Campus Connection: Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022

Events

Learn to change the game from Elam Ending inventor tonight

Nick Elam, educator and inventor of the Elam Ending for basketball, will speak at Wichita State at 5:15 p.m. tonight, Aug. 23 at 231 Hubbard Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

The Elam Ending has gained acclaim as an exciting format to end basketball games, and is currently employed by The Basketball Tournament (TBT), including the TBT regional played in Wichita. The story of the Elam Ending is about more than basketball and statistics, it’s about persistence and positive thinking. Elam’s speech will explore the personal side of a 15-year journey to bring a vision to life on the court. The speech will also offer takeaways for future leaders, innovators and risk-takers.

Shocker Tennis to host free clinic and dinner tonight

Shocker Tennis teams will host a free tennis clinic for faculty, staff and campus innovation partners beginning at 6 p.m. tonight, August 23 at the Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex. The event is open to all ages and abilities and will be followed by dinner, drinks and an auction for the team’s fall 2022 fundraising league.

For more information about the clinic and the fall 2022 league visit the Shocker Tennis teams website. For more information, contact Colin Foster at cfoster@goshockers.com.

Visit the Shocker Tennis teams website

Ulrich Museum of Art hosting fall exhibition celebration

The Ulrich Museum of Art will host an event to celebrate its fall exhibitions 5-8 p.m. Aug. 25.

The new exhibitions include “Myths of the West: Stories of the Land and People from Wichita Art Collections,” which introduces viewers to diverse narratives of the history of the American West, focusing on the history of the Great Plains and the perspectives of past and present Native American artists. In addition to this “Cheryl Pope | Variations on a Love Theme” is featured and includes richly textured and colorful pieces that respond to the Western tradition of large-scale easel painting.

Ulrich receptions are free and open to the public. For more information, contact 316-978-3664 or ulrich@wichita.edu.

Join fall ignitor program

The first session of an eight-week ignitor course will take place 5:45-7:15 p.m. Sept. 19 on the second floor at Devlin Hall. Ignitor is an accelerator program focusing on the ideation pre-seed phase. It provides structured support for innovators and entrepreneurs. This course is free and open to the entire campus community.

During the program, participants will learn how to improve an idea, conduct customer discovery, build a minimum viable product, gain valuable user feedback, develop a business strategy and how to pitch to customers and investors.