Category: Training Opportunities and Workshops

Attend the Suspenders4Hope #WSUWeSupportU Mental Wellness and Preventing Suicide training this semester. Training dates for spring 2025 include:

• Monday, Jan. 27 from 3 to 5 p.m. in 262 Rhatigan Student Center, Herrman Room
• Wednesday, Feb. 12 from 1 to 3 p.m. in 240 RSC, Mayfield Room (LGBTQ+ version)
• Tuesday, March 11 from 10 a.m. to noon in 264 RSC, Spencer Room
• Friday, April 4 from 1 to 3 p.m. in Ablah Library
• Monday, June 2 from 1 to 3 p.m. in 313 RSC, Prairie Room (LGBTQ+ version)

Learn about tools to support the community and assist someone in need. Students, staff and faculty are welcome to sign up for the training. Sign up on myWSU under the myTraining section or on the registration website. All participants will receive a free suspenders #WSUWeSupportU T-shirt.

BYOD “Gray Box” classroom technology training sessions are available Wednesday, Jan. 15 through Friday, Jan. 17. These open-lab training sessions will cover how to connect to and project using the classroom technology.

Bring any personal devices you may use throughout the semester, along with your adapters as needed. If you aren’t sure what kind of adapter you may need, trainers can assess your device and indicate what kind you’ll need to connect. No appointment is required. Visit the training schedule webpage for dates, rooms and times.

Join Suspenders4Hope for its #WSUWeSupportU Substance Use and Wellness Training from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14 in 203 Rhatigan Student Center, Lancelot Room. The training aims to help faculty and staff develop tools to reflect on how they engage with substances, stigma related to substance use disorder and how to best support students and members of their community.

Participants will receive a free Suspenders4Hope T-shirt on completion of the training.

If you are interested in attending, staff/faculty may register on myTraining.

Master Classroom technology training sessions are available Wednesday, Jan. 15 through Friday, Jan. 17. These open-lab training sessions will cover a demonstration of the room’s media cabinet, touch panel, use of classroom camera and microphone. Bring any personal devices you may use throughout the semester, along with your adapters as needed. No appointment is required.

Visit the classroom training schedule webpage for dates, rooms and times.

Join HOPE Services for its #WSUWeSupportU Substance Use and Wellness Training from 9 to 11 a.m. Dec. 13 in 238 Rhatigan Student Center, Meeker Room. This new version aims to help faculty and staff develop tools to reflect on how they engage with substances, stigma related to substance use disorder and how to best support students and members of their community.

Participants will receive a free Suspenders4Hope T-shirt on completion of the training. If you are interested in attending, staff and faculty may register on myTraining.

For more info on HOPE Services, visit wichita.edu/hope

Join HOPE Services for its #WSUWeSupportU Mental Wellness and Preventing Suicide Training from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Dec. 17 in 266 Rhatigan Student Center, Pike Room.

Learn about tools to support the community and assist someone in need. Students, staff and faculty are welcome to sign up for the training.

Sign up on myWSU under the myTraining section or on the registration website. All participants will receive a free suspenders #WSUWeSupportU T-shirt.

Learn more about a unique funding initiative designed to bridge the gap between groundbreaking research and real-world application at NSF/NIH SBIR Webinar from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 6.

The NSF and NIH SBIR/STTR programs are designed to empower small businesses in transforming innovative ideas into impactful solutions for society. If you have groundbreaking concepts grounded in rigorous science and engineering, poised to revolutionize existing solutions and grow into thriving ventures, this webinar is tailored for you.

You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions and, on a first-come, first-served basis, schedule a one-on-one meeting with two program directors overseeing the program’s portfolios.

Join HOPE Services for its #WSUWeSupportU Substance Use and Mental Wellness training from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Nov. 21 in 238 Rhatigan Student Center, Meeker Room.

The training gives students the tools to understand substance use, address stigma around substance use and engage with harm reduction ideas and practices to support the campus community.

Naloxone is a life-saving medication that can reverse an overdose from opioids. Health, Outreach, Prevention and Education (HOPE) Services is presenting DCCCA’s one-hour naloxone administration course from 3 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13 in 203 Rhatigan Student Center, Lancelot Room.

This training equips participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to identify and respond to an overdose crisis using naloxone and other available resources. Students can sign up online on the HOPE Services website and staff/faculty can register via myTraining.

Bring your laptop and join the Retention Faculty Fellows for an interactive workshop led by Kim Sandlin, director of the Office of Student Success, from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 15 in 226 Woolsey Hall. If you are unable to join in-person, you may join through Microsoft Teams. Together, participants will learn some ways to utilize the Navigate platform to increase student retention. You don’t have to be familiar with Navigate to participate in this workshop. For questions or more information, contact Cindi Mason at cindi.mason@wichita.edu.

Teaching Matters is a monthly session open to faculty, staff, and students involved in teaching. The sessions are hosted by the Retention Faculty Fellows to promote student success and retention through a community of knowledge sharing.

Light refreshments will be provided and prizes will be awarded.