Author: Lainie Mazzullo

Join the Student Government Association (SGA) Student Senate for a meeting at 6:30 p.m. today in 233 RSC. There will also be a livestream available on the SGA YouTube.

The Wichita State SGA is the governing entity for the student experience at the university. SGA is charged with promoting and stimulating student participation in the university’s activities and providing an official channel of communication between the students, faculty, staff and administration.

The School of Computing is the latest winner of Rick Rewards, awarded each month by President Muma to show his appreciation for the efforts of our campus community.

Members of the School of Computing were honored for their work in helping students build a strong foundation in computer science, cybersecurity, computing and data science.

The Office of Strategic Communications is seeking applicants for its newsletter editor position. The newsletter editor will coordinate the WSU Today, Shocker Blast and Campus Connection newsletters.

The newsletter editor will also coordinate newsletters that extend past WSU’s borders into the local community, the state and nation.

Wichita State Property Manager Crystal Stegeman has been named Facility Manager of the Year by the Wichita chapter of the International Facility Management Association.

As the university’s property manager, Crystal is the liaison between Wichita State and landlords/tenants for the leased properties, as well as properties the university leases.

Crystal will accept her award at IMFA’s celebration on Nov. 3.

Hello, Shocker family!

The leaves are turning, the weather is getting colder and before we know it, the winter holiday season will be upon us.

It’s been a wonderful year so far at Wichita State — and that’s because of all the hard work and dedication from you, my fellow Shockers.

As a token of my appreciation for all that you do, WSU is providing all benefits-eligible employees two personal days away from work during the upcoming campus shutdown. Employees will not have to use accrued leave for these two days during shutdown and may only use them from Dec. 21, 2022, to Jan. 2, 2023. The two holiday personal days will not be available except during the upcoming campus shutdown.

See these frequently asked questions for more information on your leave days.

Finally, you’re all invited to our annual tradition — the Winter Holiday Party — from 1-4 p.m. Dec. 1 in the RSC Beggs Ballroom. More details to come soon in WSU Today.

Thank you once again for all you’ve done this year for our students, your colleagues and all of Shocker Nation.

Go Shockers!

President Rick Muma

The FirePoint Innovations Center at Wichita State wrapped up the second year of its Future Innovators Program, an engineering internship opportunity that provides some of America’s brightest engineers from historically under-represented communities the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects and programs that directly support the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Center and the Department of Defense.

The program is a partnership between FirePoint, AvMC, Tuskegee University and Prairie View A&M University, connecting students from historically Black colleges and universities to internship opportunities with NIAR, Spirit AeroSystems and Textron Aviation in the Wichita Area.

Each week, Shocker Athletics provides an update on the latest results, upcoming events and notable moments in WSU sports history.

To see this week’s edition of This Week in Shocker Athletics, go to wsu.news/shockerathletics.

Following a national search, Wichita State University’s newly restructured alumni organization — the WSU Foundation and Alumni Engagement (WSUFAE) — has hired Stacie Williamson as its new vice president for alumni engagement, effective Nov. 28.

Williamson is a 2005 WSU business administration and marketing graduate.

“I’m thrilled to join the WSUFAE in this new role,” Williamson said. “As a WSU graduate, I feel immense pride when I step onto campus.

WSU President Rick Muma says he’s excited to welcome Williamson back to her alma mater in this new role.

“As Wichita State’s influence as an urban public research university grows, expanding the scope of alumni engagement is a key element in advancing WSU’s forward progress,” Muma said. “With her enthusiasm and drive, Stacie is the right person at the right time to lead our alumni engagement efforts.”

Results of Hanover Research’s 2022 Campus Climate Survey are now available. The survey was conducted this year and sought input from students, faculty and staff regarding perceptions of WSU’s campus climate, especially as it relates to diversity and inclusion.

To see the results, log in to myWSU, go to the Employee Toolbox, scroll down to Hanover Climate Survey and click on 2022 WSU Student/Employee Climate Survey Results.

Student voting is now under way for WSU’s annual Academy for Effective Teaching Award. Winners of the award will receive university-wide recognition. 

To be eligible to vote, students must be either: an undergrad student with 30 or more hours of credit at WSU; a graduate student with 15 or more hours of graduate credit at WSU; or have 30 hours or more combined of undergraduate and undergraduate credit at WSU.

The student voting site can be accessed via myWSU. Voting ends Monday, Oct. 31.