Category: Events and Recreation

The F1RST-Generation Student Celebration Week at Wichita State will take place Nov. 8–12. To commemorate the national First-Generation Student Celebration Day, the annual F1RST-Gen group photo of students, faculty and staff will be Nov. 8.

On Nov. 10, the inaugural members of the Alpha Alpha Alpha Honorary Society for First-Generation College students will be inducted.

For more information on events and services designed to serve our first-generation community members, visit the website.

The College of Fine Arts will host its second annual Commencement Cruise at 7:30 p.m. May 13. The tradition started last year because of COVID-19. All fall 2020 and spring 2021 CFA graduates, faculty and staff are invited to decorate their vehicles and cruise around the perimeter of campus. Family, friends and other members of the university community are invited to cheer on the graduates.

All graduating students will also be invited to join. Participants are encouraged to wear their regalia, and to make signs for their vehicles that represent their creative practice or program area. Staging for cruise participants begins at 7 p.m. The caravan will start rolling at 7:30 p.m.

Observers are invited to park and watch along Perimeter Road, WuShock Drive and Mid-Campus Drive.

For more info, visit the Commencement Cruise website.

Kevin Crowston, Syracuse Univeristy professor, will present at the Disaster Resilience Analytics Center (DRAC) seminar series 10 a.m. May 21 via Zoom. Crowston is a Distinguished Professor of Information Science in the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University. He received his Ph.D. in Information Technologies from the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1991. His research examines new ways of organizing made possible by the extensive use of information and communications technology. He is currently editor-in-chief for the journals “ACM Transaction on Social Computing and Information, Technology & People.”

Please join Wichita State University Art, Design and Creative Industries (ADCI) for a retirement reception for Jim Hellman, associate professor, scheduled from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. May 13, at the McKnight Art Center atrium. Hellman spent most of his 45-year career educating graphic design students at Wichita State. Over the years, he worked tirelessly to help young designers understand the principles of design and apply them to real-world problems. At one point or another, Hellman has taught most of the designers currently working in Wichita, as well as numerous alumni working across the U.S.

Grab-and-go refreshments will be served.

Stop by the Food Truck Plaza near NIAR for Wheat Street Dogs food truck from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today. You can get your meal to go or spread out on socially distanced picnic tables or green space.

Stop by the Food Truck Plaza near NIAR for Wheat Street Dogs food truck from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today. You can get your meal to-go or spread out on socially distanced picnic tables or green space.

The President’s Innovation Advisory Council is inviting Wichita State University students, faculty, and staff to attend a panel on Digital Transformation from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Thursday, May 13 via Zoom.  This panel will highlight current Wichita State University Digital Transformation initiatives in applied learning, curriculum, program delivery, research, and industry relations. In addition, panelists will share their vision for the future of Digital Transformation at Wichita State University.

The event has a distinguished panel: President Rick Muma, Shirley Lefever (Interim Executive Vice President and Provost), Kathy Downes (Dean of Libraries), Kimberly Engber (Dean of Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College),  Larisa Genin (Dean of W. Frank Barton School of Business), Gregory Hand (Dean of College of Health Professions),  Andrew Hippisley (Dean of Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences), Rodney Miller (Dean of College of Fine Arts), Jeremy Patterson (Dean of College of Innovation and Design), Coleen Pugh (Associate Vice President for Research and Dean of Graduate School), Steven Skinner (Interim Dean of College of  Engineering),   Clay Stoldt (Interim Dean of College of Applied Studies) and Tonya Witherspoon (Associate Vice President for Industry Engagement & Applied Learning).

The agenda for the event is as follows:

• Welcome
• Digital Transformation at WSU, President Rick Muma
• Panel on Digital Transformation
• Q&As from audience
• Closing remarks from Shirley Lefever

For any questions or comments, please feel free to email Dr. Bayram Yildirim (bayram.yildirim@wichita.edu). Questions for the panelists are welcome. To attend, please register here.

Stop by the food truck plaza near NIAR for Wheat Street Dogs food truck from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today. You can get your meal to go or spread out on socially distanced picnic tables or green space.

How’s your sleep hygiene?

For the next Tuesday Talks May 11, join Lisa Wiebe, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Heather Stafford, Student Health Services associate director, and Max Karst and Caitlin Nolen, Wichita State University students, for a conversation about sleep via Youtube.

The Honors College Faculty Council invites the campus community to a virtual event to learn more about faculty work in the Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College 3:30-5 p.m. May 13 via Zoom.

This year’s Honors Faculty Fellows will present updates on their projects. There will be an opportunity for questions, to share ideas, and a discussion of potential members for future faculty fellows.

If you have any questions, please contact Carla Mann at 316-978-3370.