Category: Shared Governance

With just a few weeks until the start of the fall 2021 session, Wichita State University’s Student Senate has some vacancies to fill. The denate is looking for passionate students to advocate on behalf of their peers on issues both on and off campus. The following position are open:

• Applied dtudies senator (three seats open)
• At-large senator (three seats open)
• Business senator (one seat open)
• Health professions senator (two seats open)
• International senator (one seat open)
• Liberal srts and dciences senator (one seat open)
• Underserved senator (three seats open)

Wichita State’s Graduate Student Council (GSC) is excited to welcome students back to a new school year and to invite graduate students to be a part of the council. 

All nominations are due Sept. 3. Self-nominating is acceptable. If you wish to nominate a peer, it is recommended that you speak with the person before filling out the nomination form. When you are ready, please fill out the nomination declaration form.

For more information, please contact Amy Bauman at gsc.president@wichita.edu or Angelique Banh at gsc.vicepresident@wichita.edu.

The August University Staff Senate meeting will be at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 3 at the Rhatigan Student Center (room 142.) The meeting is open to the Wichita State University campus community.

It’s been a great year on our UP and USS Senates. Even though we were unable to gather in person regularly, we accomplished many things in a virtual environment. We are excited to share our newsletter highlighting the hard work of the 2020-2021 UP and USS Senates.

The UP and USS Senates will hold their last joint meeting 9:30-11 a.m. June 15 at the RSC 142 (Harvest Room). Meetings are open to the campus community. Beginning July 1, the two senates will officially merge to become the University Staff Senate.

Thank you to those who voted in this year’s Staff Senate election. Congratulations to the following individuals for being elected to serve on the 2021-2023 Staff Senate:

• Exempt: Katie Austin, Jason Bosch, Kennedy Rogers
• Non-exempt: Angela Aubrey, Johnetta Buchanan-Spachek, Denise Gimlin, Marissa Kouns, Ali Levine, Angela Linder, Kendra Nguyen, Sara Rue, Jessica Walles
• At-large: Gretchen Holthaus, Lisa Wood, Teresa Moore, Jessica Pierpoint, Jeswin Joseph Chankaramangalam, Sara Zafar

The results for the recent elections of faculty senators for the upcoming 2021-2023 term are now available. Please visit the website to view the results.

The May UP and USS Senates joint meeting will be at 9:30 a.m. May 18 via Zoom. All meetings are open to the campus community. If you are interested in attending the virtual meeting, please email Kayla Jasso at kayla.jasso@wichita.edu.

The Faculty Senate meeting will be held at 3:30 p.m., Monday, May 10, 2021, via Zoom. The senators have been sent the meeting information.

If you are interested in joining the meeting, please email Lee Ann Birdwell for the details.