Barton School of Business, ISEG hosting expert on freedom of innovation
As part of the Benjamin J. and Bettie M. Gibson Breeding Lectureship, Institute for the Study of Economic Growth at the W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University will present Adam Thierer at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 14 in person at Wilner Auditorium and virtually via Zoom (meeting ID: 942 4941 9315).
There is no cost to attend this event, and members of the public are welcome to attend.
Women of Wichita State 2021 fundraising blitz
The Women of Wichita State 2021 Scholarship fundraising blitz runs now through Sunday, April 18. Members and nonmembers have several opportunities to donate to this important fundraiser. The online auction is at 32 Auction and you do not need an account to view the awesome auction items donated by Wichita State departments and individuals. 32 Auction will not actually take your credit card information. After you place your bid, WWSU will identify the highest bidder and notify winners about how to submit payment. Bidding deadline is April 18.
Want the chance to make some money? Place a bid on the 50/50 drawing. For each $1 ticket, your name and ticket will be placed in a drawing using an electronic name picker for a random winner to be chosen. Bonus: Six tickets for $5. The winner will receive 50% of the proceeds of this drawing, and 50% will go directly to the WWSU scholarship. Donations are nonrefundable. Deadline to purchase 50/50 tickets is April 18.
Check out our fundraising page for details about the auction, 50/50 ticket purchases, direct donations and the new payroll deduction option. Contact wwsu@wichita.edu if you have questions.
Interested in our scholarship? Applications are accepted now through May 31 from eligible students.
Today: Mathematical Sciences lecture
The Lecture Series in the Mathematical Sciences presents Prof. Mohamed Nasser from Qatar University. Nasser will present a lecture titled "Numerical computation of conformal capacity" at 3 p.m. today via Zoom.
To register for the free lecture, please email lecture.series@math.wichita.edu for the link and password.
View the abstract and a list of upcoming lectures
Wichita State Baseball opens Riverfront Stadium vs. Houston Cougars on April 10
Wichita State Shocker Baseball and the Wichita Wind Surge have teamed up to bring baseball to the brand new Riverfront Stadium at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 10.The Shockers play conference foe, Houston, in the inaugural game of the new stadium. Get a first look and be a part of history to #WatchUs take the field as the Shockers become the first team to play in Riverfront Stadium. Seating is limited due to COVID-19 restrictions, so purchase tickets early.
April 15: #WichitaStateEngaged Part 2, Engaged Culture
Join the Office of Engagement for part two of a five-part series of conversations around engagement happening on and off campus. The conversation is scheduled for noon on April 15 via Zoom. Part 2 of the conversation is: Engaged Culture. Anthony Joinier, art consultant, artist liaison, public art administrator, and the creative director and founder of Mulberry Arts, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit art organization in the Shocker Neighborhood will share his perspective on working with WSU and what we can expect from Mulbery in the future. Kynnedy Moore is a WSU student and is interning at Mulberry.
Cheyla Clawson is the Associate Director of the School of Performing Arts and Assistant Professor of Dance. She will share the transformation happening within this space and the plans moving forward.
Please register to join the Zoom conversation. We will also stream live on the Shocker Neighborhood Coalition FB page.
Register to attend #WichitaStateEngaged
Join KMUW for a Kansas Legislative Update
Join KMUW's digital Democracy on Tap for a Kansas legislative update. We'll hear from local experts on the Kansas legislative session, including bills that have been introduced, debated, passed, or are on the horizon. Our panel will feature Stephen Koranda, Statehouse reporter for the Kansas News Service. Join the conversation live at 5 p.m. on April 13 on KMUW's Facebook page or at EngageICT.org. To ask a question, comment on the live Facebook video or send an email to info@kmuw.org. The recorded conversation will also be available to view anytime at EngageICT.org.
Issac Brown, Armando Minjarez and mystery guest to appear on Coffee & Convo
Register now for the final Coffee & Conversation of the spring with Dr. Marché Fleming-Randle at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, April 15 via Zoom. Special guest to include, Wichita State head men's basketball coach, Issac Brown; Wichita State coordinator of student diversity programs, Armando Minjarez; and a surprised guest to be announced during the show.
Ulrich virtual talk: Artist Renée Stout
The Ulrich Museum of Art on the Wichita State University campus is excited to host artist Renée Stout for a virtual talk at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13. The program is free and open to all, but you have to register first to get the Zoom link.
Stout is a contemporary American artist whose work is renowned for its potent reflections on African American heritage and visual culture of the African diaspora, encouraging self-examination, self-empowerment, and self-healing. The Ulrich exhibition "Renée Stout: Ghosts," currently on display at the Museum through May 8, features Stout’s haunting prints that explore the ideas and visual language of Haitian Voudou and American Voodoo and Hoodoo. Stout grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and received her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in 1980. In 1985, she moved to Washington, D.C., and began to explore the roots of her African American heritage. The lives of Stout’s imaginary characters unfold in a variety of media, including painting, mixed media sculpture, photography, and installation. The recipient of awards from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, Stout has shown her work in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States, and in England, Russia, and the Netherlands.
Register to attend the Ulrich virtual talk
Have fun at Shockers After Dark
Student Affairs invites students, faculty, and staff to Shockers After Dark from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 16 at the Rhatigan Student Center East Courtyard for two hours of fantastic free fun. Activities include karaoke, painting, BINGO, card sharks and photo booth. There will also be free food and prizes. Attendees will have the chance of receiving some Shocker socks! For more information please contact Student Affairs at 978-3021 or visit wichita.edu/studentaffairs.
Ulrich program visiting writer Michael Parker
Writing Now, Reading Now, — the creative writing program MFA reading series — is back with a reading from writer Michael Parker at 6 p.m. Thursday, April, 15. The virtual program is free and open to all.
Oklahoma is the setting for Parker's "Prairie Fever," his seventh and latest novel, a book that pulls the reader into what one critic calls a “whole family acting out what can and can’t be forgotten, against the backdrops of prairie and range — characters so magnificently and sometimes comically stubborn I really couldn’t put the book down.” Along with his novels, Parker, who will be Wichita State's Visiting Distinguished Writer this spring, has published fiction and nonfiction in some of the country’s top literary journals, and has won — among many honors — a PEN/Hemingway Award for First Fiction, a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, and O. Henry Awards three times for his short stories.
Writing Now/Reading Now is cosponsored by the WSU Department of English, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Department of Modern and Classical
Languages and Literature, Watermark Books & Café, and the Ulrich Museum of Art.
Shocker New Venture needs student judges
Held virtually this year, the Trade Show still promises to be an event brimming with intriguing ideas and booths. Encourage your students sign up today to be a judge. They'll have the power to choose which team wins the People’s Choice Award!