Category: Events and Recreation

The Office of Online and Adult Learning, Media Resources Center and Academic Affairs will be celebrating the career and accomplishments of Dr. Anna Porcaro, executive director of Online & Adult Learning, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22 in 266 Rhatigan Student Center, Pike Room.

She will leave WSU for her new position with the Kansas Leadership Center as the senior director of monitoring and evaluation. Cake and light refreshments will be served.

Join the campus community in wishing Dr. Porcaro well.

Join the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in a bilingual IP series that will unlock the world of intellectual property. Whether you prefer English or Spanish, these virtual webinars are tailored to provide you with all the essential knowledge about IP.

Sessions start Monday, Aug. 21. Spanish sessions are from 11 a.m. to noon, and English sessions are from 1 to 2 p.m.

Explore valuable resources and support that will ignite your creative journey as an inventor, innovator or entrepreneur.

Discover a diverse range of topics, from cybersecurity to scotch, pickleball to painting and much more. Additionally, as a special offer, Wichita State employees enjoy a 10% discount on classes, excluding day trips.

Connect with fellow community members while exploring your passions. Current employees should use the code “WSUEMPLOYEE” at checkout to receive the 10% discount, and retired employees can get the same discount with code “WSURETIREE.”

Join Lambda Pi Upsilon Sorority, Latinas Poderosas Unidas, Inc and the Hispanic American Leadership Organization from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17 at the Steve Clark YMCA for a good work out.

The Zumba Night, instructed by Casey Dowling, will be in Studio B. Water will be provided.

Graduate students, faculty and staff are invited to the traditional Welcome Back Party at the Ulrich Museum from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18.

Join the Graduate School, Graduate Student Council and the Ulrich Museum of Art for an afternoon with appetizers, drinks and great conversations.

Join Shocker Rowing for an evening full of fun on the downtown Arkansas River with S’mores and Oars from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30. The event is available at no additional charge with a Shocker ID.

Boats and Bikes will provide yard games, s’mores, kayaks, stand-up paddle boards and pedal boats. Shocker Rowing will offer a “Learn 2 Row with Shocker Rowing” demonstration and new to the event this year will be fishing available through Wildlife and Fisheries.

Join the Maternal and Child Health Equity Conference from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25 in the Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitan Complex. The event will bring together researchers and practitioners from diverse fields and locations across Kansas to tackle the social determinants of health affecting maternal and child well-being.

The conference theme, “Connect, Create, and Collaborate: Generating Proven Solutions for our State,” emphasizes the importance of working together to improve health outcomes. Participants will explore a wide range of factors impacting health, such as housing, economic issues, domestic violence, mental health and more. Attendees can earn nursing or social work CEUs while benefiting from enlightening presentations by expert speakers and valuable networking opportunities.

The conference is honored to have Dr. Nina Wallerstein as its keynote speaker. With over thirty years of experience in community-based participatory research, Dr. Wallerstein’s insights will inspire attendees to drive positive change.

Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of the conversation that will shape the future of maternal and child health in Kansas.

As Science Cafe begins again with the fall semester, the group will be hosting local astrophotographer Brent Newton at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8 at Social Tap Drinkery in Braeburn Square.

He will discuss the properties of light, color theory, what produces light in space and what the colors we see can tell us about distant nebulae and galaxies. Additionally, Newton will give a high-level overview on the equipment used in amateur astrophotography. Newton has served on the board of directors for the Lake Afton Observatory and volunteers at the Cosmophere in Hutchinson.

Science Cafe is a local, citizen organized event intended to create a space of common interest for all people that appreciate or are curious about science. All are welcome, and it is available at no additional charge. Science Cafe is typically held on the second Tuesday of every month throughout the academic year.

Discover the captivating memoir, “My Broken Language,” as University Libraries delves into the journey of a Hispanic-American woman navigating diverse worlds in a multi-lingual Philly neighborhood from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10 in the Digital Scholars Commons at the Ablah Library.

Grab a copy at the Ablah Library for checkout and join librarians from University Libraries for an engaging discussion. Explore themes of identity, family and belonging.

Registration is now open for the 2023 Michael Tilford Conference, taking place Oct. 5-6 at Washburn University.

The Tilford Conference provides an opportunity for those involved in education, in collaboration with community business leaders, to examine diversity in education and business by discussing challenges and opportunities:

• Inspiring awareness of multiple dimensions of diversity, related practices of inclusion and the transformation of education.
• Participating in workshops to learn about challenges and strategies for teaching diverse populations on campuses and in classrooms.
• Sharing your passion for teaching and interacting with students from all backgrounds.
• Reinforcing the integration of multiple dimensions of diversity into student academic and personal development components.
• Exploring how these strategies and practices translate into our businesses and broader communities