Hit the books and then the beach with National Student Exchange
Ever wonder what it would be like to hit the books in the morning and hit the beach in the afternoon? Thanks to National Student Exchange (NSE), you can. NSE allows undergraduate, domestic students the opportunity to study at one of nearly 200 universities across the United States and Canada – while paying regular WSU tuition and earning credit toward your degree. The application materials for exchange during fall 2020 and spring 2021 are available at wichita.edu/nse and are due Feb. 1, 2020. If you have questions, please contact Trish Gandu at trish.gandu@wichita.edu.
Learn more about National Student Exchange
Student veterans group places flags on campus to raise awareness of suicide
Every day until Monday, Nov. 11, 22 American flags are being placed around Wichita State’s campus as part of a suicide awareness campaign by the Student Veterans Organization.
SVO president Levi Schenk wanted to get people talking about suicide, and his group decided to use the flags and social media to get the conversation started. Similar campaigns have been used for several years by groups nationwide.
“It’s not easy to talk about suicide or raise awareness about suicide, so we really had to find a way to make it interactive for the student population,” Schenk said. “We want to get people involved, students involved, raise awareness. We turned it into a selfie challenge.”
Read more on Student Veterans Organization.
Human Factors Exploration Day today (Friday, Nov. 8)
Are you interested in the intersection between people and technology? Then don’t miss Human Factors Exploration Day from noon-2 p.m. today (Friday, Nov. 8) in 233 RSC.
The field of Human Factors focuses on designing usable technology that maximizes human performance. This includes autonomous vehicles, video games, mobile devices, web sites, healthcare systems, and more. The Human Factors psychology program is having an information session for students interested in adding Human Factors to their skill set.
Come and learn about our undergrad Certificate in Human Factors, as well as our Ph.D. program. See demonstrations from our six research labs, and meet with faculty and students. There will be food, too!
Contact Joel Suss at joel.suss@wichita.edu for more information.
Here are the Men's Basketball student ticket pick-up dates for a free ticket!
Current WSU students can claim a free ticket to each home game by presenting their own valid Shocker Card at any of the following locations: Charles Koch Arena Ticket Office, RSC Shocker Store, Heskett Center, WSU South Campus, or WSU West Campus. Note that tickets are first come, first serve so get your ticket early!
'Clay Currents' exhibition artist Pattie Chalmers on campus this week for workshops and talks
Clay Currents exhibition artist Pattie Chalmers, associate professor of art at Southern Illinois University, has exhibited her work on four continents, six countries, and in 27 states. She will be on campus today (Friday, Nov. 8) and Saturday, Nov. 9, to give workshops, a talk, and participate on a panel. All events are free and open to the public.
Pictured above: Pattie Chalmers, "Brownie and Stone, Teatime," 2018. Image courtesy of the artist.
Pattie Chalmers Ceramic Workshops
Friday Nov. 8
9 a.m.-noon and 1:30-4 p.m. in Henrion Hall
Pattie Chalmers Artist Talk
"Explaining Myself to Myself"
Friday, Nov. 8
5:30 p.m. reception | 6 p.m. program
Ulrich Museum
Chalmers, who is inherently a storyteller, will give a lecture that attempts to map out the connections within a somewhat discordant body of work.
Clay Currents Panel Discussion
Saturday, Nov. 9
1:30 p.m.
Ulrich Museum
Exhibition artists Pattie Chalmers and Trisha Coates, along with co-curator Ted Adler, associate professor of ceramic media at WSU, will discuss current issues in contemporary ceramics. The panel will be moderated by Curt Clonts, artist and presenter of KMUW's "An Artist's Perspective."
International Student Union presents Futsal and Badminton Tournament
International Student Union will have a Futsal tournament for all international students from 4-8 p.m. today (Friday, Nov. 8) and 11 a.m.-2 .m. Saturday, Nov. 9, at the Heskett Center. Registration is $30 per six-person team.
WSU students are invited to participate in a Badminton Tournament from 3-6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, in the Heskett Center. Registration is $5. For more details and registration, go to wichita.edu/isu/badminton.
