Category: Volunteer Opportunities

The office of Student Conduct and Community Standards is looking for bright young students to join the Academic Integrity and Student Conduct hearing boards. This is an opportunity to gain community service hours and make a lasting impact at Wichita State.

Along with the training to be an active and engaged board member, members will help create the future of what these boards look like.

Serving on the Academic Integrity Committee or Student Conduct Board will allow students to meet and work with faculty and staff at WSU, engage with peers and broaden their networks. Interested students can sign up here.

Those interested in joining or who have questions can reach out to Liz Thornton at liz.thornton@wichita.edu.

Are you a first- or second-generation immigrant student? Counseling and Prevention Services (CAPS) is conducting a study to explore college students’ experiences as first- or second-generation immigrants through in-person group discussion.

The purpose of the study is to understand how we can increase mental health resources for immigrant college students.

Once student consent is obtained, students will be provided an e-mail in which a location will be provided for the group discussion. The discussion will take approximately 45-60 minutes. Participants must be at least 18 years old, must identify as either first generation (i.e., I was born in another country) or second generation student (i.e., one of my parents was born in another country), and must be able to read English

Please click the link below to be directed to the survey which will determine eligibility for focus group discussions..

Please contact Dr. Young at marci.young@wichita.edu with any questions.

An SGA Survey found that one in three WSU students admitted to skipping a meal because they could not afford it. The Shocker Support Locker (SSL) aims to fix that. This donation-based food pantry provides free toiletries and food to any WSU student, staff, or faculty on a weekly basis.

So far this semester, the SSL has given out an excess of 3,000 pounds of food to more than 750 people, and we need your help to get our shelves stocked.

Our most popular items include rice, pasta, fresh produce, canned tuna and chicken, soap, razors, toothpaste, other hygiene products, and culturally based foods.

Do you have Spring Break Plans? Join the SEAL office for an Alternative Spring Break volunteering March 13-18 in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Volunteers will work on hurricane recovery and other service projects related to environmental sustainability and water conservation. The trip costs $210 per person and includes airfare, flight, food, and volunteer programming in North Carolina.

For questions email volunteerICT@wichita.edu or call 316-978-7016.

The Office of Student Engagement, Advocacy & Leadership (SEAL) is looking for WSU Faculty & Staff interested in being small-group leaders for the brand-new Shocker Leadership Experience (SLE). SLE is a four-day/three-night overnight leadership development retreat focused on developing students into multidimensional leaders through large-group presentations and small-group breakouts and activities.

SLE will be held Jan. 10-13 at Rock Springs 4-H Camp in Junction City, Kansas. Staff will arrive a day earlier on Jan. 9. The application for faculty and staff small group leaders can be found on ShockerSync. Application closes Nov. 20. Please contact Brandon Dorion, coordinator of leadership development, at brandon.dorion@wichita.edu with any questions.

Volunteers are needed to help with the Fall 2022 Commencement ceremony for all colleges, being held Dec. 18.

All volunteers should plan to be at Charles Koch Arena from 12:30-4:30 p.m. Volunteers will be fed well and enjoy a great time with a fun group of people as you welcome guests and graduates to this event. Check with student organizations you are a member of or your department to see if there are even more benefits to your participation.

Wichita State’s Department of Physical Therapy is looking for participants between the ages of 40 and 60 for a research study comparing balance differences among middle-aged adults.

Testing is one time only at either Ahlberg Hall or WSU Old Town and should not take more than 15 minutes. Please use the link below to fill out the Qualtrics survey to determine your eligibility for participation. This study has been approved by the IRB, number 5218.

Volunteers are requested for Pumpkin Run 2022 8 a.m.-11 a.m. Oct. 22 at the main Wichita State campus.

Jobs available

• Water station
• Cheer squad
• Corse directions
• Finish line
• Results table
• Pumpkin face painting

To volunteer, sign up at the link below.

Join us for our first-ever Brush-Up! event for the Shocker Neighborhood from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 22.

Work alongside neighbors, community members, businesses and fellow Shockers to help each other beautify the area. We will help bag trimmings from trees, cut overgrown lawns, pick up trash, and paint over graffiti.

Volunteer check-in will be at the corner of 9th Street and Grove at the Urban League of Wichita and at Bridges near 21st and Grove.

This project is a collaboration among the Wichita State Office of Engagement, Wichita District 1– Atwater Resource Center, Wichita State University Community Service Board, Neighborhood Associations, WPD, SNC, and the City of Wichita.

There will be a barbecue picnic after the event.

The College of Engineering is seeking faculty and staff from across the university to serve as group activity judges for the college’s annual Wallace Invitational for Scholarships in Engineering (WISE).

Two-person judging teams will observe and score a small group of four or five competitors. Students are judged on teamwork, communication, and problem-solving skills — not on their knowledge of engineering concepts. Therefore, judges do not need to have a background in engineering or computing.

The activities will be from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 18 in the Harvest Room (142) of the RSC.

If you are interested in judging, please sign up by Nov. 4 at www.wichita.edu/wisevolunteer. For questions, contact Jason Bosch at jason.bosch@wichita.edu.