Category: Events and Recreation

The Office of Instructional Resources (OIR) would like to invite all faculty and staff and all Innovation Campus employees to two short meditation sessions held in-person and online starting Jan. 30. Sessions will be held from 2 to 2:30 p.m. each Tuesday in the Defiance Room on the first floor of the NetApp building, across the cafeteria, and are offered free of charge by a certified workplace mindfulness facilitator.

Can’t join right at 2 p.m.? Each Tuesday there will be two meditations, one starting around 2:05 p.m. and the second starting around 2:20. Come for both or just one.

In-person sessions this spring:

• Jan. 30
• Feb. 6
• Feb. 20
• Feb. 27
• March 5
• March 26

Prefer to attend online? Get the link on the OIR website. The session on March 19 is online only.

Join other Innovation Campus employees in two short meditation sessions held in-person and online starting Jan. 30. Sessions will be held from 2 to 2:30 p.m. each Tuesday in the Defiance Room on the first floor of the NetApp building, across the cafeteria, and are offered free of charge to Innovation Campus partners.

Can’t join right at 2 p.m.? Each Tuesday there will be two meditations, one starting around 2:05 p.m. and the second starting around 2:20. Come for both or just one.

In-person sessions this spring:

• Jan. 30
• Feb. 6
• Feb. 20
• Feb. 27
• March 5
• March 26

Prefer to attend online? Get the link on the OIR website. The session on March 19 is online only.

The Ulrich Museum of Art is celebrating it’s 50th anniversary in 2024 with two years of special events, commissions, exhibitions, programming and a book.

The first special event, “At The Illusionist’s Table,” is a dinner featuring a performance by internationally-renowned illusionist Scott Silven. He has a sold-out world tour and his off-Broadway performances in NYC were extended and sold out completely. Silven will host a dinner for six nights Jan. 29-Feb. 3 at Public at the Brickyard and can only accommodate a total of 24 people at the table each evening.

Tickets for 24 Wichita State students (a value of $175 each) have been reserved and will be given away in a random drawing. Those who wish to enter must fill out this form by 4 p.m., Friday, Jan. 26. Winners will be drawn and contacted that same day.

Eating healthy can be hard while on a budget. Come join Shocker Financial Wellness from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24 on the first floor of the Rhatigan Student Center to learn the tips and skills to making that goal a reality.

The campus community is welcome to stop by Dorothy and Bill Cohen Honors College between 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25 in Shocker Hall, Building A for an Honors College housewarming during Welcomefest. Connect with students, faculty and staff, and learn more about the Honors College while enjoying food and drinks.

Kansas NSF EPSCoR is hosting a webinar with Dr. Dan Andresen, program director for NSF CISE/CNS at 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 1 and the WSU Office of Research will host a live viewing of the webinar and discussion after the webinar to enable possible collaborations in 256 Rhatigan Student Center, Edmiston Room.

Investigators in Kansas will learn about exciting funding opportunities in the area of computer systems research at the webinar. Refreshments will be provided at the viewing. For questions, email funding@wichita.edu.

Join the Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships on its FAFSA Tour as it helps Shockers complete the 2024-25 FAFSA form. The office will have an open lab from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19 in 220 Woolsey Hall.

Bring all required materials found on the FAFSA webpage (wichita.edu/fafsa). Follow the Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships on Instagram and Facebook for information on other tour dates.

Health professions students can join the College of Health Professions’s Scholarship Universe Open Labs to work on your fall 2024/spring 2025 applications. Labs are come-and-go, and the scholarship coordinator will be on-hand to answer questions.

Open labs will be held on the following dates and times in 100A Ahlberg Hall:

• 9-10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 19
• 11 a.m.-noon Monday, Jan. 22
• noon-1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23

On Monday, Feb. 19, the Office of Admissions will host Black & Yellow Day. Each semester, Admissions invites high school juniors, seniors and college transfer students to the all-day event on campus where they have the chance to participate in sessions hosted by each academic college, tour campus and explore the applied learning opportunities available at Wichita State. The event is $15 per student and $5 per guest and includes lunch in Shocker Dining.

If you know of any students who should attend this event, they can register on the Office of Admissions website (wichita.edu/visit) and click on “Admissions Events.” For questions, contact Quinn Munk at 316-978-5453 or quinn.munk@wichita.edu.

The Graduate Student Council and the Graduate School are excited to welcome grad students to join the first Grad Student Social of spring 2024 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2 at the Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes in the lower level of the Rhatigan Student Center for bowling, pool, food and a fun Friday night.

The event is a open at no charge, and students should bring their Shocker IDs. Email gsc.president@wichita.edu for questions.