Sep 13, 2010 — By WSU News Services — The 2010 Komen Wichita Race for the Cure holds special interest for the WSU community with President Don Beggs and his wife, Shirley, serving as honorary chairs for the Saturday, Sept. 25, event. To support this year's Race for the Cure, university departments and organizations, faculty, staff and students are encouraged to join WSU's team, "Shockers Stroll with Shirley and Don: One Step at a Time

Sep 15, 2010 — By WSU News Services — Academe welcomes news from WSU faculty and staff about research, teaching and service activities. A listing of faculty and staff news updates as of Sept. 13 is available at http://www.wichita.edu/academe. Submit news for Academe to shannon.littlejohn@wichita.edu.

Sep 13, 2010 — By WSU News Services — "The Science of Sound" is the theme of Senior Wednesday (for art enthusiasts 55 and older) from 10-11:30 a.m. Sept. 15, at the Ulrich Museum of Art. Refreshments are at 10 a.m., with the presentation at 10:30 a.m. Moving at 426 vibrations per second, the sound of a tuning fork can be detected by the human ear. Explore how musicians use the science of sound to design and create musical instrumen

Sep 15, 2010 — By WSU News Services — The College of Engineering is hosting Michael Prince, professor of chemical engineering at Bucknell University and co-director of the National Effective Teaching Institute, who will lead a workshop "Getting Started with Problem-Based Learning." The workshop will be offered twice, from 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20, in 215/217 RSC. Lunch for all participants will be noon-1 pm. Lunch for

Sep 15, 2010 — By WSU News Services — * Faculty and staff with 10, 15, 20 and 25 years of service to the state will be recognized in a ceremony at 3 p.m. today (Tuesday, Sept. 14) in the RSC ballroom. * The 2010 Physics Seminar Series will feature "Black Holes and Curved Space-time" by University of Chicago professor Robert Wald, whose textbook is standard for anyone wanting to study cosmology, at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, in 12

Sep 17, 2010 — By WSU News Services — Changes were recently made to student and graduate electronic personnel action forms (ePAFs) to make the funding lines viewable to approvers in Banner Self Service. There are new reports available to ePAF approvers and originators in Reporting Services. ePAF originators are asked to review this memo and all new documentation. Questions? More information is available at http://www.wichita.edu/j/?67

Sep 15, 2010 — By WSU News Services — Faculty and staff are invited to join all state employees and participate in a Virtual Race Across Kansas -- a statewide physical activity and nutrition challenge Sept. 21-Nov. 16. Participants are asked to track their physical activity and consumption of fruits/vegetables that translate into travel miles across Kansas. Those who complete the challenge by earning 1,000 or more travel miles and sub

Sep 20, 2010 — By WSU News Services — * It's not too late to submit your poster to the competition to "Celebrate Aging Research" at WSU. All faculty and students are invited to submit their posters by Sept. 24. For more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?658 * Needing some one-on-one help with PeopleAdmin? The Office of Human Resources is offering open labs from 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. every Wednesday afternoon; no phones, no

Sep 9, 2010 — By WSU News Services — How good is America's political vision? The exhibition "Hindsight is Always 20/20" raises this ever timely question. The exhbition opens Saturday, Sept. 11, and will be on view through Nov. 28, in the Amsden Gallery at the Ulrich Museum of Art. Admission is free. For "Hindsight," an installation of 43 prints, artist R. Luke DuBois took the State of the Union addresses from each U.S. president a

Sep 13, 2010 — By WSU News Services — President Beggs has approved the following revision to the WSU Policies and Procedures Manual: 3.30 / Exempt and Non-Exempt Employees -- http://webs.wichita.edu/inaudit/ch3_30.htm To provide more clarity with regard to the review and oversight of positions vis-a-vis FLSA compliance.