Come share your #ShockerLove
Celebrate who, and what, you love at the dedication of Shocker Nation’s newest campus art installation—the Shocker Love Lock Pod east of the Food Truck Plaza from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14. Remarks start at 11:45 a.m.
- Free love locks for the first 50 visitors
- Locks available for purchase on site (or bring your own)
- Enjoy hot drinks and food truck fare
Senior Honor 2019 application deadline extended to Feb. 11
The Senior Honor 2019 application deadline is being extended because of a technical difficulty. The new application deadline is 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11. To review the eligibility requirements and application process, go to Senior Honor awards.
University Libraries to host Town Hall today (Wednesday, Feb. 6)
Kathy Downes, dean of the University Libraries, will host a University Libraries Town Hall meeting to answer questions and spark discussion on the Shock the Future Referendum, a student-led campaign that identifies a list of academic and student success infrastructure needs.
You’re invited to attend the Town Hall at 4 p.m. today (Wednesday, Feb. 6) in Ablah Library, C-Space (first floor).
This is your opportunity to share your thoughts with your dean, and to be a part of Wichita State’s growth.
Save 40 percent on career dress apparel
WSU students -- mark your calendars for the Career Development Center’s JC Penney Suit-Up event from 6-9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, at JC Penney East and West locations. With your WSU ID you can save 40 percent off select men’s and women’s career dress apparel, including suits, dresses, sport coats, dress pants, shoes and accessories.
Explore your leadership potential at one-day retreat
Join Student Involvement for this one-day retreat from 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, in the Shirley Beggs Ballroom in the Rhatigan Student Center. This event is designed for participants to engage with other leaders to build connections, discover personal leadership styles and abilities, tell our leadership stories, and become a catalyst for your leadership journey. Come explore your leadership potential at Catalyst by LeaderShape!
Register by Tuesday, Feb. 12.
Volunteer at Wu’s Big Event X
Community Service Board invites you to join us on Saturday, Feb. 9 to make a huge impact in the Wichita community by volunteering at Wu’s Big Event X. Individuals, organizations, faculty, staff, alumni, friends and family are all encouraged to participate in a fun-filled day of service.
The event will be start on the third floor of the RSC in the Shirley Beggs Ballroom. Check-in will run from 8:30-8:50 a.m. We will have fun speakers, a breakfast including muffins and coffee, and you will be given a collectible Wu’s Big Event T-shirt.
Participants will load onto buses and be at a service site by 10 a.m. and volunteer until 1 p.m. Participants will then get back to the RSC for fun celebration activities and lunch (a Chartwells boxed lunch containing sandwich, chips, and fruit). The event will end by 2 p.m.
We hope to serve more than 750 collective volunteer hours on Feb. 9, and we need your help to make this happen!
Steve Feilmeier to speak at SGu event
Join us for the very first SGu event from 5:30-8:30 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday, Feb.
7) in Marcus Welcome Center. We will partner with Startup Grind Wichita to bring Steve
Feilmeier to campus to speak about his experiences in an entrepreneurial and innovative
position. As a graduate from Wichita State, Feilmeier has great insight to share with
students about how he became one of the highest ranking individuals at Koch Industries,
and the directions he sees both the company and local students going in the future.
Students, faculty, and WSU staff will receive free admission with a valid myWSUID
number. Space may be limited, so register for your seat now!
Thursday, Feb. 7 – Marcus Welcome Center
5:30-6:30 p.m. Networking (with appetizers)
6:30-7:30 p.m. Fireside Chat
7:30-8:30 p.m. Networking
StartupGrindU, in partnership with Google for Startups, brings together the community
and entrepreneurs, with a key focus on university students. We hope to build a bridge
between the entrepreneurial mindset of students on WSU's campus and the greater community
of Wichita to create an opportunity for collaborations and further development of
our city as a whole.
GRASP student abstracts are due by Feb. 18
Graduate Research & Scholarly Projects (GRASP) student abstracts are due by Monday, Feb. 18. View GRASP deadlines and instructions. Graduate student research is showcased at a university-wide annual poster symposium on April 26. 2019. Prizes are awarded.
IRB announces revised application process
The revised “Common Rule” for the protection of human subjects went into effect on Jan. 21, 2019. As a result of this, we have revised our application process. There is now only one New Study Application that will need to be submitted. It can be found on the IRB website. Please make note of this and begin using the new form.
