Category: Events and Recreation

In a collaborative effort, the Office of Disability Services and Trio DSS will be promoting International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) by offering information to students, faculty and staff at an IDPD table 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 3 on the first floor of the Rhatigan Student Center.

The world population includes more than 7 billion people and more than one billion people, or approximately 15% of the world’s population, live with some form of disability; 80% live in developing countries.

The annual observance of the International Day of Disabled Persons was proclaimed in 1992 by United Nations General Assembly resolution 47/3. It aims to promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in all spheres of society and development and to increase awareness of the situation of persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life

The following information describes what would be considered a person with a disability: an individual who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a major life activity, has a record of such a disability or is regarded as having a disability.

If you are a student with a disability that is interested in receiving possible accommodations, fill out the  Disability Servcies Intake Form. If you are a student with a disability and are needing tutoring, academic advising, career development, study skills assistance, and financial literacy assistance please contact Trio DSS.

If you are a staff or faculty member interested in receiving possible workplace accommodations, contact the HR Total Rewards Team at totalrewards@wichita.edu.

The Rhatigan Student Center’s (RSC) Shocker Store will host a free photo op with WuShock 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 11 in the basement of the store. This event is open to the entire campus community and their families.

For the next edition of Democracy on Tap at noon Tuesday, Dec. 14 the staff of KMUW will revisit highlights from KMUW’s Viral Kindness. Host Sarah Jane Crespo will also catch up with people previously featured on the commentary series for an update on their causes.

Come by the Food Truck Plaza 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. today, Dec. 2 for lunch from The Flying Stove at the Food Truck Plaza. The menu for The Flying Stove is available on Facebook. Grab a meal to go and enjoy it on the patio and green space.

Are you majoring in the humanities and wondering what kind of internships are available for you? Do you have questions about other liberal arts and sciences majors and how they lead to internships? If so, join the Fairmont College Student Advisory Council for a panel at 1 p.m., today, Dec. 2 at the Rhatigan Student Center (Room 264) or via Zoom (Meeting ID: 656 499 3171 Password: FCSAC).

The event will feature Brian Austin, director of applied learning and internships; Darren DeFrain, associate professor of English; and Jaycie Nelson, student. Drinks and desserts will be offered but attendants should bring their lunch.

Please save the date for the annual Communications Seminar to be held from 10 a.m.-noon Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, on the third floor of the Rhatigan Student Center. The event will offer participants a chance to gain additional insights, tools and tips to help improve their marketing and communication efforts.

Come by the Food Truck Plaza 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2 for lunch from The Flying Stove at the Food Truck Plaza. The menu for The Flying Stove is available on Facebook. Grab a meal to go and enjoy it on the patio and green space.

Come by the Food Truck Plaza for lunch from The Flying Stove 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2 at the Food Truck Plaza. The menu for The Flying Stove is available on Facebook. Grab a meal to go and enjoy it on the patio and green space.

“The Voices from the Vault” series is back at 6 p.m. today, Nov. 30 at the Ulrich Museum of Art and via YouTube Livestream. There will be a reception before the event at 5:30 p.m. The event will feature Indigenous Artist Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds. His talk, titled “Spirit Citizen: Provocative Native American Public Art and Studio Practice,” will focus on his pieces in the  Ulrich’s permanent collection.

Heap of Birds is one of the leaders of the Tsistsistas (Cheyenne) traditional Elk Warrior Society and lives on the Cheyenne/ Arapaho Nation Reservation in Oklahoma. As an artist and an advocate for Indigenous communities worldwide, his work includes multidisciplinary forms of public art messages, large-scale drawings, Neuf Series acrylic paintings, prints, works in glass and monumental porcelain enamel on steel outdoor sculpture.

While representing Indigenous communities, his art focuses first on social justice and on the personal freedom to live within the tribal circle as an expressive individual.

To help ease the stress of finals week, the Student Activities Council (SAC) will offer students a self-care stop 11-1 p.m. Dec. 1 at the Rhatigan Student Center Atrium.

The event will feature massages and other activities while members of Wichita State’s Counseling and Prevention Services will offer tips on how to manage stress. Hot tea and cocoa will be offered to participants.