CHAPTER7/ UNIVERSITY SERVICES
& MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
Revisions accepted by the Faculty Senate 1-24-05
A/UNIVERSITY SERVICES --
Ablah Library --
http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=mark1&p=ablahlibrary
7.01 / Library Services
7.011 / Computer Searching
7.012 / Faculty Carrels
7.013 / Interlibrary Loan
7.014 / Library Purchases
7.015 / Reference Services
7.016 / Library Hours
7.02 / Media Resources Center --
http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=mark1&p=mrc
7.03 / Cable Television
7.04/ Computing and
Telecommunications -- http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=ucats&p=index
7.05 / Campus Activities Center and
Bookstore -- http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=rsc&p=/index
7.06 / Campus Credit Union -- http://www.campuscu.org/
7.07 / Counseling Center -- http://webs.wichita.edu/cnsltst/
7.08 / KMUW Radio
7.09 / Reading and Study Skills
Center -- http://webs.wichita.edu/success/index.asp
7.10 / Heskett Center --- http://webs.wichita.edu/heskett/directory.htm
7.11 / Ulrich Museum -- http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=ulrich
B/MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
7.12 / Smoking and Alcohol
Regulations
7.121 / Smoking Regulations --- http://webs.wichita.edu/inaudit/ch11_08.htm
7.122 / Liquor Regulations -- http://webs.wichita.edu/inaudit/ch11_07.htm
7.123 / Alcohol and Cereal Malt
Beverage Policy -- http://webs.wichita.edu/inaudit/ch11_07.htm
7.13 / Faculty Substance Abuse
Policy -- http://webs.wichita.edu/inaudit/ch5_04.htm
7.14/ Crime Reporting Policy -- http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=police
7.15 / Official Hospitality --- http://webs.wichita.edu/inaudit/ch13_08.htm
7.16/ Endowment Association and
Management Fees -- http://webs.wichita.edu/alumni/
A/UNIVERSITY SERVICES
7.01/Library
Services
For a complete explanation
of services offered by the Ablah Library, see the various
pamphlets distributed by the library.
7.011/Computer
Searching
For a nominal fee,
reference librarians will search machine readable bibliographic
data bases to produce customized bibliographies.
7.012/Faculty
Carrels
Carrels are available to
faculty engaged in research requiring extensive use of library
resources. Carrels are assigned each semester (Fall, Spring, and Summer). Application forms may be obtained at the
Circulation Desk.
7.013/Interlibrary
Loan
Research materials not
available at WSU may be requested through interlibrary loan.
Requests must be made on official interlibrary loan request
forms, available in the Interlibrary Loan Office or at the
Reference Desk.
7.014/Library
Purchases
Materials (including books, periodicals,
documents, research reports, microforms, films, maps, and
recordings) needed for
teaching and research may be recommended for purchase at any
time. Requests should be forwarded to the librarian serving as
department liaison or to the coordinator of collection
development.
7.015/Reference
Services
Help in finding
information and facilitating access to the materials in the
collections of the library or the Media Resources Center is
available at the Reference Desk.
7.016/Library
Hours
Information about library
hours can be obtained by calling ext. 3481.
7.02/Media
Resources Center
The Media Resources Center
(MRC) provides a wide range of instructional and communication
support services for WSU faculty. The MRC schedules media
equipment and personnel to support instruction and faculty
presentations. The staff trains and supports instructors who use
four master classrooms. Instructors have access to over 1000
titles in the MRC's film, video, and laser disc collection. The
MRC will also locate and obtain titles from other film libraries.
The MRC provides professional
photographic services, including studio and location photography
and on-campus color and black and white darkroom services. The
MRC's graphic production unit designs and produces charts,
posters, brochures, and computer presentations.
Television resources include a
studio, production van, satellite downlinks, a video conferencing
facility, a campus cable network, and videotape editing
facilities. The MRC staff coordinates activities in two
interactive television classrooms, broadcasting signals by ITFS
microwave and by compressed video on the KANS-A-N system.
7.03/Cable
Television
WSU operates WSU-13
Television on the Wichita cable system and on the WINDOWS program
service on suburban cable systems. Local programming is
supplemented with programming from The Discovery Channel and The
Learning Channel. WSU-13/WINDOWS also provides employment
opportunities for communication students.
