Category: Events and Recreation

Common Grounds Mobile Market is dropping off fresh produce boxes from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 29. Boxes include fresh vegetables, fruits, meats, and a gallon of milk. All students, staff, and faculty are welcome to come by the Shocker Support Locker to pick up a box. First come, first serve. 

June 14 will kick off the Neighborhood Monday Markets in Shocker Neighborhood, occurring the second Monday of each month from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Common Ground Producers and Growers will bring the harvest from their local family farm for our university students, faculty, and neighbors to purchase.

Upcoming Monday Market dates:

• June 14: Paradise Baptist Church, 17th and Oliver
• July 12: Braeburn Square, 21st and Oliver
• Aug. 9: Paradise Baptist Church, 17th and Oliver
• Sept. 13: Braeburn Square, 21st and Oliver
• Oct. 11: Paradise Baptist Church, 17th and Oliver

Vice President Werner Golling will be hosting a come-and-go reception for Lois Tatro 1-3 p.m. Monday, June 7 at the RSC, Room 142 (Harvest Room). Remarks are scheduled for 1:30 p.m.

Lois will be departing her role as senior associate vice president for financial services on June 13  and entering phased retirement in the Division of Industry and Defense Programs as director of financial special projects. She will continue to assist the university by leading major special projects such as our Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) efforts.

Lois began her 18-year career at Wichita State as the enterprise resource planning team leader for the Division of Administration and Finance. In 2006, she was promoted to the position of director of financial operations and assumed leadership for all aspects of this area. Over the years, the role continued to expand to her current position where she serves as the senior AVP of financial services and oversees the Wichita State Innovation Alliance. Prior to working at WSU, Lois was employed by Koch Industries, Pizza Hut Corporation, and Kennedy & Coe.

The entire WSU community thanks Lois for the incredible work she has done during her 18-year career here and congratulates her for the opportunity to continue to serve WSU in a phased retirement capacity.

The Office of Academic Affairs will interview three dean candidates for the College of Engineering. 

The first candidate, Dr. Anthony Muscat, from the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Arizona, professor, will be on campus on May 25 and May 26. 

Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend a public forum at 4 p.m. May 25 at the Rhatigan Student Center in Room 233. The forum will also be streamed live on YouTube.

Candidates for a new Visiting Teaching Professor, who will also be Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Cohen Honors College, will make presentations open to the campus community 2-3 p.m. at the Rhatigan Student Center in Room 265. The presentations are open to the campus community and will occur on the following dates:

• May 25
• May 26
• June 1

Each presentation is about 20 to 30 minutes and will be followed by a question and answer period. The topic is “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Honors.”

Information about each candidate can be found on DEI website.

The Wichita State State Staff and faculty senates, in partnership with the President’s Office and Office of the Vice President for Finance and Administration, invite you to come-and-go reception to celebrate the re-integration back to campus 9-10:30 a.m. June 4 at the Rhatigan Student Center Ballroom.

Grab-and-go breakfast items will be served.

Join classmates, faculty and staff for this year’s Academic Convocation beginning at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 2 at Wilner Auditorium. 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 and will feature a student speaker from the Wichita State Student Government Association. Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, author of WSU’s Common Read book “What the Eyes Don’t See,” will be the keynote speaker. A reception and book signing will follow at the Ulrich Museum on the second floor at 10:45 a.m.

Visit  the official website for Academic Convocation 2021 to learn more or to watch a live stream of the event.

Carol Lewis, a Wichita State University Child Development Center employee, is retiring after 39 years.  Please join in celebrating her years of service 5:30-7 p.m. June 18 at the WSU CDC.

For questions about the event, contact Jillian Hoefer.

Two new exhibitions, “On Vacation!” and “Art Is a Superpower!,” go on display at the Ulrich 11 a.m.-5 p.m. May 20-July 31. The museum is open Monday-Saturday and admission is free. Click here for directions and parking.

On Vacation! features pieces from the Ulrich’s permanent collection that celebrate excursions and adventures. This includes John Baeder’s photographs of 1970s American diners, the art of Alexander Calder and George Grosz and a series of colorful prints from Dutch artist Karel Appel  among other works.

Art is a Superpower! shines a spotlight on the amazing new pieces the museum has acquired over the last five years, including stunning photographs of powerful Black women by rising star Ayana V. Jackson, a series of drawings on blue disposable face masks by world-famous Chinese-born artist Ai Weiwei and giant sculpture pieces from Tom Otterness, creator of the iconic Millipede and Shockers sculptures on campus. These works represent themes of identity, human rights, democracy and patriotism.

The Ulrich will have lots of wonderful programming to accompany these exhibitions. Check ulrich.wichita.edu/programs  for updates.

The Wichita State Society of Public Historians will host a virtual meeting at 5:30 p.m. May 19 via Zoom.

After the general meeting, a presentation featuring published author Ken Spurgeon will follow at  6 p.m. Spurgeon was born and raised in Wichita. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history from Wichita State University. He is an associate professor of history at Friends University, He has written or co-written and directed three documentaries that have also aired on various PBS stations throughout the Midwest.