WSU Today: Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Human Resources

University announces schedule for winter break 2025

To help employees plan for time-off and work schedules throughout the year, Wichita State is happy to share the winter break schedule has been approved this year, to commence at the end of the day on Friday, Dec. 19, and the university will reopen Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. The break is 10 business days, two of which are paid holidays. Thanks to President Muma, employees may use four “Additional Personal Days” to remain in pay status during winter break. Classes will not be in session during this period.

Learn more about winter break

Research

Monday • May 12, 2025 • 3-5 pm Ablah Library - Collaboration Hub, First Floor

Attend the annual FYRE in STEM Research Showcase May 12

Join the First-Year Research Experience (FYRE) from 3 to 5 p.m. May 12 at Ablah Library’s Collaboration Hub for a captivating showcase of research projects. Explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics projects from first-year Shockers already putting their research skills to work.

This event is open to everyone, and food will be provided, so mark your calendars and don’t miss out. Learn more at wichita.edu/fyre.

New Summer Undergraduate and Graduate Research Assistantships grant proposals are due by May 16

Proposals are due to the Office of Research for Summer Undergraduate and Graduate Research Assistantships (SUGRA) no later than 5 p.m. Friday, May 16 to the Office of Research.

The new SUGRA grant opportunity provides funding of up to $4,000 to support faculty-mentored student research, scholarly or creative projects during summer 2025. Proposers must work with a grant specialist in the Office of Research prior to submission and all complete applications require an endorsement from the chair and dean.

Incomplete or late applications will not be reviewed or considered. Contact proposals@wichita.edu no later than May 16 to get started or visit the website for additional information.

Faculty and Staff Resources

Information about CES for the upcoming summer 2025 semester

The following table is to assist instructors with certain dates regarding CES. The dates shown below are for the summer 2025 semester.

The first column includes the various start/end (part-of-term) dates for summer semester courses that start in May.
The second column includes dates meant for instructors. This is the timeframe when instructors will receive emails about the CES process and procedures that they should complete. Instructors will receive additional emails during and after the student CES access dates.
The last column includes the dates that CES will be available for the students to complete course evaluations.

CES summer 2025 – Courses with May start dates:

Course Start/end dates	Instructor CES process dates	Student CES access dates
May 19-May 24	May 7-May 21	May 22-May 23
May 19-May 31	May 14-May 28	May 29-May 30
May 19-June 14	May 23-June 6	June 7-June 13
May 19-June 28	June 6-June 20	June 21-June 27
May 19-July 25	July 3-July 17	July 18-July 24
May 27-May 31	May 14-May 28	May 29-May 30
May 27-June 7	May 21-June 4	June 5-June 6

Flyer for Office of Faculty Advancement, Retention, and Excellence's End-of-Semester Celebration & Mutual Mentoring Awards; Tuesday, May 13, 4-5:15 pm; 233 RSC, Santa Fe Trail Room; RSVP at https://forms.office.com/r/SZavf8nB7V

FARE Office will hold end-of-semester celebration, Mutual Mentoring Awards May 13

The Office of Faculty Advancement, Retention, and Excellence (FARE) wants to celebrate WSU faculty. Join the FARE Office from 4 to 5:15 p.m. May 13 in 233 Rhatigan Student Center, Santa Fe Trail Room, to celebrate the end of the spring semester with finger foods, charcuterie, desserts, wine and beer with colleagues as participants hear briefly from FARE’s first group of Mutual Mentoring Grant awardees about their projects for the coming year.

RSVP by completing this brief form by May 7 so organizers can get a headcount for food.

Parking and Traffic

Lot 41 by Woolsey Hall to be closed May 7 and reopen May 8

Lot 41, the parking lot near Woolsey Hall, will be closed Wednesday, May 7 and part of Thursday, May 8 for events in the building. The lot will reopen in the late afternoon May 8. Faculty and staff that typically park in this lot will need to park in other yellow lots during this time. The YMCA lot is not available for faculty, staff or event guest parking and could result in a citation.

The purpose of lot reservations is to help accommodate large groups of guests visiting campus for events or the event itself. Lot reservations are not to be used for WSU affiliates. Remember, visitors to campus can park without an ePermit up to three times each semester.

Red reserved and ADA stalls are not subject to lot closures and proper use is permitted during this time.

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Events and Recreation

AAFSA hosts end-of-year celebration May 9

Join the African American Faculty Staff Association (AAFSA) from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday, May 9 at Chicken N. Pickle, 1240 N. Greenwich Rd, for its end-of-year celebration. Free food, fun and laughs await as AAFSA shares upcoming changes moving forward. The event will be in the west wing and have pickleball courts nine and 10 reserved.

Register for Propellus Tech Summit 2025: Free for WSU students, faculty and staff

Education in Kansas is entering a new era, and the Propellus Tech Summit is leading the charge.

Co-hosted by Wichita Public Schools and Wichita State’s College of Applied Studies, the two-day summit (May 28-29 at the Rhatigan Student Center) offers an immersive, future-focused professional development experience for educators at all levels.

Attendees will explore AI tools, platforms like Canva and Adobe, and emerging tech through keynotes, interactive sessions and hands-on workshops. Free registration is available for WSU and USD 259 educators and students. A $100 registration fee applies to all other participants.

Learn more and register

Surveys

Take survey on faculty satisfaction with the student Academic Integrity process

Student Conduct & Community Standards (SCCS) is trying to gauge satisfaction and evaluate the services offered by our office in the resolution of Academic Integrity cases, by gathering feedback from people who may have referred academic integrity cases to the Student Conduct & Community Standards office.

Th survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. All responses are anonymous and confidential. The responses will be reviewed by SCCS staff to strengthen the Academic Integrity process. Group results from this survey may be shared with the faculty senate executive board or deans of colleges to further assist with education on the Academic Integrity process.

If you are a faculty member at Wichita State, you can take the survey, regardless of previous interaction with the Academic Integrity Process. The survey will close on May 16.

If there are any questions, reach out to SCCS at SCCS@wichita.edu.