College of Health Professions is excited to announce the new Shocker Student Dental Discount Program with the WSU General Dentistry Practice.

The program offers discount pricing for dental care to WSU students and their spouses and children. Students can save approximately 25% from the average prices at a private dental practice. The discount applies on all dental services, including cleanings, fillings, teeth whitening, dental implants and more.

This month, Shockers have the chance to win a cash prize by competing in Idea Set Go, a competition for participants to look into a unique audience and tackle the issue of catering to a range of learning needs within that group.

Students are encouraged to submit a 90-second video pitch between Sept. 12-22 and then tune back into WSU Center for Entrepreneurship’s social media for the live judging Sept. 25-29:

• Instagram
• Facebook
• X
• LinkedIn

WSU Math Circle resumes meetings for the fall semester. The next meeting is at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17 in 372 Jabara Hall. Math Circle is a program for middle school students.

Math Circles are education enrichment and outreach groups that bring mathematicians and mathematical scientists into direct contact with pre-college students. These students meet with math professionals in an informal setting, after school or on weekends, to work on interesting problems or topics in mathematics. The goal is to get the students excited and passionate about mathematics.

Middle school students should bring a completed registration and consent form from the website.