Category: Presentations and Talks

Join the math department for a public lecture by Dr. Matthias Wink, University of California, Santa Barbara. The lecture, titled “The Bochner technique in geometry,” will take place at 3 p.m. Friday, April 18 in 372 Jabara Hall. Refreshments will be available at 2:30 p.m. in 353 Jabara Hall.

History department faculty at WSU and the WSU Chapter of the AAUP/AFT present a “Teach-in on Higher Education and the Current Political Situation” from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 17 in 211 Hubbard Hall. Faculty members will elaborate on key issues facing universities and colleges, including threats to academic freedom, the defunding of research and banning of DEI, and will provide status reports on the latest developments. Speakers include history faculty members Dr. Laila Ballout, Dr. George Dehner and Dr. Robert Weems. The event is moderated by Dr. Rannfrid Lasine Thelle.

A Q&A period and discussion will follow the presentation.

The event is open to faculty, staff, students and the public and is offered as a part of the National Day of Action in Higher Education.

Save the date for the seminar, “Hidden Science in Engineering Materials,” hosted by the National Institute of Aviation Research (NIAR) and the College of Engineering. The seminar will be at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 24 in 110A Woolsey Hall, Frank A. Boettger Auditorium. Students, staff, faculty and industry partners are invited to attend.

The speakers include Dr. James C. Ho, researcher and retired professor; Dr. Ramazan Asmatulu, professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the College of Engineering; and Rachael Andrulonis, director of advanced materials research at NIAR. Dr. Ho will present, “What does low-temperature calorimetry tell us about high-strength Al-Li, Ti-(V, Mo)-Al, and magnetic element-containing materials?,” while Dr. Asmatulu will present, “Failure Mechanism of Fiber Reinforced Composites for Aviation” and Andrulonis will present, “Qualification of Additively Manufactured Metals.”

Join a dinner talk by Dr. Usha Haley, W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair in International Business, on “Chinese Investment and U.S. Energy Competitiveness: Are Tariffs the Answer?” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 29 at the Wichita Country Club.

Base cost is $48 (includes bar drink); WSU students can get tickets, with an ID, for $35 (subsidized by the World Trade Council of Wichita/Center for International Business Advancement, Barton School of Business). The talk is organized by the Wichita Committee on Foreign Relations.

For more information and to register, visit wtcouncil.com/programs. Registration closes on April 25 and seats are limited.

This event has been cancelled. Please stay tuned for future events.

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The keynote speaker, Dr. Jill Koyama at the February 14 summit, will join the Leadership & Ethics in Education Summit from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 17 at the Eugene Hughes Metropolitan Complex virtually.

She is the vice dean of the Division of Education Leadership and Innovation at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. The free event is to advance understanding of Principled Innovation and the work on developing initiatives based on its framework.

The HSI office invites you to the workshop “How to Achieve Organizational Excellence Through Cultural Humility” presented by Dr. Joel Pérez. Through this event, attendees will explore practical strategies to develop and nurture cultural humility within themselves and their work.

Participants will discover how to leverage cultural humility to effect positive changes on individual, organizational and community levels. Join from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Monday, April 21 at 141 Woosley Hall, Fidelity Bank Ballroom.

If you have any questions, contact Dr. Sara Mata at sara.mata@wichita.edu

Join the HEALTH Student Association in the Department of Public Health Sciences for the Unequal Plates panel at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 9 in 300 Ahlberg Hall. Expert panelists will explore how food insecurity is addressed in Kansas with a special focus on the Shocker learning community.

Attendees can receive a free T-shirt, while supplies last, and light refreshments will be served. Contact the HEALTH faculty advisor Amy Drassen Ham at amy.ham@wichita.edu with questions. The event is free and everyone is welcome.

Mark your calendars now: At 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 30 in 110 Woolsey Hall, Frank A. Boettger Auditorium, Chase Koch — executive vice president of Koch, and the spring 2025 entrepreneur-in-residence at the Barton School of Business — will deliver a keynote presentation, “The Sound of Change: Music as a Catalyst for Social Impact,” as part of the prestigious James Schwartz Lecture Series.

Doors open at 5 p.m. Stick around after the keynote for networking and reception in 141 Woolsey Hall, Fidelity Bank Ballroom. The event will provide attendees with a unique opportunity to hear firsthand the vision behind Somewhere Fest & Conference — a community-driven music festival that combines entertainment with social impact. Chase will share how the festival, now in its second year, has evolved into a movement that blends culture, artists and social change to bring people together and create value for local communities.

The upcoming keynote event is free and open to public. Share with your students, colleagues and networks.

In an event sponsored by the Pi Sigma Alpha Honors society, come listen to panelists in the health industry share the latest impact on the public health sector based on the changing regulatory environment at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 9 in 300 Ahlberg Hall.

Join the Academic Center for Biomedical and Health Humanities (HealthHum) in welcoming Dr. Jacob Armstrong, a WSU alum, for a talk on gamification and psychotherapy at 1 p.m. Friday, April 11 in 326 Lindquist Hall and on Microsoft Teams.

Dr. Armstrong is currently a postdoctoral research associate in the NeuroCognitive Aspects of Anxiety, Trauma and Treatment (NeuroCATT) Laboratory at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research. Learn about how he developed a traditional table top role-playing game (TTT-RPG) for dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), current issues and trends in gamifying clinical practice, and more.

Come early for coffee and conversation from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Request the Microsoft Teams link.