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Feb. 9, 2021 — Wichita State University’s Community Engagement Institute (CEI) is working to put a spotlight on an underutilized and underrecognized profession: community health workers (CHW).

• Get your free set of #WeSupportU Mental Wellness in the Classroom Cards
• Students took a lead role in Dockum lunch counter sit-in in summer of 1958
• Update on Fraudulent Unemployment Claims and 1099-G Forms
• Today in Black History...
• Celebrate Black History Month at Wichita State
• Fraternity and Sorority Life seeking award judges
• Spring 2021 SPTE results for pre-sessions
• Join the African American Faculty and Staff Association general meeting
• Spring OAT deadline is Feb. 12
• Faculty nominations sought for president's distinguished service award
• ShiftSpace develops Critical Analysis Worksheet as a resource for the WSU community
• Ulrich Museum of Art celebrates Black History Month with exhibitions and virtual programs
• Chick-Fil-A now serving grilled chicken nuggets
• Virtual workshops aim to strengthen Shocker research with library help
• UP & USS joint senate meeting set for Feb. 16
• Women Faculty Forum set for Feb. 25 
• Webinar teaches money-management strategies
• Donate blood and receive a $5 Amazon e-gift card
• This Friday: Exploring Health Economics with Dr. David Slusky
• Volunteers needed for a research study
• Learn new skills and achieve personal and professional goals with LinkedIn Learning
• Usha Haley featured as expert in Newsweek on prospects of US Dollar as Reserve Currency
• Valentine sweet special from WSU Dining

Feb. 08, 2021— During the fall 2019 semester, Sierra Brown traveled to five out-of-state interviews and received five internship offers, accepted an internship with Goldman Sachs, and has since been offered a full-time position with the firm.

• Employee and student COVID-19 testing 
• COVID-19 surveillance vaccine update
• Critical resources are available
• Provide feedback for WSU presidential search
• Wichita State professor wins innovation award to create accessible comic book app
• Ulrich Museum of Art celebrates Black History Month with exhibitions and virtual programs
• New Campus Visitor Guides now available
• Expert subject librarians are available to help with virtual instruction
• Accepting proposals and abstracts for virtual Diverse Women’s Summit
• Faculty Senate meeting set for today
• Women's Studies presents Diverse Women's Summit
• Wichita State Baseball unveils 2021 schedule
• Understanding Finance at WSU event set for Feb. 25
• Physics Spring 2021 Seminar Series begins this week
• Shocker Softball to host Virtual FanFest
• SGA scholarships now open
• Public Policy and Management Center looking for community development manager
• Save on popular Uscape Shocker apparel

Feb. 5, 2021 - The Dockum Drug Store sit-in of 1958 is attracting new attention during Black History Month, in part thanks to NBC’s Today and Wichita native Sheinelle Jones. Several University of Wichita students participated in the sit-in, which is increasingly recognized as a landmark event in the Civil Rights Movement. NBC’s Today featured the events in a recent broadcast.

• COVID-19 surveillance testing and vaccine update
• Update on Fraudulent Unemployment Claims and 1099-G Forms
• Provide feedback for WSU presidential search
• Celebrate Black History Month at Wichita State
• Wichita State's Rémi Chou wins top NSF early career research award
• Faculty nominations sought for president's distinguished service award
• President's Town Hall for Fairmount College faculty and staff
• Donate blood and receive a $5 Amazon e-gift card
• Mathematical Sciences presents Dr. Gisuk Hwang in a lecture series today
• Disaster Resilience Analytics Center hosts monthly speaker seminar
• Public Policy and Management Center looking for community development manager
• Student Involvement event listing: Part 1
• Hanna Chastain's aptitude for research on display in work with oralfacial device
• Office of Student Money Management spring 2021 tax support available
• Heskett Center Valentine's Day massage specials

Feb. 4, 2020 — Amidst the chaos, confusion and grief of the coronavirus pandemic, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty are stretching their teaching skills and using the experience for teachable moments.