Category: Events and Recreation

Join Student Affairs for its second step of the First Steps to Success program for first generation students from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in 233 Rhatigan Student Center. This step is all about time management and will discuss various ways to stay involved, get to class and build community.

If you’d like more information about joining the full program to earn perks like dining dollars, swag bags and other prizes, information will be handed out at the event, and you can reach out to Kennedy Rogers at kennedy.rogers@wichita.edu for more information.

Join the Women Leadership Initiative and the Shocker women’s golf team for an introduction to golf at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday Oct. 11 on the Willowbend Golf Course.

The Shocker women’s golf team will go over the basics needed to get started with golf. Afterwards, join the Women Leadership Initiative for refreshments and networking at the Willowbend Clubhouse.

Wichita State’s Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences is hosting an information session from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29 via Zoom.

Faculty and students will give an overview of the Medical Laboratory Sciences program at Wichita State, the application process and career opportunities in the medical laboratory sciences profession.

Call 316-978-3146 to schedule a lab tour or in-person appointment.

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will present the Talaty Endowed Research Professorship to Dr. Katie Mitchell-Koch at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20 in 224 McKinley Hall.

The award presentation will be followed be Dr. Mitchell-Koch’s research presentation along with a reception at 4:15 pm in 205 McKinley Hall.

The Tatsumaki Yosakoi Japanese traditional dance team will be coming to Wichita State from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22 for a performance and workshop in 143A Heskett Center. Tatsumaki Yosakoi will perform songs and also teach anyone interested. The event will be open to the general public and no dance experience is required. Spectators are also welcome.

Tatsumaki Yosakoi was established in 2005 and has been performing at festivals around the country and helping spread Japanese culture for 18 years. The Japanese Culture Association and the Asian Student Conference Dance Committee are sponsoring the event.

The annual remembrance of Memorial ’70 will be held at 9 a.m. Monday, Oct. 2, at the memorial sculpture at the university entrance at Alumni Drive and Hillside (18th and Hillside). The reception will be held immediately after in the lobby of Duerksen Fine Arts Center northeast of Memorial ’70.

In an annual ceremony of remembrance, a wreath is placed at Wichita State’s Memorial ’70 each Oct. 2. The brief ceremony honors WSU football players, administrators and supporters who died in a plane crash Oct. 2, 1970.

The WSU “Gold” plane, a Martin 404 carrying 36 passengers and a crew of four, crashed at approximately 3 p.m. on a mountain near Silver Plume, Colorado while enroute to Logan, Utah for a game with Utah State University. Twenty-nine persons died at the scene, while two others died later after receiving medical attention for their injuries. The WSU “Black” plane landed safely in Utah.

This time of remembrance is to acknowledge the changes that the plane crash made in the lives of the victims, their families, their friends and the university. 

Empower students with knowledge that could shape their entrepreneurial journey. University Libraries is thrilled to present the next session of its Entrepreneurship Research Series, Introduction to Intellectual Property.

The workshop is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. Oct. 3 in the Ablah Library Digital Scholars Commons.

Students will gain crucial insights into intellectual property and its significance for budding startups by attending. Equip them with the tools to protect and leverage their innovative ideas.

National Forensic Science Week is Sept 17-23, and the School of Criminal Justice along with the student Forensic Science Society will host two guest speakers to help commemorate the week.

John Ham from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tabacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) National Crime Gun Intelligence Center of Excellence will lead a conversation at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19 in 337 Law Enforcement Training Center on forensic science careers within AFT and the cutting edge science ATF is using in its criminal investigations, including the NIBIN program, which is currently functioning on WSU’s campus.

And at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21, ATF Special Agent and Certified Fire Investigator Aaron Chaffee will provide an overview of ATF’s Fire and Explosive investigative program to include how forensic resources of the ATF Laboratories, Fire Research Laboratory and National Center for Explosives and Training Research are used to assist investigators. The presentation will be in 337 Law Enforcement Training Center.

The biggest dining event of the season is back from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19 at Shocker Dining Hall. This year’s Joyful is a fall harvest festival with local vendors like Chunky Poodle Cookies, WSU catering’s flower shop, Prairie Fire Coffee and the local General Mill rep serving up samples.

Fresh produce will also be available to purchase. All are welcome, and it’s only $9.75 to enter and have all-you-can-eat with a featured menu crafted by the dining cooks.

Deloitte Consulting is coming to the Barton School of Business for the International Business Studies Association’s (IBSA’s) first event of the new academic year, “Donuts with Deloitte,” from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 25 in 231/232 Woolsey Hal.

Deloitte Consulting is on the World Trade Council of Wichita’s (WTCouncil) board of directors and will speak to students about job opportunities in global business and the international business major as well as the kinds of skills, project expertise and courses they are looking for. A panel of speakers from Deloitte will take students through the process of consideration for a job or internship at Deloitte. Students should come with questions, and undergraduate and graduate students are welcome.

Attendance is available at no additional charge, but registration is required. To RSVP, email ibsa@wichita.edu by Thursday, Sept. 21. Business casual attire is suggested, but not required. For more information, send an email to Usha Haley, IBSA faculty advisor and WTCouncil chair, at wtcouncil@wichita.edu.