Category: Events and Recreation

You are cordially invited to attend the first of the 2021-2022 edition of Wednesdays in Wiedemann with Lynne Davis, WSU CFA School of Music associate professor of organ, which will take place at 5:15 p.m. Sept. 8 at Wiedemann Hall. Davis will play the great Marcussen organ at Wiedemann during these performances. These events are free and open to the campus community.

The concert will also be live-streamed on the Wichita State University School of Music Facebook page. More information can be found at the link below.

Wichita State’s College of Fine Arts School of Music is excited to announce the 2021-2022 season of the Rie Bloomfield Organ Series beginning with distinguished organist Nathan Laube 7:30 pm Tuesday, Sept. 21 at Wiedemann Hall. For tickets, please call the Fine Arts Box Office at 316-978-3233 or visit the CFA Box Office. For more information about the series, click the button below.

Wednesdays in Wiedemann with Lynne Davis — WSU CFA School of Music associate professor of organ — will also continue beginning at 5:15 p.m. Sept. 8. These events are free and open to the campus community.

All performances will be conducted on the great Marcussen organ at Wiedemann Hall. 

Please join us for our next Physics Seminar at 2 p.m.  Wednesday, Sept. 1 at Jabara Hall (room 126), This talk features Aditya Sharma, Wichita State University Physics department graduate teaching assistant and Hall-Schneider Fellow. The title of the seminar is “Effect of Low-Temperature Opacities on Stellar Isochrones.”

Head over to the Rhatigan Student Center from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 30 for Monday Melodies, a new live music series free to the campus community.

Monday Melodies will happen on the last Monday of each month. During the Aug. 20 event, Miguel Antonio will sing and play guitar at the RSC Starbucks Lounge.

Join Andy Sykes — Wichita State Campus Recreation Fitness and Health Education program specialist — on Facebook live at noon Oct. 8 for this month’s Lifting Clinic as he discusses proper stretching techniques.

Join classmates, faculty and staff for this year’s Academic Convocation at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 2 at Wilner Auditorium. Wichita State’s Academic Convocation is an event that blends Wichita State University’s Common Read program with other student learning and engagement opportunities.

At this year’s event, winners of the 2021 University Faculty Awards will be recognized. It will also feature presentations from Dr. Richard Muma, WSU president; Rija Khan, WSU Student Government president; and Dr. Nikki Keene Woods, WSU Department of Public Health Services assistant professor.

This year’s guest speaker is Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, author of “What the Eyes Don’t See,” who will join virtually.

Doors will open at Wilner Auditorium at 9 a.m. Please note: Seats are first-come, first-served.

Wichita State’s Ulrich Museum of Art will host a celebration for its fall 2021 exhibitions 5-8 p.m., today, Aug. 26.

The two new exhibitions — “Love in the Time of the Anthropocene” and “Look, it’s daybreak, dear, time to sing” — both address pressing environmental themes.

The celebration is free and open to the public. Masks are strongly recommended. For more information, contact 316-978-3664 or ulrich@wichita.edu.

Please join us for a public lecture by Dr. Chris Wikle, professor of statistics at the University of Missouri, titled “Data-Driven Discovery of Dynamics with Uncertainty Quantification” at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept.10 at Jabara Hall (room 372).

Refreshments will be served before the lecture at 2:30 p.m. in Jabara Hall (room 353)

Wichita State’s Student Activities Council will host hypnotist Mark Toland 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3 at the Campus Activities Center (CAC) theater. Toland is an internationally award-winning hypnotist, mentalist and mind-reader.

The event is free to all WSU students with a student ID. Tickets are sold at the door. Additional admission costs are as follows:

• $3 for staff
• $5 for general
• $1 for children younger than 12

Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Free popcorn will be available for the first 200 attendees.

Toland is a Wichita native and WSU alumni. Toland blends comedy, hypnosis and mindreading in a way that will leave you wondering.

Wichita State’s Strategic Engagement and Planning (SEP) will host Good Neighbor Week from Sept. 28 to Oct. 4. In addition to Good Neighbor Bingo beginning Sept. 28, the following events will be available:

• Sept. 28 — Good Neighbor Bingo all month
• Sept. 28-Oct. 4 — Third Annual faculty versus staff Stock the Shocker Support Locker Challenge
• noon, Sept. 29 — Students United Service Provider Panel
• 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Sept. 27, 29 — Sunflower making workshop at Atwater Recreation Center
• 6:30 p.m., Sept. 30 — Student Government Association Food Insecurity Panel
• 5 p.m., Oct. 1 — Riverfest Parade
• 8:30 a.m., Oct. 2 — Morning neighborhood walk
• Oct. 3 — Campus community discount bowling all week at Shocker Lanes
• Oct. 4 — Highlighting stories from our neighbors event

Good Neighbor Week speaks to Wichita State’s 2019 Climate Survey indicating opportunities for improvement within the satisfaction of culture and atmosphere on campus and the “Why Good Neighboring Matters” featured in the Chung Report. In the report, of “108 cities surveyed, Wichita ranked the 11th lowest on talking with neighbors frequently, ninth-lowest on doing favors for neighbors frequently and the lowest on seeing and hearing from friends and  family frequently.”

SEP hopes that through Good Neighbor Week we increase engagement on and off-campus and create connections to lead to a sense of belonging. Helping people feel connected and part of something bigger than themselves is the goal. Neighboring does take time and effort, but there are both personal and community benefits.

Take the good neighboring challenge! For more information or to get involved with Good Neighbor week, email Naquela Pack.