Category: Events and Recreation

Stop by the Food Truck Plaza for coffee from Sunflower Espresso from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today, Sept. 16.

You can also get lunch with The Flying Stove, Brazita Bites, and Wheat Street Dogs food truck from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Feel free to enjoy your meal at the plaza picnic tables or the beautiful green space.

Shockers, Wichita State’s Student Acitivites Council will host its Campus Feud event at 7 p.m. Sept. 24, starting at 7 pm at the Campus Activies Center Theater. Bring your friends andd answer survey questions for a chance to win prizes.

Wichita State’s Military and Veterans Services will celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the United States Air Force during a come-and-go event 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 19 at 105 Grace Wilkie Hall. All students, faculty, staff, veterans and the Shocker Community are invited to join the celebration.

The next Student Health Services (SHS) Pee for Pizza event will take place noon-4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at the Student Wellness Center in the Steve Clark YMCA. During the event, participants can get tested for gonorrhea and chlamydia by submitting a urine specimen and then receive a free pizza.

Co-sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Positive Direction and Shocker Sports Grill and Lanes, Pee for Pizza occurs twice a month through the fall and spring semesters and is by reservation only. No walk-ins will be accepted. Participants must not use the restroom at least one hour before testing.

For more information or to make a reservation, contact SHS at 316-978-4792. Other testing is available upon request.

Wichita State Student Engagement Advocacy & Leadership and the Care Team will host a Social Service Fair 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 10 on the first floor of the Rhatigan Student Center

The fair aims to provide students with off-campus and on-campus resources and information including, but not limited, to physical health, mental health, disability services, animal education, child care, educational services, housing and financial assistance. Food will be available, as well as a chance to win prizes.

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