Category: Events and Recreation

Join the Office of Instructional Resources and campus partners for today’s Academic Resources Conference online in the Zoom platform. Here is what you can expect:

• LinkedIn Learning Challenge #1: “Digital Citizenship” by Oliver Schinkten. This course will be a review for most instructors, but it’s worth your time to check it out because it would be an excellent module for many classes.  Total time: 1 hour 30 minutes. WSU employees receive LinkedIn Learning access as a benefit. Please sign up before accessing.
• OLC Conference Recorded Session Suggestion #1: Fight: Personalize the Protest with Antiracism and Universal Design for Learning with Andratesha Fritzgerald, President of Building Blocks of Brilliance. This session focuses on working to enact an antiracist strategy in the classroom. You must register for the conference to access this recording. Registration link is only for Wichita State employees.
• Suggested ARC Recording from Previous Conference or Event:  Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Sciences with Dr. Corrie Moreau, Professor of Arthropod Biosystematics and Biodiversity at Cornell University. Dr. Moreau was a guest of the Biology Department in spring, 2021.

9-9:50 a.m. (Vendor Hour): ProctorU Presents: Privacy and Online Proctoring.  Since COVID, online proctoring has stepped into the limelight. This session will introduce the topic of online proctoring and privacy and how human proctoring fits into the mix.  Add to Calendar (or) access directly.

10-10:50 a.m. (Rapid Sessions): Three sessions, each 15 minutes long.  Come for the first, stay for the Rest! Topics: About the Blackboard Retention Center with Carolyn Speer; About Blackboard Rubrics with Mary Morriss; About the Blackboard Goals Tool with Carolyn Speer.  Add to Calendar (or) access directly.

11-11:50 a.m.: What Gamers can Teach Us About Streaming and Recording Interactive and Engaging Lectures with John Hammer.   Add to Calendar (or) access directly.

Noon-12:50 p.m. (Panel Hour): What will You “Keep” from Your COVID Remote Experience, faculty panel.  Links coming soon: Add to Calendar (or) access directly.

1-1:50 p.m.: Advanced Issues with Title IX Compliance and Enforcement with Sara Zafar.  Add to Calendar (or) access directly.

2-2:50 p.m.: Book Discussion on Super Courses with Mark Porcaro. This is a book discussion, so please have a look at the book before you attend if possible. University Libraries has a paper copy and an ebook version available, and it’s also available as an audiobook on Audible if you have an account. We will discuss this book and what we think of it. This book is available through Amazon or Audible and will soon be available through the University Libraries. Add to Calendar (or) access directly.

3:-3:30 p.m. (Free Stuff for WSU Employees): Meet Your Free Software: What You Can Get Simply by Working at WSU, panel discussion with ITS professionals. Are you unsure what software you can download free as a WSU employee? Not sure why you might even want to change from “one version of Word to another” or try out a new program? Come to this quick session to learn more and get to upgrade your system! Add to Calendar (or) access directly.

The faculty string trio will be joined by graduating senior Leah Rosales to perform a Haydn String Quartet at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 6, at the east patio of the RSC. Come hear one of the most popular quartets ever written. It is nicknamed “The Rider” because of its energetic lively final movement. This is a great way to say goodbye to a challenging but successful semester. Ride away in style.

If you’ve been by the Ulrich Museum of Art on the Wichita State University campus to see the exhibition “Solving for X=Identity: Sharing Matrilineal Memories at WSU,” you know that it’s full of powerful memories shared by members of the Shocker community about their mothers and maternal grandmothers.

As a part of that exhibition, students in sociology, dance and Honors College will present research and choreographed performances in response to those collected memories. The performances are on at 2:30 and 5:30 p.m. today (repeat performance). Both performances will take place outdoors on the front terrace of the Ulrich Museum where proper social distancing will be encouraged. Free and open to all.

“Solving for X=Identity: Sharing Matrilineal Memories at WSU” is on display at the Ulrich through May 8.

