Category: Events and Recreation

The Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Wichita State University is excited to host their first North American Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO) Competition for high school students 9 a.m.-noon today, Jan.27 at the Rhatigan Student Center (Lucas Room).

The NACLO is a contest where high-school students solve linguistic puzzles. In solving the problems, students learn about the diversity and consistency of language, while exercising logical skills. No prior knowledge of linguistics or second languages is necessary for the students to compete.

During the event, professionals in linguistics, computational linguistics and language technologies use dozens of the world’s languages to create engaging problems that represent cutting-edge issues in their fields. The competition has attracted top students to study and work in those same fields.

After the open round Jan. 27, qualifying students will be selected to participate in the invitational round Thursday, March 17 at WSU. The winners of the second round will be eligible to represent North America at the International Linguistic Olympiad.

For more information, contact Jill Fisher, director and WSU Science, Technology, Engineering and Math outreach coordinator, at jill.fisher@wichita.edu.

Wichita State’s Criminal Justice Student Association (CJSA) will host an informal meeting at 12:30 p.m. Feb. 1 at the Law Enforcement Training Center (Room 336). This is the first CJSA meeting of the spring 2022 semester. The event will provide participants an opportunity to meet other students and include light snacks and bingo. All WSU students are welcome and do not need to be current members of the organization.

The 2022 Kansas Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol event will take place March 1-3, 2022. The event is an opportunity for students to present their research experiences virtually to Kansas state lawmakers, the Kansas Board of Regents and the Wichita State community.

Up to 40 students can participate each year and will represent each of the state’s eight public four-year institutions. Projects from a broad range of disciplines are encouraged–especially those that relate to the state of Kansas and issues important to the State Legislature (e.g. education, health, agriculture, aviation, biotechnology, energy, transportation, manufacturing, environment and social services).

Up to five projects will be selected from each institution, and students working on the same research project are encouraged to apply as a group.

Applications will be accepted until Feb. 2. Students who wish to apply should visit the WSU Undergraduate Research website for more information.

The 2022 Kansas Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol event will take place March 1-3, 2022. The event is an opportunity for your students to present their research experiences virtually to Kansas state lawmakers, the Kansas Board of Regents and the Wichita State community.

Up to 40 students can participate each year and will represent each of the state’s eight public four-year institutions. Projects from a broad range of disciplines are encouraged–especially those that relate to the state of Kansas and issues important to the State Legislature (e.g. education, health, agriculture, aviation, biotechnology, energy, transportation, manufacturing, environment and social services).

Up to five projects will be selected from each institution, and students working on the same research project are encouraged to apply as a group.

Applications will be accepted until Feb. 2. Students who wish to apply should visit the WSU Undergraduate Research website for more information.

Dr. Nick Solomey, WSU professor of physics, and Dr. Stephanie Vivod, chemical engineer at NASA Glenn Research Center, will discuss how to successfully apply for funding and funding opportunities at 10 a.m. Feb. 2 via Zoom. The event is hosted by the Office of Research.

For more information or to receive the Zoom link, contact proposals@wichita.edu.

Wichita State’s Green Group will meet at 4 p.m. today at the Rhatigan Student Center (RSC) (Room 007). The meeting will be an unstructured social with free snacks and drinks. Stop by and learn more about student sustainability efforts on our campus.

Learn the basics of intellectual property protection with the Kansas Small Business Development Center (KSBDC) at a virtual workshop 3-4:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31 via Zoom.

The workshop is part of the Entrepreneurship Research Series presented by Wichita State University Libraries to help inventors and entrepreneurs learn how to protect their intellectual property and support their businesses through research.

Registration is required. Participants can register for free at the University Libraries website.

Are you a transfer student? The members of Wichita State Transfer Working Group want to hear about your experience as a Shocker at a virtual Transfer Student Feedback Meeting at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10. For more information or attend, please contact student.success@wichita.edu.

Due to the recent spike in Omicron variant cases, the Ulrich Museum of Art is rescheduling its upcoming Spring 2022 Exhibition Celebration to 5-8 p.m. Feb. 25. The event was originally scheduled to take place Jan. 27. The event is free and open to the public. 

In addition to this schedule change, the museum will shift all in-person programming scheduled between now and late February to online-only. Registration is required for all virtual Ulrich programs.

For more information, visit the museum’s programs webpage.

Dust off your moves or learn some new ones at the Student Activities Council (SAC) dance class featuring two professionally instructed sessions 6-8 p.m. Feb. 8 and 9 at the Heskett Center. The class will train participants on Rumba and Single Time East Coast Swing. 

To attend, please register no later than Feb. 3. For more information, contact sac@wichita.edu.