Category: Training Opportunities and Workshops

The WSU Community Engagement Institute invites you to join one, several or all of the spring 2025 interactive and free workshops centered on adjusting to change. All five, 60-minute sessions start at 11 a.m. and are open to everyone.

April 16 – Using data to make change (Dr. Tara Gregory, Dr. Sarah Jolley)
April 23 – Effective communication during change (Percy Turner)
April 30 – Navigating change: Understanding resistance and facilitating adjustment (Carri Wead)
May 7 – Managing stress during times of change (Percy Turner)
May 14 – Implementing change (Percy Turner)

Don’t miss the opportunity to enhance your skills, connect with experts and grow both personally and professionally.

Join the next #WSUWeSupportU Substance Use and Wellness Training from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 9 in 240 Rhatigan Student Center, Mayfield 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.

Staff and faculty interested in attending may register on myTraining in myWSU. Search for “Substance Use and Mental Wellness.”

The Office of Civil Rights, Title IX & ADA Compliance (CTAC) is offering training for volunteers interested in serving as advisors and/or hearing decision-makers. Advisors and hearing decision-makers play an integral role in Title IX investigative and hearing process.

What is an advisor?

Advisor means a person chosen by a party, or appointed by the university, to accompany the party to meetings related to the resolution process, to advise the party on that process and to conduct cross-examination for the party at the hearing, if any.

What is a hearing decision-maker?

Hearing decision-makers are those with decision-making and sanctioning authority within the university’s Formal Grievance process.

When will this training occur?

Participants will have the option to attend one of the following:

• 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 7 (location TBD)
• 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, May 8 (virtual option on Zoom)
• 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 11 (location TBD)
• 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, June 26 (virtual option on Zoom)

To RSVP, contact Stephanie Hearnen at stephanie.hearnen@wichita.edu or 316-978-5184.

Join the “Intro to Intellectual Property” workshop from noon to 1 p.m. April 11 at Ablah Library, Digital Scholars Commons (in-person and online).

Discover how to safeguard your inventions, designs, creative works and trade secrets in the informative session. Whether you’re a student with a big idea or an artist building your portfolio, the workshop will equip you with the tools to secure your future.

Bring your lunch for a productive break. Open to all, with no cost to attend.

Join the “Intro to Intellectual Property” workshop from noon to 1 p.m. April 11 at Ablah Library, Digital Scholars Commons (in-person and online). Discover how to safeguard your inventions, designs, creative works and trade secrets in this informative session.

Feel free to bring your own lunch and make it a productive break. This session is free and open to all.

Take the guesswork out of systematic reviews. Join University Libraries from 3 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 8 at Ablah Library (in-person and online) for a workshop that breaks it all down.

You’ll learn what systematic reviews are (and aren’t), how to interpret them and even how to start writing your own — making your research process smoother.

Shocker Financial Wellness is hosting an Adulting 101 workshop from 11:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. April 8 in the Fidelity Bank Ballroom in Woolsey Hall. This is a come-and-go event. Students who attend four of six workshops this semester and fill out the entry and exit surveys are entered into a raffle for a full in-state fall tuition scholarship. Snacks will be provided.

Attend the Suspenders4Hope #WSUWeSupportU Mental Wellness and Preventing Suicide Training for the LGBTQ+ Community from 1 to 3 p.m. Monday, June 2 in 313 Rhatigan Student Center, Prairie 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 under the myTraining section of myWSU or on the registration website. All participants will receive a free suspenders #WSUWeSupportU T-shirt.

Attend the Suspenders4Hope #WSUWeSupportU Mental Wellness and Preventing Suicide Training from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, April 4 in the Ablah Library. Learn about tools to support the community and assist someone in need. Students, staff and faculty are welcome to sign up for the training under the myTraining section or on the registration website. All participants will receive a FREE suspenders #WSUWeSupportU T-shirt!

Discover market trends, identify competitors and define your target market at the Entrepreneurship Research Lunch and Learn from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, April 4 at Ablah Library, Digital Learning Commons (in-person and online).

Feel free to bring your own lunch and make it a productive break. This session is free and open to all.