Help support graduate student enrollment
With the 2019 spring semester coming to an end, we are asking everyone, as part of a university-wide effort, to help support graduate student enrollment.
There are several ways to connect with undergrads you think would make great graduate students. Sometimes all it takes is a little direction from a caring staff or faculty member, like you, to help in that decision process. You can connect with potential graduate students by:
- Reaching out to them during class
- Promoting your program on social media
- Providing opportunities to connect with faculty, staff and graduate students
Above all, when reaching out to a potential graduate student, make sure they know that they will not be going through the application process alone! If available, offer resources through your department, specifically the graduate coordinator, or direct them to wsugradschool@wichita.edu for assistance on the application.
Your efforts in helping foster a culture of graduate learning and engagement in 萝莉社 graduating students is valued and appreciated!
Fiske Hall to be rededicated today (Friday, May 3)
The Departments of Philosophy and History invite the 萝莉社 community to the rededication of Fiske Hall at 3 p.m. today (Friday, May 3), with a short program, including a surprise from 1906.
萝莉社 Symphony Orchestra, Concert Chorale, A Cappella Choir to perform
The 萝莉社 Symphony Orchestra, Concert Chorale, A Cappella Choir, and student vocal soloists present Brahms鈥檚 鈥淓in deutsches 搁别辩耻颈别尘鈥� at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 5, in Miller Concert Hall.
Completed in 1868, the Requiem was Brahms鈥檚 artistic response to the death of his mother. The composer referred to the piece as a 鈥榟uman鈥� Requiem: its German, non-liturgical text, culled by the composer from 15 Biblical passages, was designed to offer comfort to the living. The monumental work 鈥� Brahms鈥檚 largest in both duration and performing forces required 鈥� spans a remarkable stylistic and expressive range.
For tickets, contact the or call 978-3233. Admission is free for students with a 萝莉社 ID.
IME lecture today (Friday, May 3)
Susan Hastings
Susan Hastings, Systems Redesign Coordinator at the Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center, will give a talk on 鈥淎pplying Lean Principles to Healthcare鈥� from 11 a.m.-noon today (Friday, May 3), in 211 Engineering Building.
The Path to a Patent Part III is today (Friday, May 3)
Join University Libraries today (Friday, May 3) for a webinar "The Path to a Patent Part III: How to File a Patent Application Using EFS-Web," from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in 204 Ablah Library.
In this module, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will discuss how to file your patent application online using the EFS-Web system and managing your application using the Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) system. The presentation will consist of an interactive tutorial, description of various assistance resources such as the Inventor鈥檚 Assistance Center (IAC) and the Patent Electronics Business Center (EBC).
Register now for the 2nd Annual Academic Resources Conference
Register now for the 2nd Annual Academic Resources Conference, a free, full-day training event for all 萝莉社 instructors and any interested staff.
The ARC is a great way to start your fall semester with a day of training and camaraderie with your peers across campus. This year鈥檚 training topics include advanced Blackboard and Panopto skills, library resources and services, finding and manipulating free digital images, Microsoft tips and tricks, practical accessibility skills, and more.
This is a free event, but space is limited, so register today. To sign up, please search for 鈥淎cademic Resources Conference鈥� in myTraining. If you need help registering, contact Instructional Design and Access at IDA@wichita.edu and provide your 萝莉社 ID number.
Openings posted for fall 2019 Recruitment Faculty Fellows
The Office of Admissions has openings for Recruitment Faculty Fellows for fall 2019, faculty who desire to be more engaged in the recruitment process. The fellows will work in partnership with the Office of Admissions to recruit undergraduate domestic students during the 2019-20 academic year, for students to enroll at 萝莉社.
Nine awards are available at $2,500 apiece. The application deadline is Friday, May 17, and the notification date is Friday, May 31. Questions about applying should be directed to Aaron Hamilton at 978-3631 or aaron.hamilton@wichita.edu.
Submit applications to Carolyn Shaw at carolyn.shaw@wichita.edu.
In case you missed it
In case you weren鈥檛 able to watch the Weekly Briefing yesterday (Thursday, May 2), here鈥檚 the university update portion of the briefing.
Public Service Week
To start today鈥檚 briefing, we want to let you know that next week is national Public Service Recognition Week鈥攁 celebration honoring those who serve our communities in the public and nonprofit sectors.
With public service at the core of the university鈥檚 mission, we鈥檙e proud to recognize the hard work and dedication of public servants through several events next week.
We want to invite everyone to a free event at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, in the Experiential Engineering Building. The event is hosted by 萝莉社鈥檚 Public Policy Management Center in partnership with the Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs and the American Society for Public Administration.
