Jan 30, 2018 — By WSU News Services — The Office of First-Year Programs is seeking nominations for books to be considered for the WSU Reads program. WSU Reads is the university's common read program designed to spark conversation between students across majors on campus. This program strives to take educational concepts learned in the classroom and provide meaningful connections with out of the classroom programs and activities. For m

Jan 30, 2018 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State's Office of Special Programs is seeking to create an alumni group to regularly contact about updates regarding the programs and activities organized by the various TRIO and GEAR UP programs. The Office of Special Programs administers and/or collaborates with the following programs at Wichita State: Upward Bound Wichita Prep (UBWP) Student Support Services (SSS) TRIO Talent Searc

Jan 30, 2018 — By WSU News Services — Are you a KPERS member? Is retirement years away, or is it right around the corner? Either way, you should have information at your fingertips to be prepared for this milestone event. If you're close enough to retirement to think about the details, you now have easy-to-get, straight-forward answers at the new online KPERS Retirement Info Center at https://www.kpers.org/retire/index.html. If you're

Feb 1, 2018 — By WSU News Services — Due now: Managers should submit reviews and ratings for their direct reports for the 2017-18 annual evaluations in myPerformance. This step is due Wednesday, Feb. 28. Managers should log in to myPerformance in myWSU to rate their direct reports and submit comments to support the ratings. Also, the planning step for 2018-19 annual evaluations in myPerformance will be available today (Thursday, F

Jan 30, 2018 — By WSU News Services — A news conference to introduce the winner of the $48,000 Clay Barton Scholarship will be held at 10 a.m. today (Wednesday, Jan. 31) in the Marcus Welcome Center.

Feb 1, 2018 — By WSU News Services — Interested faculty and administrators are invited to attend an information session about the upcoming special review for promotions of non-tenure track teaching faculty. The first session will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2, in 233 RSC.

Jan 30, 2018 — By WSU News Services — In honor of the upcoming Winter Olympic Games, join Council of University Women (CUW) for a fun, hands-on Asian cooking experience from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, in 233 RSC. Tickets are $18 for CUW members and $23 for nonmembers. The first 50 to buy tickets will receive a WSU bamboo mixing spoon and recipe card. This cooking experience will include shrimp or chicken spring rolls, Asian s

Feb 1, 2018 — By WSU News Services — * The Regional Institute on Aging funds a small number of grants for faculty. The primary purpose of this grant program is to assist faculty members in their scholarly and/or creative activities as it pertains to aging research. Go to http://wsuria.org/applyhere/ for more information. * WSU has a hiring process that relies heavily on the search chair for elements of the process that they should

Jan 30, 2018 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University will hold a news conference to introduce the winner of the $48,000 Clay Barton Scholarship at 10 a.m. tomorrow (Wednesday, Jan. 31) in the Marcus Welcome Center. The media are invited to attend. The winner will receive one of the biggest business scholarships in the state. # # # # # Contact: Joe Kleinsasser, director of news and media relations, 316-978-3013 or joe.k

Jan 30, 2018 — By WSU News Services — Wichita State University will hold a news conference to introduce the winner of the $48,000 Clay Barton Scholarship at 10 a.m. tomorrow (Wednesday, Jan. 31) in the Marcus Welcome Center. The media are invited to attend. The winner will receive one of the biggest business scholarships in the state. # # # # # Contact: Joe Kleinsasser, director of news and media relations, 316-978-3013 or joe.k