Category: Events and Recreation

Please join us for a public lecture by Dr. Megan Kerr at 3 p.m. April 15 in 372 Jabara hall. Kerr, who is a professor of mathematics at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, will present “Submanifolds of Noncompact Homogeneous Spaces with Special Curvature Properties.” Refreshments will be available at 2:30 pm in 353 Jabara Hall.

The next Econ Bites on the Go will take place at noon on April 15 via Zoom (meeting ID 952 4019 5674, passcode 200). The episode will feature economist Dr. Ying Yang discussing how feedback design motivates the next generation of salespeople.

Yang is motivated by her own working experience in sales and is an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Iowa. She studies sales force compensation and marketing strategies. Her research combines theoretical game theory and behavioral economics, aiming to understand the motivation of the sales force and derive optimal strategy recommendations. She has published in the Journal of Marketing Research, Quantitative Marketing and Economics, and Marketing Letters.

Econ Bites on the Go was created by Wichita State’s Department of Economics and the Institute for the Study of Economic Growth to provide students and faculty members an opportunity to interact with top-tier economists.

Each talk lasts one hour. For the first 20 minutes, Siyu Wang, assistant professor of economics at Wichita State, asks students questions that provoke the guest speakers into a deeper examination of their work and how they see the world. The guest speaker then has 20 minutes to summarize his or her life-long research. The last 20 minutes is a question and answer session, with students and professors interacting with the guest speaker and asking any questions they have in mind.

The Office of Admissions will host Freshman and Sophomore Day 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, April 23. Everyone is encouraged to invite prospective students to attend by registering at the Visit Wichita State website. During the event, high school freshmen and sophomores can visit campus with current Shockers and learn more about opportunities at Wichita State.

Students in attendance will have several opportunities:

• Photo scavenger hunt and campus tour
• Lunch in Shocker Dining Hall
• Breakout informational sessions
• Optional tickets to the Shocker Softball game or the Shocker Baseball game
• Custom Wichita State t-shirt!

Registration is $15 for students and $5 for guests. Participants must RSVP no later than Tuesday, April 19. For more information, contact Lauren O’Donnell, events and marketing intern, at admissions.intern2@wichita.edu.

The April edition of Engage ICT will take place at 5 p.m. April 19 via Facebook Live. Re-socializing after the most severe COVID-19 cases have decreased has been a challenge for many people. For this edition of Engage ICT, a panel will discuss reasons, hardships and coping mechanisms for dealing with social anxiety and behaviors.

The Wichita Space Initiative will host a space seminar, “Introduction to the Interstellar Community and an Interstellar University in Kansas” at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 21 at 3 p.m. at Hubbard Hall (Room 231). This is event is free and open to the public.

The event will feature Steve Durst, whose 46-year career in the space field as a publisher and businessman informs his observations of the rapid growth of the interstellar phenomenon and its potential benefits to Kansas. This event is co-hosted by the Ad Astra Kansas Foundation.

Stop by the plaza for lunch with the Brazita Bites 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, April 11-15. Get your meal to go, or spread out on the picnic tables or the  beautiful green space.

The Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College is extending invites all faculty and staff to attend April Honors College Faculty Council Meeting 3:30-5 p.m. today, April 21 via Zoom. During the event, current Honors Faculty Fellows will present their work for the 2022-2023 academic year.

Honors faculty fellows develop independent or collaborative projects to advance Honors education and high-impact practices across campus. They research best practices, develop a preliminary honors course or research project designs, develop new academic programs, and present project outcomes relevant to the Cohen Honors College Faculty Council.

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion and Spectrum: LGBTQ and Allies will host the eighth annual Lavender Graduation at 7 p.m. April 28 at the Rhatigan Student Center (Room 233).

This is a special ceremony honoring the achievements of graduating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ+) students at Wichita State. Students have the option to be recognized openly or privately at this event.

The Shocker Store will host another course material affordability event 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday, April 18 and Tuesday, April 19 at the Rhatigan Student Center. The events are part of Affordable Course Materials Education (ACME). This is a come-and-go event that will feature the same topics both days.

With Wichita State embracing the opt-out inclusive access model with the spring 2022 pilot program, the Shocker Store now has the ability to open all courses offered at WSU to Access Now. The event will educate students who are not aware of Access Now and its benefits, and allow others to learn the tips, tricks and resources to make their Access Now course easier.

The next University Libraries Savvy Scholar Series Workshop “Finding Books For Fun” will take place 4-5 p.m. April 12 at the Ablah Library (Room 217, second floor). There is no fee to register. During the workshop, participants will learn online resources to find book recommendations and tools for keeping track of what they’ve read or want to read next.