Reminders
* Wichita State and Kansas State University researchers are working together to begin preliminary research work on the impact of the burgeoning energy exploration on older adults in rural and frontier Kansas. The project is supported in part by the Cassat Regional Institute on Aging Research Fund housed in the WSU Regional Institute on Aging.
Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?2258 for more information.
* Join head coach Chris Lamb and the Shocker volleyball team for a night of food, volleyball and fun at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17. For dinner tickets, call 978-FANS (3267) or email slamb@goshockers.com for more information regarding how to help.
Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?2255 for more information.
* The National Endowment for the Humanities provides a $6,000 stipend to support full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two months. Please submit a narrative (no longer than three pages), a two-page resume and a letter of support from your dean to the Office of Research and Technology Transfer via proposals@wichita.edu no later than 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2.
Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?2243 for more information.
* The Office of Research and Technology Transfer has implemented ImageNow, that allows research faculty access to new proposal and grant documents from any Internet connection via WebNow. Principal investigators can sign in using their myWSU credentials and will have access to all documents added to their grant/proposal file after June 1, 2013. If you have questions or want to schedule a demo, call 978-3285.
* Faculty, staff and administrators are invited to share best practice sessions/workshops in the annual Institute for Student Learning Assessment Nov. 12 at Kansas State University. The deadline to submit a proposal is Sept. 15. The institute will focus on best of assessment for academic areas, student life units, program coordinators and university level issues.
Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?2175 for more information.
* The Office of Academic Affairs has announced nine new emeritus faculty as of July 1.
The list is available at http://www.wichita.edu/j/?2269.