Save on women's apparel at the Shocker Store
For every home men’s basketball game, the Shocker Store at Braeburn Square will have a sale for Shocker fans! For the game against Texas Southern on Saturday, Nov. 9, take 20% off women's apparel all day; Braeburn Square location only. Some exclusions apply. Not valid with other discounts or promotions.
Shocker Volleyball pays tribute to the military
Help Shocker Volleyball pay tribute to all those who help protect both home and abroad on Military Appreciation Day at 1 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10. The Shockers will take on Memphis. Free admission for all service men and women in uniform or with military ID. It is also Shocker Family Day - get four tickets, four hot dogs, four bags of popcorn and four drinks for only $32. Student tickets are free.
See the Shocker Athletics promotional schedule
WSU alumnus becomes a teacher through graduate program
Austin Clift, Wichita State alumnus and former KAKE news sports anchor, is now in his second year of teaching journalism at Wichita East High School. Through WSU’s Transition to Teaching graduate program he has gained valuable mentorship and prepared himself as much as possible to be successful in his role at East High.
First-generation student awarded scholarship to help make ends meet
Levi Lowe, a senior majoring in applied computing and psychology is a first generation student who works 40 hours a week. Lowe works to pay for school on his own but was awarded a scholarship to help make ends meet.
Weekly Briefing university update
At Thursday’s Weekly Briefing, the university update provided information on President-elect Jay Golden; updates on YMCA, Student Health, and Woolsey Hall; Veterans Day coming Monday, Nov. 11; Student Veterans Organization plants flags on campus; congratulations to Wichita’s new mayor; and Shock Block comes to Koch Arena.
PRESIDENT-ELECT JAY GOLDEN MEETS STUDENTS, FACULTY
A week ago, Jay Golden was introduced as WSU’s president-elect.
During his time on campus, Dr. Golden visited with students, staff and faculty. He was able to meet with the executive teams of Student, Faculty, USS and UP Senates, university deans, the WSU Foundation, and the Student Ambassadors.
He and his wife Dina were also able to tour and visit with the hard-working staff in Shocker Hall, the Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honor’s College, Rhatigan Student Center, Marcus Welcome Center, Woodman Alumni Center, Grace Wilkie and the John Bardo Center. They also were pleased to be able to spend time at WSU Tech with administration, staff and Board Members.
Dr. Golden has been active on Twitter, answering questions ranging from his collection of black and yellow ties to soccer. In an interview with the Sunflower, he mentioned interest in building interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary programs, increasing the diversity across campus and an emphasis on shared governance. During his time at WSU he stressed his two guiding principles would be enhancing the student experience and increasing enrollment.
Dr. Golden, currently vice chancellor at East Carolina University, will become Wichita State’s 14th President in January 2020.
To prepare for January, Dr. Golden has asked campus leaders to answer questions and surveys about their departments. The documents are available on WSU’s public records page.
UPDATES ON YMCA, STUDENT HEALTH AND WOOLSEY HALL
As part of our ongoing commitment to being transparent, WSU is pleased to announce that the Legislative Joint Committee on State Building Construction has approved the lease arrangement between the YMCA and WSU allowing for space to be shared between the YMCA, Student Health, Counseling and Testing and Wesley Healthcare.
This approval solidifies the previously announced and KBOR approved arrangement that will better serve our students and community at-large by providing these services in one place on campus and increasing health care access in this area of Wichita.
Also during the State Building and Construction Committee meeting was the recommendation to allow WSU to issue bonds to construct Woolsey Hall. This is the second step of many during the "design, bid, build process" through the State of Kansas, and has been to KBOR for approval. It will now go to the legislature for consideration during the upcoming session.
VETERANS DAY AT WICHITA STATE
Monday is Veterans Day. Classes are in session and offices are open.
At 11:30 today, the Office of Diversity and Community Engagment Veteran’s Celebration Event begins in room 233 in the Rhatigan Student Center.
