Reminders
* The Media Resources Center is offering training on a variety of Blackboard subjects, Panopto and other elearning topics. These sessions are hands-on, allowing participants to use the software while being instructed. To see the complete list of training sessions and how to register, visit http://www.wichita.edu/elearning and click on Training and Events Calendar.
* The State of Kansas has announced a Voluntary Retirement Incentive Program (VRIP) that provides incentives to eligible, classified State of Kansas employees who offer to retire between now and Sept. 19. The VRIP is not available to employees covered under the Kansas Police and Firemen Plan or employees who have previously retired from the State of Kansas. For more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1147.
* Find out what's happening in the College of Fine Arts and the Ulrich Museum of Art in the 2011-2012 fine arts online calendar at http://www.wichita.edu/finearts.
* University Libraries is offering a citation searching workshop for faculty preparing tenure, promotion and other documents from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, in 217 Ablah Library. To sign up, contact Elaine Harvey at 978-5072 or Cathy Moore-Jansen at 978-5080.
* The working group on Course Syllabus Templates compiled a template for course syllabi that is based on research, best practices and the needs of the WSU community. The template is available as a Word file at http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1190. Anyone is welcome to download the file and modify the content or format for their classes. Send suggestions for future revisions of the template to ofdss@wichita.edu.