NetApp beginning early move to Wichita State Innovation Campus
NetApp employees, including student workers, will begin working next month in the newly completed partnership building, P3, located on 18th near Oliver, while the company awaits the construction and completion of its new site on the Wichita State Innovation Campus, just south of P3.
Robin Huber, site manager of Wichita operations, said by making the interim move, NetApp employees can more quickly become part of the Innovation Campus atmosphere and the growing digital transformation and convergent sciences research cluster at Wichita State. About one-third of NetApp’s Wichita employees are Wichita State graduates, and many of those began working at NetApp while they were students.
Huber, who also serves as vice president and general manager of NetApp E-Series, explained the company’s long-term plans last November: “NetApp has had a relationship with Wichita State University for more than 20 years that has been focused on technological innovation, applied learning and regional economic growth. We are committed to expanding our partnership in those areas, and that’s why we’re exploring the possibility of relocating NetApp’s Wichita operations to the WSU Innovation Campus.”
Huber said the balance of NetApp employees will move to campus when the permanent building is completed south of 18th St., between Oliver and Innovation Dr. The proposed 168,000 square-foot NetApp Wichita site, custom designed for the Fortune 500 global data storage and cloud management company, is planned for occupancy by late 2021 / early 2022.
Plan to attend Research Workshop on Developing Budgets today
The Office of Research is offering a Research Workshop on Developing Budgets from 1:30-3 p.m. today (Wednesday, Feb. 19) in 405 Jardine Hall. Faculty and staff are invited to attend to gain tips and resources for developing a University-approved budget for external funding.
For more information or to sign up, email proposals@wichita.edu or call 978-3285.
SEM Update: Goal 7
Carolyn Shaw, Associate Vice President for Strategic Enrollment Management
Goal 7 - Increase enrollment of new fall students in online programs
• We have seen an increase of 24.5% in online majors this year, resembling similar strong growth during the past three years. We have 12 undergraduate programs, 11 graduate programs, and nine fully online certificates. Online degree programs are particularly appealing to returning students who may have taken some courses in the past, and are hoping to complete their degree, but need the flexibility of an online program.
Recruitment and Retention Tips:
- As students “Think 30” (30 credit hours per year to finish their degree in four years), providing flexible course scheduling through online, hybrid, 8-week, and pre-session classes helps them stay on track.
- Establish a one-on-one connection with your online students from day one. It will help them stay engaged in the course. Use their names each time you correspond with them to reinforce these connections.
- Help create community in an online course by connection students with their peers through wikis, discussion boards, and other ‘cloud community’ options.
SEM Shout Outs:
- To Madison Lukert and Emily Stevens, Online Learning Advisors. Madison and Emily go above and beyond to serve students in the online Teacher Apprentice Program, connecting with more than 560 students, often after hours, to help them navigate the challenges of working and returning to school. Their work shows a deep commitment to our students.
- To faculty in the College of Health Professions, and particularly to Ken Pitetti, Lisa Garcia, and Amy Ham for investing significant time to redesign their online courses to make the content fully accessible.
- To Carolyn Williams and Jay Price for diligently exploring new ways to deliver their content in accessible ways.
Best President of WSU Debate today
Come nominate your choice for the WSU President (who served at least 30 years ago) who made the biggest positive impact on students, Wichita, and the world, or just listen to the debate. Anyone can attend, and there will a vote at the end.
The debate will be held from 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. today (Wednesday, Feb. 19) in 200 Ahlberg Hall, and is sponsored by the Department of Political Science.
Veteran training for Diversity in Action tomorrow
Christopher Stone
“Welcoming to Campus Those Who Served" is a new training developed by Christopher Stone, a veteran and Clinical Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management. This training is part of the Diversity in Action Training Program and replaces Green Zone training from earlier years. Staff, faculty, and administrators, regardless of experience with veterans or previous participation in Green Zone, are welcome to attend. The first scheduled training session will be held from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday, Feb. 20) in 314 RSC. Please register for the class in myTraining.
