Category: Events

Join the Kansas Treasurer’s Office virtually as they discuss the Learning Quest 529 Education Savings Plan 11 a.m.-noon Tuesday, March 29. The plan is a tax-advantaged investment option to help cover the increasing costs of college or trade school.

Registration is required  for this event and to receive the link via email. A recording of the webinar will also be available within seven days of the original broadcast. The webinar is worth on HealthQuest credit.

All university libraries faculty and staff are invited to a town hall with President Rick Muma beginning at 9 a.m. Friday, March 25 via YouTube livestream. Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Shirley Lefever will also be a featured guest.

All university staff are invited to a town hall with President Rick Muma beginning at 3 p.m. Thursday, March 24 via a YouTube live stream. Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Shirley Lefever will also be a featured guest.

All College of Fine Arts faculty and staff are invited to a town hall with President Rick Muma beginning at 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 22 via Zoom. Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Shirley Lefever will also be a featured guest.

Eric Pierstoff, program director of the Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) at the National Science Foundation (NSF), will present an hour-long webinar about NSF SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs (STTR) 1- 2 p.m. April 19.

In addition to describing at NSF SBIR/STTR  program, Pierstoff will answer direct questions, cover the SBIR/STTR program’s goal, funding philosophy, topics, funded examples and the project pitch process. There will also be 10 minutes allotted for one-on-one meetings with Pierstoff.

This webinar is free of charge but registration is required.

If you are an innovator, researcher, or small business, apply by March 29 to take advantage of this virtual event which brings the United States Air Force and the small business community together to connect and collaborate. This enables the opportunity for small business innovation to quickly deliver advanced technologies to the Air Force. The event also offers participants the following:

• An opportunity to connect innovators with potential Air Force customers.
• An opportunity for potential direct contracted purchases or Small Business Innovation Research.

Selected companies will be invited to pitch their technology to Air Force representatives in April. For more information, contact For more information, contact Wichita State Strategic Initiatives at 316-978-5363 or strategicinitiatives@wichita.edu.

Want to learn more about study abroad programs? Join the next study abroad information session at 2 p.m. April 15 at the Rhatigan Student Center (Room 203). Students must register to attend on Wichita State’s Study Abroad Information Sessions website.

There are virtual sessions available. For more information, contact studyabroad@wichita.edu.

Fran Cook, from the Wichita State Office of Research, will host a workshop demonstrating tips and tricks for using Pivot to search for funding opportunities at 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 5 via Zoom.

Participants should sign up for a Pivot account before the workshop to practice searching Pivot during the workshop. For more information or to receive a link to the workshop, contact proposals@wichita.edu.

Join Andy Sykes on the Wichita State Campus Recreation Facebook page for a nutrition discussion at 1 p.m. March 28. Sykes will discuss the Keto Diet its benefits.

Fran Cook, from the Wichita State Office of Research, will host a workshop about writing proposals at 1 p.m., Thursday, March 31 via Zoom. The workshop will discuss the basics of proposal writing for grants.

For more information or to receive the Zoom link contact. proposals@wichita.edu. Participants can also sign up via myTraining.