Category: Events and Recreation

The Physics Seminar featuring Ryan Morfin has been canceled.

The Graduate School will host the fifth annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11 in the Santa Fe Trail room (233) at the Rhatigan Student Center. During 3MT, each student competing will summarize the importance and impact of their research in three minutes.

The 3MT is a worldwide competition and the winner of the showcase will go on to represent Wichita State at a regional competition in spring 2023.

The campus community is invited to watch the fifth annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition at 3:30 p.m. today in the Santa Fe Trail room (233) of the Rhatigan Student Center. During 3MT, each student competing will summarize the importance and impact of their research in three minutes.

The 3MT is a worldwide competition, and the winner of today’s showcase will go on to represent Wichita State at a regional competition in spring 2023.

The Department of Industrial Systems and Manufacturing Engineering will host a talk by Subash Chellappan, senior manager of Energy Resources at Deloitte Consulting, from 11 a.m.-noon Oct. 28 via Zoom.  His talk is titled “Industry-4.0 Introduction & Applications.”

Please contact enkhsaikhan.boldsaikhan@wichita.edu for the Zoom link.

All students are welcome to join the Society of Manufacturing Engineers at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25 in 164 John Bardo Center to participate in a marshmallow catapult competition for prizes and learn more about the organization.

The Three-Minute Thesis is an academic competition that challenges doctoral and master’s students to describe their research within three minutes to a general audience.

The Graduate School will host the fifth annual 3MT competition Nov. 11 at the Rhatigan Student Center. Please encourage your graduate students to enter the competition.

Registration is required and closes at 11:59 p.m. today.

The Black Student Union is hosting a fundraiser night from 5 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25 at Chipotle. Come support these students at the Chipotle location at 515 N. Hillside, and be sure to show or mention the flyer linked below at checkout.

Songfest teams have been practicing for months, and they’re ready to wow audiences with their choreography, music selections and costumes at 6 p.m. Nov. 6 at the Orpheum Theater, 200 N. Broadway in Wichita.

Songfest is an annual dance and lip sync competition hosted annually by Wichita State University’s Office of Student Engagement, Advocacy & Leadership. Groups competing in Songfest 2022:

• Alpha Phi
• Beta Theta Phi
• Delta Delta Delta
• Delta Gamma
• Delta Upsilon
• Gamma Phi Beta
• Kappa Kappa Gamma
• Phi Delta Theta
• National Panhellenic Council
• Sigma Alpha Epsilon
• Sigma Phi Epsilon

Tickets are $10 for the general public and $5 for children 12 and younger. Free tickets will be provided to the first 250 students in line for the event with proof of a valid Shocker ID. Tickets can be purchased at the Orpheum box office or online at the link below.

Join the College of Engineering and Dr. Liang Change from Zenlabs Energy for a discussion on advanced anode materials for next-generation lithium-ion batteries at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21 in Partnership Building 2, Room A131.

The development of high-energy and high-power lithium-ion batteries can effectively relieve mileage anxiety and shorten charging time in a world with an increasing number of electric vehicles. As a senior battery scientist at Zenlabs, Chang’s research focuses on designing state-of-the-art materials for electrodes and electrolytes in batteries, supercapacitors, capacitive deionization, and catalysis.

Student Government Association is proud to present the second annual Diversity Week! Diversity Week, which runs from Oct. 31 to Nov. 4, is designed to not only increase student engagement on campus but also decrease any incidences of bias, harassment and discrimination.

Diversity Week is in partnership with several offices and student organizations and offers programs and experiences that build an inclusive culture among the student body at Wichita State University. This year’s theme is “Unity in Community,” which builds upon daily experiences that focus on cultural, religious, identity and ability diversity.