Year: 2024

Join the Shocker Career Accelerator at its new home in the Milly Marcus Annex at the Marcus Welcome Center from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22 with remarks at 4 p.m.

Explore the new Shocker Experience Walkway, which guides students from Admissions through their college journey, leading to the Shocker Career Accelerator and onto the main campus.

The come-and-go event is open to students, faculty, staff and employers. It’s an excellent opportunity to tour the office, hear about services and learn about the renewed focus on applied learning. Enjoy light refreshments and meet the team.

Experts from the Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs and Fairmount College will discuss how this election affects you, the nation at-large and answer your questions during a panel at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30 in 207 Lindquist Hall.

Panelists include:

• Brian Amos, political science
• Tonya Bronleewe, director, Environmental Finance Center
• Mark Glaser, Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs
• Robin Henry, chair, women’s, ethnicity and intersectional studies
• Alex Middlewood, chair, political science
• Stephanie Newbold, director, Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs

Pizza and refreshments will be provided while supplies last. RSVP to Beth Kennedy at bethany.kennedy@wichita.edu

Wichita State’s First-Generation Honor Society — the Alpha Alpha Alpha, or Tri-Alpha — is seeking students who want the opportunity to develop their leadership skills while growing and developing a new student-led organization. Applications will be accepted until Oct. 25 in preparation for membership induction Nov. 8.

Qualifications include: Neither of the student’s parents, step-parents nor legal guardians have completed a bachelor’s degree; student has earned a minimum of 30 credit hours toward a baccalaureate degree; student has achieved an overall undergraduate GPA of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale.

Graduate students who are first generation can be admitted with the completion of a minimum of nine graduate credits and a minimum graduate GPA of 3.5.

Faculty and staff can also qualify for induction by meeting the first-gen definition at the time they completed their bachelor’s degree, and they must be willing to serve as mentors for students.

There is a one-time fee of $25 for students and $40 for faculty and staff for lifetime membership to the First-generation Honor Society. For more information, contact trialpha@wichita.edu.

The Graduate School is looking for a graduate student success specialist to join its team. The ideal candidate will have a passion for the success of students. In the role, you will assist with developing, implementing and executing all programs, events and services for students.

The Clayton Staples Gallery’s second exhibition of the fall semester, “Illustrated Nature,” will be on view from Wednesday, Oct. 16 to Nov. 22. Located in 205 McKnight Art Center, “Illustrated Nature” is a collection of artworks by Joanne Price, printmaker and owner of Starpointe Studio.

The Clayton Staples Gallery is open to the public 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Attend a come-and-go training session for faculty who want to learn more about Watermark Faculty Success, the new platform for the Faculty Annual Activity Report (FAAR). Learn how to get started or bring your questions to these open labs. All sessions are offered in remote format through Microsoft Teams. If you have questions, contact Rachel Crane at rachel.crane@wichita.edu.

Get started:

• Entering activity data
• Importing citations
• Running reports

Schedule:

• 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16
• 10 a.m. Friday Oct. 18

Join the next Entrepreneurship Workshop on intro to intellectual property noon to 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25 in the Ablah Library Digital Scholars Commons (in-person and online).

Discover how to safeguard your inventions, designs, creative works and trade secrets in the informative session. Whether you’re a student with a big idea or an artist building your portfolio, this workshop will equip you with the tools to secure your future.

Bring your lunch for a productive break. Open to all, with no cost to attend.

Wichita State University’s Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory (MDL), a vital resource during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, is now leveraging its expertise to explore new frontiers. By addressing critical gaps in the health care system, the lab is also offering invaluable hands-on training for students, shaping the future of health care.

Building on its pandemic-era success, MDL is now expanding its reach in three significant areas:

• Microbiology services – Collaborating with small, rural hospitals to process their microbiology specimens, ensuring these communities have access to essential and timely diagnostic services.
• Technical consulting and professional services – Offering technical consultancy and professional services to help small hospitals and clinics maintain and achieve certification, empowering them to establish and operate their own laboratories.
• Pathology partnership – MDL secured a contract with Southcentral Pathology, bringing its technical work under Wichita State’s purview.

Join the Department of Sociology for the 11th annual Kansas Gender & Sexuality Conference Friday, Oct. 18 on the third floor of the Rhatigan Student Center.

The free, interdisciplinary, state-wide conference brings together scholars, community organizations and students/future professionals to discuss gender and sexuality related work and issues in Kansas.

Attendees are welcome to attend the full conference or to join this year’s keynote featuring Dr. Meg Paceley, a social worker and scholar engaged in research that examines factors in the social environment (e.g. families, communities) and broader systems (e.g. policies, societal rhetoric) and their relationship to queer and trans youth’s mental and physical health. Their keynote, titled “Health, Activism, Community, and Resistance in an Era of Anti-LGBTQ+ Policy, Legislation, and Rhetoric,” will take place at 4 pm in 305/306 RSC, Beggs Ballroom, followed by a small reception with the speaker.

The Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships is looking for a senior financial aid specialist to join its scholarships unit. If you’re passionate about helping students and want to be part of a great team, consider applying.