Communications from
Provost Gary L. Miller
Essays and Reports
". . . can we envision a general education program that is intentionally mutually reinforcing of the applied and the reflective?"
Reshaping and Rebuilding WSU: Urban Legacy – Liberal Arts Challenge
Report to Faculty Senate Planning and Budget Committee
04/02/2009
"What are some of the more important forces for change in American higher education that affect our work to reduce, reshape and rebuild Wichita State University?"
Reducing, Reshaping and Rebuilding: A Broader Context
Report to Faculty Senate Planning and Budget Committee
02/27/2009
". . . there is also an important collective dimension to the work that embraces some of the most important values of the academy."
Great Work - Celebrating Fresh Approaches to Accountability, Interdisciplinarity, Analysis and Collegiality at Wichita State University
Memo and Essay to All Faculty and Staff
01/22/2009
“If there is some magic component of learning that can be measured and compared among universities, what is it?”
Provost's Notes - Accountability and Student Learning
(This essay is the basis of remarks given at the University Assessment Symposium)
11/27/2007
“The University’s urban serving research mission is widely recognized and congruent with the economic needs of the state and the nation.”
Urban Higher Education – Investing in Kansas
Strategic Report to the Kansas Board of Regents
08/2007
Speeches and Presentations
Remarks and Welcome
Welcome to Open Faculty Meeting Fall 2008
09/03/2008
Reflections on Shared Governance
Comments to American Association of University Professors Wichita State University
04/25/2008
Remarks on Teaching
Academy for Excellence in Teaching Induction Event
12/09/2007
Remarks on Initiatives
General Faculty Meeting
12/06/2007
Remarks on Joint Involvement of Scholars and the University
National Merit Scholars Luncheon
10/25/2007
Remarks on the Future of Higher Education
Wichita Chamber of Commerce Board of Advisors
09/07/2007
Remarks on Urban Serving Research Mission
Faculty Address
08/29/2007
Global Programs and Initiatives
Presentation to the Kansas Board of Regents
11/14/2006
Inaugural Remarks to the Faculty
Faculty Address
09/05/2006
"Academic Issues & Ideas" newsletter
RESHAPING Wichita State for the future
October 2009
Publications
Bioscience initiatives: a discussion of efforts by WSU and KU to move forward
Remarks posted and published in the Opinion section of the Wichita Eagle
01/08/2009
Substrate-dependent signalling success in the wolf spider, Schizocosa retrorsa
Article in Science Direct
June 2007
Memos
Annual NASULGC update: The conversation in American higher education
Memo to Academic Affairs Faculty and Staff on NASULGC meeting
11/24/2008
Globalization Initiative: next steps
Memo to Faculty and Staff on Globalization Initiative
10/13/2008
Challenges in Higher Education
Report from National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges Annual Meeting
11/19/2007
Globalization/Internationalization
Memo to Dr.Ravi Pendse and Dr. Martha Shawver on importance of Globalization
02/01/2007
Reflections on diversity
Memo to Faculty on Diversity
12/06/2006