Year: 2024

Kansas WISE invites faculty and staff to its upcoming May event as well as a series of group mentoring sessions to take place in May and through the summer. Registration is free and open to all State of Kansas Employees.

• May 14: Understanding the Eight Dimensions of Well-Being. During this virtual one-hour course, explore how to become your best self through honest self-reflections and the understanding of well-being.
• May-August: Group Mentoring. A unique professional development experience tailored for women in state employment. Join a group mentoring session where you can support one another in your professional and personal growth through the sharing of experiences, knowledge and resources. Sessions will feature guest mentors.

Go to the HR professional development website (wichita.edu/hrprofessionaldevelopment) to learn more and register.

Spoil your mom this Mother’s Day. Visit the Shocker Store May 1-9 to enter to win a WSU mom gift basket from the Shocker Store.

Winners will be drawn May 10. Visit the Rhaitgan Student Center or Braeburn Square store to enter. No purchase necessary.

Shocker track and field will host Senior Day starting at 1:30 p.m. Friday May 3 at Cessna Stadium.

Field events begin at 1:30 p.m., and senior recognition is at 5 p.m. with running events to follow.

Students can get admission at no additional charge with their Shocker ID thanks to the Student Government Association.

Are you a graduating senior? Are you a part of the LGBTQIA+ community? Are you a supportive ally? If yes, you are invited to participate in the Lavender Graduation Ceremony from the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI).

ODI invites you to its Lavender Graduation that honors graduating LGBTQIA+ students as well as members of the Wichita State community for their work toward inclusive excellence of the LGBTQIA+ community. Lavender Graduation will occur at 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 7 in 233 Rhatigan Student Center, Santa Fe Trail Room.

RSVPs are requested before May 3.

Visit the Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes in May to try its Pizza of the Month, Pisa Pizza Al Funghi. It’s topped with tomato sauce, roasted garlic spread, grilled button, crimini and portobello mushrooms, Italian sausage, smoked gouda, mozzarella, Romano and parmesan cheeses.

With less than one week left until ignitor 1.0 kicks off, now’s the time to act.

From refining your idea to mastering startup language, the free program has everything one needs to start building their idea into a profitable business.

The eight-week programs occur from 5:45 to 8 p.m. on Thursdays from May 9 to June 27.

5A state baseball and softball will be held on Wichita State’s campus May 23-24 and state track May 24-25. Last year, these activities brought more than 30,000 people to campus. The university is asking for help from the campus community to drive golf carts and staff tents during these events.

Tents will be set up in various locations around campus May 24 and 25. Individuals staffing tents will welcome people to campus, offer water, hand out brochures and promotional items and answer questions visitors may have.

Golf cart rides will be offered May 24 and 25. Drivers will provide visitors rides to their destinations on campus.

If you are interested in working these events, sign up online. There are three tabs at the bottom of the sheet: one to sign up as a tent worker, one to sign up as a golf cart driver and one to include your sign up information. Volunteers signed up by May 13 will receive a T-shirt to be worn during the events. Please indicate your preferred T-shirt size and include your email address on the third tab of the sign up. Detailed information will be sent the week of May 20 to those signed up to help.

These events would not be successful without the support of our Shocker family, and we sincerely appreciate your help in creating a welcoming campus for our guests.

The military brought Morgan Campbell and her family to Wichita, and she decided to make it her home. She has earned a master’s degree in social work, and she plans “to promote safety, growth and opportunities” for families in her practice.

Register to attend a Zoom webinar from Hispanic Serving Initiatives related to supporting undocumented students and mixed status families from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday May 8.

The presenters will be Raymond Rico, an immigration attorney; Alex Perez, Hispanic Development Fund Greater Kansas City; and Dr. Melisa Jimenez, Johnson County Community College. The panel will be moderated by Dr. Sara Mata, executive director of Hispanic Serving Initiatives.

The informational session will provide a better understanding of the unique struggles and ways to support undocumented students and mixed status families.

TRIO Disability Support Services (DSS) invites the campus community to de-stress with “PAWS & Relax” during finals week. Stop by from 1 to 3 p.m. Monday, May 6 and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 7 on the front lawn of Grace Wilkie Annex for Pups ‘n Pops(icles).