On Monday, a cake-cutting ceremony sponsored by Military & Veteran Services is scheduled from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on the first floor of the RSC.
STUDENT VETERANS ORGANIZATION PLANTS FLAGS ON CAMPUS
Every day until Monday, 22 American flags are being placed around Wichita State’s campus as part of a suicide awareness campaign by the Student Veterans Organization.
The 22 flags represent a rough estimate of suicides daily involving veterans, according to Veterans Administration statistics, SVO president Levi Schenk said. Twenty-two flags planted for 16 days of the campaign equals 352 flags, which Schenk said represents the year-to-date estimates for active-duty military personnel.
A veterans crisis hotline card is attached to each flag. Participants are encouraged to take the card and take a selfie with the card. They post the picture to social media with the #SVO22 hashtag. Each selfie with a valid card enters the person into a drawing for an Amazon gift card on Nov. 12.
The Suicide Awareness Summit will take place outside Grace Wilkie Hall at noon on Friday.
The summit features speakers aiming to raise awareness about the suicide epidemic. Master Sergeant Amber Boyd is the keynote speaker.
CONGRATULATIONS TO WICHITA’S NEW MAYOR
Wichita State extends its congratulations to Brandon Whipple, won Wichita’s mayoral election on Tuesday. Rep. Whipple is a graduate of Wichita State and an adjunct professor in the political science department who is teaching two sections of “American Politics” this semester.
SHOCK BLOCK COMES TO KOCH ARENA
Tuesday’s men’s basketball game against Omaha marked the introduction of The Shock Block, the new name for the student section.
Students chose the name with online voting from a group of five finalists.
Are you a part of the local immigrant community? Volunteers needed for a survey
You are eligible to take this survey if you are a member of the immigrant community living in Wichita, Kansas. We are recruiting research participants to help us understand more about health in the local immigrant community.
The survey will ask questions about mental health (i.e. “Was it hard to get going?”), demographic questions (i.e. “What is your race?”), immigration-related questions (i.e. “What is your country of origin?”), and your engagement in customs and activities from the culture of the country that you are from and U.S. culture.
This survey is available in English, Spanish, and Swahili. Your participation is voluntary.
Take the local immigrant survey
ISME Colloquium today (Friday, Nov. 8)
Huabo Lu, Assistant Teaching Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Wichita State, will be presenting "A Method of Measuring Anonymity for Anonymous Communication Network” from 11 a.m.-noon today (Friday, Nov. 8) in 214 Clinton Hall.
We develop techniques for measuring the amount of anonymity provided by anonymity systems in the aftermath of attacks. Anonymity systems are special systems that enable their users to carry out anonymous communication over the Internet. Our measurement techniques help compare the quality or effectiveness of different anonymity systems, or even strengths of different attacks. We consider two types of attacks on anonymity systems, namely infeasibility and probabilistic attacks, and develop a canonical attack mapping to show that the latter is a generalization of the former. We also expand the system models underlying existing methods by including in our study emerging system features, such as data caching, message multiplicities, and their combined effects on anonymity. Our resulting framework can be used as a basis for developing anonymity metrics for next-generation anonymity systems.
TRIO helps students with disabilities graduate
TRIO Disability Support Services is enrolling first-generation and limited-income students with disabilities for the academic year. Students may receive free tutoring, advising, scholarship opportunities, and other free resources to help students graduate.
Central Services, Shocker Printing, and Postal Services to close Monday morning Nov. 11, for training
Postal Services, Central Services and Shocker Printing will be closed for staff training from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, and will be open from 1-4 p.m.
Normal business hours will resume Tuesday, Nov. 12.
Join Women's Glee Club for hot cocoa and singing!
Come join the Women's Glee Club at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, in C107 Duerksen Fine Arts Center. Grab a cup of hot cocoa, meet members of the choir, and get more information about how you could come sing with this fun, energetic group next semester! This choral ensemble is open to all treble (soprano, alto) voices. All potential singers are welcome to stay for the remainder of rehearsal and sing with us.
We hope to see you there!
