Online edition: Volume 15, Number 28 - April 30, 1999.                  



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When’s the next Inside WSU?
This is the last print issue of Inside WSU for the academic year. The last three issues of Inside WSU for the AY will be exclusive online issues only May 7, June 16 and July 14. Deadlines for those issues have been extended to three days prior to publication. Send items to Inside WSU, box 62, or e-mail amy.geiszler-jones@wichita.edu.edu.

Take some holiday time
You have until July 9 to use the half-day of holiday time Gov. Graves gave to state employees at the last hour on Christmas Eve. You’ll have to use the hours as a half-day block and you can’t receive pay for them. Mark the hours as HCT in the “Other leave” code category on your time sheet when using them.

Soaring to the top
 If your summer plans in clude air travel you may want to pay attention to who’s flying high in the Airline Quality Rating, a study co-sponsored by WSU’s Barton School of Business. Overall, US Airways ranked first in this year’s AQR after placing last the year before, marketing researcher Dean Headley announced April 19. The rest of the overall ranking was Continental, American, Delta, Southwest, America West, TWA, Alaska, Northwest and United. Among the worst in specific areas: United in handling bags and America West for getting you there on time.

Blocking traffic
All entrances to Perimeter Road will be blocked from 4 a.m.-noon Saturday, May 9, when dozens of kids compete in the Rainbo IronKids Bread Triathlon, a River Festival event.

Sharing your thoughts
Thanks to the folks who returned the readership survey of Inside WSU. I and the rest of the university communications staff will review the results and let you know about any changes we’ll make in response to the survey when Inside WSU publishes its first issue of the 1999-2000 academic year. Some preliminary results indicate that more than two-thirds of the respondents think Inside WSU is a good or excellent source of information about WSU.

— Amy Geiszler-Jones, editor

Beggs to be inaugurated May 14
By Lori Miller
WSU will turn a new page on Friday, May 14, when President Don Beggs is inaugurated as the 12th president of Wichita State at 2:30 p.m. in the Hughes Metropolitan Complex.
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WSU to celebrate 101st commencement
By Lori Miller
WSU will hold its 101st commencement ceremony at 7 p.m. Friday, May 14, in the west stands of Cessna Stadium. It will be the first WSU commencement presided over by President Don Beggs. In case of rain, it will be in Levitt Arena.
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Making planes safer
By Joseph Kleinsasser

The United States has the safest aviation system in the world. That system will be challenged as air travel increases significantly in the future. Reducing the accident rate by 80 percent — the goal of NASA/FAA’s aviation safety initiative — requires significant research and development to ensure that tomorrow’s air travel is even safer than it is today.

A major player in the effort to improve aviation safety and performance is Wichita State’s National Institute for Aviation Research.
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WSU hosts Gordon Parks retrospective
An exhibition by renowned American artist Gordon Parks opens at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 23, at WSU’s Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art. Faculty and staff can get a special opening preview of “Half Past Autumn: The Art of Gordon Parks” from 1-2 p.m. May 23. Parks is scheduled to be at the opening from 2-3 p.m.
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Faculty promotions may pay more
By Amy Geiszler-Jones
The Legislature has yet to approve the final figures for faculty and unclassified pay raises and enhancements, but when it does, WSU President Beggs hopes to improve raises for faculty earning promotions. He also wants to develop an incentive pay program for professors.
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Center for teaching, research formed
By Amy Geiszler-Jones
Faculty looking for fresh ideas and opportunities to collaborate and communicate with other colleagues will now have a central place to find support at WSU.

The newly approved Center for Teaching and Research Excellence will be up and running in 423B Jardine Hall by the time the new academic year rolls around in August.
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Helping the homeless
By Amy Geiszler-Jones
Living on the streets can be devastating, but the homeless who are mentally ill have two strikes against them.

But one strategy — integrating the efforts of service agencies — gives the homeless mentally ill a chance to turn around their lives, according to research being conducted by WSU’s Self-Help Network.
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Center helps ‘AWSUM’ group stay fit
By Julie Rausch
At least 200 “AWSUM” individuals come to WSU several times each week, determined to have a healthier quality of life.
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Inside WSU is published by the Office of University Communications for Wichita State University faculty and staff on Fridays - with an exclusive online version every other Friday - during the fall and spring semesters. Items to be considered for publication should be sent to campus box 62 or amy.geiszler-jones@wichita.edu.edu 10 days before publication.

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Amy Geiszler-Jones

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Matthew Hicks