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Kansas House of Representatives plans to revamp state pay system
Rep. Horst wants feedback

By Julie Rausch
State Rep. Deena Horst was at WSU March 2 to talk about the proposed new pay plan for classified employees. Horst is the vice chair for the Kansas 2000 Select Committee, currently charged with revising the state employee compensation system. House Bill 2522 would make significant changes to classified employee compensation, eliminating step increases and longevity pay, and would change the evaluation system. Outside of annual cost-of-living increases, pay increases would be merit-based, depending on an employee’s evalution.
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Computing labs get upgrade
By Joseph Kleinsasser
Keeping up with rapid changes in technology takes money. For fiscal year 1999, the state of Kansas is helping Wichita State and the other regents universities keep pace with a two-for-one dollar match. Currently, the state contributes $2 per credit hour for every $1 per credit hour being contributed by students.
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WSU joins Buckle Up Kansas program
By Joseph Kleinsasser
The director of Buckle Up Kansas will be at the Campus Police Department Friday, March 5, to acknowledge Wichita State joining the program which promotes and enforces the use of safety belts and child safety seats.
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Festival makes lots of music
WSU’s School of Music will present six concerts as part of the Contemporary Music Festival featuring several WSU student ensembles, faculty performances, and works by various Wichita, WSU faculty, student and guest composers March 10-13. The concerts will showcase premieres of works by WSU music faculty and alumni, as well.
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Health care for infants, children is conference topic
By Amy Geiszler-Jones
Health care for infants and children, and the societal and ethical issues surrounding that care, will be discussed at a conference March 26-27 at WSU’s Rhatigan Student Center.
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This Week's Briefs		NEWS INSIDE
BRIEFS Faculty, mark your calendars The proposed draft of WSU’s intellectual policy, based on a recently passed Board of Regents policy, will be discussed at the next Faculty Senate meeting Monday, March 8. Regent Harry Craig will also be at the meeting which starts at 3:30 p.m. in 107 Clinton Hall. All faculty are welcome to attend. The proposed guidelines for further studies courses in the general education curriculum will be the agenda item at a general faculty meeting at 3 p.m. Friday, March 12, in 208 Hubbard Hall. Return your SPTE request forms For WSU teaching faculty who want to have their teaching critiqued, today (March 5) is the deadline for turning in request forms for the Student Perception of Teaching Effectiveness evaluation. You have until 5 p.m. today to return the forms to the Social Science Research Lab, box 107. OF NOTE Publications Lawrence Davis, professor and chair, English, has had a paper, “From Confederate Overalls to Designer Jeans: The Changing Southern Vocabulary,” accepted for publication by The Journal of English Linguistics.
		Kansas House of Representatives plans to revamp state pay system Rep. Horst wants feedback By Julie Rausch State Rep. Deena Horst was at WSU March 2 to talk about the proposed new pay plan for classified employees. Horst is the vice chair for the Kansas 2000 Select Committee, currently charged with revising the state employee compensation system. House Bill 2522 would make significant changes to classified employee compensation, eliminating step increases and longevity pay, and would change the evaluation system. Outside of annual cost-of-living increases, pay increases would be merit-based, depending on an employee’s evalution. Go to full story... Computing labs get upgrade By Joseph Kleinsasser Keeping up with rapid changes in technology takes money. For fiscal year 1999, the state of Kansas is helping Wichita State and the other regents universities keep pace with a two-for-one dollar match. Currently, the state contributes $2 per credit hour for every $1 per credit hour being contributed by students. Go to full story... WSU joins Buckle Up Kansas program By Joseph Kleinsasser The director of Buckle Up Kansas will be at the Campus Police Department Friday, March 5, to acknowledge Wichita State joining the program which promotes and enforces the use of safety belts and child safety seats. Go to full story... Festival makes lots of music WSU’s School of Music will present six concerts as part of the Contemporary Music Festival featuring several WSU student ensembles, faculty performances, and works by various Wichita, WSU faculty, student and guest composers March 10-13. The concerts will showcase premieres of works by WSU music faculty and alumni, as well. Go to full story... Health care for infants, children is conference topic By Amy Geiszler-Jones Health care for infants and children, and the societal and ethical issues surrounding that care, will be discussed at a conference March 26-27 at WSU’s Rhatigan Student Center. Go to full story...