Category: Events and Recreation

Join Campus Recreation for a free night of frightful fun beginning at 8 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Heskett Center. Enjoy a haunted house, glow yoga, movies, games, snacks and more.

The next Global Village Assembly (GVA) will take place 7-9 p.m. Oct. 7 at Hubbard Hall (room 209) and via Zoom (meeting ID – 916 2168 2753, passcode – 072896). GVA is a yearly meeting of campus and Wichita communities to share views about common themes.

The 2021 theme is Ethnic Studies. During the event, attendants are invited to take the mic and voice an opinion using speech, poetry, song, dance or any medium of choice for two to four minutes.

GVA is organized by Wichita State’s Women’s Studies, the Office of the Vice President for Diversity and the Fairmount College of Arts and Sciences.

For more information, contact chinyere.okafor@wichita.edu, marche.fleming-randle@wichita.edu, robin.henry@wichita.edu or joyce.dalporto-ward@wichita.edu.

Student organizations, groups, businesses and community partners are invited to host a decorated car for Wichita State’s 2021 Trunk or Treat set for 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23 at the Rhatigan Student Center south lot.

For safety reasons, each car must be accompanied by at least three members of the participating group and they must remain on-site from noon to 4:30 p.m. Participants must provide enough candy or giveaways for approximately 800 children, with each child receiving one to two pieces of candy per car (1,600 pieces or more).

Trunk or Treat is part of Wichita State’s Homecoming 2021 activities Oct. 23-30. Participating student organizations and groups are eligible for the Trunk Decorating Competition. First-place winners will receive $100 toward their student group, and top earners will earn points toward their division.

Trunk or Treat is sponsored by WSU’s Student Activities Council. For more information, contact 316-978-3022 or sac@wichita.edu.

Join us at 9 a.m. Oct. 23 at Wichita State University’s main campus for the 5k Pumpkin Run, followed by the 1K Little Pumpkin Run at 10:23 a.m.

Participants who register by Oct. 5 will save $5. All registered participants will receive a customized T-shirt and a finisher medal. .

The Michael Tilford Conference on Diversity and Multiculturalism will take place 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 18 at the Lawrence Campus in Lawrence, Kansas. The event provides an opportunity for faculty, staff and administrators at the Kansas Board of Regents’ institutions to approach diversity in higher education by examining the challenges and opportunities in Kansas. The 2021 event will include the following presenters:

• Dr. Jody Fiorini, Wichita State University associate professor and Department Head, Counseling, Educational Leadership, Educational and School Psychology, will present “Women with Disabilities: Invisibility within a Sexist and Ableist Society.”
• Dr. Marche Fleming-Randle, Wichita State University Military and Veterans Affairs vice president and chief diversity officer, will present “The Gumbo Analysis of Diversity and Equity and Inclusion.”
• Dr. Kevin Harrison, community engagement coordinator for military and veterans affairs, will present  “A Name for the Pain.”

The Ulrich Museum invites you to a discussion with “Love in the Time of the Anthropocene” exhibition artists, photographers Terry Evans and Philip Heying, and painter A. Mary Kay at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5 at the museum. There will be a reception at 5:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.

Evans, Heying and Kay will be joined by Ulrich curator Ksenya Gurshtein. The group will discuss their diverse approaches to understanding the complexity of the Flint Hills’ unique and dwindling ecosystem, as well as reflecting on their deep and enduring love for the prairie environments that surround them

Mark your calendar and join us 3:30 – 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22 at Rhatigan Student Center Ballroom for a Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) update and celebration.

SEM has had a great year and wants to recognize its campus-wide efforts. Comments will begin at 4 p.m.

Registration for the second virtual Innovation Works Competition is open until noon Oct. 7. To qualify, teams of three to four students must submit a one-minute team presentation video addressing an innovative approach to real-life challenges faced every day by industry and government. The competition will have $12,000 in student prizes.

Multidisciplinary teams are encouraged, but at least one team member must be a current engineering student. Undergraduate and graduate students are welcome to compete.

Only the top 12 qualifying teams will be invited to continue in the competition, which will be announced Oct. 12.

The final contest theme will be announced on Oct. 15. In the competition, teams will periodically present short pitches to judges during sessions over a 48-hour period (Friday-Sunday). Scoring is based on problem understanding, solution uniqueness, demonstrated value of the solution, solution practicality, and the team’s overall effectiveness communicating.

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion is kicking off Queer History Month with a screening of the groundbreaking documentary film “Paris Is Burning” beginning at 7 p.m. today, Oct. 1 at Hubbard Hall. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.

This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City’s African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, “Paris Is Burning” offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion houses, from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS and poverty.

Snacks and drinks will be provided.

Campus Credit Union will host two drop-off locations this year for Toys-For-Tots that will be open from Oct. 4 to Dec. 15 at the following locations:

• Campus Credit Union branch located next to the Steve Clark YMCA and the Police Station
• Campus Credit Union branch at 4960 E. 21st N.

Help bring cheer to local Wichita children this season by donating a toy today. If you are wanting to donate please make sure that it is a new unwrapped toy, not a weapon and not a gift that contains food.