Author: Caelin Bragg

The Mortar Board Senior Honor Society’s philanthropy is “Reading is Leading,” and it encourages children to find joy in reading and use it as a skill. Its main event to promote it is a campus book drive.

This semester, it is having another book drive from Monday, April 3 to Thursday, April 14. The campus community can donate new or slightly used books at the Heskett Center, Shocker Hall, Shocker Dining Hall, Rhatigan Student Center, Ahlberg Hall or the Ablah Library. It is also hosting a competition for the book drive: The WSU student organization that donates the most books will receive $100 towards the group’s budget or philanthropy of choice. Officers or advisors of a WSU student organization that would like to register for the competition can contact Rachel Smith at: wsumortarboardsecretary@gmail.com. Emails should include the sender’s name, their position in the organization and the name of the organization.

Last semester, 282 books were donated by the WSU community to Minneha Elementary, and Mortar Board and Minneha are extremely grateful for the successful turn out.

Wichita State is holding a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 12 and Thursday, April 13 in the Heskett Center. All donors will receive a free Peanuts T-shirt featuring Snoopy.

Encourage friends, family and the community to also make at appointment today on the American Red Cross website with the sponsor code “Wichita State” or call 1-800-733-2767.

Volunteers are needed for the spring 2023 commencement on Saturday, May 13 in Koch Arena. There are three volunteer shifts:

• From 7:30 to 11:30 a.m.
• From 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• From 3:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Volunteers will welcome guests and graduates at the event, and food will be provided.

Each week, Shocker Athletics provides an update on the latest results, upcoming events and notable moments in WSU sports history.

A user experience (UX) Austin research firm has discovered a secret ingredient in its recipe for success: Wichita State students.

Human Interfaces is a boutique firm that specializes in user UX research and has an impressive client list that includes Fitbit, Amazon, HP and Dell, to name a few.

The partnership between Wichita State and Human Interfaces began about a decade ago when the founder of the company, Dr. Greg Liddell, was working with Dr. Barb Chaparro, former Wichita State professor of human factors and director of the Software Usability Research Lab.

Prospective students are invited to join an informational session for Wichita State’s Master of Education in Learning and Instructional Design program at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 4 via Zoom.

Request a Zoom link for the session prior to the start by emailing Dr. JeaHwan Byun, associate professor in the School of Education, at jaehwan.byun@wichita.edu or Dr. Mara Alagic, professor in the School of Education, at mara.alagic@wichita.edu.

The Master of Education in Learning and Instructional Design program is an innovative, 100% online, 30 credit hour program designed for educators and professionals that offers a transformative and individualized learning opportunity with flexibility.

Dr. Michael Rogers, professor of human performance studies, provided advice on exercising before bedtime in an article for Consumer Reports.

Student Conduct & Community Standards (SCCS) is trying to gauge satisfaction and evaluate the services offered by its office in the resolution of academic integrity cases by gathering feedback from people who may have referred academic integrity cases to the SCCS office.

The survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. All responses are anonymous and confidential. The responses will be reviewed by SCCS staff to strengthen the academic integrity process. Group results from this survey may be shared with the faculty senate executive board or deans of colleges to further assist with education on the academic integrity process.

Faculty members at Wichita State can complete the survey here regardless of their previous interaction with the academic integrity process. The survey will close on May 1.

If there are any questions, please reach out to Student Conduct & Community Standards at SCCS@wichita.edu.

The Department of Public Health Sciences (PHS) is co-hosting a series of film fests for the National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) Big Read: Wichita alongside the Wichita Public Library and Tallgrass Film Association. The next event is a screening of the movie, “Supernova” at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 6 in the Advanced Learning Library, 711 W. 2nd St. N.

Food and popcorn sponsors are Wichita Medical Research and Education Foundation and Proud of Wichita, The LGBT Chamber of Commerce. After the screening, join a discussion of the film at The Monarch at 579 W. Douglas Ave. with guest moderator Robert Miller from CAREpitch and PHS. Food and beverage discounts are offered with a ticket stub.

Each week will feature a new film that, like “Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?” by Roz Chast, the book chosen for this year’s NEA Big Read: Wichita, explores caregiving and the universal challenges experienced as one cares for someone with a chronic illness, injury, medical trauma or nearing end of life.

The Student Activities Council is searching for executive board members for the 2023-24 school year. Members have the opportunity to build skills in leadership, teamwork, event planning and collaboration.

Students who are selected will receive a stipend of up to $1,000 each semester. Officer applications will close at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, April 9, and chairperson applications will close at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, April 16.