Category: Events and Recreation

The Lecture Series in the Mathematical Sciences and the Midwest Geometry Conference 2022 will host it’s never event at 3 p.m. Friday, March 11 at Jabara Hall (Room 127). Dr. Chikako Mese, a professor from Johns Hopkins University, will present a lecture titled Holomorphic Rigidity of Teichmuller space.”

Join the next Physics Seminar at 2 p.m. today, March 8 at Clinton Hall (Room 126) or via Zoom. The talk features Lembit Sihver, a professor from the Technical University of Vienna, Austria. The presentation is titled “Radiation and Radiation Protection at Aviation Altitudes, LEO and in Deep Space.”

If you are graduating this spring, visit the Shocker Store during one of their Grad Days 10 a.m.-3 p.m. March 9 and 10 at the Rhatigan Student Center Shocker Store. During Grad Days, members of Balfour CB Graduation Announcements will at the RSC to help students order class rings, graduation announcements, nursing or dental hygiene pins, custom faculty regalia and other items.

Dr. Joseph Kerski and Mark Stewart, from the international Geographical Information Systems (GIS) field technology company Esri, will present two workshops March 24-25. The events are hosted by University Libraries.

The second event, “Telling Your Story with ArcGIS StoryMaps” will take place noon-1 p.m. March 25 at the Ablah Library. The event will discuss Esri’s ArcGIS StoryMaps program which enables the creation of inspiring, immersive stories by combining text, interactive maps and multimedia content. Kerski will introduce this technology and offer tips for creating engaging StoryMaps.

The event is free of charge. Registrations is required to attend. For more information about these events, contact ethan.lindsay@wichita.edu.

Dr. Joseph Kerski and Mark Stewart, from the international Geographical Information Systems (GIS) field technology company Esri, will present two workshops March 24-25. The events are hosted by University Libraries.

The first workshop, “Data, Dashboards, and Dynamic Maps: GIS Today and Tomorrow” will take place 3-4 p.m. March 24 at the “Ablah Library. During the event. Kerski and Stewart will introduce GIS technology with examples from a variety of industry and academic fields.

The event is free of charge. Registrations is required to attend. For more information about these events, contact ethan.lindsay@wichita.edu.

The Department of History’s spring lecturer, Dr. Martin Nekola, will give a talk at 7 pm. Monday, April 4 Jabara Hall (Room 127) and via Zoom. The talk, “Post-War Czechoslovakia, Communist Coup, and the Cold War Exile,” is free and open to the public.

For more information and the Zoom link, please contact Dr. Robin C. Henry at robin.henry@wichita.edu

The Ulrich Museum of Art will host an artist talk featuring Wichita-based artist Ann Resnick at 6 p.m. today, March 8. There will be a reception before at 5:30 p.m. The talk is free and open to the public.

Resnick has been making art for more than forty years. A pillar of contemporary art in Wichita, she has worked as a gallerist, activist and exhibiting artist to benefit the local community for 25 years. Shown nationally and internationally, much of her work has never been seen in Wichita. She will discuss her current exhibition, “Chapter & Verse,” with curator Ksenya Gurshtein. “Chapter & Verse” presents highlights of her artistic career going back to the 1990s. The exhibition is on display at the Ulrich Museum through May 7.

Find out what’s up for debate at the Topeka legislative session at 5 p.m. Tuesday March 15 via Facebook Live. The staff at KMUW is convening a panel to answer the local community’s questions.

To submit a question for the panel, comment on the live Facebook video or email the KMUW staff in advance at info@kmuw.org.

Wichita State’s annual weight lifting competition Wu Lifts will take place 9 a.m.-1 p.m. March 27 at the Heskett Center weight room. Students are encouraged to sign up early through the WSU Campus Recreation app as there are only 30 participants that can be accepted for this competition. Registration is free of charge.

There will be medals for the top three male and female athletes in squat, bench-press and deadlift.  (ranking will use Wilk’s Coefficient).

Volunteers are also being requested for this event.

Dr. Laila Cure, a Wichita State assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, will present about “Modeling and Analysis of Contemporary Work Systems” at 11 a.m. today, March 11 via Zoom.

This presentation will investigate the dynamics of various types of work systems using statistical modeling techniques. A work system is described as a productive system involving humans executing tasks over a period to meet performance expectations. The definition includes, but is not limited to repetitive systems, which are the basis of state-of-the-art-work analysis methods.

Cure received her Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering at the University of South Florida in 2011. Her research focuses on the use of analytics and mathematical modeling techniques to understand and design operations involving humans interacting with technology in uncertain environments. Cure currently teaches Work Systems, Production Systems, Modeling and Analysis of Manufacturing Systems, and Data Analytics. She is also the faculty advisor for the Wichita State Student Chapter of the Association for Supply Chain Management.