Category: Events and Recreation

The Arab Student Association welcomes all to its Iftar potluck event at 8 p.m. Monday, March 27 in 233 Rhatigan Student Center, Santa Fe room.

Iftar is a meal traditionally taken by Muslims at sundown to break the daily fast during Ramadan. All are welcome to participate in the meal. The event is free, and any food that attendees can bring to share is appreciated.

Those interested are also invited to join the Arab Student Association WhatsApp group chat.

The Society of Women Engineers student organization is hosting a Mother Daughter Day event for local middle school girls and their adult female role models. The event will run from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 25 in the John Bardo Center lobby.

Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in four STEM activities designed to introduce different types of engineering, including aerospace, mechanical, electrical and biomedical engineering. Attendees will also meet and interact with female students from the college, which will help middle school girls envision themselves in the field.

In addition to mothers and daughters, other adult female role models of middle school girls, such as grandmothers, aunts, sisters and mentors, are welcome to attend the event.

The Alpha Theta Chapter of Sigma Psi Zeta Sorority Inc. is excited to host its 2023 Rise and Shine fundraiser in contribution to its philanthropy and in support of Wichita Family Crisis Center services for domestic violence survivors.

It cordially invites the campus community to a buffet-style brunch from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 25 at the University United Methodist Church, 2220 N. Yale Ave.

For any questions, contact Donna “BLUR” Tran, philanthropy chair, at syz.blur@gmail.com or Thao “SKYRIS” Pham, fundraising chair, at syz.skyris@gmail.com.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ seminar series continues with Dr. Keith Gido of Kansas State University from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, March 20 in 231 Hubbard Hall.

The biology seminars are open to the public and students are encouraged to attend.

The World Trade Council of Wichita (WTCouncil) and Center for International Business Advancement (CIBA) will host the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) on “How to do business in and with South Korea: Korea as investor, partner and market” starting a 6 p.m. Thursday, March 23 at the Wichita Marriott Hotel, 9100 E. Corporate Hills Dr.

South Korea has successfully transformed itself from a low-income to a high-income economy and is a global leader in innovation and technology. KOTRA, South Korea’s national trade and investment-promotion organization, facilitates trade, investment between domestic and foreign companies, and industrial-technology cooperation. Attendees will have an opportunity to meet and hear from Lee Yungsun, director general at KOTRA Chicago, and Kevin SunChang Hwang, general manager at KOTRA Chicago, as well as survey the economic, political and cultural landscape.

Community members who know of a Wichita-based company or association that would like to meet with KOTRA should reach out to Usha Haley, Barton School distinguished chair in international business and WTCouncil elected chair, through wtcouncil@wichita.edu.

Prior registration is required. Attendance for the networking hour, three course dinner and KOTRA presentation is $55 for non-members and $45 for members, and WSU students get a subsidized rate (through the WTCouncil) of $25. Attendance to just the presentation is free.

Contact Sherryl Hubble, CIBA/WTCouncil, at wtcouncil@wichita.edu for more information.

The Office of Disability Services (ODS) will host a deaf games night from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 24 in 203 Grace Wilkie Hall.

Two members of the Wichita deaf community will be leading participants in games that are deeply rooted in deaf culture. There will be light snacks provided as well as chances to win prizes.

This is an opportunity to learn about deaf culture, practice American Sign Language and have fun. The event is open to everyone.

This event has been postponed due to illness until further notice.

Join the Ulrich Museum of Art for the visiting scholar talk, “Yes, no, maybe so: Connections between Japanese prints, anime and manga and the stories we tell about them” by Andrea Horbinski at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 in the Beren Gallery at the Ulrich Museum. Participants are invited to a reception starting at 5:30 p.m.

Focusing on art and society in the 19th and 20th centuries, when Japan underwent a rapid, self-imposed transition to modernity, this talk examines not only the linkages between anime/manga and printmaking, but also the limits of those connections, and how the evidence for and against them has been deployed to serve larger stories about race, modernity and culture in the Asia-Pacific and worldwide.

Join the First-Generation Student Organization and the First-Generation Coordinating Council as they engage in small group discussions about being a first-generation student at Wichita State at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 in 266 Rhatigan Student Center.

A first-generation college student is a student whose parents or legal guardians have not completed a bachelor’s degree. By attending the event, attendees will meet other first-generation faculty, staff and students. Attendees will be provided lunch and a T-shirt while supplies last.

Join the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics for Dr. Atri Dutta’s talk, “How to fly a spacecraft” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 28 in 301 Rhatigan Student Center.

The determination of the optimal trajectory of a spacecraft can be complex, especially when the spacecraft uses a low-thrust propulsion system or when it operates in a challenging dynamical environment. The talk will provide an overview of astrodynamics research being conducted at WSU’s Astronautics Laboratory to address some of those challenges. Specific examples of research conducted will include all-electric spacecraft, hurricane monitoring constellations, NuSol probe and the CubeSat being developed to validate a neutrino detector in space. 

Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ next Perspectives series will focus on pedagogy, sharing the best practices that faculty and GTAs have adopted in their instruction, teaching theories, feedback and assessments while delivering curriculum in the classroom. Dr. Andrew Hippisley, dean of the Fairmount College, will host the series.

Each episode will be presented at 2 p.m. Tuesdays, from March 21 to April 11 via Zoom. Recordings will be made available afterwards on the Fairmount College YouTube channel.

• March 21 – Supporting and Coaching GTAs in the Classroom
• March 28 – Being an Ally in the Classroom
• April 4 – Active Learning
• April 11 – Student Perspectives on Teaching and Learning