Category: Events and Recreation

Veteran actor Barry Corbin, known for his roles in “Urban Cowboy,” “Stir Crazy” and “Lonesome Dove,” is coming to Wichita State University as a featured speaker.

He will present “Barry Corbin: From Shakespeare to Cowboys,” noon-1 p.m. Oct. 6 in 200 Ahlberg Hall.  Admission is free, and anyone is welcome to attend.
 
Corbin, who is in Wichita for the Tallgrass Film Festival Oct. 5-8, will discuss his decades-spanning career.

A native of Texas, the classically trained actor has been a fixture of movies and television since the late 1970s. Additional credits include “Better Call Saul,” “Northern Exposure,” “War Games,” “The Closer” and “No Country for Old Men.” A Marine Corps veteran, Corbin studied theater arts at Texas Tech University.
 
Corbin’s appearance is sponsored by Wichita State’s Department of History and the Society for Public Historians.

Visitor parking is available south of Ahlberg Hall, between WuShock Drive and 17th Street. A paid parking garage is also available next to the Rhatigan Student Center, west of Ahlberg Hall.

Women of Wichita State University will hold its annual membership Drive from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3 at the President’s Residence. All women are welcome to join. Learn more about WWSU online.

In addition to the membership drive, WWSU is holding its annual fundraiser: a vintage market featuring items donated by fans, alumni, faculty and staff. The auction is open to everyone, and all proceeds raised will be awarded as scholarships to WSU students.

The online silent auction opens Sept. 27 and closes Oct. 3.

Join ceramic artist Brenda Lichman at 10:30 a.m. Wendesday, Sept. 20 in 106 Henrion Hall in the fight against hunger in the community and glaze the ceramic bowls that were made in August.

The bowls made will be donated to the Empty Bowls Chili Cook-off fundraiser Oct. 21 to benefit HumanKind Ministries and ICT Community Fridge Project.

Visit the Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes Wednesday, Sept. 20 and celebrate National Pepperoni Pizza Day. Enjoy a pair of pizza socks at no additional charge with any pepperoni pizza purchase while supplies last.

Shockers can bleach-dye a T-shirt and enjoy some cold treats from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21 at the RSC north patio.

The event is hosted by the Office of Strengths, Assessment and Staff Experience, and the tees are provided to students at no additional charge.

Join Counseling and Psychological Services for its third annual Suspenders4Hope 5k and One-Mile Memorial Walk to benefit StopSuicideICT Saturday, Sept. 30.

Registration and check-in begin at 8:30 a.m., with the 5k starting at 9 a.m.. The race is an official, certified course on Wichita State’s campus and will begin in the Steve Clark YMCA parking lot. Following the race, several speakers and awards will be given.

The event will conclude with a One-Mile Memorial Walk in honor of those who lost their lives to suicide. All registrants for the run and walk will receive a race T-shirt.

NASA’s International Space Apps hackathon is coming to Wichita State’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) Oct. 6-8.

NASA invites coders, entrepreneurs, scientists, designers, storytellers, makers, builders, artists and technologists to come together in a global hackathon. Over the course of three days, participants from around the world will create in-person and virtual teams to solve challenges using NASA’s open-source data.

Space Apps, which started in 2012, is the largest annual global hackathon in the world. This year’s event theme is Make SPACE, celebrating the motto “there’s always space for one more.”

Space Apps is for everyone. The competition is open to all passionate problem solvers of all ages: students, faculty, staff, experts, engineers, makers, artists and storytellers. While some of the challenges are technical, others require the use of artistic ability, business acumen and historical imaginations. In other words, you do not need to be a coder or data expert to be a part of Space Apps. In fact, the most diverse teams are often the most successful.

The deadline to register for the Wichita event is Sunday Sept. 24. The hackathon is hosted by, and on location at, the NIAR’s Advanced Technologies Lab for Aerospace Systems (ATLAS), 4174 S. Oliver, building 140H.

Join Women in Public Service (WPS) from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5 in the Marcus Welcome Center for its fall luncheon with keynote speaker Misty Bruckner, director of the Public Policy and Management Center

WPS members get admission at no additional charge. Admission for non-members is $20, or $15 for first-time attendees.

See Jacob Williams—12 seasons of Wild N’ Out, America’s Got Talent, Adam Devine’s House Party, Roast Battle and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert—live at Wichita State at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15 in the CAC Theater.

Williams is an insightful comedian who makes rapid-fire jokes based on real personal struggles with making friends, dating, family drama and following your dreams while encountering various pitfalls and awkward moments along the way.

Admission is at the door and is available to students with a Shocker ID at no additional charge, $5 for faculty and staff, and $8 for the public. Cash or card is accepted.

For more information about the event, email sac@wichita.edu or connect with Student Activities Council through its Linktree.

The Barton School of Business will host its latest James P. Schwartz Speaker Series event on how to harness the transformational impact of analytics and artificial intelligence (AI). The event will occur from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 28 at the Woolsey Hall Auditorium. It will consist of a keynote panel discussion featuring industry experts in analytics and AI. The panel discussion is open to the public and offers a networking opportunity for attendees following the formal event.