Category: Events and Recreation

Join us for the next Physics Seminar at 2 p.m. Nov. 17 via Zoom or in Jabara Hall, room 126. The title of Dr. Andrew Hart’s, talk will be “Hiding in Plain Sight: Long-Lived Exotica at the LHC.”

Save the date. The Student Activities Council (SAC) will host The Fairmount Formal Feb. 19, 2022. The event is open to students, faculty and staff. The evening will include dancing, food, fun and memories. Though formal attire is requested, it is not a requirement. More details will be available at a later date.

Student Health Services (SHS) is hosting a Pee for Pizza event noon-4 p.m. today, Nov. 18 at the Student Wellness Center. Come submit a urine sample; and while we test it for any signs of STIs,  enjoy some free pizza. Other free STI testing is available upon request.

Call 316-978-4792 to schedule your appointment. Appointments are required to participate.

The National Society of Black Engineers, the Society of Hispanic Professional Professional Engineers and the Society of Women Engineers will host a Friendsgiving at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19 at the lobby located in the John Bardo Center. Participants are asked to bring a side or dessert if they are able.

International Education Week 2021 will take place Nov. 15-19. The week provides an opportunity to celebrate the knowledge and diversity international students bring to Wichita State and universities worldwide. Join the celebration by participating in an international trivia competition, listening to international student stories, viewing your name in another language and more.

View the full list of events at Wichita State’s International Education Week 2021 website. Want to kick off the celebration early? Take this short quiz about international students at Wichita State.

Wichita State’s Student Activities Council (SAC) Maker Market brings arts, crafts and keepsakes directly to you. The market is open 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 15-18 at the Rhatigan Student Center. Vendors will include Patrick Heath of Lear Heath Studios, TC Austin of Unique Tibetan Jewelry, Leaf and Stone Apothecary, Native Whisper Arts and more. Accepted forms of payment vary per vendor.

For more information on SAC events, visit the WSU SAC website or contact sac@wichita.edu.

Celebrate International Games Week noon-5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 11 at the Ablah Library. International Games Week is an initiative run by volunteers worldwide to reconnect communities through their libraries around the educational, recreational and social value of all types of games. The event will include games out on the main level. 

The College of Health Professions and the Delta Gamma Sorority is hosting Brittany Piper for a presentation about leadership in health at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 15 via Zoom (ID: 886 5498 2301 and Passcode: WSU). Piper is a leading national expert on sexual violence and prevention and is a healing and wellness coach. Piper uses her story of adversity, resilience and triumph to empower and inspire audiences to take brave action in their own lives and communities.

The event is open to the campus community.

ShockerStarter will host a game night event 6-10 p.m. Nov. 12 at Braeburn Square. The event is open to the public. The event will feature indoor and outdoor board games and Journey East will host karaoke.

The first 25 guests follow #WSUBraeburnSquare on Instagram and Facebook and post a selfie playing the games using the hashtags #WSUBraeburnSquare and #gamenight@Braeburn are eligible for prizes.

For more information, contact aram.khader@wichita.edu.

Wichita State University’s Eta Kappa Nu (HKN ) Epsilon Xi chapter, the School of Computing, and Industrial Engineering will host a seminar featuring Dr. Christian Becker, University of Mannheim professor for information systems, 12:30-1:30 p.m. today at Jabara Hall (Room 226). Becker will discuss Edge Computing and how it poses new challenges on scheduling in distributed systems.

Becker’s research includes distributed systems, especially in domains such as pervasive computing, edge computing and self-organizing systems. Becker studied Computer Science in Karlsruhe and Kaiserslautern, Germany.