Category: Events and Recreation

Training for GTAs is set from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10 in 305/306 Rhatigan Student Center, Beggs Ballroom. Faculty and staff are asked to encourage students who are new GTAs to attend. GTA training also has an online component that students must complete in Blackboard.

Incoming Graduate Research Assistants are invited to attend the same training from 10:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A split session will cover the rights and duties of GRAs.

Check-in starts at 8:30 a.m.

All Innovation Campus partners are invited to a lunchtime panel discussion, “The Impact of Generative AI on Business and Work” from noon to 12:50 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 10 on the first floor NetApp building, Defiance Room, and via Teams.

The expert panel will include speakers from around the Innovation Campus as well as USD 259 and Wichita State. Speakers will include Neal Tilley, CISCO; Jeff Bartel, AirBus; Mark Padding, Rewards Network; Chuck Passannante, Textron; Dyane Smokorowski, USD 259; and Tonya Witherspoon, Wichita State. This panel discussion is part of the Academic Resources Conference (ARC), a free, mostly-online conference hosted by WSU three times a year. Check out the ARC schedule page to see if any other sessions catch your eye.

Join us for the eighth annual Strategic Communications marketing and communications seminar for WSU faculty and staff from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Jan. 25.

The opening session and all breakout sessions will be held on the third floor of the Rhatigan Student Center. Gain additional insights, tools and tips to help you improve your marketing and communication efforts. Attendees may choose to attend two of five sessions.

Join Zach Gearhart, chief of staff and executive director of government relations, for updates on the Kansas legislature relevant to Wichita State. The next meeting is scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 12 in 101 Morrison Hall.

The meeting is open to all faculty, staff and students and is held every other Friday following each legislative session.

Are you an online learner or not able to make it to The Toast? Tune in online at 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 15 to watch The Toast: A Graduation Celebration featuring remarks from President Rick Muma, Teri Hall, vice president of Student Affairs, and Stacie Williamson, vice president of alumni engagement.

Congratulations to the upcoming graduates and enjoy celebrating with family, near and far.

The second annual Healthcare Research Roundtable will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 22. This year it’s reaching out to the University of Kansas and WSU Tech as well as the community and industry partners, and it’s extending its scope to include clinical work, the arts, humanities, applied studies and all the health-related work done.

This is a great opportunity for discovery, coalition-building and strategic planning. RSVP to help event organizers prepare and to volunteer to give a flash presentation (roughly five minutes) about your work. Spread the word and share the link.

Sponsored by the President’s Innovation Advisory Council (PIAC) and the Academic Center for Biomedical and Health Humanities (HealthHum). Support provided by the WSU Office of the President.

As part of their sergeant promotion process, the Wichita State University Police Department (WSUPD) will do presentations for the community starting at 8 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 14 in 261 Rhatigan Student Center, Olive Room. Community members will be asked for their feedback for the applicants as a part of the selection process.

Stop by and join the Kansas Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at the Holiday Market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13 at the Hughes Metropolitan Sports Complex for some one-stop shopping.

Browse gift items from over 50 local small businesses all under one roof, hosted by the SBDC. “We really wanted to give local small businesses an extra chance to connect with holiday shoppers,” said Brandi Willet, SBDC regional director.

A wide variety of gift items or gift cards for services such as massages, pet sitting and cleaning will be available for purchase. Cash purchases are appreciated, as payment goes directly into the entrepreneur’s pocket without delays or added processing fees.

This is the perfect lunch hour outing as Taters N Toppings and Want Bierocks, two local food trucks, will be on-site. In conjunction with a Very Merry Metroplex, 1 Million Cups is moving to the Metropolitan Complex and will kick off with networking at 8:30 a.m. There is ample free parking, or grab a ride Wichita State transit.

Stop by and join the Kansas Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at the Holiday Market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13 at the Hughes Metropolitan Sports Complex for some one-stop shopping.

Browse gift items from over 50 local small businesses all under one roof, hosted by the SBDC. “We really wanted to give local small businesses an extra chance to connect with holiday shoppers,” said Brandi Willet, SBDC regional director.

A wide variety of gift items or gift cards for services such as massages, pet sitting and cleaning will be available for purchase. Cash purchases are appreciated, as payment goes directly into the entrepreneur’s pocket without delays or added processing fees.

This is the perfect lunch hour outing as Taters N Toppings and Want Bierocks, two local food trucks, will be on-site. In conjunction with a Very Merry Metroplex, 1 Million Cups is moving to the Metropolitan Complex and will kick off with networking at 8:30 a.m.

From 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12, the School of Art, Design and Creative Industries will host a public reception for “What’s Up Doc? (feat. Umentary)” in 204 McKnight Art Center, ProjectSpace gallery.

“What’s Up Doc? (feat. Umentary)” features the semester-long projects of Jennifer Ray’s interdisciplinary Documentary Media and Social Strategies students. Their work crosses media, and includes filmmaking, spoken word performance, photography, sculpture and web-based projects. Taking an expansive approach to documentary, students have mined their own family histories, worldviews and life experiences to develop these projects. A spoken word piece by Kenna Green will be performed at 5 p.m.