Category: Events and Recreation

Empty Bowls: Chili Cook-Off, a benefit for Kansas Food Bank, will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22 at Woolsey Hall.

The annual event is a collaborative project of the Ulrich Museum of Art; Wichita State University; WSU School of Art, Design & Creative Industries; WSU College of Fine Arts; and WSU Ceramics Guild.

Attendees will see hundreds of handmade bowls created by local artists, college students and high school students, and sample chili from local restaurants and donors. This year’s judges include President Rick Muma and up-and-coming chefs from several of the newest, trendiest kitchens in Wichita’s restaurant scene.

Ticket prices start at $10 and can be purchased at the link below or at the RSC. Guests can choose a bowl to keep as a reminder of all the empty bowls in the world. This fundraiser benefits the Kansas Food Bank in honor of Hunger Awareness Month.

Empty Bowls: Chili Cook-Off is sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas, Emprise Bank, Fidelity Bank, Meta, Reuben Saunders Gallery, Spirit AeroSystems, USD 259, and Wichita Marriott Corporate Hills.

Join Wichita State University Police Department, Derby Police Department, and the Wichita Police Department for Coffee with a Cop from 10 a.m. to noon on Monday, Oct. 31 at the Rhatigan Student Center’s east atrium.

Coffee with a Cop is a nationwide event that helps police officers connect with their communities. This casual meeting allows for discussions from the community and gives the officers a way to get to know the people they serve.

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from innovative veterans about their journeys toward successful entrepreneurship in the 2022 Veterans Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program 1-4 p.m. Nov. 30. This is a virtual event.

You’ll learn about critical resources available to entrepreneurs and inventors including training, counseling, and access to capital from representatives of entrepreneurial organizations such as the U.S. Small Business Administration, Bunker Labs, and the D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families at the University of Syracuse.

From Martina McBride and Melissa Etheridge to Charlie Parker and Janelle Monáe, the Wichita State Ulrich Museum of Art will highlight artists and musicians from the Sunflower state at 10 a.m. today, Oct. 19

Join rapper, and arts educator Cash Hollistah as he takes a deeper look into how the power of place informs and inspires us musically.

This program is made possible by Humanities Kansas. Sunflower Music is part of Humanities Kansas’s Speakers Bureau, featuring humanities-based presentations designed to share stories that inspire, spark conversations that inform, and generate insights that strengthen civic engagement.

Refreshments begin at 10 a.m., and the program will be at 10:30 a.m. in the Polk Wilson Gallery of the Ulrich Museum of Art.

Shock Starter is offering two headshot events 1-4:40 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, and 9:30 a.m.-noon Friday, Oct. 28 at Partnership Building 3 on the Innovation Campus.

Faculty, staff and innovation partners will not be able to see or make appointments in the scheduler until two weeks before the next headshot event date.

As part of the Savvy Scholars series, University Libraries will present Writing Papers in APA Style from 4-5 p.m. Nov. 1 Ablah Library, room 217.

Attendees will learn and practice using the American Psychological Association (APA) seventh edition style to write and format research papers and citation lists.

Are you looking for some spooktacular fun this Halloween? From 1-3 p.m. Oct. 31, University Libraries will be hosting its Halloween Comicfest. Come by the library for comics, candy, and fun.

Please join Wichita State’s Regional Institute on Aging for the Music, Health and Aging Colloquium from 3-5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21 in 102 McKinley Hall, Room 102.

• Dr. Judy Edworthy, professor emerita from University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom, will give a presentation on “Adapting Our Sound World as we Age.”
• Steven Chong, a WSU graduate student, will present “Music Listening as Laughter.”
• Kylie Darland — a graduate student in speech, language and pathology — will give a talk on “Melodic Intonation Therapy for Persons with Aphasia.”

A reception for the event begins at 3 p.m., and presentations will follow at 3:30 p.m. A networking discussion session will follow from 4:30 to 5 pm.

WSU Foundation will lead three training sessions to learn about the foundation requisition process and new policies and procedures. There are three sessions available which will take place at the Rhatigan Student Center.

• 2:30-4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7.
• 10:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Nov. 9
• 2:30-4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10

Participants will only need to attend one day, and sessions are limited to 25 people.

For more information, contact Kimberly Pham at 316-978-3813 or kimberly.pham@wichita.edu.

Please sign up through the Sign-up Genius Link:

Join the RSC for a fun Throwback Thursday. Celebrate various decades with freebies, snacks, games, and a photo booth. Swing by the party from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27 in the RSC East Atrium.