People often appeal to science as an antidote of sorts to propaganda and misinformation, as well as to individual biases and politically motivated interpretations. Yet the history of science and current practice reveals that scientific work involves not just logic and mathematics, but narratives, too — and models, interpretation of images, and analogical reasoning. Are these not ever likewise susceptible to faulty stereotypes, neglect of relevant observations, and biases in interpretation? If not, why not? If so, what can be done? 

Susan G. Sterrett, Curtis D. Gridley Distinguished Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, will present the last talk in this five-week series at 2 p.m. May 5. For Zoom information, go to www.wichita.edu/reality.

All videos of the series will appear on the Fairmount College YouTube channel in May.

Please join us for our next physics seminar talk at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 5 via Zoom. This talk features Professor Christian Bauer, Theory Group Leader of the physics division at the Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory, and the title will be “Quantum Computing for Collider Physics using Effective Field Theories.” Go to the physics webpage to get more details. 

After more than a year’s delay, we are happy to announce that the Inaugural Analytics Showcase at Wichita State University is scheduled for fall 2021.

Please save the date of Nov. 5 on your calendars for this exciting event.

The showcase will offer an opportunity to learn about the following topics:

• Innovative analytics research and curricular activities taking place at Wichita State University.
• Groundbreaking analytics applications of business, government, and non-profit organizations in Wichita and the surrounding region. 
• State-of-the-art analytics software solutions being offered by leading technology providers.

Attendees will will able to network with organizations and analytics exerts to identify opportunities to collaborate and partner on projects of mutual interest.

The honorees for the 2021 University Faculty Awards will be recognized at 2 p.m. Friday, May 7 in Lowe Auditorium at Hughes Metropolitan Complex. The university faculty awards recognize excellence in teaching, research and creative activities.

To RSVP for in-person attendance or view the livestream visit Wichita.edu/facultyawards.

2021 University Faculty Award honorees:

• Academy for Effective Teaching: Sergio Salinas
• Excellence Award for Community Research: Michael Birzer
• Excellence in Online Teaching: Amy Chesser
• Excellence in Research: Michael Rogers
• Excellence in Teaching: Aaron Rife
• Young Faculty Risk Taker: Mythili Menon
• Young Faculty Scholar: Patrick Bondy

The Leadership in the Advancement of Teaching, Excellence in Accessibility Award, Excellence in Creative Activity Award and the Faculty Risk Taker awards were not awarded for 2021.

Join the WSU Public Policy & Management Center to celebrate public service May 2-8.

At 3 p.m. Monday, May 3, hear about living a life dedicated to public service and the road that prepared Dr. Lee Norman to confront a pandemic.

At 1 p.m. Friday, May 7, hear about Dr. Monk-Morgan’s journey in public service, as well as encouragements for the future. Afterward, join the Wichita Federal executives and Wayne Bell, district director of the SBA, as they announce and celebrate the winners of the Annual Make a Difference Awards, which recognizes federal public servants for notable service.

The honorees for the 2021 University Faculty Awards will be recognized at 2 p.m. Friday, May 7 in Lowe Auditorium at the Eugene Hughes Metropolitan Complex. The university faculty awards recognizes excellence in teaching, research and creative activities.

To RSVP for in-person attendance or view the livestream visit Wichita.edu/facultyawards.

2021 University Faculty Award honorees:

• Academy for Effective Teaching: Sergio Salinas
• Excellence Award for Community Research: Michael Birzer
• Excellence in Online Teaching: Amy Chesser
• Excellence in Research: Michael Rogers
• Excellence in Teaching: Aaron Rife
• Young Faculty Risk Taker: Mythili Menon
• Young Faculty Scholar: Patrick Bondy

The Leadership in the Advancement of Teaching, Excellence in Accessibility Award, Excellence in Creative Activity Award and the Faculty Risk Taker awards were not awarded for 2021.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance is hosting a virtual Resource Panel at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 28. Panelists will include representatives from Student Health Services, Counseling and Prevention Services, the University Police Department, and the Wichita Area Sexual Assault Center, and the Title IX Coordinator. Panelists will discuss their roles on campus, services, and resources available to all students and employees.

The panel will be presented via Zoom. To register and receive the Zoom information, please email oiec@wichita.edu.