Category: Events and Recreation

Learn to launch a business at the Shocker New Venture Competition (SNVC). During this three-round competition, students will gain experience pitching, networking and developing a business model while also being provided invaluable feedback.

Applications to compete will be accepted until March 31. The timeline for the competition is as follows:

• March 31: Applications, including a three-minute video, are due and round one commences.
• April 1-7: Judging of business model videos
• April 8: Round one, results announced
• April 13: Required workshop for teams advancing to trade show
• April 19: Reception for teams in trade show (attendance required)
• April 22: Round two, trade show
• April 29: Round three, finals

For more information, visit Wichita State’s SNVC website.

Help your students learn and launch a business while also getting hands-on experience at the Shocker New Venture Competition (SNVC) in April. During this three-round competition, students gain experience pitching, networking and developing a business model while being provided invaluable feedback.

Applications to compete will be accepted until March 31. The timeline for the competition is as follows:

• March 31: Applications, including a three-minute video, are due and round one commences.
• April 1-7: Judging of business model videos
• April 8: Round one, results announced
• April 13: Required workshop for teams advancing to trade show
• April 19: Reception for teams in trade show (attendance required)
• April 22: Round two, trade show
• April 29: Round three, finals

For more information, visit Wichita State’s SNVC website.

The Student Activities Council is hosting the Fairmount Formal at 7 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Rhatigan Student Center Beggs Ballroom (third floor). Please join us for dancing, hors d’oeuvres and celebrate the start of a new Shocker Tradition.

Tickets are free to Wichita State students, $5 for faculty and staff and $8 for the public. For more information, please email sac@wichita.edu.

Student Health Services is hosting a Pee for Pizza event on Thursday, Feb. 17. To participate, students can schedule an appointment through their student health portal or by calling 316-978-4792. Stop by and get tested for various STIs and get free pizza.

The next University Libraries Savvy Scholar Workshop, “Enhancing your research with ArcGIS Online,” will take place noon-1p.m. Feb. 11 via Zoom. This workshop is free of charge.

This workshop will teach participants how to make interactive dynamic maps with ArcGIS Online to enhance their research and career pathway. Dr. Joseph Kerski, renowned geographer and education manager at Environmental Systems Research Institute, will present the fundamental tools of ArcGIS Online, an accessible platform for making digital maps with data from a variety of sources and academic fields.

The Shocker Learning Center (SLC) will host its Valentine’s Day open house 1-3 p.m. Feb. 14 at Lindquist Hall (Room 107). Learn about all the academic support the SLC offers students including supplemental Instruction, tutoring and peer mentoring. These services, and others, can help you and other WSU students succeed in their classes for the spring semester and beyond.

The event will also include a decorate-it-yourself sugar cookie bar, coffee, lemonade and other SLC goodies and swag.

Student Activities Council (SAC) is looking for students to participate in Hippodrome 2022 April 8. To participate, students who enter as a group or individually should produce a skit performing a variety act such as singing or dancing—all talents are welcome. Prizes will be awarded to the winner of the competition.

Established in 1928, Hippodrome began as a variety show featuring the comedic talents of students. The history of the program is not without controversy, and some members consider it exclusionary. The discussion aims to move forward together and create a program that showcases the talents of WSU’s diverse student body with an open dialogue on how to create a more inclusive program that highlights the talent of all Shockers.

For more information, visit SAC website or contact information or contact traditions@wichita.edu.

The Epsilon Psi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. will host an informational presentation at 6 p.m. today at the Rhatigan Student Center. The fraternity is seeking male students to help to rebuild their undergraduate chapter during the spring 2022 semester.

The Omega Psi Phi is the first international fraternal organization founded on the campus of a historically black college, Howard University. It is a professional organization of college-educated men with similar ideas and attainments. The fraternity’s founders chose Manhood, scholarship, perseverance and uplift as the cardinal principles that every prospective candidate must possess.

There will be a question and answer session as part of the presentation. For more information, contact tylerjbryant43@gmail.com or larry.burks@wichita.edu.

The Student Activities Council (SAC) will host a Shrek-themed movie night with two showings at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5 at the Campus Activities Center.

In addition to the showing, attendants will receive a custom cookie made by the Gilded Cookie of Wichita. Swamp punch and popcorn will be available. There will also be a chance to win  the Comfy Original – an oversized sherpa-lined fleece pullover, a mini-dash waffle maker and mix (because Donkey loves waffles) and a custom Shrek grab bag.

Admission is free for students who present their WSU ID, $3 for faculty, staff, and children under the age of 12. Admission is $5 for the general public. Credit or debit payment are only available at the door.

Join Andy Sykes — Wichita State Campus Recreation Fitness and Health Education program specialist — at 1 p.m. today, Feb. 4 on Facebook Live. The event is as part of the Lifting Clinic. This issue will cover accessory equipment use, how to use common accessories and common mistakes to avoid.