7.04/Computing and Telecommunications
WSU offers an extensive
array of computing and telecommunications services. Inquiries
regarding both hardware and software should be directed to the
Computing and Telecommunications office.
7.05/Campus Activities Center and Bookstore
The Campus Activities
Center (CAC) is the community center for Wichita State
University. It has several food service areas and a recreation
area that includes bowling and billiards, a movie theater,
student offices, and meeting rooms. The CAC Bookstore stocks
textbooks, trade books, supplies, gifts, and provides a check
cashing service. By university policy, textbooks are to be
ordered through the CAC Bookstore.
7.06/Campus
Credit Union
The Campus Credit Union, a
member-owned and -controlled cooperative, offers a complete range
of financial services, including loans, savings and checking
accounts, IRA accounts, traveler's checks, notary service,
payroll deduction, and consumer information.
7.07/Counseling
Center
Wichita State University
Counseling Center provides a complete range of psychological
services to the University community, including individual
psychotherapy, marital counseling, family counseling, and career
testing and planning. In addition, the center frequently offers
group experiences in such topics as assertiveness training,
dealing with divorce, and parenting.
7.08/KMUW
Radio
KMUW radio, 89.1 FM, is
licensed to The Wichita State University as a noncommercial radio
station. KMUW has a dual purpose: to train WSU students in
broadcasting and to provide the community with programming that
entertains, educates, and informs. The station also promotes and
broadcasts WSU events of special interest to the community.
7.09/Reading and Study Skills Center
The Reading and Study
Skills Center is an academic support service unit affiliated with
University College and the Division of Student Affairs. Courses,
labs, and tutoring are offered to all University students in
reading, writing, listening, note-taking, math, and other
academic areas. Courses require regular tuition and fees; most
labs and tutoring are free. Faculty are encouraged to refer
students whose general study skills are deficient.
7.10/Heskett
Center
The Heskett Center
contains 166,000 square feet of usable space and opened in the
spring of 1983. It is designed to provide an extensive campus
recreation program. The Heskett Center activity areas consist of
a weight room, a combatives room, a 25 meter indoor swimming pool
with separate diving well, a 200 meter indoor track that
surrounds five multipurpose courts, and eight
handball/racquetball courts. The outdoor area contains a
six-court tennis complex and four large play fields.
Heskett Center fees assessed to
WSU students, faculty, staff, spouses, and families entitles the
participants to use the facility and services during scheduled
hours.
The Campus Recreation Program is
located within the Heskett Center. The campus recreation staff is
charged with providing a wide variety of recreational and sports
programs to meet the needs and interests of WSU students,
faculty, and staff. These programs include open recreation,
intramurals, sports clubs, aquatics, outdoor recreation, and
special programs.
7.11/Ulrich
Museum of Art
The Edwin A. Ulrich Museum
of Art exhibits selections from the best in art from the U.S. and
abroad. In addition, the museum's noteworthy permanent collection
now comprises over 6,000 paintings and prints. The outdoor
sculpture program includes some 40 works located around the
campus. Among the artists represented are Alexander Calder,
Barbara Hepworth, Joan Morrow, Louise Nevelson, Theodore Roszak,
Ernest Trova, and Henry Moore.
B/MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
7.12/Smoking
and Alcohol Policies
7.121/Smoking
Regulations
Wichita State University
prohibits smoking in all campus buildings.
7.122/Liquor
Regulations
The Kansas Board of
Regents adopted in February, 1988, the following policy on the
consumption of liquor on campuses:
Consumption of alcoholic liquor
may be permitted under authorized and appropriately controlled
conditions and guidelines to be determined by the administration
of each school and set forth in an institutional policy on
service of alcoholic liquor. Alcoholic liquor may only be served
at luncheons, dinners or receptions which honor individuals and
which occur in connection with official University events and/or
fund raising activities for University programs. The service of
alcoholic liquor at such events must be approved, in advance, by
the chief executive officer of the institution and may only be
held in those non-classroom areas, and outside grounds
immediately adjacent thereto, which are specifically designated
for such activities in the institutional policy on service of
alcoholic liquor. Each institution shall file and maintain a
current copy of its policy on service of alcoholic liquor with
the Executive Director on behalf of the Board. Each institutional
chief executive officer shall also be prepared to provide
information to the Board in relation to the service of alcoholic
liquor on campus as requested by the Board or Executive Director.
