December 17, 2015

Reminders, deadlines and events

* To ensure that all jobs are posted in PeopleAdmin as requested before the holiday shutdown, all position descriptions should be approved and sent to Human Resources by noon today (Thursday, Dec. 17). Because of volume of postings received during this time, posting requests received after this deadline may not be completed before the shutdown. Please note that any positions open to WSU employees only during the shutdown must remain open through Monday, Jan. 4. To check the status of a posting or ask questions about these deadlines, contact Julie Windham at 978-3554, or Tonya Cruz at 978-3061.

* Fall locker clear out in the Heskett Center is today (Thursday, Dec. 17). If you are clearing out, inform the Guest Services assistant. For renewal/sign-up for spring 2016, please go to Guest Services.

* The Office of Student Engagement is seeking nominations for Wichita State's 2016 Senior Honor Men and Women awards. Please help identify students for this award by submitting your nominations by 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, at http://www.wichita.edu/seniorhonor. For more information, contact Trish Gandu at trish.gandu@wichita.edu or 978-6697.

* Save money doing business with other proud Shockers. Look for the ShockStop decal on the front of local businesses for a guaranteed 10 percent discount. Follow the link to the ShockStop Web page at http://www.wichita.edu/ShockStop and see participating merchants. It will be an expanding list. If you don't see your favorite establishment, ask them to sign up. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?4478 for more information.

* The state of Kansas has 27 paychecks paid in calendar year 2015, because of the timing of the Legislative approved holidays for calendar year 2015-16 and the pay dates. Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, is an approved holiday for State of Kansas employees, and falls on a payday. The State of Kansas paychecks will be issued on Dec. 31, 2015, which will be the 27th paycheck for 2015. Calendar year 2016 will have the regular 26 biweekly paychecks. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/wsunews/cnews/?cnid=19321 for more information.

* 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 addition to their current tenured position, the successful candidate will take on the additional responsibilities of the director, and be compensated with a stipend from the professorship fund. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?4472 for more information.

* The University of Kansas' NIH COBRE Center for Molecular Analysis of Disease Pathways (CMADP) has announced its upcoming Pilot Project Competition. This competition is open to all full-time, tenure-track or tenured faculty at WSU, KU, KSU or KUMC whose research embraces the molecular analysis of disease pathways in the broadest sense. Letters of intent are due by Monday, Dec. 21. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?4465 for more information.