Category: Events and Recreation

The next physics seminar will take place at 2 p.m. Sept. 21st at 128 Jabara Hall and also via Zoom.  the talk features Matthew Strait, from the University of Minnesota, who will discuss “Astrophysical, Cosmic Ray and Beyond.”

Shock Starter is offering two headshot events 1-4:40 p.m. Sept. 28 and 9:30 a.m.-noon Sept. 30 at Partnership Building 3 on the Innovation Campus. Faculty, staff and campus innovation partners will not be able to see or make appointments in the scheduler until two weeks before the next headshot event date.

The Department of Political Science is hosting two information sessions for students interested in interning in Washington, D.C., or Topeka during the spring 2023 semester. The sessions will take place at the following times and dates:

• 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 266 Rhatigan Student Center. Free pizza will be available for attendees.
• 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21 via Zoom.

The program is open to all undergraduate students interested in government or public affairs. Funding is available for housing and transportation. For more information, contact program director and department chair Dr. Neal Allen at neal.allen@wichita.edu.

Wichita State students, faculty, staff and the general public are invited to attend events celebrating Constitution Week 2022, Sept. 19-21. The week’s events are sponsored by the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Department of Political Science and student research supported by the Battin-Lester Corporate Responsibility Fellowship. This year’s theme is “Representation and Citizen Dialogue.”

One of the events for the week includes the Battin-Lester Keynote Panel: Student Research on Wichita City Council Redistricting, which will feature two student presentations 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sep. 20 via Zoom.

Other panels during the week will discuss the history of congressional redistricting in Kansas, the One Small Step courageous conversations program and the WSU Washington D.C./Topeka internship program. 

For more information visit WSU’s Department of Political Science Facebook or contact Neal Allen, chair of Political Science at 316-978-7133 or neal.allen@wichita.edu.

The Graduate School will host the fifth Annual Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition Nov. 11 at the Rhatigan Student Center. The 3MT is an academic competition that challenges doctoral and master’s students to description their research within three minutes to a general audience.

Registration is required and closes at 11:59 p.m. Oct. 21. For more information, competition rules and to register, vist Wichita State’s 3MT at WSU webpage. www.wichita.edu/3MT

Wichita State’s annual Study Abroad Fair will take place 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 4 on the first floor of the Rhatigan Student Center. Please encourage your students to attend in order to learn more about study abroad programs and scholarships.

The event will include more than 20 informational tables set up with students available to share their experiences. Students who attend can be entered to win prizes, including study abroad scholarships.

For more information, please contact studyabroad@wichita.edu

Check out Wichita State’s Study Abroad Fair 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 4 on the first floor of the Rhatigan Student Center. The event will include more than informational 20 tables featuring students who have studied abroad and want to share about their experiences. Participants will also be entered to win prizes, including to study abroad scholarships. For more information, contact us at studyabroad@wichita.edu.

Join Shocker Career Accelerator (SCA) for an open house at its office from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 162 John Bardo Center. This is a come-and-go event is for students, faculty and staff to view the SCA office and learn about the services the staff provides. Light refreshments and the SCA team will be available for meet and greets during the event.

The next KMUW Literary Feast will take place 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21 at KMUW. Dinner will be provided by Public. Literary Feast is KMUW’s monthly book club, featuring selections made by KMUW staff. For September, the staff has selected “The Last White Man” by Mohsin Hamid.

KVersity, a  campus K-pop and hip-hop dance group. will host a workshop 4-6 pm Thursday, Sept. 15 at 141 Heskett Center. KVersity director Ameera Robinson will be teaching “Nanana” by GOT7. All student are welcome to attend, regardless of past dance experience.