Reminders, deadlines and events
* Leading is not an option but a requirement in our higher education professions. Regardless of a job title or position, often one is asked and expected to take on leadership roles. A cross-cultural leadership training session will be offered from 10-11:30 a.m. tomorrow (Thursday, July 21) in 142 RSC. To register for this training, go to myTraining on myWSU. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?4854 for more information.
* An Institutional Review Board (IRB) Open Lab will be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday, July 21) in 405 Jardine Hall. The lab is for faculty, staff and students who have questions about IRB forms or about their study in general. These are come-and-go labs with no registration required.
* If your office has student job openings, the On-Campus Job Fair is the place to fill them. The fair will be from 1-3 p.m. Thursday, July 28, in the third floor RSC Beggs Ballroom. Wichita State offices and departments may use the fair to hire for on-campus regular or on-campus work-study positions, including student assistants, graduate assistants, tutors, interns, lifeguards, etc. Reserve your booth space by tomorrow (Thursday, July 21) by filling out the form at http://www.wichita.edu/RegisterOCJF.
* The Wichita Medical Research and Education Foundation (WMREF) is pleased to announce a Collaborative Investigator Initiated Research (CIIR) funding opportunity of $15,000. The purpose of this research program is to provide investigators with short-term funding (seed money) leading to successful application to larger and new funding sources in the areas of social/behavioral, biological, genetic or environmental determinants of disease and/or health, either physical or mental, across the life span. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?4857 for more information.
* The Office of Strategic Communications will be closed for a staff retreat tomorrow (Thursday, July 21). If you have news or information for WSU Today on Thursday or Friday, July 21-22, please submit the information by noon today (Wednesday, July 20) via email to wsutoday@wichita.edu.
* A biannual orientation program has been scheduled for new, benefits-eligible university support staff and unclassified professional staff on Tuesday, Aug. 2. The orientation program provides employees hired within the previous six months an opportunity to learn more about WSU. To register, go to myWSU Faculty/Staff tab and select myTraining. Please register no later than Friday, July 29. Contact Sheryl Propst at 978-6926 or sheryl.propst@wichita.edu if you have questions.