Category: Events and Recreation

The next KMUW Literary Feast will take place from 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 15 at KMUW. Dinner will be provided by Public. Literary Feast is KMUW’s monthly book club, featuring selections made by KMUW staff. For May, the staff has selected “This Time Tomorrow” by Emma Straub.

Are you an innovator with an early-stage technology that has commercial potential? Join Dr. Eileen Chant, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs (STTR) program manager, 1-2 p.m. June 28 for a free webinar about DOE SBIR and STTR programs. Registration is required to attend.

DOE SBIR and STTR provide early-stage, non-dilutive research and development funding for small businesses to develop their technology and commercialize it.

Chant will also discuss how to access DOE SBIR and STTR application and awardee assistance programs and what to consider regarding commercialization and the power of partnering.

The presentation will be followed by a question and answer from the audience and a limited number of pre-registered appointments to privately meet with Chant. For more information, contact strategicinitiatives@wichita.edu.

Fran Cook from the Wichita State Office of Research will host two virtual workshops for faculty and staff about improving writing grant proposals. The workshops are scheduled as follows:

• Writing Proposals — Learn the basics of proposal writing for grants at 1 p.m. Thursday, June 2. For more information or to attend, contact proposals@wichita.edu or sign up via myTraining.
• Using Pivot to Search for Funding —Learn the tips and tricks for using Pivot (ProQuest database) to search for funding opportunities at 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 7. Participants must sign up for a Pivot account to practice searching Pivot during the workshop. For more information or to attend, contact proposals@wichita.edu.

The Ulrich Museum of Art on the Wichita State University campus invites you to celebrate its latest suite of exhibitions at its Summer Exhibition Opening Party from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 26.

The party is free and open to all. The two new exhibitions both feature selections from the museum’s permanent collection, though from entirely different perspectives: One is a show curated by high school students in the Wichita Arts Council, and the other features picks from the collection that are near and dear to the Ulrich staff.

Those two exhibitions, Reemergence and Reconnecting: A Youth Arts Council Takeover and Deep Dive: Selections from the Permanent Collection, will remain on display through July 30 during regular gallery hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Saturday; closed Sundays and university and major holidays. Admission is always free.

Join the Kansas SBDC for no-cost small business webinars.

• Startup and Start Right: Protect all your hard work by starting your business legally. Learn how to quickly startup in just 10 steps. Noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 1.
• DBE/MBE/WBE Certification: Minority & Women-Owned Business Certification allows diverse businesses to compete for real-time business opportunities from private corporations to government agencies. 11 a.m. to noon Wednesday, June 8.
• Lending 101: Do you want a business loan? This webinar offers insights from a former banker to help you understand what lenders require, the loan application process, and how a lender decides on a loan request. Noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 14.
• Social Media – Where to Start? This webinar will cover the basics of promoting your business on social media. Noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 15.
• Hiring 101: Have you been operating your business on your own and realized you need help?  Join us to understand the steps to hiring your first employee. Noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 22.
• Unemployment Tax: Understanding Regulations: Presenter Ly Tran with KDOL will provide an overview of the Kansas unemployment tax requirements. Noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, June 23.

The next Juneteenth ICT Parade will take place sy10 a.m. Saturday, June 18 beginning at the historic McAdams Park. The Juneteenth ICT Parade is an annual celebration during Juneteenth in Wichita, where everyone comes together to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States.

Individuals and organizations will be able to purchase armbands if they wish to participate in the parade. Participants can check-in and find out parade route details as they are announced at the Juneteenth ICT website.

Bring your lunch and learn about the Process Communication Model (PCM) at noon July 19 via Zoom. During the event, Cy Rogers, Community Engagement Institute certified PCM trainer, will explain the model and how to might utilize it. This webinar is free to all faculty, staff and Innovation Campus partners. Registration is required.

PCM is the premier tool for decoding human interactions. It helps people adapt their communication style to match others and contribute to a world that leverages differences for the better.

