Consider donating to Shocker Support Locker
The Faculty, UP and USS Senates invites you to consider making a bi-weekly payroll donation to the Shocker Support Locker. If all staff and faculty donated $1 per pay period, it would result in more than $2,000 in donations every two weeks. All donations are used to support Wcihita State students, faculty and staff and allows them access to items such as food, clothing, toiletries, and baby and family products at no cost. To setup your payroll deduction, click here and enter 211540 under gift designation.
F1RST-Gen Shocker Friday: Carrie McMahon
What is a first-gen Student? A first-generation college student is defined as a student whose parents/legal guardians have not completed a bachelor's degree. A student who is the first person in their immediate family to attend a four-year college/university to attain a bachelor's degree.
- FORM-A-LINE: Become a subcommittee member of FGCC. The First-Generation Coordinating Council (FGCC) is looking for individuals to join in the work. Currently seeking subcommittee
members for the following:
- Marketing
- Faculty and staff engagement
- Data and assessment
- Graduate School
- FOCUS ON FIRST-GEN: This week we highlight Carri McMahon, Organization and Collaboration Specialist for the Community Engagement Institute.
- F1RST-GEN T-Shirts are available in the RSC Shocker Store.
- If you're interested in being featured as a first-generation profile, contact Lydia Santiago at fgshockers@wichita.edu.
View and rate on student sustainability posters
Both undergraduate and graduate students submitted posters of their research on sustainability for our Earth Day celebration this year. The top three posters will win an award. Check out these posters and offer your ratings and feedback to the students on their work. Winners will be announced May 4.
Family Fun Day features lots of kids activities
This Saturday at the Ulrich Museum of Art on the Wichita State University campus is all about fun!
Bring the kids for a special Family Fun Day from 1-3 p.m. It's free, and no registration is required. This year, we'll be giving away a free basketball to the first 200 kids to participate. Safe social distancing practices will be encouraged. Several art-making stations will be set up around the museum. Kids can decorate their basketball and participate in a basketball rolling mural; the WSU Shiftspace Student Group will help kids make bikes decorations; and we'll have free custard cookie sandwiches from co-sponsor Freddy's Frozen Custard.
As an added feature this year, if you donate non-perishable food or household goods for the Shocker Support Locker and ICT Community Fridge Project, you'll get to select a bowl of your choice from the display of 250 ceramic bowls created and donated by kids in the Wichita community to Empty Bowls ICT. Sponsored by the WSU Ceramics Guild and the Wichita East High School Aces Ceramics Club.
Meet the Engineering Council candidates
Join Engineering Council to meet the candidates from 2 to 4 p.m. today on Zoom before elections next week to get to know the candidates. This event will host all candidates in separate breakout rooms for the opportunity for you to converse with them personally.
Learn more about the Engineering Council at www.wichita.edu/engineeringcouncil.
Holmes Museum exhibition opening
The spring 2021 Museum Exhibition class is hosting an exhibits opening from 2 to 5 p.m. Monday, April 26 at the Lowell D. Holmes Museum of Anthropology on the first floor of Neff Hall. The opening will also include exhibits from the spring 2020 Museum Exhibition class.
Market-based compensation implementation briefing for faculty and staff
Market-Based Compensation implementation briefing for faculty and staff will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. on Friday, April 23.
Please join the WSU senate presidents and human resources professionals for a status update of the university’s transition to market-based compensation. A presentation will be conducted to update the status of the project and information provided about next steps. The briefing, hosted on YouTube, will be recorded and available on the HR dedicated webpage for Market Based Compensation for anyone who is unable to attend the live session.
Watkins Visiting Professorship Lecture: Physics
Join us via Zoom for at least one of the two talks: noon April 27 for the scientific lecture or 2 p.m. April 28 for the public lecture. Carlo Rovelli will present "Making Sense of the Quantum: Do Things Exist by Themselves?"
Wichita State softball Family Day
Wichita State Softball will be hosting Family Day at noon Sunday, April 25. Sponsored by The Wichita Eagle, purchase includes four tickets, four hot dogs, four sodas, and four bags of popcorn for only $32. Come support the Shockers as they take on conference opponent USF for tons of family fun.
Criminal justice panel focuses on police reform
Wichita State’s Michael Birzer, professor of criminal justice, will lead a panel discussion on police reform at noon April 27 via Zoom. The event is hosted by the League of Women Voters Wichita-Metro and will address the types of changes being sought within the police department in the wake of the “defund the police” movement.
