Category: Events and Recreation

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.

Clash of the Colleges Virtual Games are back! Contests include minute-to-win-it home games, talent showcase, e-gaming, scavenger hunts, and virtual escape rooms. Want to earn points for your college? Participate in these games from the comfort of your own home and make your college proud.

Clash of the College Virtual games are Aug. 20-27. Students will receive points for their college, in addition to points won at the in-person event. The winner will be announced in September.

It’s On! First-Year Programs in Student Success and Campus Recreation invite you to join us today for Clash of the Colleges on Friday, Aug. 20.

This event will include relay races, team sports, and other competitions among academic colleges to determine who rules the school. Come by yourself or with a group of other new students. Enjoy an afternoon of interactive fun.

All RSVP’ed students, please enter through the south gates at Cessna Stadium at 4 p.m., and wear your college color shirt. Please bring your WSU ID for check-in. Your college will also be hosting a pre-party before 4 p.m., and you can check in there as well.

Please check your email or contact your college to learn more about the fun pre-party. If you did not RSVP, walk-ins can be placed on a first-come, first-served basis at their college pre-party.

Come look at the new and exciting spaces in Ablah Library from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 20.

Tour the remodeled 24-hour study room. Peek inside the new Focus Rooms. Look at the One-Button Studio used for video recording. Play in the VR Zone. Try the Lightboard Studio. Learn what software is available to create multi-media projects.

We will also look at study rooms, collections and other spaces. Event is free, and registration is required. Participants will receive an email reminder the day before the event.