Author: Emily Thon

The Graduate Student Council (GSC) is hosting a Puppy Days event 10 a.m.-1: 30 p.m. April 18 and May 4 outside of the east side of Rhatigan Student Center. The May 4 event will  also include a yoga hour hosted by Counseling and Prevention Services at 10 a.m.

Please join the Graduate Student Council in celebration of Graduate Student Appreciation Week. Several local companies are joining in the festivities with specials. The following discounts will only be applied if Shocker ID is shown. Families are welcome.

• Cocoa Dolce Chocolates, 2132 N. Rock Road: 10% off all week
• Compass Nutrition, 2360 N. Maize Road: 20% off a combo drink all week
• Fairmount Coffee Company, 3815 East 17th Street North: 10% off on April 4
  April 5th
• Chicken N Pickle, 1240 N. Greenwich Road: The happy hour area will be reserved for graduates and their families from 3 to 6 p.m. April 5
• Social Tap & Wheatly’s, 4510 East 19th Street North: Happy hour from 5 to 8 p.m. April 6
• Jenny Dawn Cellars, 703 E. Douglas Avenue: Half-price drinks and food from 4 to 6 p.m. April 6

Wichita State’s Public Policy and Management Center has scheduled its Women in Public Service (WPS) Conference beginning at 9:15 a.m. April 28 at the Marcus Welcome Center. Cost for the conference is $50 for members and $75 for nonmembers. The registration deadline is 5 p.m. April 22.

Conference breakouts:

• “Overcoming Strategic Communication Challenges” — Shelly Coleman-Martins, Wichita State University’s vice president of strategic communications and marketing
• “The Person You Mean to Be” — Alicia Sanchez, Wichita State’s assistant dean of students and director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
• “How to Be Innovative Within Confinement” — Sally Stang from the City of Wichita
• “Telling Stories and Sharing Space” — Claudia Amaro, community journalist

The lunch keynote will be “Activating Your Network” with Christina Long, from the CML Collective, and the closing session will be “Peer Coaching: What Will We Take Forward” with Teresa Schwab.

Wichita State’s Public Policy and Management Center (PPMC) is hiring two students positions: Recovery Connect coordinator (graduate assistant) and communications coordinator (student assistant) at $13 per hour for 20 hours per week at their location in Lindquist Hall (Room 316). To qualify, students must be a student at WSU.

For more information or to apply for these positions, visit the PPMC Career Opportunities website.