October 24, 2008

Reminders

* An interview with Robert Allison, interim director of the Center for Economic Development and Business Research, and Debra Franklin, regional labor force analyst at the CEDBR, about the economic outlook for Wichita and Kansas will air at 9:50 a.m. today (Wednesday, Oct. 8) on KMUW 89.1, and online at http://www.kmuw.org.

* The elearning Resource Hub offers training on elearning topics and on the transition to the latest version of Blackboard (Blackboard 8), which will be used for spring 2009 courses. "Working With Images" will be held 9:30-11:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, and "Blackboard 8 Transition Training" will be held 1:30-3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15. Go to myWSU>Help for Faculty/Staff>Training Opportunities>Blackboard/elearning registration, schedule.

* A Red Cross First Aid Clinic for faculty and staff will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, in 134 Heskett Center. The cost is $10; $2 for PEAP instructors. For more information, contact
Frank Rokosz, associate professor of Human Performance Studies, at 978-5443 or frank.rokosz@wichita.edu.

* The University Bookstore is taking orders for doctoral regalia. If you are participating in this semester's Fall Commencement, stop by the Bookstore and purchase/rent what you need. The deadline is next Wednesday, Oct. 15.

* To better facilitate use of the WSU Policies and Procedures Manual, a Google search bar has been added to the manual's table of contents: http://webs.wichita.edu/inaudit/tablepp.htm.