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Feature story about CCSR Executive Director, Scott Wituk Reminiscing 20 Years of Service By: Kelsey D. Haynes “It created energy,” Wituk said. “There was a buzz, an excitement.” CCSR Communication Intern Executive Director of Wichita State University’s Center for Community Support and Research (CCSR), Scott Wituk, has been with the organization for nearly 20 years. During his undergraduate career as a business major at WSU, Scott took a social psychology class with Dr. Louis Medvene, which would eventually be a primary cause of his change in major from business to psychology. Wituk recalled his first encounter with CCSR, formerly known as the Self-Help Network, coming from a presentation psychology professor Dr. Gregory Meissen gave about volunteer opportunities with the Self-Help Network, located on the fourth floor of Jabara Hall on the WSU campus. Dr. Medvene offered extra credit to students with volunteering experience so Wituk took advantage of the opportunity and got involved the with Self-Help