Category: Events

Join Campus Recreation for its annual 5K Pumpkin Run starting at 9 a.m. Oct. 19 on campus. Early signups receive a discounted rate to register.

Participants will receive a free Pumpkin Run T-shirt, and everyone who crosses the finish line will receive a finisher medal. Registration for the 5K Pumpkin Run is $27 through June 30, so sign up now. Get a personal referral code to sign up your friends, family and/or coworkers, and if five people sign up with the code, you get $15 off your race fee.

Additionally, signups are also open for the Little Pumpkin Fun Run 1K and Virtual 5K events:

• The Little Pumpkin Fun Run 1K, which is from 10:19 to 10:45 a.m. Oct. 19, is designed for children 10 years old or younger. Signups cost $17 through June 30.
• The Virtual 5K registration is $37 and allows participants to run from anywhere.

Come discover unique products from over 30 local vendors just in time for Mother’s Day from 3 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2 in the Hughes Metropolitan Complex.

The pop-up market is hosted by the Kansas Small Business Development Center at Wichita State as part of its day-long celebration of National Small Business Week.

The College of Engineering invites all to attend the Koch Innovation Challenge (KIC) starting at 9 a.m. Friday, May 3 in 305/306 Rhatigan Student Center, Beggs Ballroom. The KIC is an innovation competition that emphasizes multidisciplinary teamwork and entrepreneurship for first-year students in the Shocker Design Experience program.

Between 9 and 11 a.m., 35 teams of students will present elevator pitches to a panel of faculty and industry judges. At 11:15 a.m., there will be an awards ceremony, and the winning team will advance to a national elevator pitch competition.

For the 11th time, the Shocker women’s bowling team brought home a national championship, and freshman Sara Duque of the women’s team also won the singles national championship. Come celebrate with Sara and the women’s team from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 30 in the east atrium at the Rhatigan Student Center.

The Shockers now have 24 national championships. The teams competed last week in Louisville, Kentucky. This is a come and go celebration and opportunity to congratulate the student athletes. There will be cookies, drinks and a photo booth.

The College of Engineering invites all to attend its annual Engineering Open House from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, May 3 at Charles Koch Arena.

Between 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., senior engineering and computing students will present prototype solutions throughout the concourse.Senior engineering and computing students will present prototype solutions throughout the concourse.

From the end of student presentations until 7 p.m., there will be hors d’oeuvres and refreshments served, as well as an awards ceremony in the south entrance area of the arena.

Hispanic Serving Initiatives will host a panel of three Latina Kansas leaders at 12:30 p.m. Friday, May 3 in 314 Rhatigan Student Center, Venters Room.

The panel includes Judge Rachel Pickering, the first Latina to serve on the Court of Appeals; Monique Garcia, owner of Garcia Group, LLC; and Pilar Pedraza, anchor and senior political reporter for KAKE News.

The women will discuss their journeys and share perspectives on doing work in the political realm as well as supporting and representing the community. Food will be sponsored by Connie’s Mexican Restaurant. For questions and more information, contact Dr. Sara Mata at sara.mata@wichita.edu.

Are you interested in learning more about the work of an organizational ombudsperson? Curious about the standards of practice employed by ombudpersons? Considering serving as a faculty ombudsperson in the future?

Join professional ombuds trainer, Donna Louden, from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, May 10 via Zoom to learn more about being an ombudsperson. RSVP to Carolyn Shaw at carolyn.shaw@wichita.edu to receive the Zoom link. 

Join the Rhatigan Student Center for its live music series, Monday Melodies, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, April 29 in the Starbucks Lounge featuring live music from JMichael.

The last Monday of every month, the RSC hosts live music in the building.

Swing by the Coca-Cola Marvel trailer from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 1 on the north lawn of the Rhatigan Student Center for free samples, Marvel-themed Coca-Cola cans and a photo booth.

The event is part of Student Activities Council’s De-Stress Fest and sponsored by the RSC.

Don’t miss the unveiling of GLeo’s (Nathalia Gallego) mural at the Duerksen Amphitheater. From 4:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 3, enjoy a pre-Cinco de Mayo celebration with speakers, live music by Mayberry Middle School Mariachi Band, performances by Raices De Mi Tierra Ballet Folklorico, Elatino Dogos Y Hamburguesas food truck, DJ Carbon, an appearance by Belonging Plaza and more. The event is free and everyone is welcome.

Visiting Muralist GLeo (Nathalia Gallego Sanchez) has been painting a mural at WSU’s Duerksen Amphitheater throughout April. This project, “Adelante Juntos – Forward Together: The Duerksen Amphitheater Mural Project” is in conjuction with the exhibition Urban Canvas: Exploring Muralism in Wichita, on view through June 8 in the Beren Gallery.

Nathalia Gallego Sanchez, known as GLeo, is a Colombian street artist and muralist who was engaged by the Horizontes Project in 2018 to work with Wichita photographers of color to design, and then executed the painting of “El Sueño Original, (The Original Dream).” At the time of its creation, the work was recognized as the world’s largest mural painted by a single artist. The mural used more than 650 gallons of acrylic paint to cover 50,000 square feet of “canvas,” spanning the 17 bins of the east side of the grain elevator located at 519 E. 20th St. N. in Wichita.

“Adelante Juntos – Forward Together: The Duerksen Amphitheater Mural Project” is directed by the Ulrich Museum of Art and Armando Minjárez with support from Wichita State University’s Office of Hispanic Initiatives, Student Government Association, Hispanic American Leadership Organization (HALO), University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the Office of the President and the Office of Strategic Communications and Marketing.