Category: Events and Recreation

De-stress from the first two weeks of classes and join the Student Activities Council for bingo at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27  in the Beggs Ballroom on the third floor of the RSC. Win a classic game or a challenge round, and you are sure to walk away a prize.

You must be a student to be eligible to win, but all are welcome to play. This event is free for students and the general public. For more information about SAC-sponsored events, please visit wichita.edu/sac or contact us at sac@wichita.edu.

Join Andy Sykes on Facebook live at noon Sept. 3 for this month’s Lifting Clinic as he discusses back pain and how to prevent it.

Wichita State University has deaf students, faculty members and parents that identify as a member of the deaf community. In an effort to spread awareness of deafness, deaf culture and the deaf community, The Office of Disability Services is hosting an event called Deaf Deaf World from 1 to 4 p.m. Sept. 14 in room 142 of the Rhatigan Student Center.

All are invited to come experience a day in the lives of people who are deaf. The event will include informational booths on speech pathology, audiology, American Sign Language, sign language interpreting, deaf culture, and deaf history. In addition, we will have interactive booths for learning signs and showcasing some local deaf talent. A free T-shirt will be given as a door prize to the first 100 participants who attend each booth!

Student Affairs invites students, faculty and staff, and friends to two hours of fantastic free fun at Shockers After Dark. Activities include a mechanical bull, hoverball, karaoke, glow message kits, bowling, billiards, and midway games. There will also be free food and prizes and 150 people will receive a free glow in the dark t-shirt.

Shockers After Dark is from 8 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 10 at the Rhatigan Student Center. For more information please contact Student Affairs at 978-3021 or visit the link below.

Welcome back to all of our First-Gen faculty, staff and students. Join First-Gen Coordinating Council for first-gen trivia, snacks and resources from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3 in room 260 of the Rhatigan Student Center. 

Anyone like to try to win free prizes? We do! Come join us de-stress the first two weeks of school by playing some bingo.

Did we mention it is movie themed? Come get some popcorn and candy while trying to win some awesome prizes. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 27 in the Beggs Ballroom at the RSC, and bingo begins at 7 p.m.

Women of Wichita State University invite all female-identifying persons, who are current faculty and staff or spouses of WSU faculty and staff to join, and active retirees with the university to retain or renew their membership. Come find out about us from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sept. 9 in the RSC Gridley Room. Light snacks will be served.

WWSU’s purpose is serving the interests of the university, to provide student scholarship, and to promoting social interaction and a sense of community among its members.

Enjoy a hot dog and an ice-cold root beer (while supplies last) from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Aug. 25 on the lawn outside the RSC while learning valuable information about the WSU Shocker Career Accelerator.

This is also an opportunity to network with more than 30 employers and find out about their organizations and what employment opportunities they have available! Dress is casual.

The Wichita State University Environmental Finance Center (WSU EFC) will host a webinar to showcase its new online Community Sustainability Tool form 10 to 11 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 19.

The tool is a free, easy-to-use online resource that can help communities understand their capacity to finance water and wastewater infrastructure investments. The tool is available for the states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. During the webinar, EFC staff will provide a short overview of the tool and conduct an open session for participants to work through the tool with live, on-hand assistance.

The tool relies on data from the U.S. Census Bureau to broadly forecast communities’ median household income and compares that to user-input data of a community’s average water bill and planned infrastructure development financing costs.

The EFC received grant funding from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop this tool that provides decision makers financial and infrastructure development information so they can make the best decisions for their community.  The EFC has received additional EPA funding to develop the tool for the states of Oklahoma and Louisiana and EFC will complete this effort in the fall.

Register to attend the webinar.

Join Wichita State for a fun NOT Back to School Bash on Friday, Aug. 20 at Braeburn Square!

Come and enjoy food and drinks, yard games, Shocker Sound Machine, an appearance by Wu, and a live band to end the evening. Also enjoy the grand opening of Social Tap Drinkery, Sungrano Pizza, and Wheatly’s Burgers, as well specials from other Braeburn Square businesses.

Outdoor activities will begin around 6:30 p.m. and continue into the evening.