Category: Presentations and Talks

Scott Stucky, retired senior judge of the Court of Appeals for the U.S. Armed Forces, will present “The value of a liberal arts and sciences education” at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 30 in 334 Woolsey Hall. 

Stucky graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history from Wichita State in 1970. He was appointed by Former President George W. Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2006 to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. His career accomplishments include having served as civilian counsel for the Department of the Air Force, as general counsel of the Senate committee on Armed Services, as a judge advocate Individual Mobilization Augmentee in the Air Force Reserve, and as an appellate military judge on the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals. He became chief judge of the Court of Appeals for the U. S. Armed Forces in August 2017 and, upon the expiration of his term of service in August 2021, he was named senior judge.

Irma Puškarević investigates the semiotics of regional alphabets through collective and personal history and memory. Levente Sulyok explores the relationship between the present, the past and the future in terms of shifting cultural and physical borders.

Both are faculty at WSU’s School of Art, Design and Creative Industries and artists featured in Transmissions: The XXIV Faculty Biennial, on exhibit until April 22 in the Polk/Wilson Gallery in the Ulrich Museum of Art. Join them at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, March 28 at the Ulrich Museum to learn about their inspiration and processes.

Irma Puškarević investigates the semiotics of regional alphabets through collective and personal history and memory. Levente Sulyok explores the relationship between the present, the past and the future in terms of shifting cultural and physical borders.

Both are faculty at WSU’s School of Art, Design and Creative Industries and artists featured in Transmissions: The XXIV Faculty Biennial, on exhibit until April 22 in the Polk/Wilson Gallery. Join them at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, March 28 at the Ulrich Museum of Art to learn about their inspiration and processes.

Sigma Psi Zeta is hosting Lanie Hibbs from Shocker Career Accelerator (SCA) to speak about resume building.

Come join the presentation from 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 4 in 203 Rhatigan Student Center to learn more about what should go in a resume, what job recruiters look for and facts/myths about what a resume should look like.

For any questions, contact Amy “VASO” Chantivong, academic chair, at syz.vaso@gmail.com.

Leanne Caret — former president of Boeing Defense, Space & Security and the 2023 engineer in residence for the College of Engineering — is visiting Wichita State on Monday, March 27. Caret will be featured at two speaking events that students, staff, faculty, alumni and industry partners are welcome to attend.

The first speaking event, “How To Navigate Your Way to the Top,” will be a Q&A session hosted by Dr. Anthony Muscat, the dean of the College of Engineering. The session will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in 301 Rhatigan Student Center. Donuts and coffee will be served.

The second speaking event, “A Conversation With Leanne Caret,” will be another Q&A session hosted by Grace Peterson, a junior mechanical engineering major and the president of the Society of Women Engineers student organization. The session will be from 4 to 5 p.m. in 128 Jabara Hall. Cookies and iced tea will be served.

The Department of Biomedical Engineering within the College of Engineering is hosting Dr. Theresa Locascio and Dr. Jonathan Ashley, scientists from Catalent Pharma Solutions, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 28 in 134 Woolsey Hall or via Zoom.

The seminar, “Development of Oral Solid Dosage Forms,” is open to students, faculty and staff.

Those who cannot attend in person can join via Zoom. The password is BME760D.

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. This week’s Perspectives is on “Being an Ally in the Classroom.”

Occasionally students can make a statement or ask a question in class that is insensitive to classmates’ personal experiences. Panelists will discuss how to address such incidents in the classroom and include positive and negative examples. Dr. Andrew Hippisley, dean of the Fairmount College, will host, and Jean Griffith, associate professor of English and associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion, will moderate the panel.

Each episode in the Perspectives series will be presented at 2 p.m. Tuesdays, through April 11 via Zoom. Recordings will be made available afterwards on the Fairmount College YouTube channel.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ Seminar Series continues at 4 p.m. Monday, March 27 in 231 Hubbard Hall or via Zoom with Dr. Sarah Wallace, a space microbiologist at the NASA Johnson Space Center.

Wallace will present a technical talk over “Spaceflight microbiology: Beyond the cultures.” As always, seminars are open to the public and undergraduate students are encouraged to attend.

The Zoom ID for the session is 977 7689 8339 and the password is 574212.

Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ next Perspectives series will focus on pedagogy. This week’s Perspectives is on “Being an Ally in the Classroom.”

Occasionally students can make a statement or ask a question in class that is insensitive to classmates’ personal experiences. Panelists will discuss how to address such incidents in the classroom and include positive and negative examples. Dr. Andrew Hippisley, dean of the Fairmount College, will host, and Jean Griffith, associate professor of English and associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion, will moderate the panel.

Each episode in the Perspectives series will be presented at 2 p.m. Tuesdays, through April 11 via Zoom. Recordings will be made available afterwards on the Fairmount College YouTube channel.