Category: Events and Recreation

Looking for a gift for a loved one? Wanting a treat in the spirit of self love? Love supporting local artists? The WSU Ceramics Guild and Tornado Alley Press, WSU’s printmaking guild, will have a Valentine’s Day sale in the Rhatigan Student Center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13.

Gift sets including a cup, candy and hot cocoa mix will be offered for sale by the Ceramics Guild, while Tornado Alley Press will have beautiful and unique art prints available for purchase. Come support two of WSU’s guilds.

Zach Gearhart, chief of staff, will update faculty and staff on legislative issues raised related to Wichita State from the Kansas state government.

The meeting is open to all faculty and staff every other Friday in the Morrison Hall board room. The next meeting is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 10.

The Office of Engagement is excited to be involved in bringing the first Open Streets ICT (OSICT) to WSU and Shocker Neighborhood, from 1 to 4 p.m. April 16.

The purpose of OSICT is to elevate the quality of life and health of the Wichita community. It does this by promoting healthy and active living, enhancing community connectivity, and building community pride through interaction with local businesses and nonprofit organizations.

The community can help OSICT by becoming a vendor and sharing their department’s, college’s or student organization’s message, fundraising and selling merchandise, or putting together a spin wheel for prizes, raffles, collect information, face paint and more. Or create a fun engaging way to connect and share information with the community by hosting an activity like games, dunk tanks, Zumba, yoga, etc. Community members can also help OSICT by volunteering for the day.

The route is along 17th Street from Oliver Street to Volutsia Street. With access to Fairmount Park to enhance community connectivity and build community pride through interacting with local businesses, organizations and the university community in Shocker Neighborhood.

Counseling and Prevention Services (CAPS) will host “Stigmas, Stereotypes and Safety: A conversation about substance abuse and use in our community” at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23 in 231 Hubbard Hall.

Dylan Dunn, assistant director of SAFE Campuses at SAFE (Stop the Addiction Fatality Epidemic) Project, will discuss how society views and approaches substance use and addiction while also teaching participants how to navigate and better understand the current realities of fentanyl. Through a mixture of reflective and practical discussion, participants will develop a greater understanding of the role they all play in supporting students impacted by substance use and how they can directly prevent overdose and empower recovery.

WSU Libraries is hosting Trademark Basics, the next workshop in its Entrepreneurship Research Series, at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14 in 217 Ablah Library.

In the series, WSU Libraries shows participants how to ensure their logo is trademarked and walk them through the application process, guaranteeing no one else can claim it.

This week begins the first annual Dining Services coffee crawl. From Monday, Feb. 6 to Sunday, Feb. 12, purchase a drink at Starbucks in the Rhatigan Student Center, Cargill Café in Woolsey Hall and at Groundhouse and receive a punch on the coffee crawl passport from each location.

Bring your card with all three punches to 235 RSC from 1 to 3 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 13 to receive an exclusive 2023 coffee crawl ceramic mug.

Mugs are first come, first serve, while supplies last.

Join Student Engagement, Advocacy and Leadership (SEAL) from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13 in the Rhatigan Student Center. Enjoy cupcakes and other sweets while meeting with university administration.

Swing by the Rhatigan Student Center starting at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 13 on the first floor to grab some Valentine’s Day goodies to share with family, a friend, loved one or yourself the next day while supplies last.

Graduate faculty: Join the Graduate School, Graduate Student Council and the Ulrich Museum of Art as they celebrate graduate faculty and students with food, drinks and art from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17 at Wichita State’s Ulrich Museum.

Graduate students: Join the Graduate School, Graduate Student Council and the Ulrich Museum of Art as they celebrate graduate students with food, drinks and art from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17 at Wichita State’s Ulrich Museum.