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FARE will hold two-day class-prep and ARC watch party Aug. 4-5

Save the date for Faculty Advancement, Retention and Excellence’s (FARE) two-day class prep and ARC watch party event, with support from OIR, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 4-5 at Wichita State Connect. Faculty can come to work on their courses alongside their colleagues and get advice on course design. Watch your email for the sign-up coming in July.

https://news.wichita.edu/2025/06/23/fare-will-hold-two-day-class-prep-and-arc-watch-party-aug-4-5/

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WSU faculty profile: Dr. Moriah Beck empowers students while advancing cardiac and cancer research

Dr. Moriah Beck’s journey as a scientist is rooted in the belief that research is a powerful driver of innovation and personal transformation. For Beck, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Wichita State University, research is far more than an academic pursuit — it’s a way to connect with a global scientific community and spark change.…

https://news.wichita.edu/2025/02/14/wsu-faculty-profile-dr-moriah-beck-empowers-students-while-advancing-cardiac-and-cancer-research/

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All faculty are invited to join the FARE office for Mutual Mentoring grant program information sessions

Attend one of the FARE office’s Mutual Mentoring information sessions to learn how to submit proposals for funding collaborative, peer-driven professional development. Unlike traditional one-on-one mentoring, Mutual Mentoring groups are peer networks that focus on shared learning and collective growth. Upcoming information sessions: 9:30 a.m. Monday,…

https://news.wichita.edu/2025/02/07/all-faculty-can-join-the-fare-office-for-mutual-mentoring-grant-program-information-sessions/

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Discounted basketball season tickets are available for faculty and staff

…and head coaches, Terry Nooner and Paul Mills, enter year two with winning expectations. Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams open regular season play Monday, Nov. 4. Faculty and staff at WSU can purchase discounted season tickets for the 2024-25 season now. Simply call the Shocker Ticket Office at 316-978-3267 or complete a ticket information…

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/10/30/discounted-basketball-season-tickets-are-available-for-faculty-and-staff/

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Flu vaccines will be available for staff, faculty and students at RSC pop-up clinic

Student Health is hosting a pop-up flu vaccine clinic from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6 in 203 Rhatigan Student Center, Lancelot Room, for the WSU community. Staff, faculty and students are encouraged to come get vaccinated. If you have insurance, bring your insurance card; flu vaccine and administration fees may be free with WSU employee health…

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/11/06/wednesday-flu-vaccines-will-be-available-for-staff-faculty-and-students-at-rsc-pop-up-clinic/

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Flu vaccines will be available for staff, faculty and students pop-up clinic Nov. 12

Student Health is hosting a pop-up flu vaccine clinic for the WSU community from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12 on the first floor lobby of the Shocker Success Center. Staff, faculty and students are encouraged to come get vaccinated. If you have insurance, bring your insurance card; flu vaccine and administration fees may be free with WSU employee…

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/11/12/flu-vaccines-will-be-available-for-staff-faculty-and-students-pop-up-clinic-nov-12/

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Flu vaccines will be available for staff, faculty and students pop-up clinic Nov. 12

Student Health is hosting a pop-up flu vaccine clinic for the WSU community from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12 on the first floor lobby of the Shocker Success Center. Staff, faculty and students are encouraged to come get vaccinated. If you have insurance, bring your insurance card; flu vaccine and administration fees may be free with WSU employee…

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/11/08/flu-vaccines-will-be-available-for-staff-faculty-and-students-at-rsc-pop-up-clinic-nov-12/

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Philosophy faculty argues against criticisms of procreation

…arguments against procreation and the pitfalls of such arguments. The paper was published in Pacific Philosophical Quarterly. Dr. Hill joined Wichita State’s philosophy faculty this fall, and his research primarily focuses on ethics and religion.

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/09/24/philosophy-faculty-argues-against-criticisms-of-procreation/

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Title IX & Civil Rights Training required for faculty and staff

… 45 minutes for undergraduate students. When is the training deadline?Jan. 10, 2025 How do I access the training?If you do not see the notification in your myWSU profile under the Faculty/Staff or Home tabs, you can access the training through the Office of Civil Rights, Title IX & ADA Compliance (CTAC) website (wichita.edu/ctac). Scroll down to 2024-2025…

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/10/07/title-ix-civil-rights-training-required-for-faculty-and-staff/

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Fairmount College faculty: What do punk rockers and mountaineers have in common? Ask Jeff Hayton

Jeff Hayton, associate professor of history, likes to study punks: the agents that produce social friction and disrupt normative values. “Those individuals and communities upset society,” Hayton said. “And in so doing, they speak to those societies and teach us. That disruption requires an enormous amount of energy and bravery, and that should be…

