Category: Events and Recreation

Wichita State is hosting the annual meeting of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest Oct. 9-11 in Woolsey Hall. The national linguistics conference focuses on all areas of linguistics and will include special panels on language and communities in Hispanic Serving Institutions, engaging students in engaged research and linguistic scholarship for social change.

The keynote speaker is Dr. Rena Torres Cacoullos from Penn State University, and the Presidential Address will be delivered by Mark Waltermire of New Mexico State University.

Come participate in sustainability-themed events linked to our common read book this year: “Eat Like a Fish” by Bren Smith. Hands-on events include wheat-weaving, designing more sustainable meals, print-making and music-making with found objects, action plans to reduce the water footprint, and a tasting event. Learn more (and RSVP for limited capacity events) at wichita.edu/commonread.

“Seas, Soil and Sustainability”: 3:30-5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2 at the President’s Residence. Capacity is 30 people. RSVP is required.
Learn about sustainable farming practices and make your own wheat weaving creation with a local artist.

“Ocean to Table: Designing a Resilient Food Future”: 12:30-1:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3 in 265 Rhatigan Student Center, Lucas Room. Capacity is 30 people. RSVP is required.
Explore the critical connections between marine ecosystems and global food security. This interactive design thinking experience challenges participants to empathize with the diverse stakeholders in our food chain. Design and develop creative, user-centered solutions to make plates, and the planet, more sustainable.

“Found Sound Symphony Experience”: 2-3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9 in Duerksen Fine Arts Center (at the Duerksen Amphitheater if weather permits). Capacity is 25 people. RSVP is required.
This experience will stimulate your sense of sound through participatory creations using real, virtual and recycled sound instruments. Join in this interactive experience where participants will reframe their understanding of both sound and song.

“Trash to Treasure”: 3:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9 in 221 McKnight Art Center. Capacity is 35 people. RSVP is required.
Attend a print-making workshop in the new print making studio and create your own sustainability themed print using found-objects.

“Water Sustainability: Conserving Our Most Precious Resource”: 12:30-2 p.m. Thursday, Oct, 23 in 262 Rhatigan Student Center, Herrman Room. Capacity is 40 people. RSVP is required.
In this interactive workshop participants will learn more about water sustainability, calculate their water footprint, discuss strategies to conserve water, and develop a personal action plan to reduce their water footprint.

“Kelp is the new Kale”: 12:30-2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29 262 Rhatigan Student Center, Herrman Room. Capacity is 30 people. RSVP is required.
This workshop discusses participants’ food experiences and foods that people may eat more of in the future. Samples will be provided.

The human performance studies (HPS) chili cookoff takes place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31 in the lobby of the Heskett Center. Enjoy chili made by HPS faculty and students, vote in a People’s-Choice Costume Contest, enter a BYO Decorated Pumpkin Contest and win prizes in student raffle drawings every 15 minutes.

Attendees are encouraged to bring a canned good or $2 donation for the Kansas Food Bank.

Are you interested in an amazing career that also supports individuals with communication disorders? Join Wichita State Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) faculty for virtual open houses on the speech-language pathology (SLP) and audiology (AuD) graduate programs.

The open house is from 7 to 8 p.m. Nov. 3. Find the meeting links to each below:

• Speech-language pathology meeting link
• Audiology meeting link

For further information on our graduate programs and to view virtual clinic tours, visit the program links below.

• MA speech-language pathology program
• Audiology program

There are also useful CSD student resources on the website that provide general information and connects students to valuable department, college and university resources.

If you have specific questions or would like to request an in-person clinic tour, submit a request via the CSD Program Information/Campus Visit Request Form.

Have you been to a Student Activities Council (SAC) event yet? Now’s your time. Not only do you get free or reduced-cost admission to tons of cool events, such as Maker’s Market and Nautical Nonsense, you also are entered for a chance to win a gift basket at the end of the semester if you attend eight or more SAC events. This includes Shocker and SAC swag, along with a $25 gift card for use at the Shocker Store.

The Shocker Store is bringing Shocker gear to WSU Old Town for a pop-up shop. Swing by from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7 in the WSU Old Town lobby to shop for some new gear and enter to win prizes.

Come find some great deals at the Shocker Store garage sale. On Oct. 3 and 4, the Braeburn Square location will have select Shocker gear priced 40-70% off. Store hours are 11 a.m.-7 p.m. both days.

Wichita State’s National Institute of Aviation Research (NIAR) will hold an official Manufacturing Day event starting at 9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 23 at the National Center for Aviation Training. Aimed at educating the manufacturing industry and community leaders, NIAR’s Manufacturing Day will feature the latest advancements in automated metrology, artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing, beginning with a keynote address from Eric Hein, NIAR director of strategy and product development.

Formerly vice president of defense programs at Spirit AeroSystems, Hein now leads NIAR’s long-term strategic planning and guide product development efforts. The event is free to attend and includes a half day of programming with optional lunch and tours of NCAT facilities including NIAR’s Emerging Technologies Lab and WSU Tech’s Robotics/START Center Lab, CNC Lab/Machine Shop and Welding Shop. It is open to university and high school students.

A limited number of spaces are still available for the community Scrollathon Oct. 2 at the Ulrich Museum of Art. Members of the Wichita State community are invited to participate in this national art initiative, hosted by the artists.

Artists Steven and William Ladd, along with community members across the United States, are creating the National Scrollathon, part of the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

More than 250,000 participants, representing all 50 states and territories, will reveal the American story in all its beautiful complexity, as Americans from all social, ethnic and economic backgrounds take part. The Ulrich is representing Kansas in this project.

During a Scrollathon, each participant creates two fabric scrolls — one to keep as a personalized memento stored in a souvenir tin, and the other to contribute to a large-scale collaborative artwork.

Choose one of four sessions, starting at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. or 2 p.m. The event is free but each session is limited to 25 participants, so registration is required. Sign up today.

When complete, more than 56 large-scale textile artworks will be displayed (along with photographic portraits of thousands who helped to create them) at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. from Memorial Day to Labor Day, 2026.

Don’t miss out on this year’s Pumpkin Run. Register by Sept. 30 to lock in your preferred T-shirt size and join the fall fun. Whether you’re running or walking, make sure you’re geared up in style.