FARE Office Events

  • EVERY Friday in April, 9-10 am (Jardine Hall 112) - FARE Open House Coffee Hour for Faculty

  • Tuesday, April 8, 3:30-4:30 pm (McKinley 102C) - Faculty Support Network discussion on navigating the current political environment at faculty

  • Friday, April 11 鈥� Deadline for FARE Mutual Mentoring Grant Applications

  • Friday, April 18, 3:30-5 pm (RSC 266, Pike Room) - FARE Faculty Exchange: Leveraging Pivot and other digital platforms for research networking and collaboration

    • Come connect with your colleagues around the topic of creating connections for multidisciplinary research collaborations using digital platforms like ORCID, Pivot, WSU profiles, and LinkedIn.

    • Bring your laptop to have some updates done that day!

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  • Thursday, May 8, 3:30-4:30 pm (McKinley 102C) - Faculty Support Network discussion on navigating the new language guidelines for research

  • Tuesday, May 13, 4 pm 鈥� FARE End-of-Semester Celebration & Mutual Mentoring Grant Awards

    • Location: RSC 233, Santa Fe Trail Room

    • Hear from our Mutual Mentoring Grant award winners about their projects and enjoy appetizers and desserts with your colleagues to celebrate the coming of summer.

 

Teaching Development Events
  • Fridays, March 28-April 18, 2-3:30 pm 鈥� : Spanish Language, Culture and Creating Welcoming Spaces in an Emerging Hispanic Serving Institution

    • Location: 性色视频 State Connect

    • Engage in interactive experiences to gain a foundational understanding of Spanish language and culture & sample foods from Latin America

    • Earn a professional development certificate upon completing all four sessions (certificate does not bear academic credit)

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  • Friday, April 18, 11:30-1 pm 鈥�  Teaching Matters Panel Session - "Incoming Student Outlook"

    • Location: RSC 266, Pike Room

    • Hear from a panel of teachers about what to expect from students who will be incoming freshmen in Fall 2025.

  • Monday, April 21, 1:30-4 pm - How to Achieve Organizational Excellence through Cultural Humility Workshop

    • Guest speaker Dr. Joel P茅rez is an executive and leadership coach, speaker, and consultant, passionate about helping leaders and organizations achieve their goals and develop a posture of cultural humility so they can have the impact and create the culture they desire.

    • Location: Woolsey

    • REGISTER HERE

  • May 19-22 鈥� The Academic Resources Conference (ARC)
Research Development Events
  • April 4 - Deadline for University Research/Creative Projects (URCA) Award applications

    URCAs are to retool or reestablish productive research/creative projects agenda. In areas where external funding is available, the URCA may be used as seed money to develop pilot data.

    • Grants may be for up to $4,500 awarded in two separate competitions: New - tenure-eligible faculty in their first or second year of probation to initiate research/creative projects, and Established - tenured faculty or probationary faculty in their 3rd (or more) year of probation to retool or re-establish productive research/creative agenda.
  • April 18 - ARCS Round 2 Deadline

    Award for Research/Creative Projects in Summer provides salary/fringes of $3,000* for 2 months, plus $1,000 for other operating expenses (total of $4,000) to enable faculty to pursue research or creative projects during the summer.

  • Tuesday, April 22 at 10 am - Office of Research Virtual Workshop: Using Pivot to Find Funding

    • Looking for external sponsored project funding?  Join Fran Cook, CRA, Trainer from the 性色视频 State Office of Research, who will host a virtual workshop demonstrating tips and tricks for using Pivot to search for funding opportunities.  We will also discuss how to find potential funding opportunities that might not be listed in Pivot. 

    • Participants should sign up for a Pivot account before the workshop to practice searching Pivot during the workshop.

    • For more information or to receive a link to the virtual workshop, contact funding@wichita.edu.  You may also register directly on MyTraining.

  • Wednesday, May 14 at 1:30 pm - Office of Research Virtual Workshop: Introduction to the Research Office 
    • Join Fran Cook, CRA, Trainer from the 性色视频 State Office of Research, who will host a virtual workshop explaining the role of a sponsored projects / research office, WSU Office of Research contacts and resources, and WSU policies and procedures related to externally sponsored funding.  The workshop will be held via Microsoft Teams with lots of time for practical application and discussion.

    • For more information or to receive a link to the virtual workshop, contact funding@wichita.edu. You may also register directly on MyTraining.

       

 

Other Events & Deadlines
  • Friday, April 4 鈥�  Submission Deadline for Students

    • NEW this year: Faculty Mentoring Awards for those whose students win. Your student wins = you win! If your course has a service-learning component, encourage them to submit their project for a chance at cash prizes. Learn more here.

  • Tuesday, April 15,  11 am-12:30 pm - Service Learning Showcase (RSC Beggs Ballroom) 
  • Friday, May 9 at 9 am 鈥� Shocker Pride Celebration (Woolsey Hall 141)

    • The 2025 President鈥檚 Distinguished Service Awards recognize faculty and staff for exemplary, dedicated and caring service to the WSU community. Honorees are selected by their peers from the University Staff Senate and Faculty Senate.

    • The reception to meet and greet the honorees is at 9 am, with the recognition ceremony beginning promptly at 9:30.

    • RSVP HERE by May 5