Reminders, deadlines, events and Shocker Blast
* Engineers Without Borders (EWB) USA Wichita State University Chapter is seeking faculty mentors. Our passion and purpose is to benefit the lives of the most deprived communities in the world; working with them to create sustainable solutions to meet their basic human needs. Join us from 6-7 p.m. today (Friday, Sept. 9) on the second floor of Devlin Hall to learn how you can contribute to our upcoming clean water projects in Uganda through EWB. Contact us at ewb.wichitastateuniversity@gmail.com.
* The Office of Research sends a monthly e-newsletter with information on upcoming workshops/events, grant deadlines, funding opportunities, research news and more. Read the latest newsletter at http://conta.cc/2cl9c0A. Subscribe at http://bit.ly/2bVPp45
* The Office of Academic Affairs in collaboration with Student Involvement is seeking applications from teaching faculty to serve as service-learning scholars for the 2016-17 academic year. The Service-Learning Faculty Scholars program has been designed to empower committed service-learning faculty to cultivate and support interest in service learning in their fellow faculty members and through their classes and college. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?4992 for more information.
* WSU Ventures is hosting Trademark Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20, in the WIDGET Lab on the first floor of Devlin Hall. Trademark Tuesday, a collaboration with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), is a question and answer session on trademarks.
* Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?4988 for the current edition of Academe. Academe welcomes news from WSU faculty and staff about research, teaching and service activities. This column recognizes grants, honors, awards, presentations and publications, new appointments, new faculty, sabbaticals, retirements and deaths of current and former colleagues. Complete the form at http://www.wichita.edu/submitinfo to report activities, research, accomplishments/awards, presentations and publications for Academe.
* In follow-up to the roll-out of the strategic enrollment management plan for the university, several Q&A sessions and workshops are being planned during the year to assist faculty and staff on ways to grow enrollment. The first one is planned for 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, in 233 RSC. A light lunch will be provided. RSVP to jeanne.patton@wichita.edu.
* This is a notification to remind all managers that it is the middle of the review period for all USS and non-teaching UP annual performance evaluations. Unless you have already done so, please log in to myPerformance in myWSU to add comments, notes and any other documentation for your employee's performance evaluation(s). For more information on attending a training or if you need help to complete sections, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?4991
* Shocker Blast is the email newsletter for WSU students. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/shockerblast to see the current edition.