Jan 6, 2016 — By WSU News Services — The call for presentations for WSU's 3rd annual Gender & Sexuality conference on Friday, March 4, co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology, Elliott School of Communication and the Office of Diversity & Inclusion, is live at http://www.wichita.edu/genderconference. Lisa Wade will be the keynote speaker. Submissions of original research and scholarship in any discipline from colleges and universi

Jan 5, 2016 — By WSU News Services — New and experienced Banner schedule builders and department chairs are invited to attend the upcoming summer and fall Schedule Building Training sessions presented by the University Registrar and Applications Training on Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 6-7. Sections 1 and 2 are required for new schedule builders; current builders are invited to attend one or both sessions as a refresher. Attendees le

Jan 6, 2016 — By WSU News Services — The Office of Student Engagement is seeking nominations for Wichita State's 2016 Senior Honor Men and Women awards. This is considered to be one of the highest honors a student can receive at WSU. Up to five men and five women are chosen for this honor each year. Please help identify students for this award by submitting your nominations by 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, at http://www.wichita.edu/senio

Jan 8, 2016 — By WSU News Services — Yoga, Zumba and cycle fit are available as part of the Shocker Fit interim schedule today (Monday, Jan. 4) to Friday, Jan. 15. For more information and prices, go to http://www.wichita.edu/shockerfit

Jan 5, 2016 — By WSU News Services — A new online performance management system, myPerformance, is going live in 2016 at Wichita State. The myPerformance tool is used to develop employees, aiding them in achieving the goals laid out in the university's strategic plan. It is also helpful for managers as they can use myPerformance to inspire great work, motivate their employees and deliver results. myPerformance will be available for t

Jan 6, 2016 — By WSU News Services — All Department Tools (DT) training sessions will require a sign-up step in 2016. To sign up for a training, go to the DT Training Calendar at http://www.wichita.edu/dttraining and click on the training you would like to attend. The link to the sign-up will be in the text of the calendar item. The deadline to sign up for each session will be 2 p.m. on the day of the training. If you have questions,

Jan 5, 2016 — By WSU News Services — The fourth installment of co-collaborators, CreativeRush and WSU Shiftspace, present "Stratification - An Exploration in Curatorial Collaboration," from Wednesday, Jan. 20-Saturday, Feb. 13. WSU Shiftspace is the School of Art, Design and Creative Industries at 416 S. Commerce #102. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?4495 for more information.

Jan 4, 2016 — By WSU News Services — The Office of Adult Learning and the Office of Admissions co-hosted Shock Talk, an event designed for prospective adult learner students. Staff from Admissions, Adult Learning and Financial Aid welcomed 14 prospective students to the Marcus Welcome Center to learn about the admissions process, financial aid, scholarships, career development opportunities and programs designed just for adult learne

Jan 6, 2016 — By WSU News Services — The Office of Academic Affairs is conducting an internal search for a tenured professor to lead the new Institute for Interdisciplinary Creativity. The successful candidate will be someone with a major track record and commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration and leading innovation-focused groups in research and creative projects. In additional to their current tenured position, the successfu

Jan 4, 2016 — By WSU News Services — The Kansas NASA EPSCoR Program (KNEP) is seeking pre-proposals for eventual submission to a NASA Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN). The CAN opportunity includes up to $750,000 in funding for three years. All NASA EPSCoR monies must be cost-shared at a level of at least 50 percent with nonfederal monies. The deadline for pre-proposals is Friday, Jan. 15. For more information, go to http://www.wich