Category: Events and Recreation

Wichita State professor of physics Dr. Nick Solomey will speak on dark matter at the next Physics Seminar at 2 p.m. Dec. 7 in 128 Jabara Hall or via Zoom.

We have fun activities happening throughout the week of Dec. 5 as we celebrate De-stress Fest. You deserve to indulge in some fun before we end this semester with final exams and winter break. Activities include cookies, cocoa, self-care crafts, and “Polar Express” movie night. For a complete list of De-Stress Fest activities, visit wichita.edu/destress.

Please join us for a public lecture by Dr. Michasel Jablonski, professor of mathematics at the University of Oklahoma. The lecture, titled “Growing more isometries by improving shape,” will take place at 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2 in 372 Jabara Hall. Refreshments will be available at 2:30 p.m. in room 353 Jabara Hall.

WSU’s Freshman Leadership Council is holding Coco Fun Time from 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 7. The entire campus community is invited to drink hot chocolate and build a graham cracker house. This is a good opportunity to have some fun and relax before finals.

Evolutionary epidemiologist Dr. Rob Wallace will speak as part of the Disaster Resilience Analytics Center from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2 via Zoom.

Wallace works at the Agroecology and Rural Economics Research Corps. He is the author of “Big Farms Make Big Flu” and the forthcoming “The Fault in Our SARS: COVID-19 in the Biden Era.” He has co-authored a number of technical volumes, including Neoliberal Ebola: Modeling Disease Emergence from Finance to Forest and Farm and Clear-Cutting Disease Control: Capital-Led Deforestation, Public Health Austerity, and Vector-Borne Infection. He has consulted for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN.

Come celebrate the accomplishments of the Hispanic American Leadership Organization and its members for a baile (or dance) from 7 to 10 p.m. Dec. 2 at the Marcus Welcome Center. Enjoy light snacks and a live band performance.

If you are planning to bring a guest who is not a WSU Student, please RSVP through ShockerSync.

Come shop for gifts and enjoy functional pottery made by student and faculty members of the WSU Ceramics Guild. An opening reception will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30 with additional hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Dec. 1, and from 9 a.m. to noon Dec. 2.

All events are in 105 Henrion Hall. Half of the proceeds support student research, learning and travel.

The next WSU Physics Seminar Series talk will feature WSU’s own Jarred Novak at 2 p.m. Nov. 30 in 128 Jabara Hall. Novak’s talk is titled “Nudar, A Neutrino Directional Sensitive Detector.”

Head to the Heskett Center on Dec. 2 and compete individually or on a team of four as you test yourself across 10 stations. Complete as many reps as possible to be champion and earn some awesome prizes.

Test yourself across 10 stations, 45 seconds of work, and 15 seconds of rest. Stations include rowing, bench hop, push-up knee tuck, lateral hop, box jump and burpee, pull-ups, squat press, Russian twist, dead ball over-the-shoulder throw, and sprint and lateral hop.

The seventh annual Strategic Communications marketing and communications seminar for WSU faculty and staff will be held from 10 a.m. to noon, Thursday, Jan. 26 in the RSC Ballroom (third floor).

Attendees may choose to attend three of six sessions. Gain additional insights, tools and tips to help you improve your marketing and communication efforts.

RSVP information coming soon.