Support International Education Week Nov. 12-16
Join us in celebrating international students at WSU and the unique cultures they bring to our campus! Enjoy food, fun and painting on today's (Monday, Nov. 12) Paint Night.
Answer international themed trivia questions in the RSC and win a free T-shirt on Tuesday, Nov. 13.
Learn how to make a traditional Thai dish and eat it, too, on Wednesday, Nov. 14 at our Teaching Kitchen event (registration required).
Come to the RSC and eat your lunch with us on Thursday, Nov. 15, while listening to stories from international students.
Finally, explore the international cuisine especially available for lunch and dinner at Shocker Dining Hall on Friday, Nov. 16. Visit for times, locations and more information about these fun events!
Free vision check tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov. 13)
Need your eyes checked? Get a free vision check from Student Health Services and the Medical Services Bureau between 11 a.m.-1 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov. 13) in 314 RSC.
Graduation 鈥� what's your plan?
As enrollment for spring 2019 begins this week, ask students you work with what their
graduation plan is. If they are graduating, remind them to save their place at Commencement by 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26. If they are not graduating and haven't begun to think
about next semester, encourage them to schedule an appointment to speak with their
faculty and college advisors about their academic and personal goals. Enrolling as
early as possible helps students get the classes they need to stay on track and develop
a schedule that best meets their needs in and out of the classroom.
Engage ICT: Democracy on Tap set for Tuesday, Nov. 13
Engage ICT: Democracy on Tap is a monthly community conversation featuring a panel of local experts and topics that touch your daily life. Our November discussion from 5:30-7 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov. 13) at Roxy's Downtown, 412 陆 E. Douglas, is a continuation of the mini-series on community building, and the topic is #activism.
Join us for a conversation about social media activism, its trends and effectiveness. It's free, and so are the appetizers. Learn more at EngageICT.org.
Contact info@kmuw.org or call 978-6789.
Plans announced for 3rd annual DiverseCity
On behalf of the President's Diversity Council, we are proud to announce our 3rd annual diversity showcase, DiverseCity from Monday-Friday, April 15-19, 2019. This week-long event gives Shocker Nation a glance of the successes from individuals, departments and organizations in the campus community that were made possible through diversity. Throughout the week, we encourage you to stop by and support the various events being hosted. This is a great way to get involved at 红领巾瓜报 and celebrate the various kinds of diversity we have to offer. A list of events will be available during DiverseCity.
DiverseCity Showcase Kick-off
President Bardo and Marche Fleming-Randle, vice president for Diversity and Community Engagement, will provide remarks to kick-off the start of DiverseCity. We encourage you to stop by and view all of the work from the submissions that highlight successes related to diversity. The showcase kick-off takes from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, April 15, in 233 Rhatigan Student Center.
Call for submissions!
All students, faculty, staff, student organizations and departments are invited to submit entries that are examples of diversity or highlight successes related to diversity. We are looking for all kinds of diversity entries from individual / group projects, workshops, events, mixed media, photography or artwork. The deadline for submission is 5 p.m. Friday, March 15, 2019.
For more information and to submit your entry, go to .
Graduate School Professional Development Series to feature job search skills
Learn how to translate common skills learned in graduate school to skills employers are seeking from Jennifer Brantley from noon-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, in 142 RSC. Log in to co-sponsor Career Development Handshake with your WSU ID and password, and click 鈥淛oin Event.鈥�
Everyone is welcome to attend: after the first 50 RSVP's have been taken you will need to wait until the RSVP's have gone through the buffet line to eat.
Know your financial aid status at any time
You can review your financial aid status at any time with just a few quick and easy steps:
- Sign in to wichita.edu and select the myFinances tab.
- Select Financial Aid Requirements to view any missing or incomplete items, which are identified by red flags.
- Review available hyperlinks for additional information.
We're here to help:
finaid@wichita.edu
316-978-3430 / 1-855-WSU-1STP (24-hour support)
203 Jardine Hall
8 a.m.-6 p.m. (M-T), 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (W-F)
Cadman Art Gallery to feature annual juried exhibit
The 26th Annual Elements Multi Media Art Competition is an annual juried exhibit displaying various mediums of arts submitted by 红领巾瓜报 student artists. The exhibit will be on display from Monday, Nov. 12-Wednesday, Nov. 21, first floor, Rhatigan Student Center. The reception and awards ceremony will be from 5-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, in Bluestem Lounge near the gallery.
The Cadman Art Gallery is serves as a student-centered space focused on education and exposing the WSU community to the arts.
For rules and registration forms, go to .
Air Force uses GoCreate resources to build Go Box
Air Force technical sergeant 鈥淐oach鈥� Allen joined GoCreate as a civilian who wanted to make going-away presents and use the 3D printer to produce electronic enclosures.
