Year: 2024

The Shocker Store’s “Spring Into Color Sale” has been extended through Tuesday, Feb. 27. All color wall T-shirts are just $8.99 in the Rhatigan Student Center store and through the online store.

Stock up with colorful Shocker gear just in time for spring. Not valid with other sales and promotions.

The first physics seminar of the spring semester will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28 in 128 Jabara Hall and also on Zoom.  This talk will be given by Atri Dutta, associate professor of aerospace engineering.

The Rhatigan Student Center presents Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day. All day Friday, March 1, Wichita State faculty, staff and campus affiliate/partner staff can enjoy deals and freebies exclusively for them.

Faculty and staff must show their Shocker ID to be eligible.

Shockers, it’s time to put your skills to the test and dive into a dynamic multiplayer game and vie for $6,000 in prizes.

Don’t miss out on the chance to win big as you sharpen essential professional skills like strategic decision-making, adaptability and innovative thinking.

Mark your calendars for noon to 5 p.m. March 21 and register to compete.

Before diving in the competition, don’t forget to explore the Venture Valley tutorials. The tutorials aren’t just about learning the basics; they’re a way to master game mechanics, strategic card usage and avoiding costly mistakes.

Join the Rhatigan Student Center for its live music series, Monday Melodies. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, enjoy live music from the Tom Page Combo at the Starbucks Lounge in the Rhatigan Student Center.

The last Monday of every month, the RSC will host live music in the building.

The Shocker Store is taking regalia rental orders and custom academic regalia purchase orders from faculty and staff members who are planning on attending spring 2024 commencement.

Regalia rental orders are due by 4 p.m. Friday, April 5 and custom academic regalia purchase orders need to be placed by 4 p.m. Friday, March 1.

Email Julie at shockerstore@wichita.edu or call 316-978-7021. Payment is due at time of order.

Graduating students, if you are a member of any of the listed groups below and would like to order the group’s corresponding graduation stole, pre-orders must be completed by March 15 on the Shocker Store website.

Groups included are Shocker Bowling, Japanese Culture Association, University Innovation Fellows, Dental Hygiene, Medical Laboratory Sciences, BS in Nursing or SOSW (Student Organization of Social Work).

These stoles are only available by pre-order, they will not be carried in store later. For questions, call 316-978-7021 or email shockerstore@wichita.edu.

The next Faculty Senate meeting will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26 in 110A Woolsey Hall.

To learn more, visit the Faculty Senate webpage or email the Faculty Senate

The Department of History invites the campus community to hear Dr. Andrew Orr, associate professor of history at Kansas State University, present the lecture, “The Gay Girl in Damascus: Stolen Identities, Western Progressivism, and the Arab Spring” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 6 in 218 Hubbard Hall.

Visiting Author Brian Turner will present a reading from his memoir, “My Life as a Foreign Country,” at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 29 at the Dr. Sam & Jacqui Kouri Collection Study Center in the Ulrich Museum.

Turner is the editor of The Kiss and co-edited “The Strangest of Theatres.” He lives in Florida with his dog, Dene.

Writing Now Reading Now is cosponsored by the Department of English, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Watermark Books & Café and the Ulrich Museum of Art.