Author: Caelin Bragg

The Office of Disability Services (ODS) will host a deaf games night from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 24 in 203 Grace Wilkie Hall.

Two members of the Wichita deaf community will be leading participants in games that are deeply rooted in deaf culture. There will be light snacks provided as well as chances to win prizes.

This is an opportunity to learn about deaf culture, practice American Sign Language and have fun. The event is open to everyone.

Looking for more opportunities to volunteer or to become more involved in the community? The Office of Engagement is excited to announce a list of events for the rest of the semester:

• March 23: Engaged Series – Business
• April 1: Touch Up Shocker Neighborhood
• April 7: Common Ground Pop-Up Market
• April 16: Open Streets ICT at WSU and Shocker Neighborhood
• May 5: Common Ground Pop-Up Market
• Aug. 23-30: Good Neighbor Week
• Aug. 23: Neighborhood Walk – Redbud Trail
• Aug. 30: Brush Up! Shocker Neighborhood

For more information about specific events, check out the Office of Engagement’s Facebook page closer to the event date.

This event has been postponed due to illness until further notice.

Join the Ulrich Museum of Art for the visiting scholar talk, “Yes, no, maybe so: Connections between Japanese prints, anime and manga and the stories we tell about them” by Andrea Horbinski at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 in the Beren Gallery at the Ulrich Museum. Participants are invited to a reception starting at 5:30 p.m.

Focusing on art and society in the 19th and 20th centuries, when Japan underwent a rapid, self-imposed transition to modernity, this talk examines not only the linkages between anime/manga and printmaking, but also the limits of those connections, and how the evidence for and against them has been deployed to serve larger stories about race, modernity and culture in the Asia-Pacific and worldwide.

Join the Shockers Vote Coalition for the second Midwest Student Voting Summit. The summit will be held virtually from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, March 24. It will be an opportunity to come together with fellow students, staff, faculty, administrators and non-partisan campus partners to strategize on getting out the youth vote.

All WSU students, faculty and staff are welcome to participate. The conference is virtual, and attendees may join on their own or they can participate with fellow Shockers from the Shockers Vote Coalition in 240 Rhatigan Student Center. Following the conference, there will be time to debrief and talk about next steps for the Shockers Vote initiative and about ways to get involved. Lunch will be provided.

The summit is in partnership with the Campus Vote Project, All In to Vote and Students Learn Students Vote. To sign-up or learn more, email Loren Belew, civic engagement coordinator with Student Engagement, Advocacy & Leadership, at loren.belew@wichita.edu or call 316-978-7016.

Join the First-Generation Student Organization and the First-Generation Coordinating Council as they engage in small group discussions about being a first-generation student at Wichita State at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 in 266 Rhatigan Student Center.

A first-generation college student is a student whose parents or legal guardians have not completed a bachelor’s degree. By attending the event, attendees will meet other first-generation faculty, staff and students. Attendees will be provided lunch and a T-shirt while supplies last.

Join the Department of Math and Statistics for a public lecture by Dr. Qi Zhang, professor at the University of California, Riverside.

The lecture, titled “Log gradient estimates of the heat equation on manifolds,” will take place at 3 p.m. Friday, March 24 in room 372 Jabara Hall. Refreshments will be available at 2:30 p.m. in 353 Jabara Hall.

Join the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics for Dr. Atri Dutta’s talk, “How to fly a spacecraft” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 28 in 301 Rhatigan Student Center.

The determination of the optimal trajectory of a spacecraft can be complex, especially when the spacecraft uses a low-thrust propulsion system or when it operates in a challenging dynamical environment. The talk will provide an overview of astrodynamics research being conducted at WSU’s Astronautics Laboratory to address some of those challenges. Specific examples of research conducted will include all-electric spacecraft, hurricane monitoring constellations, NuSol probe and the CubeSat being developed to validate a neutrino detector in space. 

Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ next Perspectives series will focus on pedagogy, sharing the best practices that faculty and GTAs have adopted in their instruction, teaching theories, feedback and assessments while delivering curriculum in the classroom. Dr. Andrew Hippisley, dean of the Fairmount College, will host the series.

Each episode will be presented at 2 p.m. Tuesdays, from March 21 to April 11 via Zoom. Recordings will be made available afterwards on the Fairmount College YouTube channel.

• March 21 – Supporting and Coaching GTAs in the Classroom
• March 28 – Being an Ally in the Classroom
• April 4 – Active Learning
• April 11 – Student Perspectives on Teaching and Learning

Most of lots 5 and 19W near Eck Stadium will be closed for an event on Friday, March 24.

Lots will close the evening of Wednesday, March 22 in anticipation of this event and all vehicles must be removed by that time. Lots will reopen on Friday, March 24 at approximately 2 p.m.

LingFest is currently accepting abstracts for its upcoming event. LingFest showcases graduate and undergraduate linguistics and language research at WSU.

The event accepts multidisciplinary work, so students shouldn’t worry about applying if their project sits at the intersection of linguistics and another field of study. Senior club officers will review and accept applications on a rolling admissions basis until Friday, March 24.

Join the Linguistics Club from 9 a.m. to noon, May 2 in the Beggs Ballroom of the Rhatigan Student Center for a series of presentations and poster sessions.