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WSU Today: Friday, Jan. 17, 2025

Save the date and nominate an adult learner for the Adult Learner of the Year awards
Risks of generative AI use: Not all generative AI applications are created equal
Join the Academic Resources Conference for its Jan. 15 sessions
Campus community invited to first legislative update of 2025
Donate and save a life at the next WSU blood drive Jan. 28/29
Professor emeritus and sociology professor collaborate on foreword for reissue of historic research article on city governments
Sign up for upcoming free Mental Wellness and Preventing Suicide trainings
Master Classroom training available Jan. 15-17
Take advantage of pop-up Financial Aid advising at OneStop

Lot 41 near Woolsey Hall will be closed for event
Game day parking enforced Jan. 14
2024 W-2s are now available electronically
Attend January WuHire training events
Meet and greet the SEVP and provost Dr. Monica Lounsbery Jan. 23
Join the August Academic Resources Conference for its Jan. 14
School of Education’s T2T student Sarah Schlottman wins Kansas Horizon Award
Save the date: Wichita State offering walk-in headshot photos at event
Denise Sherman named director of the Center for Management Development and Executive Education
Engineering assistant dean creates student award to honor late father
ITS Applications Training announces new digital credential: Microsoft Cloud Power User
BYOD ‘Gray Box’ classroom technology training available Jan. 15-17
Usha Haley speaks to Newsweek on food tariffs and supply chains

Title IX & Civil Rights Training for faculty and staff deadline extended to Feb. 7
Attend Faculty Senate meeting today
Employee self-evaluation in myPerformance is due Jan. 31
Game day parking enforced Jan. 14
Parking garage add-on ePermits for spring on sale now
CES course evaluations has a new option regarding reports
RSVP to the 2025 annual Strategic Communications Seminar
Join the third annual Winter Welcome Jan. 24
KMUW’s January Literary Feast book is ‘The City and Its Uncertain Walls’ by Haruki Murakami
Join ARC for its first day of sessions Jan. 13
Spectrum is searching for faculty and staff who may be interested in becoming QT RSO advisors
Staff nominations sought for President’s Distinguished Service and Staff Excellence Awards
Submit your application now for the 2025 John A. See Innovation Award
Shocker Store offers Score & Save promo
Staff Substance Use and Mental Wellness Training available
Master Classroom training available Jan. 15-17
College of Applied Studies has opening for an academic program specialist and placement coordinator
Know a student still needing a first-year seminar? Consider Connecting Generations

Wichita State will continue operations Jan. 10
Title IX & Civil Rights Training required for faculty and staff
Attend January WuHire training events
Reminder about workplace injuries
Choose your sessions for next week’s ARC
National fraternity expanding at Wichita State
Office of Research is updating the Pivot login method
College of Applied Studies has opening for an academic program specialist and placement coordinator
Know a student still needing a first-year seminar? Consider Connecting Generations

Construction on new pickleball courts starting Jan. 8
Meet and greet the SEVP and provost Dr. Monica Lounsbery Jan. 23
Wichita State Common Read looks for nominations
Staff nominations sought for President’s Distinguished Service and Staff Excellence Awards
Shocker tennis to host fundraising clinic Jan. 10
Remember: Graduate School orientation begins Jan. 10
Usha Haley interviewed by Forbes on immigration

Wichita State to return to normal operations Tuesday, Jan. 7
Attend the spring 2025 High DF Course Institute on Friday, Jan. 10
Professional development opportunity available through the Kansas Leadership Center
Spring 2025 is the last semester for Panopto at WSU
Shocker tennis to host fundraising clinic Jan. 10
Usha Haley speaks to KMUW on tariffs and their effects on Kansas and the United States

Welcome back, Shockers
University moves to remote operations Monday, Jan. 6; critical campus functions remain open
Wichita State closing Jan. 9 for National Day of Mourning honoring President Carter
Title IX & Civil Rights Training required for faculty and staff
Employee self-evaluation in myPerformance is due Jan. 31
Important ePAF update for Non-Benefit Eligible Position Add Jobs
Parking garage add-on ePermits for spring on sale now
Game day parking enforced Jan. 6
Shockers set school record with 3.53 cumulative GPA
Spectrum is searching for faculty and staff who may be interested in becoming QT RSO advisors
Faculty nominations sought for President’s Distinguished Service Award

Key milestones mark steady progress on Wichita Biomedical Campus
Wichita State anthropologist uses his writings to preserve Turkey’s cultural memory following devastating earthquakes
WSU College of Engineering partners with Groover Labs to support regional innovation
Meet WSU’s fall 2024 graduating class of Shockers
Grinch spotting on campus: Ensure your spaces are safe and tidy before winter break
Game day parking enforced over winter closedown
Parking garage add-on ePermits for spring on sale Jan. 6
RSC departments will close early Dec. 20
Office of Student Accommodations and Testing closing early Dec. 20
Important ePAF update for Non-Benefit Eligible Position Add Jobs
Geology professor interviewed about his research with Kansas NSF EPSCoR
University re-designated as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyberdefense Education