Category: Events

August 25, 2022 — Students, faculty and staff are invited to the fall 2022 Academic Convocation beginning at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 8 at Wilner Auditorium. Doors will open at 9 a.m. Academic Convocation is the official academic welcome for all first-year students. This event celebrates new Shockers' entry into higher education and inducts them into a community of learners.

August 24, 2022 — First-Year Programs in Student Success and Campus Activities and Recreation invite you to Clash of the Colleges 4-6 p.m. today between the New Student Athletic Building and Koch Arena. The event will include relay races, team sports and other competitions between academic colleges to determine who rules the school. Participants can join individually or with a group of other students. 

August 24, 2022 — The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) will host a scavenger hunt beginning at 6 p.m. today, Aug. 31 at the John Bardo Center Courtyard. The scavenger hunt will include other activities around campus and prizes. Come meet other students and learn more about SWE.

August 23, 2022 — Stop by the food truck plaza for lunch with The Flying Stove food truck 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. today, Aug. 26. Since 2011, The Flying Stove has been serving gourmet street cuisine in Wichita, Kansas. The food truck specializes in organic, seasonal and local street food. To order ahead, visit The Flying Stove's website.

August 23, 2022 — The annual Workforce Innovation Conference, hosted by the Kansas Department of Commerce and the Kansas Board of Regents, will take place Oct. 3-4 at the Double Tree by Hilton, Lawrence, Kansas, location.

August 23, 2022 — Please join us for a public lecture by Yang Yang, professor Michigan Technological University titled "A reinterpreted discrete fracture model for fracture and barrier networks," at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30 at 372 Jabara Hall. Refreshments will be available at 2:30 p.m. at 353 Jabara Hall.

August 23, 2022 — Wichita State's Association of Hindu Students in America (AHINSA) will host a Bollywood Night at 8 p.m. tonight, Sept. 2 at the Beggs Ballroom located in the Rhatigan Student Center. The night will offers students a chance to socialize, dance and listen to the latest Bollywood songs.

August 22, 2022 — Nick Elam, educator and inventor of the Elam Ending for basketball, will speak at Wichita State at 5:15 p.m. tonight, Aug. 23 at 231 Hubbard Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

August 22, 2022 — The Ulrich Museum of Art will host an event to celebrate its fall exhibitions 5-8 p.m. Aug. 25.

August 22, 2022 — Join Wichita State's Student Government Association (SGA) at its first campus farmers market event on 4-8 p.m. Aug. 27 at Eck Stadium. The event will feature local vendors selling fresh produce, homemade jams, baked goods and local food trucks. For more information, please contact sga.wellness@wichita.edu.