Category: Events and Recreation

Visit the Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes for some fun during your Fall Break. On Oct. 14-15, it will offer half-priced billiards all day and $3 cosmic bowling from 5 to 7 p.m. Operating hours those days are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Grab a friend and join WSU Dining for a Mix and Mingle event from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9 at Cargill Cafe in Woolsey Hall to sip some delicious Café de Olla.

The Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships invites you to celebrate National Financial Aid Day at its open house from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16 in 203 Jardine Hall.

Come get to know the financial aid staff and enter its various raffles. Treats and refreshments will be available while supplies last.

The Women of WSU invites you to play bingo from noon to 1 p.m. Oct. 30 in 262 Rhatigan Student Center. Each Bingo card is $5 and there will be four games (limit of three cards per game). Prizes will be awarded for winners in certain categories, including cross and blackout. Come mingle, eat, play and win.

Pre-order for the 11:30 a.m. lunch for $14 or bring your own. Money raised will be used for scholarships to WSU students.

Join the Wichita State University Police Department sergeant candidates when they present on “Leadership and Supervision Skills” from 8 a.m. to noon Friday, Oct. 11 in room 137 of the Eugene Hughes Metropolitan Complex. Each of the four candidates will present for 15-20 minutes beginning at the top of each hour followed by a question-and-answer session.

The Academy for Effective Teaching is an organization comprised of retired faculty members who distinguished themselves in their teaching careers. Each year the current faculty is given the opportunity to nominate retired faculty for membership in the academy. This year the people chosen for membership are Dr. Wilson Baldridge, Kathy Downes, Dr. L. Scott Miller, Dr. Wei Cheng Mau, Cathy Moore-Jansen, and Dr. Donald Blakeslee.

The new members will be inducted into the academy at a reception from 3-4:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15 in Woolsey Hall’s Fidelity Bank Ballroom. The campus community is invited to the reception when the inductees will be honored for their outstanding teaching careers at WSU. Please RSVP to aa.student@wichita.edu or call 978-3010 by Friday, Nov. 8.

The Purple Mile annual Domestic Violence Awareness Walk and Social Service Fair from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 12 on the north side of the RSC. Join us in remembering those impacted by dating and domestic violence, learn about resources, and connect with others over light refreshments and art. This event is hosted by Midwest Criminal Justice Institute, WSU HOPE Services,  Wichita Family Crisis Center, and Harbor House.

Join the Regional Institute on Aging (RIA) and the Human Factors Program on National Ageism Awareness Day at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9 in 102 McKinley Hall for a networking event and presentation by Dr. Carryl Baldwin, Carl and Rozina Cassat Distinguished Professor of Aging, director of the Regional Institute on Aging and Human Factors program coordinator. Balwin will discuss how ageism negatively impacts all of us and steps one can take to avoid ageism in the design process.

Age-related changes occur across the lifespan. They are certainly not all negative, and they are far from universal. With increased age comes increased variability rendering age-related classifications often meaningless. Many older adults retain high levels of functioning at or above many of their younger counterparts. Wisdom and the ability to see the big picture – integrating and synthesizing across domains tends to increase with age. Discover methods and steps to capitalize on these strengths and avoid ageism in the design of programs and products as we celebrate Ageism Awareness Day.

The Philosophy Department will host Dr. Jason Matteson, a Kansas State University visiting professor of philosophy, when he presents “Choosing Well and Living Well: How Friendships Matter in Engineering Ethics.” Matteson’s presentation, which is free and open to the public, is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10 in 218 McKinley Hall.

Graduating Shockers, swing by the Shocker Store in the Rhatigan Student Center for the Grad Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 8 and 9 to purchase regalia, order class rings and announcements and enjoy snacks, giveaways and more.