(2-88)
7.123/Alcohol and Cereal Malt Beverage Policy
Alcoholic beverages may be
served by the Alumni Association and/or the Endowment Association
in selected areas which are not used for classroom instruction.
The serving of alcohol will be restricted to University
development activities.
Approval for events in which
alcoholic beverages are to be served must be obtained from the
University President. No persons under 21 years of age are
allowed to consume alcohol at an event in which alcohol is
served. Food must be available at all functions in which alcohol
is served. Consumption of alcohol is permitted only within the
approved area designated for the event.
Care must be taken by event
organizers to assure that alcohol will not be served to persons
who appear to be intoxicated. At all events in which alcohol is
approved for use, a non-alcoholic beverage must also be available
to participants. The distribution or consumption of alcohol on
the University campus in any circumstances other than the above
is prohibited.
The sale of cereal malt beverages
(3.2% beer) to individuals is restricted to licensed spaces in
the Campus Activities Center. No persons under 21 years of age
are allowed to possess or to consume cereal malt beverages at any
event in which cereal malt beverages are served. Cereal malt
beverages may be served at campus group events approved by the
Vice President for Student Affairs or his designee. Consumption
of cereal malt beverages is permitted only within the approved
area designated for the event. (3-89)
Care must be taken by event
organizers to assure that cereal malt beverages will not be
served to persons who appear to be intoxicated. Non-alcoholic
beverages must be available at all events in which cereal malt
beverages are served. The sale, distribution, or consumption of
cereal malt beverages on the University campus in any
circumstances other than the above is prohibited.
At all times the marketing, sale,
and/or consumption of alcoholic or cereal malt beverages must be
in full compliance with State statutes and regulations.
Violations of State law and/or University policies on the part of
groups or individuals will be handled in accordance with
applicable law enforcement or University disciplinary procedures.
The Division of Student Affairs will provide information and
services regarding alcohol education and abuse prevention
programs. (2-88)
7.13/Faculty Substance Abuse Policy
1. PURPOSE. This policy
for dealing with faculty members with substance abuse problems is
intended to enhance and encourage a cooperative effort between
faculty and the university and to serve and protect the interests
of both. The policy recognizes that professional assistance can
often return an individual to full productivity and is based on
the premise that it is the faculty member's right and
responsibility to seek professional assistance for a substance
abuse problem. This policy was developed by a Faculty Senate ad
hoc committee and is administered through the Office of the
Director of Affirmative Action at Wichita State University.
2. SCOPE. A faculty member with a possible substance abuse problem, even in its early stages, is encouraged to seek diagnosis and treatment. The faculty member should be assured that seeking assistance, pursuant to this policy, for an actual or potential substance abuse problem, will not interfere with job status, promotional opportunities or other privileges. A substance abuse problem is defined as one in which a faculty member's use or misuse of alcohol or drugs is reasonably believed to be affecting the faculty member's job performance.
3. POLICY OVERVIEW. The goal of this policy is to assist individuals in seeking professional help so they may return to full productivity. All faculty members, especially department chairpersons, should work to engender a university-wide enlightened attitude and a realistic recognition of the nature of substance abuse problems.
4. IMPLEMENTING GUIDANCE
A. Responsibility
1. Responsibility for implementing this policy rests with
faculty. Care must be taken to follow procedures so that no
faculty member with a substance abuse problem will be penalized
for implementing the policy.
2. Supervisors will seek to do everything reasonably possible, consistent with applicable laws and university procedures, to make certain that information revealed by the faculty member receiving professional assistance relating to an actual or potential substance abuse problem will remain confidential.
3. Implementing this policy will not require, or result in, any special treatment, privileges, or exemption from the standard administrative practices applicable to job performance requirements.
B. Action Guidelines. The steps listed below are suggested guidelines only. Department chairpersons, deans, and other faculty supervisors should not attempt diagnosis, even if they have professional qualifications to judge that a faculty member's work has been affected by a substance abuse problem.
