Category: Events

The Staff Senate has once again challenged Faculty Senate to a friendly contest to Stock the Shocker Support Locker now until Oct. 14. Collection sites will be at the following locations:

• 400 Ahlberg (Dean’s Office)
• OneStop front desk
• Morrison Hall Post Office/Central Services
• Shocker Career Accelerator (162 John Bardo Center)
• Rhatigan Student Center
• Duerksen Fine Arts Center east lobby entrance
• Office of International Education reception desk
• Ablah Library circulation desk
• Business Student Success Center (129 Woolsey Hall)

All staff and faculty are invited to participate in this important effort to ensure Wichita State students and colleagues have a full pantry of food and supplies to choose from at the Shocker Support Locker. Member of the University Police Department are pitching in by helping pick up and drop off items.

Learn more at the Staff/Faculty Food Drive challenge Facebook page.

Good Neighbor Week is Sept. 25-Oct. 1. The week provides Shocker Nation an opportunity to elevate and celebrate good neighboring practices while encouraging a healthy lifestyle. During the week, look here for neighboring tips, benefits and events which will be shared throughout the week.

To kick off Wichita State’s second annual Good Neighbor Week, the Office of Engagement and Shocker Neighborhood Coalition has partnered with 3 Keys Fitness, Wichita Habitat for Humanity, Facts Not Fear, and Atwater Resource Center to bring neighborhood businesses, organizations, student groups, and residents together for a three-mile neighborhood walk along the Redbud Trail beginning at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 25 beginning at the trailhead at 17th and Oliver.

Participants can park their vehicles at the John Bardo Center parking lot. Water will be provided. After the walk, a health literacy presentation discussing healthy habits will talk place and giveaways will be offered at John Bardo Center.

Please register at the link below.

Good Neighbor Week is Sept. 25-Oct. 1. The week provides Shocker Nation an opportunity to elevate and celebrate good neighboring practices while encouraging a healthy lifestyle. During the week, look here for neighboring tips, benefits and events which will be shared throughout the week.

For more information, contact 316-978-5061 or visit the Office of Engagement website.

Are you interested in starting a Wichita State student organization, but don’t know where to start? Hear from representatives from Student Engagement, Advocacy & Leadership and Student Government Association to learn steps to become a recognized organization 10-11 a.m. today, Sept. 21, at 313 Rhatigan Student Center.

For more information, contact student.orgs@wichita.edu.

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the College of Applied Studies (CAS) Diversity Committee is hosting a presentation titled “Liberation and Decolonized Mental Health Practices” noon-1 p.m. Sept. 26 via Zoom. Dr. Edil Torres Rivera — professor and Latinx Cluster coordinator and Interventions Service and Leadership in Education (ISLE) — will present during the event.

This event is a part of the CAS Diversity Committee Faculty, Staff and Community of Color Lecture Series. Registration is required to attend. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

For more information, please contact Dr. Valerie Thompson valerie.thompson@wichita.edu.

The Office of First-Year Programs in Student Success invites you to join our Western Bingo Night 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22 at 265 Rhatigan Student Center.

The event is part of First-Year Programs in Student Success’ Mentor Meetups, where students meet transition Mentors. Transition Mentors help students with any questions they have and can assist students in as they transition into their first semester of college. Free prizes will also be offered at the event.

The next Student Health Services (SHS) Pee for Pizza event will take place noon-4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, at the Student Wellness Center in the Steve Clark YMCA. During the event, participants can get tested for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia by submitting a urine specimen and then receive a free pizza.

Co-sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Positive Direction and Shocker Sports Grill and Lanes, Pee for Pizza occurs twice a month through the fall and spring semesters and is by reservation only. No walk-ins will be accepted. Participants must not use the restroom at least one hour before testing.

For more information or to make a reservation, contact SHS at 316-978-4792. Other testing is available upon request.

Join the Shocker Career Accelerator as they wish Jill Pletcher a fond farewell as she retires from Wichita State University after 35 years of service at a come-and-go reception 2-4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29 at 162 John Bardo Center. For more information, contact SCA@wichita.edu.

The next Entrepreneurship Research Series event will take place 4-5:30 p.m. Oct. 4 at 217 Ablah Library. This event, titled “Intellectual Property Basics,” will cover how inventions, designs, original works of authorship and trade secrets can provide you with economic benefits.

To register, visit University Libraries webpage below.

Faculty artist David Hunsicker, professor of trumpet, will appear as a soloist with the Wichita State University Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at Miller Concert Hall. The concert will be led by Mark Laycock, WSU professor of Music.

During the event, Hunsicker will perform Giuseppe Tartini’s Concerto in D Major. Originally composed for solo violin, the Baroque concerto was arranged for a trumpet solo by David Hickman; it became a favorite showpiece of the French virtuoso Maurice Andre.

The program also includes Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5., one of the most recognizable classical compositions. The Fifth Symphony was highly innovative in its instrumentation, form, intensity and motivic concentration.

Kevin Day’s “Manhattan Nights” will open the program. Born in Charleston, West Virginia, in 1996, Day has enjoyed a meteoric rise owing to a visceral, wholly accessible compositional style.

Tickets for the event are $12 for general admission, with discounts available, and may be purchased through the Fine Arts Box Office at 316-978-3233.

For more information, contact Dr. Mark Laycock at 316-978-6202 or mark.laycock@wichita.edu.