Category: Events and Recreation

The WSU Child Development Center is once again putting on its Touch a Truck event from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12 at the CDC, across Hillside and 21st from Charles Koch Arena. The main CDC parking lot will have food trucks to purchase dinner, drinks and snacks and the big parking lot to the north of the CDC will have the trucks. Attendees are encouraged to bring their whole families or invite their friends.

Parking will be available at Lot 2W next to Charles Koch Arena.

Help the Ulrich Museum of Art kick off the final exhibitions of its two-year, 50th anniversary celebration: installations by Justin Favela and Abhidnya Ghuge, and The Ulrich Co-Lab: Getting Personal, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28.

Enjoy refreshments and wine, bubbly, beer or a specialty cocktail. Experience mehndi (henna tattooing), dance to the sounds of DJ Ashley, see the Ulrich Student Advisory Board’s first pop-up exhibition, check out unique and colorful piñatas, visit the UCreate maker space and capture a memory in our photobooth. Everyone is welcome to this free event.

You’re Invited to come celebrate the Department of Physical Therapy’s 50th anniversary at its Fun Run starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 6.

Whether you’re a runner, walker, bringing a stroller or your family or furry friend, everyone is welcome. The event is free to attend and participants will get a physical therapy 50th Fun Run T-shirt.

Kick off the school year with ice cream and the Department of Political Science from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22 in 417 Lindquist Hall. Everyone is welcome.

An author event and book signing with Wichita State President Rick Muma is set for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26 in the Shocker Store at the Rhatigan Student Center. Muma’s new book, “Student Centered, Innovation Driven: A Guide to Transforming Higher Education,” tells the story of Wichita State’s transformation into a national model of innovation, applied learning and student success. Copies will be available for purchase at the Shocker Store.

Join the Captain Riley Leroy Pitts Military and Veteran Student Center as it kicks start a new year at Shocker Nation from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21 in 318 Shocker Success Center. Snacks and beverages will be provided, and you can enter into a raffle for a Shocker gift or participate in a push up competition for a prize. Event is open for all to enjoy.

The Academic Center for Biomedical and Health Humanities (HealthHum) is hosting its first event of the year, an open house from 1 to 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29 in its new location: 528 Lindquist Hall. Come share your summer stories and plan the year. Light refreshments will be served.

Membership is open to all WSU employees, WSU affiliates and their spouses, regardless of gender. The price remains $12 for a year of Social, Philanthropic, Activities, Relationships and Kindness. Hear more about activities planned for the year at the membership drive from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4 at the President’s Residence.

SPARK’s mission has not changed, just expanded to be more inclusive of all the employees at WSU. Contact Angela Paul, VP of membership, at angela.paul@wichita.edu or 316-978-5084.

The Ulrich Museum of Art’s Vivian Zavataro, executive and creative director, and Jo Reinert, curator of modern and contemporary art, discuss curating the fall 2025 exhibitions, from conception to execution, including their experiences working with featured artists Abhidnya Ghuge and Justin Favela.

Refreshments will be served at 10 a.m. with the program following at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20 in the Dr. Sam and Jacque Kouri Collection Study Center at the Ulrich Museum. The event is free and everyone is welcome.

Join the Elliott School of Communication in honoring Dr. Jeffrey Jarman’s 29 years of service to the university at a retirement reception from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18 in the lobby of Elliott Hall.

Jarman, who announced his retirement earlier this summer, has been the director of the Elliott School of Communication since 2016, and has served in other leadership roles including director of debate, Faculty Senate president and co-director of The Research Partnership.