Win the Day fitness classes build community in Shocker neighborhoods
Hang out in Fairmount Park on a Tuesday or Thursday around 8 a.m. and you'll soon encounter an enthusiastic group of up to 50 walkers of all ages, backgrounds and fitness levels taking charge of their health with a simple “walk in the park.”
These walkers are participants of Win the Day, an eight-week health and fitness series for residents of Shocker Neighborhoods, the neighborhoods surrounding Wichita State University.
Led by local fitness instructor Denise Colborn, Win the Day is a partnership of Shocker Neighborhood Coalition, Wichita State University Public Policy and Management Center, City of Wichita Park and Recreation, and Denise Colborn Fitness. Funding for the fitness series is provided by a grant from the Kansas Health Foundation.
Chung Report features Kim Moore talking about badges
Kim Moore, director for workforce, professional and community education, talked about Wichita State's Badge Program in this recent Chung Report.
Campus improvements continue
Changes are underway that will affect motor vehicle and pedestrian traffic on campus. Improvements include an emphasis on increased visibility at all crosswalks, which will be repainted with reflecting paint and adding an additional three new crosswalks in areas of high pedestrian traffic.
Some street names are changing, and there will be new street signs. Roadway signage should be installed by the end of next week. The street names and new signage will benefit visitors to campus and personnel who come to campus to assist with medical situations or other emergencies.
The Shuttle Bus loop in and around campus will continue with the same stops.
The diagonal crosswalks from the parking lots leading to Ahlberg Hall will be removed and replaced with perpendicular crosswalks and curb cuts.
A crosswalk with curb cuts will be installed between Devlin and Hubbard halls to increase safety there.
Parking lot closure on Thursday, July 26
Lots 9E & 9W south of Ahlberg Hall will be closed all day Thursday, July 26, for orientations.
Mechanical Engineering Seminar to be held tomorrow (Wednesday, July 25)
“Research Needs in the Area of Human-Machine Interfaces” will be presented by Wil Cortez in a Mechanical Engineering Seminar from 3-4 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday, July 25) in 101K Engineering Building. Cortez is a scientist and R&D Manager with research and development work experience in human machine interaction and integration systems. He currently serves as vice president of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in Wichita, and serving as scientist research advisor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at WSU.
Human-machine interaction and integration systems have been around for decades and some important research and development milestones can be traced back to the early 1960s. As technology has made great progress, these systems have permeated the technology spectrum from the smallest human-machine interaction devices such as smart watches, the ubiquitous smartphone, computing devices, and all the way to large devices such as car entertainment consoles and robotic industrial interaction machinery. As we move forward, these systems will further become integrated into our daily lives on how we will work and study in the future. As researchers, scientists and engineers, we should be informed on how we can affect this technology to make it fit into and improve our daily lives in a future interconnected society.
Shocker Neighborhood 5k Walk/Run July 28
Calling all Shocker fans and the ICT community! Join us for the first ever Shocker Neighborhood 5k Walk/Run through Fairmount Park and Wichita State University campus on Saturday, July 28!
Registration starts at 7 a.m., and the race begins at 8 a.m. Cost is $20 for a validated bib tag with chip timing and a T-shirt while they last. Cost for same-day registration is $25.
Sign up and learn more at runsignup.com/Shocker.
U.S. Postal Service to issue classic Santa stamps this Christmas
It's beginning to look like a classic Christmas! This October, the Postal Service will ring in the 2018 holiday season with four sparkling holidays stamps featuring character-rich close-ups of Santa Claus. Check it out this fall at the Campus Post Office.
The Santa images are from Haddon Sundblom paintings created for The Coca-Cola Company holiday advertisements that ran from the1940s through the early 1960s. Sundblom, a famed commercial artist, depicted a rosy-cheeked, smiling, grandfatherly man in a red suit that came to embody the very essence of “Santa.”
The sparkling holiday stamps will be issued as Forever stamps. Forever stamps are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail 1-ounce price.
Changes coming to Mega-Bytes
Some exciting changes are coming to Mega-Bytes, the convenience store located in the Experiential Engineering Building. The store will be transforming into a self-service micro-market, with new products. So, they will always be accessible as long as the building is open. You will be able to swipe in with WSU ID. The store will be closing Saturday, July 28 for the changeover and opening again in mid-August.