Category: Events and Recreation

The Writing Now/Reading Now literary series invites you to celebrate the 2022 Wichita State Master of Fine Arts graduates in creative writing with a student reading at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 1 at the Ulrich Museum of Art. There will be a reception before at 2 p.m.

During the event, Stephen Woodgeard, Robert Burke, Janet Federico, Reid Kurkerewicz, and Merrick Preti will read from their fiction. Robert Yates and Luke Ulatowski will read from their poetry.

Writing Now/Reading Now is cosponsored by the Wichita State Department of English, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Watermark Books and Café, and the Ulrich Museum of Art.

The popular Empty Bowls Chili Cook-off has been rebranded as Bowl Fest and will take place later today 4-8 p.m. Friday, April 29 at the Groover Labs parking lot (334 St. Francis Ave). The event is hosted by Wichita State College of Fine Arts; it’s School of Art Design and Creative Industries; the Wichita School District; Wichita East High School Ceramics Club; Spirit AeroSystems and Groover Labs.

The event will feature a collection of bowls for sale made by local and regional artists, ranging in price from $5-$50. Monetary donations will also be accepted, with 100% of proceeds going directly to the Kansas Food Bank.

Instead of the traditional chili cook-off competition, Bowl Fest will feature food trucks, live printmaking and wheel throwing demonstrations. Come join the fun and help support the Kansas Food Bank.

Professor Ian Lewis, University of Kansas assistant professor, will give a talk titled “Signatures of New Physics at the Large Hadron Collider” at 2 p.m. May 4 at Clinton Hall 126 or via Zoom. Lewis will be on campus and the talk will be in person as well as via Zoom.

It’s time again for the Ulrich Museum of Art’s popular Family Fun Day. The fun takes place from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, April 30 at the museum. Bring the family for an afternoon of hands-on art making, stories, and fun discoveries inspired by the Ulrich’s world class 82-piece Martin H. Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection.

The African American Faculty and Staff Association (AAFSA) will host it’s next meeting 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 3 via Zoom. We’d love for your voice to join our own as we strive to make a difference on and off campus.

AAFSA appreciates the service of all its members, and recently recognized its former and current presidents with trophies. You can view the members at the AAFSA Facebook:

• Dr. Rhonda K. Lewis: 2008-2012
• Dr. Robert E. Weems, Jr.: 2013-2015
• Moniqueka Holloway: 2015-2017
• Dr. Bobby Berry: 2017-2019
• Danielle Johnson: 2019-2021
• Courtney Lockhart: 2021-2023

The Graduate School will host two public forums for its associate dean candidates at the Rhatigan Student Center 265. During the event, each candidate will present on a topic that challenges graduate students’ abilities to complete a graduate degree. A question and answer session will also be included. The following candidates are:

• 11 a.m. Monday, May 2, Dr. Timothy Shade, School of Music 
• 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 3, Dr. Jose Enrique Navarro, Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures

Wichita State’s Mental Health & Substance Abuse Coalition will host a community update 9-11 a.m. May 5 at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex 180. During the event, Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services secretary Laura Howard will provide the keynote presentation. The event will also include a panel and question and answer segments.

The Hugo Wal Hugo Wall Society will host a pizza party 4-6 p.m. today, May 2 at Lindquist Hall 207. The event will offer participants a chance to learn more about the Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs and about a master’s in Public Administration.

The Wichita State printmaking guild, Tornado Alley Press, will host a steam-roller printmaking event 4-8 p.m. Friday, today at Groover Labs (334 St. Francis Ave.). The event is free, and artwork will be available for purchase.