WSU Today: Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021

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Wichita State invites community to inauguration of Richard Muma

Wichita State invites the local campus and Wichita community to the inauguration ceremony for Dr. Richard Muma at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, in the Hughes Metropolitan Complex, located at 29th Street N. and Oliver. A university reception will follow the event.

Members who wish to attend the in-person ceremony must RSVP no later than Friday, Oct. 15. The event will also be livestreamed on YouTube and on campus television monitors. The theme for the event is “Inspired by the past. Focused on the future.”

To save the date or for more information, call 316-978-3258 or email inauguration@wichita.edu. You can also visit the link below.

News

Wichita State chemist partners with area universities on $3.7M COVID-19 research

A Wichita State University scientist is part of a team that has been awarded a five-year, $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to further research a treatment for COVID-19.

Dr. Bill Groutas, medicinal chemist at Wichita State University, is working with Dr. Kyeong-Ok “KC” Chang, a virologist at Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine; Dr. Yunjeong Kim, a veterinary virologist at Kansas State; Dr. Stanley Perlman, professor of microbiology and immunology from the University of Iowa; and Dr. Scott Lovell, a structural biologist at the University of Kansas. Chang is the principal investigator

Storytime Village, WSU partner to drive educational achievement

What started as one woman’s passion project has flourished into a literacy empire that serves thousands of children in schools across the Wichita area — helped along the way by the people and services of Wichita State University.

Prisca Barnes founded Storytime Village in 2009 with a mission “to inspire a lifelong love of reading for underserved Kansas children from birth to age 8.”

Events

Barton School webinar focuses on researching for scholarly impact

Wichita State’s Graduate School at the W. Frank Barton School of Business will host a webinar on the topic of Researching for impact noon-1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24, via Zoom.

Three WSU panelists will be featured:

Dr. Usha Haley, Barton of Distinguished Chair in International Business, director of the Center for International Business Advancement and elected Chair of the World Trade Council of Wichita.
Dr. Smita Srivastava, assistant professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship WSU Department of Management
Dr. Coleen Pugh, Dean of WSU Graduate School

Each panelist will present different perspectives of scholarly and funded research impact. The discussion will be moderated by the Barton School director of Research, Dr. Atul Rai.

We thank Usha Haley for organizing this event and hope to see you at the webinar.

The Zoom link for the webinar is listed below. The password is 450313.

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Women of WSU hosting social event Sept. 30

The Women of Wichita State University will host a social event at 5 p.m. Sept. 30 at Social Tap located in Braeburn Square. Current members, new members and prospective members are invited to attend.

WWSU’s purpose is to serve the university by providing student scholarships and to promote social interaction among its members.

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Deloitte’s ninth annual Supply Chain Challenge

Deloitte’s ninth Annual Supply Chain Challenge will take place at noon Oct. 15 via Zoom.

Participants can win up to $10,000. The event also offers participants a chance to meet Deloitte practitioners at various levels and gain insight into employment opportunities within the company.

Teams will be comprised of four, first-year students per team from the following programs eligible programs: Master of Business Administration, Master of Science in supply chain management; Master of Science in industrial engineering; Master of science in engineering management; Master of Science in business analytics.

The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. Sept. 24.