CAPPLab Visitor’s Tech-Talk on Nov. 11 features Altaf ul-Amin
From noon-12:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, in 261Jabara Hall, the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science will host electrical engineering speaker Altaf Ul-amin for a CAPPLab Visitor Tech-Talk titled, “Applications of KNApSAcK Database and DPClus Algorithm: Plants to Metabolites to Target Proteins in the Context of Jamu Medicines and IBD Gene Prediction.”
Click here for more information.
Contact Abu Asaduzzaman at abu.asaduzzaman@wichita.edu for more information.
Shockers for Life will hold November meeting on Monday
Shockers for Life will hold their November meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, in 257 RSC.
This meeting is open to all students, and will focus on planning the group’s upcoming service, awareness, and fundraising events. Attendees will have the opportunity to register as an official member of the group, sign-up to buy a Shockers for Life T-shirt, and receive a few free stickers.
The mission of Shockers for Life is to “establish an active pro-life culture among the youth of our community by educating our peers on life, and by actively promoting the life for all persons (pre-born and born).”
Interested students are encouraged to reach out via social media or email with any questions.
Talk in Language and Linguistics Colloquium Series features Kathy Stewart, assistant director and interpreter coordinator, Disability Services
We invite all of you to the second talk in the Fall 2019 Language and Linguistics Colloquium Series. Kathy Stewart, Assistant Director and Interpreter Coordinator, Office of Disability Services, will give a talk at 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, in 211 Hubbard Hall. The talk is titled "HOLME-The Five Basic Components of ASL in Linguistics". This event is free and open to the public.
HOLME stands for Handshape, Orientation of the palm, Location, Movement, and Expression. A change in any of these five parts of ASL linguistics changes the meaning of the sign. The audience will be encouraged to get out of their comfort zones, learn some signs, and see how the slightest change could have a big impact on what they’re trying to say.
Haley included in a BBC Radio analysis of international industrial policy
Usha Haley, W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair in International Business and Professor of Management, was recently included in a BBC Radio (UK) analysis of international industrial policy.
Haley has testified to the US Congress on this research, which has also been included in US and EU federal regulation on trade. Her interview is 19 minutes into the program. The program is broadcast in the US through NPR.
John Lee talks about the new Esports Hub
In this podcast, John Lee talks about the new esports room that at the Heskett Center. He talks about how the recreation center started, what it does now, and how it will serve the esports community. He talks about the process of getting the esports room going.
Did you know Student Health Services offers contraception services?
Student Health Services offers gynecological and contraception services for students. Our college health specialists can offer many different types of contraception that meets student's needs. Make an appointment today!
Make an appointment with Student Health Services
Help spread kindness during World Kindness Week, Nov. 11-15
World Kindness Week is coming Nov 11-15, and here at CAPS, we are hoping to spread some goodwill throughout campus with the help from each department. Each day, the Counseling and Prevention Services social media will post content to engage students, and we would love if your department could either share those posts on your respective social media, or share your own posts fostering kindness. Things we will post include positive messages, a Buzzfeed-style kindness quiz, philanthropic videos, memes about helping, etc. We will use #WSUWeSupportU and #ShockerKindnessWeek.
Please support and join us in spreading good vibes through the school!
Twitter/Instagram: @shockerscaps
Facebook: WSU Counseling and Prevention Services
10th Annual Drag Show: Out of this World
Hosted by Bob the Drag Queen, the Wichita State Drag Show is back for its 10th year, and the queens and kings are better than ever! Don’t miss your opportunity to witness all of the sass, style, and sexy from local, regional, and student kings and queens. Get your tickets in Student Involvement in 216 RSC.
The show will be held at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, in the CAC Theater.
Submit your Finals Frenzy event
If you are a department or organization on campus planning an event for Finals Frenzy week, let Student Activities Council know. Finals Frenzy will take place from Dec. 2-6. Submit your event(s) by 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12. Any event submitted after this date may not be included in Finals Frenzy marketing.
Find out more about Finals Frenzy