Category: Events and Recreation

Are you looking to attend graduate school for 2023? Attend the Wichita State’s Master of Social Work (MSW) degree informational session at noon Thursday, Nov. 10 via Zoom.

Students of any major are eligible to apply for our Master of Social Work program.

The deadline for the 2022-23 MSW program applications is Jan. 13, 2023.

Sessions will introduce students to the MSW program, introduce them to meet MSW faculty members and walk them through the application process. A graduate record examination is not required for admission consideration.

Are you looking to attend graduate school for 2023? Attend the Wichita State’s Master of Social Work (MSW) degree informational session at noon Tuesday, Nov. 1 via Zoom.

Students of any major are eligible to apply for our Master of Social Work program.

The deadline for the 2022-23 MSW program applications is Jan. 13, 2023.

Sessions will introduce students to the MSW program, introduce them to meet MSW faculty members and walk them through the application process. A graduate record examination is not required for admission consideration.

Are you looking to attend graduate school for 2023? Attend the Wichita State’s Master of Social Work (MSW) degree informational session at noon Thursday, Dec. 15 via Zoom. Students of any major are eligible to apply for our Master of Social Work program.

The deadline for the 2022-23 MSW program applications is Jan. 13, 2023.

The sessions introduce students to the MSW program, introduce them to meet MSW faculty members and walk them through the application process. A graduate record examination is not required for admission consideration.

To attend the Zoom sessions, register at the link below. For more information, contact Shaunna Millar at shaunna.millar@wichita.edu.

If you started a degree somewhere else and are now a Shocker on your way to degree completion, Wichita State wants to celebrate you during National Transfer Student week Oct. 17-21. The week to celebrates transfer students and all the experiences they add to WSU’s classrooms and campus.

During this time, transfer students can pick up a meal ticket for a free meal at the Rhatigan Student Center (RSC) from their college advising center, OneStop, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Student Engagement Advocacy & Leadership, the Offices of Adult Learning or Shocker Career Accelerator.

Proud Transfer Student mugs and buttons will also be available for transfer students at Wu’s Birthday Bash 11 a.m.-1p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20 at the RSC Atrium.

The next “Life of an Entreprenuer” Startup Speaker Series will take place 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, at Devlin Hall. The event will discuss work/life balance, priorities and burnout.The event is free to attend and offers participants a place to ask any questions they may be curious about. 

Register at the link below.

Join a discussion with world-renowned sculptor Deborah Butterfield to celebrate the acquisition of her work “Lumen” beginning at 6 p.m. today, Oct. 13 at Woolsey Hall. “Lumen” is a beautiful piece and a new to the Ulrich’s Martin H. Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection.

Butterfield’s body of work has been expanding since the mid-1970s. During the course of her long career, Butterfield has returned repeatedly to images of horses and has created them from all kinds of materials, including scrap metal and discarded auto parts. Her most iconic pieces are carefully constructed from sticks and other pieces of found wood which are then cast in bronze, re-assembled, and welded together.

Honors Students, join the Honors College in celebrating Halloween 6-9 p.m. Friday Oct. 21 at the Cohen Honors College lobby. The event will feature a costume contest, movies, popcorn, caramel apples and pumpkin painting.

Are you interested in a career that will allow you to make a positive impact on your community? Students, faculty and staff attend a Master in Public Administration (MPA) information session at 12:30 p.m. on Oct. 27 or at 3 p.m. Nov. 16 via Zoom. The session is hosted by the the Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs.

The session will discuss how the program prepares students for leadership positions in public and nonprofit organizations. Students of any major are eligible to apply for the MPA program and a graduate record examination is not required for admission consideration.

This info session will also provide attendants an overview of the MPA online and face-to-face programs, including admissions requirements, the curriculum, the resources available to students for graduate studies and the career opportunities that an MPA student can pursue. The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session.

For more information or to sign up for a Zoom session, contact Bethany Kennedy, student program coordinator, at bethany.kennedy@wichita.edu.

Please include the session you wish to attend and your WSU ID in the email.

The next physics seminar will take place at 2 p.m. today in 128 Jabara Hall and via Zoom. The seminar will feature Dr. Fabio Sauli, from the CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, who will give a talk titled “Development of Particle Detectors for High Energy Physics and Beyond.”

The Zoom ID is 417 954 7349; passcode: Physics.

The Military and Veteran Student Center will be celebrating the 247th birthday of the Navy on Oct. 13. Our on-campus celebration will be a come-and-go event at the center in Grace Wilke Hall from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. We will have cake and punch with a brief program. Join us for the celebration.