Women’s Studies and Religion Department seeking submissions for upcoming summit
The Department of Women’s Studies and Religion is seeking submissions for presentations for its third annual Diverse Women’s Summit from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday, March 7, in the Shirley Beggs Ballroom. The theme for this year’s summit is Accessibility and Inclusion, but other topics are also welcome.
Students from any college or department may submit proposals, approximately 300 words, for a 10-15 minute presentation. Proposals and any questions may be sent to rannfrid.thelle@wichita.edu by Wednesday, Feb. 20.
WSU Weekly Briefing to feature a Shock the Future update from the dean of the College of Applied Studies
The WSU Weekly Briefing will begin at 10 a.m. tomorrow (Thursday, Feb. 7) in the Marcus Welcome Center.
Shirley Lefever, dean of the College of Applied Studies, will talk about the potential impact of the Shock the Future referendum on her college.
Kevin Harrison, community engagement coordinator, Diversity and Community Engagement, will give the overall university update.
The briefing will be livestreamed and available later that day at WSU Weekly Briefing. There will be time for questions following the briefing.
Writing Now / Reading Now: Margaret Malone
Margaret Malone is WSU’s spring 2019 visiting emerging write, and the author of “People Like You,” a 2016 Pen Hemingway finalist. A reception for Malone will be held at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday, Feb. 7) at the Ulrich Museum of Art, followed by a reading at 6 p.m.
Writing Now / Reading Now is cosponsored by the WSU Department of English, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Watermark Books and Café, and the Ulrich Museum of Art.
Research study seeks participants for coping with fear of spiders
Participants are being sought for a coping with Fear of Spiders Study: Exploring the effectiveness of protocols for spider fearful individuals.
Seeking participants living in Wichita or the greater Wichita area, who are age 18 and older, to take part in a study examining the effectiveness of protocols for spider fearful individuals.
If you are interested in participating, please respond to the screening survey listed in the tabs below (tinyurl.com/experiencesandbeliefs). Individuals taking part in the screening survey will have the option of being entered in to a drawing for a $40 dollar Amazon gift card or earn 2 SONA credits for WSU courses.
Qualifying individuals will be contacted for the in-person portion of the study. Those opting to participate will be given the opportunity to enter a drawing for one $80 dollar Amazon gift card or earn 4 SONA credits.
Questions can be directed to Kyle Rexer at kgrexer@shockers.wichita.edu.
Access the screening survey
Graduate student seeking participants for coping with depression research project
A WSU graduate student working on her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology is seeking volunteers to participate in a project that compares two approaches for coping with depression. This study will be conducted within the Department of Psychology (Jabara Hall) under the supervision of Robert Zettle, and will require your involvement for 18- 20 weeks. The study involves eight weekly treatment sessions.
The first two weeks involve one hour sessions and the remaining six sessions will be half-hour sessions. Participants who complete all sessions will be contacted one week and two months later for follow-up measures.
Participants must be at least 18 and will be screened in three stages to determine their eligibility.
If you are interested, complete an online survey (30 minutes) to assess your initial eligibility. The next two stages will be conducted in person for 20 and 50 minutes respectively.
For more information, contact Yvonne Chaw at jxchaw@shockers.wichita.edu or call 316-978-6347.
Doctoral students need participants for their research projects
Two WSU graduate students (Doctor of Audiology and Doctor of Philosophy) need participants for their research projects. They are studying an existing and a newly developed clinical technique for evaluating function of the middle ear.
Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 35, have normal hearing, have not had an ear infection in the past three months, nor had a cold or flu in the past two weeks. Participants will receive a free comprehensive hearing evaluation and ear examination prior to testing. The testing will take about an hour.
If you are interested in volunteering, contact Devon Holt at deholt2@shockers.wichita.edu or 586-747-3774 or Dr. Sun at Xiao-Ming.Sun@wichita.edu.
Innovation fellow founds STEAM initiative
Sierra Bonn, a junior majoring in biomedical engineering, was recently recognized as one of the six Wichita State students named as University Innovation Fellows. In this role as an innovation leader at WSU, Sierra wants to focus on science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM) education.
Reading and book signing - B.A. Shapiro: ‘The Collector’s Apprentice’
The Ulrich Museum of Art, in partnership with Watermark Books & Café, invites you to a reading and book signing – B.A. Shapiro: “the Collector’s Apprentice” at 6 p.m. today (Wednesday, Feb. 6) at the Ulrich Museum. A reception will be held at 5:30 p.m.