The event will also address what it would mean to change the funding structure of the police department and how the Wichita Police Department is addressing community concerns. Along with Birzer, the panel will include Gwen Grant, president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City; and Wanda Parker-Givens, deputy chief of the Wichita Police Department.
To register, call 316-261-8500 or visit wichitalibrary.org/events.
Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers info meeting
The Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE) was founded in November 2007 to help Asian heritage scientific and engineering professionals achieve their full potential. Organizations existed for other affinity groups — The National Society of Black Engineers, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, and the Society of Women Engineers — and there was a need for a similar organization where students representing all of the pan Asian cultures could connect and support each other.
Join the Engineering Student Success Center and representatives from the national SASE organization at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 28 for a virtual informational session to learn more about SASE. Students interested in starting a SASE chapter at Wichita State will be able to learn more about the organization and the process for starting a chapter. For questions, contact Jason Bosch at jason.bosch@wichita.edu.
Join the live Zoom session at 7 p.m. April 28
Learn about oSTEM for LGBTQ+ people in STEM
Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (oSTEM), Inc. is a non-profit professional association for LGBTQ+ people in the STEM community. With more than 100 student chapters at colleges and universities and professional chapters in cities across the United States and abroad, oSTEM is the largest chapter-based organization focused on LGBTQ+ people in STEM.
Join the Engineering Student Success Center and representatives from the national oSTEM organization and the K-State chapter at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 28th for a virtual informational session to learn more about oSTEM. Students interested in starting an oSTEM chapter at Wichita State will be able to learn more about the organization and the process for starting a chapter.
For questions, contact Jason Bosch at jason.bosch@wichita.edu.
Join the live Zoom session at 6 p.m. April 28
Clothesline Project spotlights impact of abuse and violence
The Alpha Theta chapter of Sigma Psi Zeta presents The Clothesline Project at 6 p.m. Friday, April 30 via Zoom. (Zoom ID: 944 4601 3860; password: CPSP21).
The purpose of the Clothesline Project is to increase awareness about the impact of violence and abuse in our society and to stir people to action. It serves as a visual reminder of statistics we tend to ignore. It conveys the voices of those who have been silenced or pushed away. More importantly, the Clothesline Project gives survivors the opportunity to break the silence and to make their own stories heard and valued. Our Clothesline Project is a tribute to all survivors of gender-based violence in our community in hopes of preventing violence in the future.
Learn more at https://wichitasigmas.org/about-us/blog/. Contact philanthropy chair Kaylee "LOGIC" Thamrin at syzlogic@gmail.com with any questions.
Ulrich speaker explores Gordon Parks' cinematic impact
Whether you're a fan of classics like "Shaft" and "The Learning Tree," or if you're more into contemporary films like "Black Panther," Kansas-born artist Gordon Parks (1912-2006) has had a direct hand in shaping the movies we love for more than a half century.
At 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 27, the Ulrich Museum of Art on the Wichita State University campus invites you to a virtual talk that examines Parks' cinematic legacy. Dr. Rhea Combs, director of curatorial affairs at the Smithsonian Museum, will deliver the talk, "Beneath These Restless Skies: Gordon Parks and His Cinematic Impact." The virtual program is free and open to all, but registration is required to get the Zoom link.
Dr. Combs, who previously served as Curator of Film and Photography at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, also serves as the head of the museum’s Earl W. and Amanda Stafford Center for African American Media Arts (CAAMA). She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Howard University, a Master of Arts degree from Cornell University, and a Doctorate from Emory University. Her writings have been featured in anthologies, academic journals, and exhibition catalogues covering a range of topics including African American female filmmakers, Black popular culture, visual aesthetics, filmmaking, and photography.
This talk is in conjunction with the Ulrich exhibition, "Gordon Parks: I, too am America," which is on display at the museum through May 8.
Urban Skillet at Food Truck Plaza today for lunch
Stop by the plaza for lunch with Urban Skillet food truck. Get your meal to-go, or spread out on our socially distanced picnic tables or beautiful green space. The truck will be on site from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today.
April 28: Wear jeans for a purpose
Join the Prevention Ambassadors on April 28, when millions of people across the world will wear jeans with a purpose, support survivors, and educate themselves and others about all forms of sexual violence. #WSUDenimDay
Visit denimdayinfo.org to learn more.
Collaborate with others and win up to $4,000
Teams of two to four people will work together during this one-day, virtual design challenge hosted by the College of Innovation and Design, in partnership with the Kansas Business Group on Health, to answer the question, "How might we make it easier to connect rural residents to their doctor to provide daily health information?"
Learn more and register at wichita.edu/ruralhealthchallenge.