This training will provide participants with a better awareness of who veterans are and how their experiences may affect their life after the military. The training covers the following topics:
- Who is a veteran?
- Veteran as an identity
- Vets on campus (myths and facts)
- Generalizations about vets
- Vets as coworkers
- Vets as students
- Support or accommodations for vets
- Resources on campus
Design for Woolsey Hall is underway
The design for Wayne and Kay Woolsey Hall, the new building to house the W. Frank Barton School of Business, is underway! The architectural team, GastingerWalker out of Kansas City & Gensler Chicago, will be back on campus Monday, February 24, to update the campus on the progress of the building.
A town hall meeting for faculty/staff/students is scheduled for 2:30-3:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24, in 211 Hubbard Hall, to gather feedback about the design for the new building.
WSU Weekly Briefing to feature Wichita State’s Small Business Development Center
The WSU Weekly Briefing will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, in 233 Rhatigan Student Center. The featured speaker will be Marcia Stevens, Regional Director, WSU Small Business Development Center.
Bobby Berry, clinical educator, coordinator, Workforce Leadership and Applied Learning, and director of The FUSE, will give the overall university update.
The briefing will be livestreamed and available later that day at WSU Weekly Briefing. There will be time for questions following the briefing.
How to reopen a step – myPerformance tips and tricks
“I missed my self-evaluation deadline, what can I do now? Can I get an extension?” or “My direct report missed the Self-Evaluation deadline, but no longer has access to their performance evaluation. What can I do?” These are the most common question the myPerformance Team gets this time of year. Here’s what you should do.
Employees – ask your manager to reroute / send your evaluation back to you.
Managers – you have the option to send your direct report(s) evaluation back to them by using “Reopen Step.” This will reroute the evaluation back to your employee so that they may complete the Self-Evaluation step of the evaluation cycle. Once they have saved and submitted their content, the evaluation will automatically route back to you. INSTRUCTIONS: 1) Open your direct report 2019-2020 evaluation 2) select “Reopen Step”. It’s that easy.
Remember: Manager Review is due by the end of this month (Feb. 29). Only managers will have access to performance evaluations during this step, unless they have used the “Reopen” step function to extend the Self-Evaluation deadline to their direct report.
More information, including myPerformance training, go to www.wichita.edu/myPerformance.
ISME Colloquium on Collaborative Robotics by Curtis Richardson
Curtis Richardson
Curtis Richardson, Technical Fellow, Spirit Aerosystems, will present “The Future of Robotics is Collaborative” at the ISME Colloquium from 11 a.m.-noon Friday, Feb. 21, in 211 Engineering Building.
Even conventional robotic automation is relatively new to aircraft manufacturing. After a slow introduction into production use throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, the 2000s saw a proverbial explosion of robotic deployments in the aerospace industry: Spirit went from using six industrial robots throughout its operations 2000, to now having more than a hundred. But what’s stopping aerospace manufacturers from deploying robots on the scale of the automotive industry?
Bio: A Technical Fellow, Curtis Richardson is Spirit’s enterprise leader for automation technology development. He also leads the broader Smart Manufacturing segment of Spirit’s Distinctive Capability corporate strategy for investment in research, technology, and capital as well as mergers and acquisitions. In his 23 years of industry experience, he has founded a regional robotics advocacy group bringing together broad stakeholder collaboration, served on the Robotic Industries Association’s Board of Directors for eight years, and been an active voice in the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute (a DoD-funded Manufacturing USA Institute) as a member of its Stakeholder Executive Council.
WSU Men's Basketball home game Thursday, Feb. 20)! Prepare for certain parking lot closures
Prepare for certain parking lot closures three hours prior to game time tomorrow (Thursday, Feb. 20). Unauthorized vehicles must vacate the lots prior to the scheduled closure time in order to avoid receiving a parking citation.
Look at the map above to make alternative parking arrangements if necessary.
Arrive on campus earlier than usual. Buy yourself some time in case you need to park farther away from your desired destination than normal.
Dress for the weather in case you need to walk a little farther than usual, or need to wait a few minutes for a shuttle to take you to your desired destination.
