Category: Events and Recreation

The Department of Public Health Sciences is co-hosting a series of film fests for the National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) Big Read: Wichita alongside the Wichita Public Library and Tallgrass Film Association. The next event is a screening of the movie, “The Farewell” at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 30 in the Advanced Learning Library, 711 W. 2nd St. N.

Food and popcorn sponsors are Good Shepherd Hospice and Larksfield Place. After the screening, join a discussion of the film at The Monarch at 579 W. Douglas Ave. with guest moderator Lily Wu from KWCH 12. Food and beverage discounts are offered with a ticket stub.

Each week will feature a new film that, like “Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?” by Roz Chast, the book chosen for this year’s NEA Big Read: Wichita, explores caregiving and the universal challenges experienced as one cares for someone with a chronic illness, injury, medical trauma or nearing end of life.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is hosting a fundraiser event where anyone can come and compete for the title of Mario Kart champ on Friday, March 31 in the John Bardo Center lobby.

The entry fee for the event is $5, and there will be a prize for first place and second place. Seasoned Mario Kart players and newcomers to the game are invited. The event is a chance for participants to showcase their skills and have fun while doing it.

For more information, email asme@wichita.edu.

Hippodrome is a celebration of the arts and features the creative talents of Shockers. The 94th annual Hippodrome will feature performances in its skit & talent competition at 7 p.m. Friday, March 31 in the CAC Theater.

Groups participating in the skit competition will perform a 15 to 20 minute scripted performance with the use of this year’s theme: “Superheroes: ‘It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No…it’s a…Hippo.'” The top three winners will receive awards, as well as individual awards for best actor, best use of mystery item and spirit.

The talent competition will be hosted in conjunction with the skit competition. Performers will take the stage between skit performances, and the first, second and third place winners will take home cash prizes up to $150.

The Department of Public Health Sciences is co-hosting a series of film fests for the National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) Big Read: Wichita alongside the Wichita Public Library and Tallgrass Film Association. The next event is a screening of the movie, “The Farewell” at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 30 in the Advanced Learning Library, 711 W. 2nd St. N.

Food and popcorn sponsors are Good Shepherd Hospice and Larksfield Place. After the screening, join a discussion of the film at The Monarch at 579 W. Douglas Ave. with guest moderator Lily Wu from KWCH 12. Food and beverage discounts are offered with a ticket stub.

Each week will feature a new film that, like “Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?” by Roz Chast, the book chosen for this year’s NEA Big Read: Wichita, explores caregiving and the universal challenges experienced as one cares for someone with a chronic illness, injury, medical trauma or nearing end of life.

Join the Department of Public Health Sciences within the College of Health Professions as it cosponsors a community discussion with a panel of physicians from the Medical Society of Sedgwick County from 10 to 11 p.m. Sunday, April 1 via Zoom.

The discussion is cosponsored by the Medical Society of Sedgwick County, Wichita Medical Research and Education Foundation, and is part of the National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) Big Read: Wichita series of events. Read “Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?” by Roz Chast, the book chosen for this year’s NEA Big Read: Wichita, and join the discussion. All are welcome, including the general public and healthcare professional.

The panel will also feature guest moderators:

• Suzanne Perez, KMUW reporter.
• Carolyn Harrison, retired nurse and educator.

Join the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ Student Advisory Committee for a special alumni panel discussion, “Science and Society,” about career paths and career options for science graduates from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 28 in 233 Rhatigan Student Center.

The panel will be moderated by Dr. David Eichhorn, associate dean for faculty development and research in the Fairmount College, and will feature Wichita State alumni sharing their personal stories and experiences in career paths in chemistry and biology. There will also be a light Italian buffet for those in attendance to enjoy. Don’t miss out on this invaluable opportunity to gain insight into the career paths of WSU alumni and get advice on how to succeed in your career journey!

The guest panelists at the event:

• Mahreen Ahsan: Received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at WSU and is at KU Medical School.
• George Elkouri: Received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at WSU. He is a validation chemist III at Pfizer.
• Bryan Lickteig: Received a Master of Science in Chemistry at WSU and is currently in process development at Ventria Bioscience.
• Dr. Sarah Wallace: Received her degree from WSU in the Biological Sciences. Dr. Wallace is the NASA microbiologist and principal investigator for the Genes in Space-3 project aboard the International Space Station.

For questions, contact Brien Bolin, associate dean for student success, at brien.bolin@wichita.edu.

Join the Rhatigan Student Center for its music series, Monday Melodies, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, March 27 at the Starbucks Lounge. The event will feature live music from Whitnie.

The RSC hosts Monday Melodies the last Monday of every month.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event has been cancelled.

Join the Women of Wichita State University (WWSU) for a bingo and lunch fundraiser event at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 4 in 265 Rhatigan Student Center. Every year, WWSU provides scholarships to female-identifying students to help support academic goals.

Participants will play bingo for prizes, eat lunch, bid on silent auction items and have fun. Anyone and everyone is welcome to join the event. Participants don’t have to be a member of WWSU or Wichita State to join and support the scholarship.

Bingo entry is $15, and lunch is available for $12 from WSU catering or participants can bring their own lunch.

Enter the “Spring at the Cadman” photography contest and submit an original photo that showcases the beauty of spring by Friday, March 31.

Photos can be captured using a phone or traditional camera. The top 15 submissions will be displayed in the Cadman Art Gallery in the Rhatigan Student Center, and the top three will win Shocker Store gift cards worth $100, $50 and $25 respectively.

Attend the next part of the Writing Now/Reading Now series for a reading by WSU’s visiting emerging poet, Cindy Juyoung Ok, at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 23 in the Beren Gallery of the Ulrich Museum of Art. A reception will begin at 5:30 p.m. Writing Now/Reading Now is cosponsored by the Department of English, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Watermark Books & Café and the Ulrich Museum.

Cindy is a book reviewer at the Poetry Foundation’s Harriet, poetry editor at Guernica magazine, a translator of Korean poetry and teaches creative writing at the University of California. A MacDowell Fellow and Lambda Literary Fellow, her first full-length manuscript recently received the Yale Younger Poets Prize. She is the author of the chapbook House Work and has recent work in Poetry, The Nation and the Massachusetts Review. Her poems utilize intelligence and disciplined music to write about being conscious within complex histories.