Year: 2024

Are you a staff member who teaches or an instructor who wants to learn more about instructional theory? Then learn more about CI 881, Instructional Theory (CRN 32382).

Students will have the opportunity to learn about practical instructional theory in a fully online course in the summer at WSU. Everything you learn is immediately applied as you design and build your own mini course in Blackboard Ultra. This is an opportunity for instructors who are worried about the transition to Ultra, because they will have practical instruction.

If you work with GTAs who would benefit from the course, you can help spread the word. The course will meet for eight weeks in the summer.

Send any questions to Carolyn Speer at carolyn.speer@wichita.edu. Summer tuition assistance is also due no later than April 15 for those who benefit.

Shocker track and field will host the Shocker Spring Invitational at Cessna Stadium Friday and Saturday March 29 and 30.

Friday’s events will begin at 4 p.m., and Saturday’s field events will begin at 11:30 a.m. followed by running events at 2 p.m. Admission is available at no additional charge.

Art historian and curator Marin R. Sullivan will discuss the history of outdoor sculpture collections on museum and university campuses at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 28 in 210 McKnight Art Center, in conjunction with the current Ulrich Museum exhibition “Fully Dimensional: Artists of the Outdoor Sculpture Collection.”

Sullivan specializes in the history of sculpture and its relationship to photography, design and the built environment, and she is the founding principal of Sculptural Things, a consulting and research service for museums, galleries and arts organizations, and is currently the director of the Harry Bertoia Catalogue Raisonné Project.

A reception will take place from 5:30-6 p.m. in the lobby of the Ulrich Musuem galleries. Everyone is welcome to attend the event.

The College of Health Professions (CHP) has three patient-serving clinics that are open to the public. All clinics are accepting new patients and provide high-quality, affordable health care to the community.  

• The Evelyn Hendren Cassat Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic provides speech-language and hearing services to people across the lifespan. Clinic faculty specialize in speaking, hearing, swallowing and spoken and written language impairments. The clinic offers a wide variety of audiology services, including hearing aid fitting and battery replacement for all makes and models.
• The Delta Dental of Kansas Foundation Dental Hygiene Clinic offers a wide range of low-cost preventative, therapeutic and educational dental hygiene services.
• WSU’s General Dentistry’s services include cleanings, fillings, teeth whitening and dental implants. The dental clinic provides services in periodontics, endodontics, oral surgery and prosthodontics. The WSU General Dentistry Practice offers a discount for dental care to WSU students and their spouses and children.

The first Kansas Geometric Analysis Conference will be held at Wichita State April 20 and 21.

The event, organized by Xiaolong Li, assistant professor of math at WSU, and Lei Ni with UC San Diego, is supported by the National Science Foundation, the Simons Foundation, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics.

The first talk will start at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 20 in 127 Jabara Hall. Registration is free and all are welcome. The speakers are:

• Xiaodong Cao (Cornell University)
• Ailana Fraser (University of British Columbia)
• Matthew Gursky (University of Notre Dame)
• Peter Petersen (UCLA)
• Richard Schoen (UC Irvine)
• Lu Wang (Yale University)
• Guofang Wei (UC Santa Barbara)

For any questions, contact Xiaolong Li at xiaolong.li@wichita.edu.

The Office of Student Accommodations and Testing (OSAT) and Intervention Services & Leadership in Education (ISLE) will offer a workshop, “ADHD is Real/Realistic Solutions for Managing College Life and ADHD,” from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 28 in 141 Woolsey Hall, Fidelity Bank Ballroom.

The workshop will cover social/emotional issues, combatting negative self-talk and self-care for students with the diagnosis of ADHD. OSAT and ISLE will also provide strategies on how to prepare for finals. Pizza will be provided for attendees. The speakers will be Isabel Medina Keiser, M.A., director of OSAT; Dr. Jody Fiorini, Ph.D., LCPC, NCC, professor and ISLE department head; and Dr. Reagan Murnan, Ph.D., associates professor at ISLE.

Contact Isabel Medina Keiser at isabel.medinakeiser@wichita.edu if you have any questions about the workshop.

Essential Awareness, a student-led project, is holding two situational awareness seminars that will educate the student body. The class will enhance one’s understanding of criminal profiling concepts, awareness levels and how to assess your environment. Choose from the following dates to attend or come to both:

• 5 to 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 12 in 110 Woolsey Hall
• Noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27 in 110 Woolsey Hall

If you are in a group of three or more each of you will be able to choose between:

• Rainier Arms Firearms Academy: 20% off training class
• A free range pass

A donation of $5 per person is required for entry. Screenshot your donation receipt or bring cash upon entry to the seminar.

Join HOPE Services for the free Mental Health and Movement Class from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. Thursday March 28 in the Steve Clark YMCA, where safe spaces are created for people to explore movement, the benefits of moving their bodies and how to use the resources at the YMCA.

The weekly class is open to anyone and sponsored by the YMCA and HOPE Services. Wear whatever clothing you prefer for the activity. Each week will have a different focus, and attendees can come to any or all:

• 12:30 p.m. March 28: Stress management
• 12:30 p.m. April 4: Stretching and yoga
• 12:30 p.m. April 11: Group movement class
• 12:30 p.m. April 18: Mini-personal trainer session with equipment
• 12:30 p.m. April 25: Circuit training, Y 360 and keeping moving

As the extent of the flood damage to the basement of Corbin Education Center has been further analyzed, it has become clear that the building will need to be closed to class and office use for a considerable period of time. Early estimates are that Corbin will not reopen until at least September.

Students: If you have classes in Corbin, please continue to check Blackboard and/or your email for updates. Your instructors will communicate how instruction will proceed for the remainder of the spring semester and where the class will meet. If you have questions, please reach out to your instructor.

Instructors: If you teach in Corbin, please watch your email for information on your reassigned temporary classroom space. Please update Blackboard for students as soon as you receive this information. Reach out to Eason Bryer (eason.bryer@wichita.edu) and/or Aaron Conyers (aaron.conyers@wichita.edu) to coordinate retrieval of items and packing of office contents. Reach out to cas.dean@wichita.edu with any questions.

Faculty and staff: If you work in Corbin, please watch your email for information on your reassigned workspace. Reach out to Eason Bryer (eason.bryer@wichita.edu) and/or Aaron Conyers (aaron.conyers@wichita.edu) to coordinate retrieval of items and packing of office contents. Reach out to cas.dean@wichita.edu with any questions.

A new web page is being set up to provide updates and frequently asked questions. Please check wichita.edu/corbin.

Please be assured that the integrity of this historic building, designed by famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright, has not been compromised. Flooding was limited to the basement mechanical room. However, the large amount of equipment damage has taken out the ability to run power, HVAC and IT services throughout the building. Replacing that equipment and fixing the flood damage will take many months.

Events planned for Corbin — such as the 60th anniversary celebration — will be postponed until fall 2024.

Everyone’s patience is appreciated as work is done to reopen Corbin Education Center as soon as possible.

Shocker Gaming Club will host a fundraising night from 5 to 9 p.m. Monday, April 8. Learn more about the fundraising event on the organization’s Instagram.