Author: Cora Olson

Attend the #WSUWeSupportU Mental Wellness and Preventing Suicide in the LGBTQ+ Community training from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 19 in 265 Rhatigan Student Center, Lucas Room.

Learn about tools to support the community and assist someone in need. Students, staff and faculty are welcome to sign up for the training.

Sign up on myWSU under the myTraining section or on the registration website. All participants will receive a free rainbow suspenders #WSUWeSupportU T-shirt.

Student Health Services (SHS) is hosting its next Pee for Pizza event. It will take place noon-4 p.m. Wednesday, March 6 at the Student Wellness Center in the Steve Clark YMCA.

Pee for Pizza is a sexual health awareness event that allows participants to test for sexually transmitted illnesses such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV and hepatitis C and know their status at no additional charge. Pizza is also provided to participants.

Co-sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Positive Direction and Shocker Sports Grill and Lanes, Pee for Pizza is by reservation only. No walk-ins will be accepted. Participants must not use the restroom at least one hour before testing.

For more information or to make a reservation, contact SHS at 316-978-4792. Other testing is available upon request.

WSU Hope Services asks faculty to encourage students to complete the confidential National College Health Assessment (NCHA) survey sent to their WSU email addresses. Experiences reported by students will help Hope Services capture a snapshot of health and mental wellness on campus and will inform future wellness programs and services at WSU.

Students can enter a drawing to win a grand prize of either a red parking spot for an entire semester or an Amazon gift card worth $250, among other prizes like free massages and gift cards to the Shocker Store.

For questions about the survey, contact Marci Young, director of HOPE Services, at 316-978-4792 or marci.young@wichita.edu.

Enter a drawing to win a prize of either a red parking spot for an entire semester or an Amazon gift card worth $250, among other prizes like free massages and gift cards to the Shocker Store, by completing the confidential National College Health Assessment (NCHA) survey sent to your Wichita State email address by WSU HOPE Services.

Student Health Services (SHS) is hosting its next Pee for Pizza event. It will take place noon-4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22 at the Student Wellness Center in the Steve Clark YMCA.

Pee for Pizza is a sexual health awareness event that allows participants to test for sexually transmitted illnesses such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV and hepatitis C and know their status at no additional charge. Pizza is also provided to participants.

Co-sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Positive Direction and Shocker Sports Grill and Lanes, Pee for Pizza is by reservation only. No walk-ins will be accepted. Participants must not use the restroom at least one hour before testing.

For more information or to make a reservation, contact SHS at 316-978-4792. Other testing is available upon request.

Attend the #WSUWeSupportU “Mental Wellness and Preventing Suicide” Training from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15 in 261 Rhatigan Student Center, Olive Room.

Learn about tools to support the community and assist someone in need. Students, staff and faculty are welcome to sign up for the training.

Sign up on myWSU under the myTraining section or on the registration website. All participants will receive a free suspenders #WSUWeSupportU T-shirt.

Blackout mental health stigma with Suspenders4Hope at the Shocker men’s basketball game at 11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 11 in Charles Koch Arena

Suspenders4Hope shirts will be given out to the first 1,000 attendees, and those who already have a Suspenders4Hope shirt are encouraged to wear theirs. In support of the cause, 5% of all proceeds from the Shocker Store sales in Koch Arena on game day will be donated.

Students can get tickets at no additional charge with their Shocker ID. Tickets can be purchased for the game by calling the Shocker Ticket Office at 316-978-3267 or on the online ticket office.

Student Health Services (SHS) is hosting its next Pee for Pizza event from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7 at the Student Wellness Center in the Steve Clark YMCA.

Pee for Pizza is a sexual health awareness event that allows participants to test for sexually transmitted illnesses such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV and hepatitis C and know their status at no additional charge. Pizza is also provided to participants.

Co-sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Positive Direction and Shocker Sports Grill and Lanes, Pee for Pizza is by reservation only. No walk-ins will be accepted. Participants must not use the restroom at least one hour before testing.

For more information or to make a reservation, contact SHS at 316-978-4792. Other testing is available upon request.

Student Health Services (SHS) is hosting its next Pee for Pizza event from noon to 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 18 at the Student Wellness Center in the Steve Clark YMCA.

Pee for Pizza is a sexual health awareness event that allows participants to test for sexually transmitted illnesses such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV and hepatitis C and know their status at no additional charge. Pizza is also provided to participants.

Co-sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Positive Direction and Shocker Sports Grill and Lanes, Pee for Pizza is by reservation only. No walk-ins will be accepted. Participants must not use the restroom at least one hour before testing.

For more information or to make a reservation, contact SHS at 316-978-4792. Other testing is available upon request.

Due to forecasted inclement weather, the upcoming Title IX training event has been canceled, and the training will be rescheduled for a later date in the spring semester.

Interested in becoming a Title IX process advisor or want to join WSU’s team of Title IX decision-makers? Learn how service can benefit WSU’s efforts in addressing gender-based discrimination and sexual misconduct.

Join departments from across WSU to learn about how to engage thoughtfully and effectively in Title IX processes through this training facilitated by Jeremy Inabinet, an award-winning facilitator who has worked with thousands of college and university professionals to address issues of gender-based violence on campuses across the country. Jeremy has been in higher education administration for more than 14 years and is currently the associate dean of students in the university for disciplinary affairs at the University of Chicago. Jeremy’s training topics include managing investigations, questioning, gathering and weighting information, determined relevance, and bias. You learn more about Jeremy on his website.

The training will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 8 and Tuesday Jan. 9 in the 262 Rhatigan Student Center. RSVP by contacting Preston Schroeder, director of investigations in the Office of Civil Rights, Title IX and ADA Compliance (CTAC), at 316-978-3187 or preston.schroeder@wichita.edu.

This training is a partnership between CTAC, HOPE Services and the HOPE Services advisory board preventing sexual violence subcomittee. This project was supported by Grant No. 2020-WA-AX-0023 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Justice.