Category: News

The annual update for the CourseLeaf CIM system will take place on Monday, April 10. During the time, access to the system will be closed including the “approve pages” for proposals currently in the workflow, so editors and approvers should refrain from trying to log into CIM on Monday.

Access to CIM will be restored by Tuesday, April 11.

Josh Cornett, a senior double majoring in art history and accounting, has been selected to present his paper “Shifting Sympathies: Thomas Nast’s Indian Cartoons in Post-Civil War America,” on Thursday, April 6 at the Pop Culture Association 2023 National Conference in San Antonio, Texas.

Cornett is currently the curatorial intern at the Ulrich Museum of Art and is primarily interested in the cultural exchange between indigenous groups and colonizing groups. While performing research in preparation for the Ulrich’s 2022 exhibition “Myths of the West: Narrating Stories of the Land and People through Wichita Art Collections,” Cornett found himself gathering an abundance of research about the German-born American political cartoonist Thomas Nast, as four of his works were displayed in the show, and Cornett went on to construct his paper from this research.

Cornett made the decision to submit his piece to the conference with encouragement from Brittany Lockard, associate professor of art history in the School of Art, Design and Creative Industries.

Departments planning for academic year end awards and gifts should place their orders now with RSC Engraving, located inside the Shocker Sports Grill & Lanes in the lower level of the Rhatigan Student Center.

RSC Engraving provides personalized products and gifts, offering customers thousands of choices for plaques, awards, name badges and more.

Don’t delay as most items take seven to 10 days to complete. For more information, visit the RSC Engraving homepage, call 316-978-3479 or email rsc.engraving@wichita.edu.

The Barton School of Business will host alumna Erin Cummings as she begins to showcase her first published work, “The Possibility Project: A Guided Journal for Creating What’s Possible.”

The kickoff event will be from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 27 in Woolsey Hall. It will feature a presentation by Cummings titled “Moving With Purpose and Unlocking Possibilities” followed by a book signing opportunity for attendees along with a networking reception.

Cummings is a Barton School graduate, president of the school’s dean’s Alumni Advisory Board and owner of YESyoga.

The Teacher Workshop Program, part of the NASA Kansas Space Grant Consortium, supports the development and implementation of STEM educator workshops. NASA is especially interested in helping teachers bring NASA-relevant material and content into middle-school classrooms.

Multiple awards between $15,000 and $50,000 each are anticipated. Proposers must identify a 50 cent commitment for every NASA dollar requested (use of federal matching funds is not allowed). The majority of activity should be planned for between June 2023 and March 2024. Follow-up activities, such as reporting and program evaluations, can take place within three months following a workshop.

For more information, email nasainkansas@wichita.edu or visit the KSGC homepage.

The Student Activities Council is searching for executive board members for the 2023-24 school year. Members have the opportunity to build skills in leadership, teamwork, event planning and collaboration.

Students who are selected will receive a stipend of up to $1,000 each semester. Officer applications will close at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, April 9, and chairperson applications will close at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, April 16.

Two faculty members from the Department of Biomedical Engineering within the College of Engineering at Wichita State are serving on BioKansas committees for 2023. Dr. Anil Mahapatro, chair of the department and an associate professor, is serving on the BioKansas Workforce Committee, and Dr. Lindsey Ott, assistant teaching professor, is serving on the BioKansas Engagement Committee.

The mission of BioKansas is to lead the effort of supporting and growing Kansas’ bioscience ecosystem including bioscience research, commercialization, training and business development. Through organizational and collaborative efforts, the organization provides meaningful content, connections and advocacy to advance the state’s bioscience industry.

The W. Frank Barton School of Business is launching its Business Hall of Fame to recognize, honor and celebrate the industry executives and business leaders who have gone above and beyond in making a significant impact on their communities and advancement of the Barton School.

The honoree(s) will be inducted into the Barton School of Business Hall of Fame during an event on Feb. 17, 2024 at Mark Arts.

Stephanie Luetters, a distinguished member of the Barton School’s dean’s advisory board, has been named the 2023-24 hall of fame chair. Luetters is an active philanthropist working for causes and projects that can make a difference in the community.

The Rhatigan Student Center will be closed on Sunday, April 9. Regular hours will resume on Monday, April 10.

Likely due to a email filter issue, the most recent edition of the WSU INSIDE Research and Funding Opportunities newsletter may have ended up in readers’ junk email folders. Check the folder for the most recent edition of the newsletter.

Additionally, this and previous editions of the newsletter can be found on the Research Office website.

The Research Office congratulates those who have received external funding in the past month, and it continues to wish them and future recipients success.