1. Before attempting intervention in a situation involving a faculty member with a substance abuse problem, the concerned supervisor should discuss with his/her supervisor and the Director of Affirmative Action the pertinent rules and requirements concerning protection of rights of the person believed to be suffering from a substance abuse problem. It may also be helpful for the supervisor to consult with a professional in substance abuse treatment without identifying the concerned faculty member before meeting with him or her. The University's Counseling and Testing Center is staffed with professional counselors who may be able to assist supervisors.
2. The supervisor should meet with the faculty member informally and discuss the observed job performance problems. Supervisors should not attempt diagnosis. If the faculty member references a substance abuse problem as a causative factor for the job performance problems, the supervisor should reference this substance abuse policy and encourage the faculty member to seek professional counseling for the problem. In this discussion, a date will be set by which improvement in job performance will be assessed. (A list of professional agencies will be available to supervisors. This list may be obtained by contacting the Director of Affirmative Action.)
3. The supervisor and faculty member may also wish to consider the following as options which may be pursued in connection with or in addition to professional counseling:
(a) A faculty member with accrued sick leave may take sick leave. This option would allow the faculty member to enter an inpatient treatment center and adopt a treatment program.
(b) A faculty member may request, pursuant to applicable University and Board of Regents policies, to be placed on leave of absence without pay.
4. What concerns the University is that the faculty member address the job performance problems presented at the informal meeting. It is the responsibility of the faculty member to follow up the suggested professional counseling, to cooperate with prescribed treatment, and to assume financial responsibility for the costs of the treatment.
5. Between the initial meeting wherein this policy is activated and the date agreed upon in paragraph 4.b.(2), the supervisor will continue to monitor job performance but will in all other respects leave the initiative for further discussions to the faculty member. However, progress reports and continuing dialogue between the supervisor and faculty member are encouraged.
6. If the faculty member's job performance has improved to an acceptable level by the date prescribed by the supervisor, and as agreed to by the faculty member, the member should be so informed and no further action is required or necessary. On the other hand, if the faculty member's job performance remains below acceptable standards, the supervisor and the University will follow normal procedures with regard to unacceptable job performance, including, but not necessarily limited to, non-reappointment or dismissal.
This policy is supplemental to and subject to all existing University policies, Board of Regents policies, and applicable state and federal laws. (3-89)
7.14/Crime
Reporting Policy
REPORT CRIMES TO:
University Police Department
NE Quadrant of Campus
2000 Gentry
(316) 978-3450
The University Police Department,
is located on the east side of the campus (under the radio
antenna tower) and is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
University Police have statutory
authority on the campus and on campus related property. Thefts,
assaults, stolen property, and any other criminal activity
occurring on the campus must be reported to the University Police
Department as soon as possible.
All emergencies such as fires,
injury accidents, or sudden severe illness occurring on campus
should be reported to the University Police Department
immediately.
The University Police also provide
assistance to motorists with stalled vehicles, retrieve keys from
locked vehicles, provide transportation, assist in finding lost
property.
The campus is patrolled 24 hours a
day, seven days a week, by fully trained, uniformed, and
commissioned University Police Officers. The goal of the
University Police Department is to serve and to protect the
University community.
7.15/Official
Hospitality
All state funds for
departmental use for "official hospitality" are
centralized in an account administered by the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research. This account provides entertainment and
hospitality for official guests of the University. State
regulations prohibit the use of official hospitality funds for
entertaining members of State Boards or Commissions, State
officers or employees, students or prospective students and their
parents, except when any of the foregoing are conducted with
University members as official hosts or when State officers or
employees because of their particular expertise, knowledge, or
background attend a function of another State agency. University
personnel acting as official hosts should be limited to a number
absolutely essential to complement the event.
The Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research will supply the appropriate forms for
requesting expenditures for official hospitality. Such requests
should be presented for authorization at least one week prior to
the proposed function and all guidelines must be followed for
reimbursement.
7.16/The Endowment Association and Management
Fees
The Endowment Association
levies management fees and pays interest on accounts it
maintains. Contact the Endowment Association for information on
current fee and interest policy.
Wichita State University
Faculty Senate
1845 Fairmont
Box 111
Wichita, Kansas 67260-0111
(316) 978-3504
Email: bobbi.dreiling@wichita.edu