Titled 鈥�Connection Conversations: Talent with Community,鈥� this event features recognition of outstanding public servants, networking opportunities, the chance to connect with professional organizations鈥攁nd a panel discussion exploring ways to build, grow and enhance talent retention, advancement and diversity.
We encourage everyone to thank a public servant next week鈥攁nd come out in support of this event. For more information, and to RSVP, visit .
Business school building update
If you haven鈥檛 heard, last week, 萝莉社 provost Rick Muma announced a plan to move forward with the construction of the new business school building through budget reallocation.
The combined reallocations and cuts will generate resources to make an annual bond payment of approximately $1.5 million, needed to raise $20 million dollars, the university鈥檚 share of the building cost. Private gifts to the 萝莉社 Foundation will cover the remaining $30 million.
We are also working on plans to move forward on referendum priorities to upgrade other spaces in academic buildings.
The university knows that these reallocations and cuts will be hard, but this is the direction we need to take, based on the outcome of the referendum and the university鈥檚 need to continue to evolve and grow.
Shocker New Venture Competition finals - Friday
With our longstanding commitment to nurturing and empowering innovators and entrepreneurs, we鈥檇 like to invite everyone to the final round of the Shocker New Venture Competition tomorrow (Friday, May 3) from 1-4 p.m. in Devlin Hall 鈥� as well as the 5 p.m. award ceremony.
The Shocker New Venture Competition, hosted by 萝莉社's Center for Entrepreneurship, is designed to inspire campus innovation and develop entrepreneurial mindsets. Each year this event connects students from all academic disciplines to take key steps in developing solutions for real-world problems.
The seven finalists represent a diverse range of innovation and creativity. For example, one team created an exoskeleton-based radiation protection system while another designed a wireless mouthpiece used as a diagnostic and therapy tool to address sleep apnea.
We congratulate all of the finalists and wish them best of luck. For more information about the teams and competition, visit .
Bardo Celebration of Life 鈥� May 9 / No briefing next week
In light of next Thursday鈥檚 full day of special events honoring late President Dr. John Bardo, there will be no weekly briefing next week.
We hope everyone attends next Thursday鈥檚 Celebration of Life event from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Rhatigan Student Center.
From 2-3 p.m., everyone is encouraged to view displays highlighting President Bardo鈥檚 life and legacy at 萝莉社. The Celebration of Life program will be held from 3-4 p.m., with an ice cream reception to follow.
The event will be livestreamed at .
Honors student presents research
Sierra Bauman, an Honors student in Linguistics and CSD, presented her research on the history of philosophy and the concept of 鈥渓o Mexicano鈥� at the Moral and Political Philosophy at the Border Conference, hosted by the University of Texas at El Paso, April 26-27.
Bauman鈥檚 project grew out of a course in the Cohen Honors College taught by Noell Birondo, associate professor of philosophy, on the Invention of Latin America. Birondo also presented a course-inspired paper at the conference, 鈥淭he Virtues of Mestizaje, or: What is a Dialogical Ethics?鈥� Their participation was generously supported by the Office of Academic Affairs and a student URCA grant.
Faculty panel to discuss 鈥榁enezuela in Crisis鈥�
Panelists Dinorah Azpuru and Neal Allen of political science, and Rocio Del Aguila Carreno of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, will discuss 鈥淰enezuela in Crisis,鈥� from 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Thursday, May 9, in 142 RSC. The event is free and open to the public, and sponsored by the Department of Political Science.
Startup Grind U event coming May 7
The last Startup Grind U event for the semester will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, in 265 RSC. The event is free. The guest speaker will be Christina Long, owner of CML Collective LLC, and the president / CEO of Create Campaign Inc. Passionate about building the community in Wichita and empowering urban entrepreneurs, she has launched initiatives to aid in launching, innovating, and excelling in their ventures.
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De-stress @ your Library during Finals Week!
Don鈥檛 stress out over finals! Take a break Saturday May 4-Friday, May 10, with Play-Doh, origami, coloring books, Sudoku, crosswords, table games, jigsaw puzzles and other activities during all library hours at several locations throughout Ablah Library.
For more information, go to .
Graduate School -- GRASP 2019
The 15th Annual Graduate Research and Scholarly Project (GRASP) Symposium was an awesome graduate student research fest!
