Category: Faculty and Staff Resources

Promoting your work (and by extension, yourself) can be terribly uncomfortable and awkward, but it’s a necessary component of research networking and professional advancement. This fall, the Office of Faculty Advancement, Retention, and Excellence (FARE) is holding a two-part Faculty Exchange series called “The Uncomfortable Art of Promoting Your Work (Without Sounding Like a Jerk).” The first session will be from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Friday, Sept. 19 262 Rhatigan Student Center, Herrman Room and focuses on promoting your work internally at WSU and in person, while the second workshop Nov. 6 will focus on external and online promotion.

What to expect: Time to meet and get to know colleagues over snacks and coffee/tea, with content presented by fellow faculty (including Adam Lynch and Jan Twomey from the College of Engineering) on how to effectively tell your professional story when it matters and in terminology that those across disciplines understand. You’ll leave with a practiced pitch you can share about your recent professional accomplishments.

The table below is to assist instructors with certain dates regarding CES. The dates shown are for the fall 2025 semester.

• The first column includes the various start/end (part-of-term) dates for fall semester courses.
• The second column includes dates meant for instructors. This is the timeframe when instructors will receive emails about the CES process and procedures that they should complete. Instructors will receive additional emails during and after the student CES access dates.
• The last column includes the dates that CES will be available for the students to complete course evaluations.

If your course is in bold, then your fall 2025 CES evaluation process will start soon. Review the start/end dates in each column so you know when your access to the CES system will start and end.

Periodically, information will be posted regarding Watermark’s Course Evaluations & Surveys (CES) tool to help users better understand Wichita State’s course evaluation tool.

Today’s focus is on emails.

• CES uses email communication to send out information regarding the evaluation process. 
• Emails will come from WSU Evaluations (evaluations@ces.wichita.edu).
• Emails are sent according to a specific timeline. CES operates from the course’s part-of-term, meaning the course start and end dates will determine when emails are sent out.
• If you teach courses that are in different terms, you will receive duplicate emails. These emails provide information that pertains to that part-of-term.
• The emails will also inform instructors if they need to take any specific actions regarding their course(s) within CES. 
• Students will receive an email certificate once an evaluation is submitted.
• There is a dedicated CES website that includes additional information.

For questions, contact Sandra Ranney at evaluations@ces.wichita.edu.

Watermark’s Course Evaluations & Surveys (CES) tool is Wichita State’s course evaluation tool. Find information throughout the semester in WSU Today about CES.

Today’s focus is on “What Is CES?”

• CES is a course evaluation platform from Watermark. The evaluation portion of the platform is called “Course Evaluations & Surveys” and at WSU is referred to as CES.
• CES is easy to use and is integrated with Blackboard.
• CES results are electronic and will be available at the end of the semester, shortly after official grades are due.
• Using CES should increase response rates.
• There is a dedicated CES website that includes additional information.

For questions, contact Sandra Ranney at evaluations@ces.wichita.edu.

The WSU Office of Faculty Advancement, Retention, and Excellence (FARE) is working to create a better experience for new faculty adjusting to their positions at WSU, and it needs your help to make that happen. FARE would like to hear about the experiences of early-career faculty who have been at WSU fewer than seven years, both tenure track and non-tenure track. There are two ways to get involved:

• Complete the survey by Friday, Sept. 12
• Email fare@wichita.edu if you would like to share more about your experiences in an interview or focus group with Dr. Debby Hinsdale from FARE.

FARE thanks everyone who has taken the time to complete the survey so far. Your input is invaluable to making WSU an even better place to work.

Have questions about the tenure and promotion process? Come hear from Gery Markova, professor in the Department of Management, and connect with other tenure-track faculty in an informal conversational environment to ask your questions from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9 in 262 RSC, Herrman Room.

Contact Markova at gery.markova@wichita.edu with any questions.

Join Adelante Juntos (previously LFSA) at Social Tap for a chance to meet with coworkers and new connections from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4 at Social Tap.

Join the WSU Admin Support Group for its next Lunch & Learn event at noon Thursday, Sept. 11 in 265 Rhatigan Student Center, Lucas Room. This month’s meeting will feature a speaker from the WSU Foundation and Alumni Engagement who will provide a brief overview of foundation funding and share upcoming staff training dates.

Bring a lunch and stop by to connect with other administrative professionals across campus. RSVP for the event by Sept. 8 by contacting Angie Linder at angela.linder@wichita.edu.

The Admin Support Group is a community engagement initiative supported by the Wichita State University Staff Senate. To learn more, visit the Admins Support Group webpage.

Meet with the Office of Student Accommodations and Testing (OSAT) testing coordinator to discuss proctoring. Come with any concerns you may have about testing options for your courses, and OSAT is excited to answer questions, set up facility tours and engage with faculty.

Faculty Fridays will be every first Friday of the month with sessions at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. in the Rhatigan Student Center at a table near Starbucks. The first meeting will be Sept. 5 with the following meeting being Oct. 3.

WSU Testing is a sector of OSAT, located in 118 Shocker Success Center. For questions, email testingcenter@wichita.edu or call 316-978-8378. Learn more about proctoring.

The University Staff Senate has established a scholarship to support the advancement of WSU staff and their dependents. Staff members or their dependents beginning or continuing their first bachelor’s degree are eligible to apply. This scholarship can be combined with university Tuition Assistance and other awards and can be used for tuition, books and fees.

Applications for the University Staff Senate scholarship close Nov. 1 for the spring 2026 award. For more information and to apply, visit the Staff Senate Scholarship webpage.