Category: News

Health, Outreach, Prevention and Education (HOPE) Services promotes mental health and wellness as well as prevention efforts aimed at reducing substance misuse, suicide and sexual violence on campus. Located in the Student Wellness Center inside the Steve Clark YMCA, HOPE Services invites students, faculty and staff to engage with wellness resources, trainings and outreach activities that increase connection. HOPE Services supports staff and faculty in a number of ways:

• Attend one of the #WSUWeSupportU “Mental Wellness and Preventing Suicide” trainings. Learn about tools to support the community and assist someone in need. Faculty and staff can register for the trainings through myTraining in their myWSU portal.
• Request training and education resources centered on health and wellness for students, staff and faculty.
• The Prevention Ambassador peer educator program is an internship opportunity for students who want to positively impact the health and wellness of the WSU campus community. Faculty and staff can share this opportunity with students and contact Cora Olson at cora.olson@wichita.edu if they are interested in supporting Prevention Ambassadors in their department.
• Faculty and staff can request wellness card activity sets for their team meetings or classrooms.
• Become a Mental Health Advocate.

Join in participating in community wellness initiatives by following HOPE Services on social media:

• Facebook
• Instagram
• X

WSU Math Circle resumes meetings starting at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 10 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.

Internal controls help keep resources applied to the mission of Wichita State and the university’s arrow pointing up. Those who earn the WSU Internal Control All-Star digital credential have demonstrated their understanding of their vital contribution to the university’s internal control system.

The WSU Audit Update Blog recently featured a 10-part “Your Role in Internal Control” series explaining the origins and components of internal control systems.

Those interested can earn the “WSU Internal Control All-Star – Credly” digital badge by scoring 90% or better on a 70-question exam about the series that takes about 90 minutes to complete.

Adobe Express for Higher Education is now available to Wichita State students at no additional charge.

Adobe Express offers a world of apps and services that foster creativity, drive engagement and build career-relevant skills, including web and mobile apps, plus Premiere Rush and Photoshop Express.

You must be a currently enrolled degree-seeking undergraduate or graduate student to receive a license for Adobe Express from WSU.

To ensure ease of use and the best experience for both faculty and students, Wichita State will offer two proctoring options for online exams in Blackboard this fall.

• Honorlock (automatic AI proctoring) – Honorlock will provide a proctoring and browser security option handled by an AI. The university is providing Honorlock proctoring at no charge to students.
• Examity (human proctoring) – Examity will provide a human proctoring experience. Students will be charged for Examity-proctored exams.

It is recommend to use online proctoring only when the faculty believes it is necessary. Human proctoring, via Examity, is best used to provide an option for students who may not be able to make it to campus to take an exam in person and not as a requirement to take an exam, since Examity exam fees will be charged to the student.

To find out more about proctoring solutions at Wichita State, review the recording of the August ARC Session on proctoring.

To explore more options for assessments and practices that promote academic honesty, contact the Office of Instructional Design at oir@wichita.edu.

Read about the newest research and innovation coming out of Wichita State by checking out the August 2023 edition of Research & Innovation News.

Learn more about a $100 million contract NIAR secured for digital transformation, the impact WSU and WSU Tech have on the Kansas economy, how engineering students are using their skills to help an Ecuadorian village, and more.

Research & Innovation News publishes every other month. Subscribe to the mailing list.

Dr. Jennifer Friend, dean, College of Applied Studies, will throw out the first pitch at the Wichita Wind Surge baseball game against the San Antonio Missions at around 6:45 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31 at Riverfront Stadium to kickoff Educator’s Night sponsored by Credit Union of America.

The game is scheduled to start at 7:05 p.m.

The WSU Child Development Center (CDC) has an open Pre-K spot for the current school year. Kids for the room need to be going to kindergarten in fall 2024.

Call 316-978-3109 or email Jillian Hoefer, director of the CDC, at jillian.hoefer@wichita.edu for more information.

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 “What Is CES?”

• CES is a course evaluation platform from Watermark. The evaluation portion of the platform is called “Course Evaluations & Surveys” and at WSU, is referred to it as CES.
• CES has replaced SPTEs as the source for course evaluations.
• CES is easy to use and is integrated with Blackboard.
• CES results are electronic and will be available at the end of the semester.
• Using CES should increase response rates.
• There is a dedicated CES website that includes additional information.

For questions, contact Sandra Ranney, CES administrator, at evaluations@ces.wichita.edu.

Labor Day is coming up Monday, Sept. 4, Shockers, and that means classes will not be in session, and certain services on campus will have adjusted hours.

Keep in mind the following availability of services for Labor Day:

• Housing and Residence Life: The front desks will remain available to help with services like mail, lock outs and emergencies 24/7. Phones will be monitored, but emails will not be responded to until Tuesday, Sept. 5. For emergency requests, students can contact the front desk of their building or the resident assistant on duty: Shocker Hall, The Suites, The Flats.
• University Police Department: Officers and dispatchers will still work as normal. Use the intercom at the front door of UPD’s office or call 316-978-3450 to contact dispatchers.
• Fuzzy’s Taco Shop: Open 10:30 a.m.-10 p.m.
• Sesame Mediterranean Kitchen: 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
• Jersey Mike’s: 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
• Shocker Dining Hall: 7 a.m.-10 p.m.