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/10/25/fairmount-college-faculty-what-do-punk-rockers-and-mountaineers-have-in-common-ask-jeff-hayton/

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Social work faculty publishes article on how humor can disrupt ableism

Dr. Mia Ocean, associate professor in the School of Social Work in the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has recently published the article “The potential of humor to joyously dismantle ableism+: Considerations for social workers” in a special issue on disability justice of the Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare. Within the article, Dr.…

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/10/10/social-work-faculty-publishes-article-on-how-humor-can-disrupt-ableism/

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Fairmount College faculty: Rachael Goodman-Williams uses scholarship as activism

In the aftermath of a sexual assault, survivors have the choice to undergo a medical forensic exam, a procedure which collects evidence in a sexual assault kit. Most who opt for the medical forensic exam will have their kit collected and released to law enforcement to support investigation of the assault. One in five, however, will have a medical forensic…

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/09/20/fairmount-college-faculty-rachael-goodman-williams-uses-scholarship-as-activism/

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Nursing faculty publish research in Clinical Simulation in Nursing

Rhonda Williams, DNP, RN, CNE, RN to BSN program coordinator and teaching professor in the School of Nursing; Donna Robinson, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, associate teaching professor of nursing; and Mary Faragher, MSN, FNP, APRN-BC, retired associate educator of nursing — alongside other researchers — recently had their research published in Clinical Simulation in…

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/10/23/nursing-faculty-publishes-research-in-clinical-simulation-in-nursing/

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Faculty member wins Speech-Language Pathologist of the Year from the Kansas Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Brian Ray, clinical professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, has been named the Speech-Language Pathologist of the Year by the Kansas Speech-Language-Hearing Association. An alumnus of Wichita State, Brian graduated in 1988 with a Master of Arts in speech-language pathology. Brian is a Board Certified Specialist in Stuttering,…

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/10/21/faculty-member-wins-speech-language-pathologist-of-the-year-from-the-kansas-speech-language-hearing-association/

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Philosophy faculty will present work at University of Neuchâtel

Dr. Scott Hill, assistant teaching professor in the Department of Philosophy in the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will present his paper, “Against Strawsonian Motivations for AI Explainability,” to the University of Neuchâtel in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Oct. 1. Abstract: “Consider The Explainability Thesis according to which the use of…

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/09/30/philosophy-faculty-will-present-work-at-university-of-neuchatel/

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FARE Office will hold end-of-semester celebration, Mutual Mentoring Awards May 13

The Office of Faculty Advancement, Retention, and Excellence (FARE) wants to celebrate WSU faculty. Join the FARE Office from 4 to 5:15 p.m. May 13 in 233 Rhatigan Student Center, Santa Fe Trail Room, to celebrate the end of the spring semester with finger foods, charcuterie, desserts, wine and beer with colleagues as participants hear briefly from FARE’s…

https://news.wichita.edu/2025/04/08/fare-office-will-hold-end-of-semester-celebration-mutual-mentoring-awards-may-13/

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Fall 2022

…Youngmeyer Ranch Building Serves Researchers, Withstands Prairie Environment Communication Student Wins NASA Challenge Regents Distinguished Professor Named Student Accolades Faculty and Staff Accolades In Memoriam New Faculty Hires ATF Center to Provide Research and Applied Learning Opportunities Wichita State’s School of Criminal Justice faculty and…

https://www.wichita.edu/academics/fairmount_las/whatshappening/News/Newsletter/fall_2022.php

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A night of musical masterpieces: WSU Symphony Concert features faculty soloist and guest ensemble

Get ready for an evening of music with the Wichita State University Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19 in Miller Concert Hall. Faculty soloist Dr. Cristina Castaldi, soprano, will perform Samuel Barber’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915,” a nostalgic piece set to text by James Agee. The WSU Symphony will also present Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 3 in …

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/09/12/a-night-of-musical-pieces-wsu-symphony-concert-features-faculty-soloist-and-guest-ensemble/

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Faculty message regarding Barton Speaker Series

Dear WSU Faculty: As you’ve likely heard, Emmy Award-winning journalist Norah O’Donnell will be our guest for the 2024 Craig W. Barton Speaker Series on March 21, 2024. O’Donnell is anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News. She also anchors all CBS News’ Election Specials and is a “60 Minutes” contributing correspondent. She has covered six…

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/11/28/faculty-message-from-provost-shirley-lefever/

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Faculty ombuds services include facilitating conflict resolution

Conflict is an inevitable part of organizational life and can negatively impact people and processes when left unaddressed. The ombuds program is in place to address disputes before they become formal grievances. Ombudspersons can provide confidential, informal and impartial assistance.

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/09/16/faculty-ombuds-services-include-facilitating-conflict-resolution/