Category: Events and Recreation

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will host Dr. Andrew Gewirth from the University of Illinois 3:30-4:30 p.m. Sept. 29 at McKinley Hall (room 224). The event will also be available via Zoom. Dr. Gewirth will present his research results in a talk titled “Understanding and Controlling Interfacial Electrochemistry for Electrolyzers and Batteries.”

Please e-mail jian.wang@wichita.edu for the Zoom link.

“The Voices from the Vault” series is back at 6 p.m. tonight, Sept. 28, at the Ulrich Museum of Art. The event will discuss the art of the 1990s as examined by artist Nancy Davidson. There will also be a live stream of the program.
 
Davidson is a sculptor, installation artist and photographer who uses inflated weather balloons to challenge the notions of contemporary monumental sculpture while simultaneously repurposing comedic tropes of bodily mass, fleshiness, and beauty. Her piece, Buttress (pictured above), in the Ulrich’s permanent collection, will be temporarily displayed at the museum during the event and shortly thereafter.

Davidson will examine the social and political reverberations of important topics in the 1990s, namely third-wave feminism, which continues to resonate today. Her work has been exhibited at the Krannert Art Museum, Illinois; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Pennsylvania; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.

Funding for “Voices from the Vault” is provided by Humanities Kansas, a nonprofit organization that connects communities with history, traditions and ideas to strengthen civic life.

Eric Pierstoff, program director of the  Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) at the National Science Foundation (NSF), will present an hour-long webinar about NSF SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs (STTR) from 11 a.m. to noon Oct. 12.

In addition to describing at NSF SBIR/STTR  program, Pierstoff will answer direct questions, cover the SBIR/STTR program’s goal, funding philosophy, topics, funded examples and the project pitch process. There will also be 10 minutes allotted for one-on-one meetings with Pierstoff.

This webinar is free of charge but registration is required.

Connect with the neighbors, businesses and organizations that make up our community during Good Neighbor Week Sept. 28-Oct. 4. The week will also include the following events:

• 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 and Sept. 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
• Shocker Sports Grill and Lanes will give community the student and faculty rate if they mention Good Neighbor week

The Staff Senate has again challenged the Faculty Senate to a friendly contest: Stock the Shocker Support Locker. Participants can make a monetary donation to contribute items on the locker’s wish list or bring food donations to a collection site on campus through Oct. 15.

Collection sites are located at Ahlberg Hall (room 500), Clinton Hall (room 201), Jabara Hall (120), Jardine Hall 112, the John Bardo Center (room 162), Morrison Hall (room 010), the Rhatigan Student Center (room 219), and the reception desks at the Partnership 2 Building, the Ablah Library, the Marcus Welcome Center, and the Office of International Education.

Donors should identify their items with a sticker at the dropbox so that they can be counted properly for the  Faculty/Staff tallies. Donations can also be made outside the competition.

If your office would like to host a donation site, please email gretchen.holthaus@wichita.edu to participate.

Come explore your natural talents and strengths and attend the first ShockerStrengths Summit from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, Oct. 1 at the Rhatigan Student Center (room 233).  Snacks, prizes, the Strengths code and T-shirts will be provided to those in attendance.

Students interested in joining the summit can register via the QR code located on the above image or by clicking the link below.

Are you struggling with your mental health? You’re not alone. On this week’s Tuesday Talks, we will do a deep dive into the stigma and culture surrounding mental health and how to address mental health struggles.

Please join us for our next Physics Seminar at 2 p.m. Sept. 29 at Jabara Hall (room 126).The talk features Dr. Arik Kershenbaum from the University of Cambridge. The title of the talk will be “Can a Parrot Build a Spaceship? Constraints on the Minimum Linguistic Ability of Space-Faring Species.”

In honor of Mental Wellness Screening Day, Wichita State’s Counseling and Prevention Services will have a table available for online mental health screenings 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 7 at the Rhatigan Student Center.

Registration for the fall 2021 Sustainability and Technology Design Challenge is currently underway. This one-day design challenge takes place 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 15 at the Rhatigan Student Center (room 266).

The challenge is open to students, faculty, staff and community members. During the event, teams will compete to develop unique insights and solutions while creating low-fidelity prototypes such as sketches, journey maps and business models. Optimal team sizes include four to six people with a mix of technical and non-technical skills.