New York Times bestselling author B.A. Shapiro has made the historical art thriller her own with such novels as “The Muralist and The Art Forger.” Now, with “The Collector’s Apprentice”— her third, boldest, and unrivaled book — Shapiro takes readers to Paris in the 1920s and the ever-fascinating world of Gertrude Stein’s salon. The result, like all of Shapiro’s much-loved work, is a seamless blend of art history and fictional narrative. Shapiro has taught sociology at Tufts University and creative writing at Northeastern University.
RSC Unplugged features Patz
Stop by the Rhatigan Student Center for the live music series RSC Unplugged from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. today (Wednesday, Feb. 6) in the RSC’s Starbucks Lounge. Grab a cup of coffee and relax with some great music by Patz!
During RSC Unplugged from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. today (Wednesday, Feb. 6), you can take $1 off frappuccinos and lattes size grande or larger!
Q&A with Wichita State's service-learning leaders
Wichita State psychology professor and chair Rhonda Lewis (l above) and Chelsea Redger-Marquardt, associate director of student involvement, want their students to get out of the classroom and into the community.
Then there is another step that makes the experience “service-learning.”
The students perform community service that is connected to their class, giving them an applied learning experience that motivates them in the class and the community.
‘Free Speech, Academic Freedom and Teaching in the Humanities’
We all know that students aren’t allowed to use racial slurs in the classroom, but how do we—as teachers—justify these restrictions when confronted by those who claim students should have “free speech” and “academic freedom?” Join the English Graduate Student Association for a research talk on this subject by Dan Colson, associate professor of English at Emporia State University at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, in 100 Lindquist Hall.
Colson regularly publishes on issues of academic freedom and pedagogy, including “On the Ground in Kansas: Social Media, Academic Freedom and the Fight for Higher Education,” published by the AAUP Journal of Academic Freedom, and “Teaching Radically with Koch Money,” published in Radical Teacher.
Most recently, his article “Virtually White: Teaching Race in Online Classes,” can be found in Teaching with Tension: Race, Resistance, and Reality in the Classroom, an edited collection that addresses “the extent to which attitudes about race, impacted by the current political moment in the United States, have produced pedagogical challenges for professors in the humanities.”
At Emporia State, Colson regularly teaches classes in 20th century American literature and African American literature.
Quidditch practice invitation
You’re invited to WSU’s Quidditch practice from 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Bombardier Practice Facility next to baseball’s Eck Stadium.
‘Safe Haven’ by Student Government Association in Cadman Art Gallery
“Safe Haven” is an art exhibition presented by SGA Safety. It will be on display now to Friday, Feb. 15, in Cadman Art Gallery, first floor, Rhatigan Student Center. Join the artists for their opening reception at The Cadman beginning at 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11.
This SGA juried exhibition is going to be a benefit for the WSU Center for Combating Human Trafficking, as well as a method to raise awareness for their cause. They offer many supportive programs, and they will be able to offer even more services with assistance.
The show would be primarily driven through community artists who have donated their work to this show, help market the show, and hopefully sell work with 100 percent of the profits going toward the center’s outreach efforts.
The SGA Safety and Student Services committee are in charge of artist outreach and the overall marketing success of the event.
For more information about this exhibit and others, visit Cadman Art Gallery.
Game Day Specials all day
The Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes is your Shocker Basketball headquarters. For each men’s basketball game, they will have a different game day special, honored all day long. Today (Wednesday, Feb. 6) you can take 15 percent off all starter menu items!
Shockers After Dark this Friday, Feb. 8
Head to the RSC on Friday, Feb. 8 for Shockers After Dark! From 8-10 p.m. you’ll find a wide variety of games and events, including free bowling and billiards, a snack walk, face painting, a balloon artist and a lot more!
Poetry Out Loud Regionals: National Recitation Contest
Poetry Out Loud encourages students to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation. The Ulrich Museum of Art will host this event at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, with a reception to follow.
Since 2005, Poetry Out Loud has grown to reach more than 3 million students. Find out more at PoetryOutLoud.org.
Sign up for the Table Tennis Tournament
Intramural sports’ Table Tennis Tournament takes place on Friday, Feb. 15. Registration on imleagues.com/wichita is open until the Wednesday, Feb. 13.