June 4, 2012

Reminders

* The application/selection process for the WSU Leadership Academy fellows for 2012-13 is now open. Please apply by Friday, June 1, to participate in next academic year's Leadership Academy by printing the form, filling it out and returning it to campus box 43. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1596. All full-time WSU faculty and unclassified professionals are eligible. If you have questions, contact Ro Scudder, director, Leadership Academy, at 978-6350 or rosalind.scudder@wichita.edu.

* The Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR) invites faculty of Kansas public universities to address educational research topics relevant to KBOR and the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) through the Kansas Education Research Scholars Program (KERSP). A maximum of eight $5,000 stipends may be awarded to fund selected research proposals. For the complete story, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1591.

* WSU is working on a quality initiative (QI) as required for its next accreditation reaffirmation in 2016-2017 by the Higher Learning Commission. To facilitate this work, a QI draft has been proposed centered around our efforts in student success. A link to the initiative and an opportunity for your feedback is available at http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/home/?u=wsuhlc.

* If you are looking for a place to sing, consider joining the WSU Summer Choir. Rehearsals are from 5-6:45 p.m. Mondays and Wednesday, starting June 4. The concert will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 28, in Wiedemann Recital Hall. There are no auditions; just come and sing. For more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/wsunews/cnews/?cnid=8960

* The College of Engineering has a limited number of scholarships available to the Girls Exploring Engineering Camp for students entering sixth-eighth grade in the fall. The camp offers a morning or afternoon session July 9-13. Complete the scholarship application at http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1602 and submit it immediately. For more information, visit wichita.edu/engineeringcamps or contact Ana Lazarin at 978-6314 or ana.lazarin@wichita.edu.

* If you are trying to stop smoking, check out the free one-hour Quit Smoking Course with tobacco treatment specialist Tresza Hutcheson this summer. The eight-week course, open to the WSU community, will be held Tuesdays from noon-1 p.m. starting today (Tuesday, May 29) in 206 Heskett Center. No classes on July 3. For more information, go to
http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/wsunews/cnews/?cnid=9039.