May 23, 2011

Reminders

* The City of Wichita Water Department will shut down water service to the east half of campus from 1-4 p.m. today (Friday, May 20) to investigate damage to a 24-inch main line isolation valve, and plan for a longer repair outage at a later date in the next three to five months. To see a list of the buildings affected by the shutdown, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1053.

* Funeral services for longtime WSU engineering professor Dick Graham will be held at 1:30 p.m. today (Friday, May 20) at Grace Presbyterian Church, 5002 E. Douglas.

* The Blackboard operating system and database will be reinstalled today (Friday, May 20) to address documented issues and to improve the user experience as it relates to missing modules (Tools), ADA accessibility improvements and course copy errors. To better understand when and how this update will affect you, go to http://www.wichita.edu/elearning/.

* The Heskett Center is offering free fitness classes May 23-27. For more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1044.

* Installation of new room signs has been happening to bring uniformity to interior signage and meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards. The signs are actually holders that will accept a paper insert with a room or office name. Templates are available online for you to make inserts for your department on a laser printer -- http://www.wichita.edu/roomsigns. These templates offer the only acceptable inserts for these signs. For more information, contact Facilities Planning at 978-3030.

* Improve your writing skills by taking "Basic Writing and Grammar Skills for Business" from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 2, in Woodman Alumni Center. The session is offered by the Center for Management Development. Lunch is provided. If you register more than two weeks ahead of the class, you have time to file for tuition assistance through Human Resources. To preview this and any other seminar, go to http://www.cmd.wichita.edu.

* The Physical Plant will close and reconstruct the entrance to the Credit Union parking lot, including all the parking lot areas north of the Printing Building, behind the Credit Union and Police Building from Monday, May 23, until the start of the fall semester. The Credit Union Drive-Up Window will not be accessible during the parking lot reconstruction. http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1049