Category: Events

The Graduate School and Office of Research will host a grant-writing workshop with presenter Fran Cook 12:30-2 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, at the Rhatigan Student Center Harvest Room (Room 142). The workshop will cover how to make clear, concise and consistent grant proposals.

Are you interested in getting some one-of-a-kind art? Wichita State’s Printmaking Guild will host a sale 11 a.m.-1 p.m. today in the basement of the Rhatigan Student Center. The sale will feature a variety of prints by different student artists. The guild will only accept cash or Venmo.

The International Student Union (ISU) is hosting its first open meeting of the semester at 5-6:30 p.m. Friday, March 11 at the Rhatigan Student Center (Room 266). Those interested in joining the ISU team can meet the executive committee at this meeting.

Dr. Coleen Pugh, vice provost for Research at Wichita State, invites all Fairmont College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Humanities and Social Sciences (LAS) faculty to attend a meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 10 via Zoom.

During the event, faculty will learn how to apply for external funding and discuss past funding successes by those in the LAS college. the following topics will also be discussed:

• Previous awards received and research performance of LAS
• Information about the Office of Research and how they can assist applicants
• LAS training needs and interests
• Personalized funding searches

To receive the Zoom link, contact proposals@wichita.edu.

Do you want to be the change?  Social work may be the right path for you. Wichita State’s Master of Social Work (MSW) program is accepting additional applications for the 2022-23 school year through April.

The program is open to all majors and has both full- and part-time schedule options. MSW students go on to work in mental health, forensics, health care, addiction treatment, aging, schools, international settings, child and family welfare, disaster relief, and more.  According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the job outlook for social work over the next decade is growing faster than average.

For more information, contact MSW director shaunna.millar@wichita.edu or visit the WSU Applying to MSW webpage

Do you have students still looking for a graduate program that may be the right fit? Wichita State’s Master of Social Work (MSW) program is accepting additional applications for the 2022-23 school year through April.

The program is open to all majors and has both full- and part-time schedule options. MSW students go on to work in mental health, forensics, health care, addiction treatment, aging, schools, international settings, child and family welfare, disaster relief, and more.  According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the job outlook for social work over the next decade is growing faster than average.

For more information, contact MSW director shaunna.millar@wichita.edu or visit the WSU Applying to MSW webpage.

Join the Women of Wichita State (WWSU) for a lunch-and-learn event 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. March 23 at the Marcus Welcome Center. Panelists will include the following:

• Dr. Alicia Martinez Newell, assistant vice president of Student Affairs
• Dr. Jessica Provines, assistant vice president of wellness and chief psychologist Student Wellness Center
• Alicia Sanchez, assistant dean of students and director of Diversity and Inclusion
• Heather Stafford, director of Student Health Services

The Lecture Series in the Mathematical Sciences and the Midwest Geometry Conference 2022 will host it’s never event at 3 p.m. Friday, March 11 at Jabara Hall (Room 127). Dr. Chikako Mese, a professor from Johns Hopkins University, will present a lecture titled Holomorphic Rigidity of Teichmuller space.”

Join the next Physics Seminar at 2 p.m. today, March 8 at Clinton Hall (Room 126) or via Zoom. The talk features Lembit Sihver, a professor from the Technical University of Vienna, Austria. The presentation is titled “Radiation and Radiation Protection at Aviation Altitudes, LEO and in Deep Space.”