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 host a series of professional development sessions during the spring semester for all advisors (academic advisors, specialized advisors, faculty advisors, etc.).

Dr. Pamela O’Neal, Office of Online & Adult Learning, and Justin Petersen, College of Fine Arts Advising Center, will host a professional development session on “Advising Transfer Students” from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4 in 262 Rhatigan Student Center, Herrman Room.

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

Join an insightful panel of experts from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 12 in 305/306 Rhatigan Student Center, Beggs Ballroom. The panel will talk about mental health issues among Wichita State’s students, what to listen for in student appointments, which services to utilize (and how) and how you can best help students in the moment.

The panel is sponsored by the specialized advisors. No RSVP necessary.

*This event has been cancelled. Please stay tuned for future lectures from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

Join the Department of Mathematics and Statistics for a public lecture by Dr. Jiahui Chen from University of Arkansas at 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31 in 372 Jabara Hall.

The lecture is titled “Differential Operators and Topological Data Analysis in Biomolecular Applications.” Refreshments will be available at 2:30 p.m. in 353 Jabara Hall.

The College of Applied Studies invites you to the Corbin Connect Speaker Series: Leadership and Ethics in Education Summit starting at 8 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14 in the Hughes Metropolitan Complex.

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.

Attendees will enjoy a hot breakfast, engaging breakout sessions and practical tools for fostering collaboration and innovation in their communities.

As part of the College of Fine Arts Connoisseur Series, the School of Art, Design and Creative Industries is pleased to host an artist talk with acclaimed photographer Jason Reblando at 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30 in 210 McKnight Art Center.

Following the talk, a reception will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. offering attendees the chance to meet and engage with the artist. The event is free and open to the public.

Join the Department of Physics for the first physics seminar of the spring 2025 semester. The talk will feature Lynn Buchele, University of Heidelberg, Germany, at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22 in 127 Jabara Hall.

The title of the talk will be “Testing our Understanding of Stellar Interiors with Asteroseismology.” And stop by for cookies and coffee in 030 Jabara Hall at 1:30 p.m., prior to the seminar. 

The next physics seminar at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4 in 226 Jabara Hall will feature Dr. John Brockman from the University of Missouri, Columbia.

Brockman is the director of the Missouri University Research Reactor overseeing the whole science program of physics, chemistry, biology and even archaeology.

He is also professor of chemistry, specifically doing radio-chemistry research with his reactor studies. He is the principle investigator of the planned upgrades for a new 20 MegaWatt reactor with construction starting in fall 2025.

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry invites campus to its weekly colloquium series talk at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20 in 224 McKinley Hall.

Junji Iwahara, professor from the University of Texas Medical Branch, is the guest speaker and will present his seminar, titled “Direct Measurement of Biomolecular Electrostatic Potentials by NMR Spectroscopy.”

The Ulrich Museum of Art invites the campus community to a talk with activist Kate Nicholson, former civil rights and disability rights attorney, at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21 in the Beren Gallery of the Ulrich Museum, with a reception at 5:30 p.m.

Nicholson is the founder and executive director of the National Pain Advocacy Center, a nonprofit organization that advocates for the health and human rights of people in pain. In connection with “[RE]POSE: Leisure Bodies and Empowered Postures,” which is on view at the Ulrich Museum through Dec. 7, Nicholson will speak on her 20-year journey to healing after a surgical injury left her bedridden and perpetually in severe pain.

The Department of Sport & Leadership Studies and the SMART Lab at Wichita State invite you to attend a complimentary speaker session, “Winning with Data: Leveraging Analytics in Sport” by Ed Chao at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20 in 265 Rhatigan Student Center, Lucas Room.

Chao is a co-founder and VP at Cerebro Sports, a leading data analytics company funded by Mark Cuban, as well as the GM of the Dallas Flash, a professional pickleball team on the Major League Pickleball Tour. He will share insight on how data analytics shapes and advances the decision-making process in the sport industry with practical cases. 

Reservations will be granted on a first-come, first-serve basis. RSVP by Tuesday, Nov. 19. For questions, contact Dr. Wonyoung Kim at wonyoung.kim@wichita.edu.