Consider carpooling. Not only does this reduce our carbon footprint, but it also reduces traffic and parking congestion.
Take advantage of the many routes and inexpensive fares Wichita Transit has to offer.
Should you need accommodations because of a disability, call Disability Services at 978-3309.
For parking questions, call OneStop at 978-4775.
Documentary filmmakers talk about their films
The Ad Astra Film Studies Conference - Spring 2020 - is featuring regional and local documentary filmmakers who will discuss their films on Monday, March 9.
This event is being held from 9:15 a.m.-3:30 p.m. (break from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.). Talks begin on the half hour.
The event is free and open to students, faculty, staff, and community members.
The keynote speaker is Carol Zuegner, Ph.D., holder of the Joella Cohen Endowed Chair in Journalism at Creighton University.
Local documentary filmmakers include Jim Grawe, Sara Harmon, Rocio del Aguila Carreno, and Enrique Navarro.
For more information, contact Marti Smith at martha.smith@wichita.edu or 978-6679.
Donations needed
The Career Development Center is in desperate need of professional clothing for our Career Closet event! Donate your professional dress items now through March 17 to Brennan III, M-F 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (closed Tuesday mornings).
Professional dress items include suits, dress pants, professional shirts or blouses, professional skirts, belts, neckties, briefcases, cuff links, tie clips, and more. We particularly lack women’s petite and men’s small. For questions, contact Kim Kufahl at 978-6981 or kim.kufahl@wichita.edu.
File your taxes for free today
The Office for Student Money Management encourages all students, faculty, and staff to file their taxes as soon as possible before the April 15 deadline. We currently partner with the United Way to offer a free online tax program at MyFreeTaxes.com through H&R Block.
Our staff is fully trained to help guide you through the process of doing taxes on your own. Please take this opportunity and see us today. We are open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., and take appointments as well as walk-ins. All schedule changes will be posted on our Twitter @WSU_OSMM.
Be sure to bring all of your tax documents, a personal laptop, and a flash drive. For all other questions or to schedule an appointment, call us at 978-3254 or email at osmm@wichita.edu.
Looking for a job? Attend the Job Hunting Lab today
Let's learn how employers hire so we'll know what they're looking for, use that information to build a resume that passes a 10-second scan.
The Career Development Center invites students to make their way over to Brennan Hall III to get tips on how to exhibit professionalism and why it matters during the interview. Join them in this basic training to help you launch your career management plan from 1-2 p.m. today (Wednesday, Feb. 19). See you there!
Visit the Career Development Center for help with your resume tomorrow
Students, do you need your resume or cover letter reviewed but don't have time to make an appointment? The Career Development Center has you covered! Come see us from 2-3:30 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday, Feb. 20) in the Shocker Hall lobby for help with your resume, cover letter, interview tips, and general information about our office.
No need to register, just stop by and see us.
Opportunity available for students to participate in an Alternative Spring Break
Alternative Spring Break 2020 will be held March 21-26 in Seattle, Washington. The focus will be hunger and sustainability.
Applications are available at Wichita.edu/AltBreak or in 216 RSC.
Cost is $650 per person and includes airfare and transportation, lodging and food. Participants must participate in a six=week seminar. Applications are due by Friday, Feb. 21. For questions, call 978-7016.
Go to Wichita.edu/AltBreak for more information.
Student Health Services offers on-campus medical care providers
Did you know that Student Health Services has medical care providers right here on campus? Dr. Keller is here regularly, and Dr. Lopez and Dr. Hawley are here on a monthly basis. Get to know your on-campus physicians today!
95-cent birthday cones at Freddy's
We're celebrating Freddy's birthday with 95-cent cones at Freddy's in the RSC now through Wednesday, Feb. 26.
The Office of Financial Aid presents Yoga, in support of financial wellness
The Office of Financial Aid invites you to join them as they end the celebration of Financial Aid Appreciation month with Yoga, in support of financial, physical, and mental wellness. Bring your mat and experience the tranquility reached during each offered session from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, in 142 RSC. Don’t miss out!