Congratulations to all 116 graduate student presenters of 68 research posters who represented departments and programs from across the university and whose research covered wide-ranging topics. The event was a huge success. A special shout-out to GRASP award winners:
- 1st place: Jamie Wooley-Snider, Department of Sociology. Advisor: Dr. Jodie Hertzog. Topic: Sexual Minority Youth and Teen Dating Violence: Predicting Emotional Distress.
- 2nd place: Heather Forster, Department of Biological Sciences. Advisor: Dr. Bin Shuai. Topic: Innovative Genetic Approach May Give Crops Resistance to Charcoal Rot Disease.
- 3rd place, Alisha Prince, Department of Biological Sciences. Advisor: Dr. David McDonald. Topic: Antimicrobial Synergy Between Cranberry and Manuka Honey Against Dental Caries Bacteria.
- Tied 4th place, Ramanan Sritharan, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Advisor: Dr. Davood Askari. Topic: Mechanical Properties Improvement of Polymeric Nanocomposites Reinforced with Chemically Functionalized Helical Carbon Nanotubes: Influence of Processing Time and Molarities of Acids.
- Tied 4th place, Caleb Gimar, Department of Physics. Advisor: Nickolas Solomey. Topic: Monte Carlo Simulations of a Near-Solar Orbit Neutrino Detector.
And last, but not least,
- People's Choice, Paige Feikert, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Advisor: Dr. Bin Li. Topic: Linear Viscoelastic Properties of Soy Protein/Polyethylene Oxide Composites.
Thank you graduate students for pursuing and sharing your work, faculty research advisors and judges for your commitment, and all other student and Graduate School staff event assistants.
To view abstracts from the event, click on .
Renew or clear out your Heskett Center locker before May 12
It鈥檚 that time of the semester again! Renew or clear out your locker before Sunday, May 12, at the Heskett Center. If you wish to retrieve your items after this date, there is a $10 fee. If you have any questions contact us at 978-3082.
American Red Cross says 鈥楾hank you!鈥�
The Red Cross thanks 萝莉社 and its blood donors for your continued support of the 萝莉社 Red Cross Club blood drive program. Your selfless generosity allowed us to collect 472 pints of blood and save up to 1,416 lives this academic year! Again, thank you and we look forward to seeing you again on Wednesday, June 12.
Participants 60+ years of age needed for research study on the effects of a visual training program
Are you 60+ years of age? Do you want to improve your visual and cognitive functions?
The Visual Perception & Cognition Lab is looking for participants for research studies that investigate the effects of a visual training program. The research study involves about five, one-hour tests or training sessions that will be conducted on the 萝莉社 campus or 萝莉社 Shocker Studios on East Harry Street. Participants will be compensated with $120 for completing the study.
Contact Inga at ixsogaard@shockers.wichita.edu or call 316-737-6863 to learn more about what is involved in this exciting research study!
Watch the Shocker Open at Cessna Stadium today (Friday, May 3)
The 萝莉社 track and field program wraps up the regular season at Cessna Stadium
hosting the Shocker Open today (Friday, May 3).
萝莉社 will honor non-competing athletes Friday evening at 5:00 p.m., while
competing athletes will be honored before their event. The Shocker Open begins with
the women's hammer throw at 1:30 p.m., followed by men's hammer throw. Running events
are scheduled to begin at 5:20 p.m., with the women's 100m hurdles.
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Art History Awards with Randall Griffey
In partnership with the Ulrich Museum of Art, the art history program in the School of Art, Design and Creative Industries presents the first annual Art History Awards from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, May 10, at the Ulrich Museum of Art. This event celebrates the achievements of 萝莉社 art history students.
Award categories include outstanding individual research project, performance in art history courses and growth as an art historian. The Art History Awards also include a special recognition for teaching excellence by a Master of Fine Arts candidate in studio art. Randall Griffey will deliver the keynote address. Griffey has served as curator of modern and contemporary art for the Metropolitan Museum of Art since 2013.
Celebrate the dedication of 鈥楽hockers,鈥� a new sculpture by Tom Otterness
Join us in celebrating the dedication of 鈥淪hockers,鈥� a new sculpture by Tom Otterness to its renowned Martin H. Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection. The sculpture is one of three new pieces entering the collection in the spring of 2019. Reveal and remarks start at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, May 12, at the south lawn of Duerksen Fine Arts Center. Reception to follow.
Collecting children鈥檚 paperback books for students in Paraguay
The South American Travel Seminar class is collecting children鈥檚 books to be taken with them for students in Paraguay. They request the books be at or under a 7th-8th grade reading level, be in English and preferably paperback. The collection of new or good condition paperback children鈥檚 books is happening now to Friday, May 10.