Today is the fourth day of the Academic Resources Conference (ARC) at Wichita State. The ARC is a free and virtual conference for instructors of all ranks (including graduate teaching assistants and adjunct instructors) and student-facing staff. Today’s events include the following:

• Blackboard Ultra Roadmap, What’s Coming? 9-9:50 a.m. Taught by Blackboard representative Lauren Roberts. Ultra Format Courses are undergoing a lot of upgrades during the academic year. This session will discuss recent and future changes.
• OneDrive Introduction, 10-10:50 a.m. Taught by Ali Levine. Would you like to use OneDrive but aren’t sure how? This session will cover the basics.
• Learning Theories Introduction, 11:00-11:50 a.m. Taught by Carolyn Speer. There are many learning theories that you might find to be useful frameworks for thinking about your teaching. This session will cover 5-6 popular theories and situate them in different contexts so you can see what is useful and practical for you.
• Panel Hour, Intersectionality of ODI and ODS, noon-12:50 p.m. Taught by Alicia Sanchez, Vanessa Souriya-Mnirajd and Isabel Medina-Keiser. Come and hear campus experts discuss the concept of intersectionality and how it applies to diversity, inclusion and disability.
•  Article Club #2, “The Power of Telling Students Why,” 1-1:50 p.m. This is the second of two article clubs for the May ARC. To participate, click the title of the article, review it, and come to the event prepared to discuss it. (The title of the article is a link to the article)
• “Tenure and Promotion at WSU,” 2-2:50 p.m. Taught by Gery Markova. Are you working on tenure and promotion at WSU and need some guidance? This session is for you.
•  Annotate for Free with Hypothesis, 2-2:50 p.m. Taught by Heather Merchant. This free app caught our eye when a professor requested an accessibility review of it. Come hear about Hypothesis and how your students can use for free it to annotate digital documents.
• Academic Creative Services, Image Resource Training, 3-3:50 p.m. Taught by John Hammer. Do you wish your course had more cool images but aren’t sure how to accomplish this? This is your chance to learn with the lead of our Academic Creative Services unit.
• Best Practices for Online Test Integrity, 5-5:50 p.m. Taught by Freh Wuhib. If you offer testing online you may be worried about test integrity. This session will walk you through several recommendations to improve test integrity.
• Test Building in Blackboard Original and Ultra Course Format, 6-6:50 p.m. Taught by Mary Morriss. Did you know that Office of Instructional Resources provides you with a test-generation tool? Faculty can use it to create tests in Microsoft Word and then upload them to Blackboard. Come learn more about it.

Please come and help the Media Resources Center (MRC) and Wichita State thank Randall Fooshee for 23 years of service at a ceremony 3-5 p.m. Thursday, May 26 at the MRC lobby. Fooshee worked as the media classroom coordinator at the MRC.

President Rick Muma is the featured speaker for the Academic Resources Conference (ARC) today, May 25 via Zoom. The ARC is free and open to all students, faculty and staff. Today’s events will include the following:

• (Physical) Classroom Update, 9-:50 a.m. Taught by Ryan Corcoran. The physical classroom has changed somewhat since COVID first appeared. This session will walk participants through typical classroom elements and how to use them.
• Campus Freedom of Expression Update, 10-10 a.m. President Muma will share an update on the campus-wide freedom of expression initiative.
•  Pedagogy? Andragogy? What’s the Difference? 11-11:50 a.m. Taught by Carolyn Speer. This session focuses on the distinction between pedagogical approaches to teaching and androagogical approaches. What are these approaches and what’s the difference?
• Retention Panel, Retention Faculty Fellows, noon-12:50 p.m. This panel will focus on initiatives that are designed to improve student retention at Wichita State.
•  New to WSU? Instructor Onboarding, 1-1:50 p.m. Taught by Carolyn Speer. Whether you are an adjunct instructor, a graduate teaching assistant or a new full-time faculty member, this session is for you. During this session, Speer will discuss how to get support and training at WSU.
•  Article Club: “Why the Science of Teaching is Often Ignored,” 2-2:50 p.m. Article Club is like a book club with an article, so it’s easier to prepare. To join, click on the title of the article and review it.
• Getting Started with OER, 3-3:50 p.m. Taught by Maria Sclafani and Victoria Koger. Learn how to lower the cost of your courses with members of University Libraries.
• Ultra Course Format Gradebook and Grading, 6-6:50 p.m. Taught by Mary Morriss. Have you chosen Ultra Course Format for fall? This session will cover the basics of putting together an Ultra Course.