Category: Presentations and Talks

Academic and specialized advisors who completed various eTutorials during the fall semester from NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising will be hosting a series of professional development sessions during the spring semester for all advisors (academic advisors, specialized advisors, faculty advisors, etc.).

Angela Blackerby from College of Engineering Advising, and Aaron Evans and Alexandra Lazarova from Shocker Career Accelerator will host a professional development session on “Advising Undecided & Exploratory Students” from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26 in 135 Woolsey Hall, INTRSUT Bank Classroom.

For more information or questions, contact Brett Bruner, assistant vice president for Student Success & Persistence, at brett.bruner@wichita.edu.

Join the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for its next seminar speaker at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20 in 224 McKinley Hall. The department is honored to host the Watkins Visiting Professor, Evan Williams, from the University of California at Berkeley, who will present a talk titled “Overcoming Molecular Complexity One Ion at a Time.”

Evan Williams, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biophysics at the University of California at Berkeley, will present “A Window into Molecular Complexity with Mass Spectrometry: From Physics to Chemistry to Biology and Beyond at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19 in 209 Hubbard Hall.

Williams’ research aims to develop novel instrumental and computational techniques in mass spectrometry, separations, chemical imaging and laser spectroscopy for improved molecular structure elucidation, and to apply these methods to interesting chemical problems of both practical and fundamental interest. He is the faculty director of the QB3/Chemistry Mass Spectrometry Center and he holds a joint appointment in molecular biophysics and integrated bioimaging at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

The Watkins Visiting Professorship was created in 1974 by the Watkins Foundation. This grant is now provided through the Watkins fund, a part of the Wichita State University Foundation’s endowment.

Have an upcoming presentation? Interested in learning the art of poster presentations? Poster presentations are essential to academic discourse, yet the skills to get started (and succeed) are not intuitive.

With 30 years experience in academic publishing and communication, author John Bond will go over tips and tricks from his book “The Little Guide to Giving a Poster Presentation: Simple Steps to Success” at noon Thursday, Feb. 20 via Zoom.

For more information, and the Zoom link, go to wichita.edu/pds.

The next physics seminar will feature Bryan Ramson from Fermilab at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19 in 127 Jabara Hall. The title of this talk is “The New Era of Precision Neutrino Physics.” Also, join the physics department in 030 Jabara Hall for coffee, cookies and conversation at 1:30 p.m., prior to the seminar.

Bryan Ramson is a neutrino physicist working on the intensity frontier of high-energy particle physics. He is an associate scientist at Fermilab, where he uses his expertise in medium and high-energy nuclear physics to improve measurements of neutrino oscillations and refine our understanding of neutrino-nucleus interactions. He is a member of two large experimental collaborations: the Fermilab NuMI Off-axis νe Appearance (NOvA) Experiment and the upcoming Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE), a future Fermilab experiment.

The Physics Seminar Series brings many speakers to campus each semester and is sponsored by the Eddy and April Lucas Fund, Wichita.

The Department of Biological Sciences’ spring 2025 seminar series continues from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17 in 218 Hubbard Hall. The seminar features Jeremy Barton, Envision Research Institute. He will give a public lecture titled, “Perception of mobile ophthalmic devices by eye-care professionals.”

 Seminars are open to the public and undergraduates are encouraged to attend. For more information, visit wichita.edu/biology.

Join the Retention Faculty Fellows for its February Teaching Matters sessions from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19 virtually via Microsoft Teams to hear from a panel of students providing their insights on persistence and the impact that faculty support can have on student success.

Teaching Matters is a monthly session open to faculty, staff and students involved in teaching. The sessions are hosted by the Retention Faculty Fellows to promote student success and retention through a community of knowledge sharing.

For questions or more information, contact Cindi Mason, Retention Faculty Fellows coordinator, at cindi.mason@wichita.edu.

The College of Applied Studies invites you to the Corbin Connect Speaker Series: Leadership and Ethics in Education Summit from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14.

Presented in partnership with the Credit Union of America, the free event features a keynote address by Dr. Jill Koyama, vice dean of educational leadership and innovation at Arizona State University. A cultural anthropologist and renowned scholar, Dr. Koyama will explore how principled innovation can drive impactful change in education.

Participants will gain practical tools and strategies for fostering meaningful collaboration and innovation. Learn directly from Dr. Jill Koyama, a leader in education policy and equity; and leave inspired and equipped to create impactful changes in their schools and communities.

The Academic Center for Biomedical and Health Humanities (HealthHum) is pleased to announce the inaugural event in its spring panel series: “Perspectives on Health Policy.” Join HealthHum at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28 in 326 Lindquist Hall and on Teams.

Academic and specialized advisors who completed various eTutorials during the fall semester from NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising will be hosting a series of professional development sessions during the spring semester for all advisors (academic advisors, specialized advisors, faculty advisors, etc.).

Monica Bergkamp from OneStop Student Services will be hosting a professional development session on “Advising First-Generation College Students” from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19 in 261 Rhatigan Student Center, Olive Room.

For more information or questions, contact Brett Bruner, assistant vice president for Student Success & Persistence, at brett.bruner@wichita.edu.