Category: Events and Recreation

On Monday, Feb. 20, the Office of Admissions will host the first Black & Yellow Day of spring 2023. Each semester, we invite high school juniors, seniors and college transfer students to this all-day event on campus where they have the chance to participate in sessions hosted by each academic college, tour campus, and explore the hands-on learning opportunities available at WSU.

The event is $15 per student and $5 per guest and includes lunch in Shocker Dining. This spring, students can choose to attend Monday, Feb. 20 or Friday, April 21.

If you know of any students who should attend this event, they can register at wichita.edu/visit and click on “Admissions Events.” For questions, contact Quinn Munk at 316-978-5453 or quinn.munk@wichita.edu.

After five years of dedicated service impacting countless lives at WSU, Dr. Aaron Austin, associate vice president and dean of students, has accepted a position at TNG as a behavioral intervention team/threat assessment consultant.

His last day at WSU will be Friday, Jan. 6.

The Shocker community is invited to a farewell event to thank and honor Dr. Austin from 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5 in 266 RSC.

Gain insights, tools and tips to help you improve your marketing and communication efforts by attending the seventh annual Strategic Communications marketing and communications seminar for WSU faculty and staff.

The seminar is 10 a.m.-noon Thursday, Jan. 26 in the Rhatigan Student Center ballroom.

Attendees may choose to attend three of the six sessions. All session presentations will be available online in the days following the seminar.

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Go to wichita.edu/calendar and see what’s on the WSU calendar today, this week and beyond. You can search by event category as well.

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Save the date for the Winter Welcome on Friday, Jan. 20 at the President’s Residence, behind Wilner Auditorium.

There will be ice skating, pictures in the inflatable snow globe, and warm drinks and snacks (while they last).

Faculty and staff are invited from 4 to 5 p.m. Ice skates will be provided for those who want to skate.

Contact Student Success for additional information.

Save the date for the Winter Welcome on Friday, Jan. 20 at the President’s Residence, behind Wilner Auditorium.

There will be ice skating, pictures in the inflatable snow globe, and warm drinks and snacks (while they last).

Students are welcome from 5-8 p.m. Ice skates will be provided for those who want to skate.

Contact Student Success for additional information.

All are welcome to a come-and-go retirement celebration for Janet Jensen, 2-4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, in the Woolsey Hall Fidelity Bank Ballroom

Jensen retired as senior student success specialist in the Barton School of Business on Dec. 3.

Light refreshments will be served.

December’s Science Cafe Wichita, hosted at Social Tap Drinkery on the Wichita State campus, will feature 2016 WSU alumna Nicole Brown.

Nicole is a co-founder of the non-profit Grassland Groupies, which strives to educate people about grasslands around the world. At this edition of Science Cafe Wichita, she will discuss the prairie and how more than 150 species depend on prairie dogs and their ecological engineering for survival.

Science Cafe Wichita is at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 13, at Social Tap. The event is free and open to everyone.

For their final projects, students enrolled in The Bible and the Ancient Near East will give public presentations of their comparative study of biblical texts in their ancient cultural contexts from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8 in RSC 257.

Topics are wide-ranging — including comparing the biblical flood account with Mesopotamian and Greek flood stories, exploring the many functions of angels and seraphs in the Bible and their Assyrian and Ugaritic cultural backgrounds, methods of prophecy, purification rituals, and lamentation in their biblical and surrounding cultural settings.

Attendees will get a glimpse into the ancient historical context of the Bible while giving the students a real-life experience of presenting to an interested audience.

Take a break from finals by joining WSU’s Rocket Club and OStem (Out in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) for the Finals Destress Event, 3-7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10 in the John Bardo Center Lobby.

There will be games, snacks, freebies and prizes. Students from all departments are welcome.