Category: Professional Development

Sept. 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day, so you can join Suspenders4Hope for the Mental Wellness and Preventing Suicide Training from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10 in 256 Rhatigan Student Center, Edmiston 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.

• Staff and faculty, sign up on myTraining on myWSU
• Students, sign up on the registration site

All participants will receive a free Suspenders4Hope #WSUWeSupportU T-shirt.

In collaboration with PPMC, the Office of Research and the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Hub (UReCA), the WSU community is invited to attend an upcoming grant writing workshop from 3 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3 in Ablah Library, focused on the key strategies that strengthen any successful proposal: alignment, relationships and storytelling.

Learn how to:

• Align your project with the goals and mission of funding agencies
• Build meaningful relationships that support and elevate your proposal
• Use powerful storytelling to communicate your project’s purpose and impact

Whether you’re new to grant writing or looking to sharpen your skills, this workshop will help you craft compelling proposals that resonate with reviewers and increase your chances of funding.

Join a #WSUWeSupportU Substance Use and Wellness Training from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2 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 and faculty may register on myTraining in their myWSU.

Wichita State desires to create a strong community wherein all who serve and are served by the university have an exceptional experience. The university has adopted Service Standards, known as Shocker PROUD, which identify common things we can all do to create a welcoming environment and promote WSU.

Go to myTraining and search for “Shocker PROUD Service Standards” to view available session times and register.

BYOD “Gray Box” Classroom technology training sessions are available beginning Monday, Aug. 11 through Aug. 14. 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.

Master Classroom technology training sessions are available Monday, Aug. 11 through Friday, Aug. 15. 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.

Classroom technology training sessions are available Monday, Aug. 11 through Friday, Aug. 15. These open-lab training sessions will cover a demonstration of the room’s included technology and ways to connect your device. Bring any personal devices you may use throughout the semester, along with your adapters as needed to ensure functionality and compatibility.

No appointment is required. Visit the classroom training schedule webpage for dates, rooms and times.

Register in myTraining for a 30-minute, remote training session on how to review/approve proposals in any of the CourseLeaf modules (CLSS, CIM, CAT). Two date options for each module are being offered this fall.

• CLSS – How to review/approve proposed CRNs and the entire department’s course schedule (August sessions)
• CIM – How to review/approve proposed curriculum changes for courses and programs (September sessions)
• CAT – How to review/approve proposed wording and layout of catalog pages (September sessions)

Visit wichita.edu/courseleaf for user guides and other helpful resources.

Health, Outreach, Prevention and Education (HOPE) Services is presenting DCCCA’s one-hour naloxone administration course from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, July 21 in 203 Rhatigan Student Center, Lancelot Room, to the WSU community to equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to identify and respond to an overdose crisis using naloxone and other available resources.

Naloxone is a life-saving medication that can reverse an overdose from opioids.

Students can sign up for trainings on the website, and staff/faculty can register via myTraining in their myWSU.

The Kansas Geometric Analysis Workshop will take place from July 16 to 18 in 335 Jabara Hall. The workshop features 10 experts, including Pierre Albin (UIUC), Xiaodong Cao (Cornell), Eric Chen (UIUC), Luca Fabrizio Di Cerbo (U Florida), Brett Kotschwar (Arizona State), Claude LeBrun (Stony Brook), Yueh-Ju Lin (Wichita State), Lei Ni (UCSD & Zhejiang Normal U), Sean Paul (U Wisconsin-Madison) and Yuanqi Wang (KU).

The event, supported by the National Science Foundation and the Simons Foundation, is organized by Thalia Jeffres, associate professor, and Xiaolong Li, assistant professor, both in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics.