Category: Events and Recreation

The Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum (URCAF) provides an opportunity for undergraduate students at WSU to present their scholarly and creative activity to faculty, student and community audiences while competing for cash awards.

This year’s URCAF will be held on April 7 in the Rhatigan Student Center. The deadline to submit an abstract is March 17.

KMUW’s monthly book club features selections made by KMUW staff. For February, they’re reading The Survivalists by Kashana Cauley.

Participants will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15 at KMUW for a group discussion over dinner and drinks. Dinner is provided by Public.

To learn more about Cauley and her debut novel, check out her interview with NPR.

In an effort to gain traction and move forward in a more unified way, the WSU Sustainability Steering Committee is organizing a half-day summit for discussions about enhancing education and collaborative research initiatives through sustainability.

The summit is from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3

The primary objective of the event is to learn about currently funded sustainability research efforts on campus and discover potential collaborative sustainability research avenues. The summit is designed to explore the full range of possibilities in research from microgrids, cyber-physical systems, sustainability, and resiliency, to conservation efforts, human behavior and usage, financial management, and many more areas yet to be identified.

Have any opinions about the dining operations in the Rhatigan Student Center? Attend the RSC’s Foodie Forum from 11 a.m. to noon Feb. 23.

Participants can voice their opinions and enjoy a free lunch. RSVP for the event by Feb. 15.

WSU faculty and staff are invited to the Chartwells Catering Grand Showcase from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8 in the Beggs Ballroom in the Rhatigan Student Center. Taste innovative appetizers, new menu items and enjoy a specialty drink.

Student Health Services is back with its Pee for Pizza event. It will take place noon-4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, 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 free pizza.

Pee for Pizza is a sexual health awareness event that allows participants to test for sexually transmitted illnesses such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV and hepatitis C, and know their status for free.

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 Student Health Services at 316-978-4792. Other testing is available upon request.

Elizabeth King, president and CEO of the WSU Foundation and Alumni Engagement, will moderate a conversation with former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to discuss his new book “Never Give an Inch.”

The event is 2:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, at the Marcus Welcome Center. Attendance is free but limited to 200.

Register to attend by Wednesday, Feb. 8 and receive a free copy of “Never Give an Inch,” written by Pompeo.

The Philosophy Society invites students, faculty and staff to hear from Dr. Akiiki Daisy Kabagarama from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10 in the CAC Theater.

Attendees will have the chance to listen to Dr. Kabagarama speak on the topic of “resilience,” incorporating her early life experience in Uganda, migration to the United States in 1982, and career as a professor, minister, storyteller, poet, author and motivational speaker.

The Student Activities Council, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Society of Women Engineers, National Society of Black Engineers, and Feminists on Campus will be screening Hidden Figures in honor of Black History Month. Screening begins at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2 in the CAC Theater.

The movie is available to WSU students with a Shocker ID at no additional charge, to faculty and staff for $5 and to the general public for $8. Popcorn will be served, and guests are encouraged to bring their own blankets.

Prior to the start of the film, there will be a panel focusing on women and women of color as they break down barriers in the fields of STEM.

For more information visit the SAC homepage, email them at sac@wichita.edu or call them at 316-978-3022.

Join the Rhatigan Student Center for its music series, Monday Melodies, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30 in the Starbucks lounge. This event will feature live music from the local Wichita musician, Patz.