WSU Today: Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022

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Youngmeyer Ranch building serves researchers, withstands prairie environment

For the past two years, Krista Ward, Wichita State alumna and researcher, has conducted research at the privately owned Youngmeyer Ranch in Elk County, located about an hour from Wichita.

Youngmeyer Ranch is owned by the Youngmeyer Trust, which has granted Wichita State research and educational access to the property. The research facility cost approximately $2 million to build and was paid for entirely by donors. Hutton designed and constructed the building.

The 3,400-square-foot building also includes a large garage and storage space where researchers can park vehicles and stow equipment. This feature permits a considerable amount of time and effort to be redirected to research work.

Events

Join staff/faculty food drive challenge

The Staff Senate has once again challenged Faculty Senate to a friendly contest to Stock the Shocker Support Locker now until Oct. 14. Collection sites will be at the following locations:

400 Ahlberg (Dean’s Office)
OneStop front desk
Morrison Hall Post Office/Central Services
Shocker Career Accelerator (162 John Bardo Center)
Rhatigan Student Center
Duerksen Fine Arts Center east lobby entrance
Office of International Education reception desk
Ablah Library circulation desk
Business Student Success Center (129 Woolsey Hall)

All staff and faculty are invited to participate in this important effort to ensure Wichita State students and colleagues have a full pantry of food and supplies to choose from at the Shocker Support Locker. Member of the University Police Department are pitching in by helping pick up and drop off items.

Learn more at the Staff/Faculty Food Drive challenge Facebook page.

Learn more about staff/faculty food drive

President Muma hosting town hall for Graduate School faculty and staff today

President Rick Muma will host a town hall for the Graduate School faculty and staff 1-2 p.m. today, Sept. 28 via Zoom. The link to the Zoom meeting can be found below.

Zoom link for Graduate School town hall

Industrial Engineering Colloquium to feature Deloitte Consulting’s Sami Alami

The Department of Industrial Systems and Manufacturing Engineering (ISME) will host a talk by Sami Alami, senior manager, Deloitte Consutling Industrial Products and Construction 11 a.m.-noon Sept. 30 via Zoom. His talk is titled “Supply Chain Materials.”

Please contact enkhsaikhan.boldsaikhan@wichita.edu for the Zoom link.

Register for Startup Speaker Series

The next “Life of an Entrepreneur” startup speaker series will take place 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, at Devlin Hall. The event covers the topics of Work/Life Balance, Priorities and Burnout as an entrepreneur. This event is free to attend and offers participants a place ask any questions they may be curious about.

The upcoming speaker, Marquetta Atkins, executive director of Destination Innovation Inc., strives to eliminate the barriers facing young people and women as entrepreneurs. Atkins is creator of the Women Entrepreneurs of Kansas (WeKan!) and is a member of the Entrepreneurship Task Force and the Evergreen Curriculum Committee. She also sits on the Juneteenth committee and serves on the Innovation Committee at Wichita State University.

Attendance for the event is free, but registration is required.