Faculty and Staff: The SGA Elections Commission needs your help!
Do you know of a student (undergrad or graduate student) who you think might make a great candidate for the Student Government Association!? Do you have someone who is ready for a crucial leadership position to make decisions and represent the entire student body? Please encourage them to run and declare themselves as a candidate for the upcoming SGA elections!
What does SGA even do? SGA serves as the voice of students to the university and college administration, local, state and federal representatives. SGA also manages the allocation of more than $10 million dollars in student fees, and governs over all recognized student organizations, provides funding to student groups and individuals, and awards several thousands of dollars in scholarships annually.
For more information, go to wichita.edu/sgaelections, or have them reach out to sga.elections@wichita.edu.
Office of Admissions to host 25th reunion weekend for Student Ambassador Society
On Saturday, March 7 through Sunday, March 8, the Office of Admissions will host a reunion weekend for the 25th anniversary of Student Ambassador Society (SAS). As a service organization, SAS members work alongside the Office of Admissions to discuss the benefits of a university experience by sharing their experiences as Wichita State students.
The event will feature a reception on Saturday, March 7. On Sunday, March 8, SAS alumni can attend lunch in Shocker Hall, go on a campus tour, and attend the men's basketball game.
If you are a former member of SAS or know someone who is, alumni can register at wichita.edu/SASreunion. For questions, contact Sarah Brill at 978-3638 or Sarah.Brill@wichita.edu.
Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum is April 10
The annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum (URCAF) will be held Friday, April 10, in the Rhatigan Student Center. The forum provides an excellent opportunity for undergraduate students at Wichita State to present their scholarly and creative activity to a faculty, student and community audience, while competing for cash awards. Abstract submissions are due by Friday, March 27.
Audiology doctoral students need participants for their research projects
WSU graduate students in the Doctor of Audiology program need participants for their research projects. They are studying clinical techniques in audiology for evaluating function of the ear.
Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 35, have normal hearing, have not had an ear infection in the past three months, nor had symptoms of cold, flu, or nasal allergy in the past two weeks.
Participants will receive a free comprehensive hearing evaluation and ear examination prior to testing. The testing will take about one hour. If you are interested in volunteering, contact Brigid Derby at brderby@shockers.wichita.edu or 816-405-4969, or Professor Xiao-Ming Sun at Xiao-Ming.Sun@wichita.edu.
Volunteers needed for a research study
Research Topic / Purpose of the study: Biometric-based Person Identification using Face and Eye identifiers. The purpose of this research is to reduce the error rates of the existing biometric systems based on scanning face and eye regions.
Procedures: Participants will be asked to provide their face and eye region data for research study in the field of biometrics for person identification.
Time: Participation is expected to last about 1 hour. The data will be collected in two visits 2-4 weeks apart.
Inclusion / Exclusion Criteria:
- Participants must be age 18 - 65
Location: Wichita State University 325 lab in Wallace Hall
Contact: If you are interested in participating in this study, contact PI Dr. Ajita Rattani at ajita.rattani@wichita.edu.
Join WASAC and Counseling and Prevention Services for the Healing from Trauma Support Group
Join the Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center and CAPS this semester for the Healing from Trauma Support Group. No appointment needed.
Counseling and Prevention Services
You can help prevent suicide
Learn how you can support your community with the #WSUWeSupportU Preventing Suicide Training. Each training lasts an hour-and-a-half, and gives you the tools you need to assist someone in need through the Share, Ask, Support method.
To sign up, visit the myTrainings tab on your myWSU, or go to wichita.edu/SuicidePrevention.
Spend a night at The Arcade with SAC
Join SAC for a retro filled night from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, at The Arcade, 139 N. Mead St. Bring your friends and battle it out on the PAC-Man Battle Royale, play unlimited pin ball games, and enjoy some food. This is a night that you won’t want to miss. For more info go to Wichita.edu/sac.
Students w/ WSU ID | Free
Faculty/Staff w/ WSU ID | $3
General Admission | $5