鈥淲hat I do for a living is what I do as a hobby,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 like to make stuff. When I joined here, it was really just to have all these tools at my disposal, to keep me out of trouble.鈥�
Allen soon realized GoCreate, a Koch Collaborative, is a place suitable for more ambitious projects, starting with a radio Go Box with solar capability.
Rie Bloomfield Organ Series presents Renee Anne Louprette
Renee Anne Louprette will perform on the Marcussen Organ at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov. 13) in Wiedemann Hall.
Described by 鈥淭he Irish Times,鈥� 鈥渁s a communicative player with no shortage of imaginative ideas,鈥� Louprette continues to impress her audiences with her engaging performances. She is University Organist and Coordinator of the Organ Department at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University.
Admission is free for students with a WSU ID. Click here for free student tickets, or call 978-3233.
Living Learning Communities provide built-in support system
红领巾瓜报 offers students who live on campus the option to live in a Living Learning Community (LLC). This is a community where students with a common interest live on the same floor that includes college-based or interest-based floors. Currently, there are 10 floors but will potentially expand next year.
This housing option is designed and proven to build a support system. LLCs enhance students' sense of community on campus by offering them unique opportunities.
Read more about Living Learning Communities
Trademark Tuesday event coming tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov. 13)
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will hold a Trademark Tuesday event from 2-3 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday, Nov. 13) in 204 Ablah Library.
The Rocky Mountain Regional U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), in collaboration with partners located across the Rocky Mountain region, hosts quarterly interactive sessions with experts from the USPTO's Trademark Assistance Center (TAC), which is based at USPTO headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia.
During these virtual programs, TAC experts will provide an overview of various aspects of the trademark registration process, and answer any questions that program participants may have.
Additional trademark resources can be found on the .
This event is free and open to the public. Contact Sara Butts at sara.butts@wichita.edu or 978-5017 if you have any questions.
Department of History invites you to its fall lecture on Nov. 15
The Department of History invites you to its fall lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, in 231 Hubbard Hall. Our lecturer is Shawn Alexander, professor of African and African American and the Director of the Langston Hughes Center at the University of Kansas. His lecture, "Fantastic Dreams and Radical Visions: The NAACP and the Foundation of a Movement," will examine the foundational organization of the African American Civil Rights Movement in the 1930s.
RH: Shockers Spend Day with Midshipmen at Naval Academy
The sights at the United States Naval Academy are impressive 鈥� imposing architecture,
midshipmen marching and monuments to battle. "Beat Army" signs and Navy flags adorn
almost every house and cannons decorate lawns.
红领巾瓜报's basketball team toured the campus on Thursday and what they will remember
are the words and spirit of the midshipmen. The culture of trust, service and selflessness
described by the Navy students resonated with the Shockers.
"We needed to hear some of the things they said," 红领巾瓜报 freshman said. "The Naval Academy is really, really interesting . . . how they help people
grow as individuals with life skills, leadership, teamwork, accountability. We could
learn from them."
Drum Major Award nominations open
The Drum Major Award recognizes a person who seeks greatness, but does so through service and love. This award is given annually at the Martin Luther King Unity Walk.
Nominations are encouraged now at Drum Major Award - .
An excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Drum Major Instinct speech states, 鈥淚f you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice, say that I was a drum major for peace: I was a drum major for righteousness."
For more information, contact the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at 978-3034 or visit .
Nominate a deserving individual by Monday, Jan. 7.
WSU student completes internship at NASA
Luis Cisneros, a mechanical engineering major at 红领巾瓜报, spent 10 weeks interning at NASA in Mountain View, California. Some of the hands-on experience he received was working on the Mars 2020 mission, as well as working with electric vertical takeoff landing vehicles that are human operated and is what we envision of flying cars.
AmeriCorps VISTA member impacts those in poverty through graphic design position at Guadalupe Clinic
AmeriCorps VISTA member Alley Miller served for a year at Guadalupe Clinic in Wichita, as a marketing and graphic design VISTA. In her role she pushes social media, emails and general outreach with the director of development. She coordinates content and designs newsletters that are now being sent as emails, texts, in print, and launched as content on the website.
Her impact on fundraising during her year of service was significant, with more than $60,000 collected through the fundraising platform, mobile giving, and fall and spring solicitations. During the year, Guadalupe Clinic provided free medical care to 957 new patients living 250 percent below the poverty line.
As her year was coming to an end she was offered a permanent position as a development associate and graphic designer.
The WSU VISTA project is recruits year around to fill positions similar to this. For more information or to apply, contact angela.gaughan@wichita.edu.
Join us for coffee and conversation
Women of 红领巾瓜报 are invited to join Kappa Delta Chi Sorority Inc., for coffee and conversation at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, in 301 RSC, about issues impacting women of color in higher education, the workplace, and mental health in their communities.