WSU Today: Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022

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Parking and Traffic

Game day parking enforced today

For today’s WSU men’s basketball game, lots in the vicinity of Koch Arena will be reserved for Shocker Athletic Scholarship Organization parking beginning at 4 p.m. During this time, signage will be in place alerting drivers of the impending lot assignment changes.

Anyone previously parked in these lots will need to move their cars by 4 p.m. Any unauthorized parking in a game day lot carries a $50 citation fine.

Visit Men's Basketball Parking page

Health and Safety Updates

MDL extends free triple-virus testing through March 2023

Just in time for the surge of respiratory illnesses flooding the state, Wichita State University’s Molecular Diagnostics Lab has announced it will extend free RSV, influenza and COVID (RIC) testing through March 31, 2023.

The MDL has been providing public testing for COVID since October 2020, and the triple-virus RIC test was added to the MDL’s capabilities in December 2021. All MDL testing costs have been covered through CARES funding from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

Learn more about MDL testing

Shared Governance

University Staff Senate Meeting set for Dec. 13

The next University Staff Senate meeting is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Dec. 13, via Zoom. All USS meetings are open to the Wichita State campus community.

Get the Zoom link, learn more and see previous meeting minutes

News

Financial Operations adjusting hours Dec. 13

Financial Operations and the Office of Research Post Award will be closed from noon-5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13 for staff development.

Events

Retirement celebration for Janet Jensen set for Dec. 13

All are welcome to a come-and-go retirement celebration for Janet Jensen, 2-4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, in the Woolsey Hall Fidelity Bank Ballroom

Jensen retired as senior student success specialist in the Barton School of Business on Dec. 3.

Light refreshments will be served.

Commencement Information

WSU announces fall 2022 commencement schedule, speaker

Almost 1,300 students are eligible to participate in Wichita State University’s 125th fall commencement ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18 in Charles Koch Arena.

All graduates will walk across the stage and be individually recognized. Doctoral candidates will be hooded at this ceremony.

Dr. Mona Nemer will receive an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. An honorary degree is an exceptional honor bestowed upon a person without fulfillment of the usual requirements. It is conferred only upon persons of notable intellectual, scholarly, professional, creative achievement or service to humanity consistent with the endeavors of WSU.

Get all the commencement details

Campus Resources

Visit the Shocker Support Locker

The Shocker Support Locker is open to all students, faculty, and staff on campus and is located on the first floor at 103 Grace Wilkie Hall. It is open at the following times:

10 a.m.- 1 p.m. Monday-Thursday
9 a.m.-noon Fridays
Closed Saturday and Sunday

A WSU ID is required for access and there is a 20-credit limit system per seven days per person. The Locker provides canned, frozen, fresh food and clothing. The Locker also provide feminine, hygiene, baby and family products.

Shocker Athletics

Check out what’s happening in Shocker Athletics

Each week, Shocker Athletics provides an update on the latest results, upcoming events and notable moments in WSU sports history.

Check out the newest edition of This Week in Shocker Athletics

Training Opportunities and Workshops

Save the date for the Academic Resources Conference

The Academic Resources Conference (ARC) is back for a week of events Jan. 9-13! In addition to some technical training, the conference will focus on the impact digital transformation has on education, and the full campus community is invited.

The Academic Resources Conference (ARC) is back for a week of events Jan. 9-13. In addition to technical training, the conference will focus on the impact digital transformation has on education. The whole campus community is invited.

All ARC events are free and take place via Zoom. You can see the full schedule of sessions, panels and discussions and grab calendar invites on the ARC session page.

A sneak peek at some can’t-miss sessions:

At 10 a.m. Jan. 9, President Rick Muma will speak on Digital Transformation and its impact on education. The conference will then offer 12 other sessions with some kind of digital transformation or artificial intelligence focus. This discussion culminates in a presentation on the “Ethics of Big Data,” presented by Dr. Susan Castro at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 13.
Roy and Polly Wenzl join the conference at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11 to show how “Narrative Storytelling is a Skill You Can Learn.”
Technical training and information opportunities include hearing about Navigate from Kim Sandlin from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11 and ArcGIS with Ethan Lindsay from 2 to 3 p.m. Jan. 12. There will also be Blackboard, Panopto and Watermark training opportunities throughout the week.
Monday-Thursday, there is a lunch-and-learn Panel Hour from noon-12:50 p.m. We will discuss equity and digital transformation (Monday), creative intelligence and AI (Tuesday), the future of work (Wednesday), and academic honesty and AI (Thursday).
From 1 to 1:50 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, there will be an ARC book club where participants will discuss the book “Robot Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,” (available free through University Libraries).

All events will also be recorded, so make sure to check out the schedule to see what you can attend live or virtually. ARC is presented by the Office of Instructional Resources.

Questions? Email OIR@wichita.edu.