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YMCA parking lot rules have changed

In an effort to address student concerns about parking at the Steve Clark YMCA, members of University Parking Services, the YMCA, Student Affairs, Student Government Association and other university representatives met to explore a resolution that benefitted all YMCA patrons.

As a result of those meetings, the university is changing its parking policy. Effective immediately, any student, faculty, staff or community member who is actively using the YMCA facility, utilizing the child watch, Student Health and Wellness Center or the Wesley Urgent Care, will be able to park in the YMCA lot for up to two hours at a time.

Gift to 麻豆破解版 State will fund solar panel, electrical research

Thanks to a generous gift from utility company Evergy, students in the College of Engineering can learn about and conduct research on solar power technology, as well as how to protect an electric grid from short circuiting.

Shocker Sight: WSU Homecoming 2020 has begun

Don鈥檛 miss out on the Homecoming festivities this week! From Shocker Athletics to Trivia Night at Fuzzy鈥檚, there is at least one activity during the week that will surely catch your eye. Check out full details at .

Don鈥檛 miss Black History Month keynote speaker Anthony Ray Hinton

The Diversity Lecture Series presents Anthony Hinton 鈥� Black History Month Keynote Speaker 鈥� at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, in the CAC Theater.

Have you seen the movie 鈥淛ust Mercy鈥� or read the book? Check it out before our WSU Diversity Lecture Series Black History Month Keynote Speaker Anthony Hinton comes to campus. The event is cosponsored by ODI, Burns & McDonnell, WSU Alumni Association, 麻豆破解版 Branch of the NAACP, AAFSA, WSU Black Student Union, and the Black Academic Honor Society.

Anthony Ray Hinton was released in April 2015 after spending 30 years on Alabama鈥檚 death row for a crime he did not commit. He was released with the help of the Equal Justice Initiative, of which he is now an employee. He now serves as EJI鈥檚 Community Educator, and travels both nationally and internationally to speak about his experience.

More information and ticket details will be available at 麻豆破解版.edu/odishop. This event is free and open to the public; a free ticket will serve as an entry. Learn more about Hinton at .

Invent for the Planet 2020 call for participants

It's time for the 3rd Annual Invent for the Planet (IFTP). Join the global movement to solve the world's most pressing problems in 48 hours. This public event is open to students, faculty, staff, and community members of all disciplines. How do you make the world a better place?

The competition will be held at the John Bardo Center lobby (JBC) Feb. 14-16. Breakfast, dinner, and refreshments will be provided to participants. Specific details on the schedule and competition will be communicated to participants near the start of the event.

Go to  for registration information.

IFTP will challenge you to put your theory into practice by solving real-world problems. You will focus on developing products to make the world a better place for the inventors of tomorrow. IFTP aims to motivate student innovators, entrepreneurs and creative thinkers to come together, apply design thinking, and find solutions for difficult and wide-ranging problems.

You will form teams of three-to-five participants and work to design and prototype a solution for a wide range of global concerns. At the same time, students from across the globe will tackle the same issues, allowing you to collaborate and learn from peers all over the world. Mentors will be available, and teams will present their solutions to judges for a chance to win more than $500 worth in prizes.

A generous donation by Airbus allows for this event to be free of charge.

Join KMUW for a conversation on quality of life in 麻豆破解版 at Engage ICT

When it comes to quality of life, things have changed a lot in the 麻豆破解版 area, and there's more change on the way. Hear from experts on the arts, restaurants, riverfront projects, and more at the next Engage ICT: Democracy on Tap. The conversation gets underway at 5:30 p.m. today (Tuesday, Feb. 11) at Roxy's Downtown located at 412 1/2 E. Douglas.

Submit your questions and comments in advance using the Two-Way Radio feature on the KMUW app, or send an email to info@kmuw.org.

Engage ICT events are free and open to all. Appetizers are provided by Roxy's Downtown and drinks are available for purchase. If you can't make it in person, the discussion will stream via Facebook Live starting at 5:30 p.m. All past Engage ICT discussions can be found at .

News of the day from the Weekly Briefing

Read the news of the day from last Thursday鈥檚 Weekly Briefing.

Fitness in 45 minutes with Campus Recreation

Did you know your Campus Recreation membership includes unlimited F45 classes? A value of $169/month in a private studio.

F45 is the fastest growing company in the fitness industry with over 1750 location worldwide. WSU houses the only studio in Kansas with the next closest being over 100 miles away. Faculty & staff membership is as little as $6.57/paycheck with payroll deduction. Take advantage!

Our students host 21 classes a week, so come support them and get a great workout. See you in the studio,

Campus Recreation Shocker Fit Schedule

Get to know your librarians at Ablah Library Open House

There鈥檚 a lot to love about your library! Join us from noon-1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, to get to know your librarians from Research and Instruction, Technical Services, Special Collections and University Archives, and more. We would love to talk about the resources we have to offer, and show you the technology we have available for you to use. Open to WSU students, faculty and staff. Light refreshments provided.

Earn extra cash by helping with the US Census 2020

Help get dividends for a decade for your community by working for the US Census. Apply online at  or text 鈥渒ansasjobs鈥� to 313131.

Latest Ulrich Museum 鈥楽olving for X鈥� exhibition shines a spotlight on WSU scholar鈥檚 anti-gerrymandering work

As the recent controversy surrounding the Iowa Caucus vote count indicates, we can expect closer scrutiny of our electoral process as this presidential election cycle heats up. Fortunately, a 麻豆破解版 State University researcher is already looking at ways to address one of our most controversial electoral practices: redrawing political districts.

Every 10 years, districts across the nation are redrawn to reflect changes in the U.S. Census. Of course, with that redrawing comes the temptation to 鈥済errymander,鈥� the term given to redrawing districts in order to benefit the people drawing the maps.

Brian Amos, assistant professor of Political Science at WSU, dedicates his work to improving the algorithms available to researchers and activists seeking to prevent gerrymandering. He does this by identifying bias in existing approaches that may skew measurements in how gerrymandered a map is, and by incorporating Voting Rights Act protections for racial and ethnic minority groups into algorithms created for other countries without those protections.

Thanks to Amos' participation in the Ulrich Museum of Art's 鈥淪olving for X鈥� exhibition series, you can now see large, wall-size visualizations of his research and take in media coverage 鈥� both humorous and serious 鈥� examining the issue. Amos鈥� exhibition, 鈥淪olving for X=Representation: Slaying the Gerrymander,鈥� will be on display at the Ulrich until June 28.

WSU Libraries host Spring 2020 Entrepreneurship Research Series

WSU Libraries presents the Entrepreneurship Research Series for Spring 2020 - helping inventors and entrepreneurs learn how to protect their intellectual property and support their business through research. Upcoming dates include: Tuesday, Feb. 11 - "Intellectual Property Basics;" and Tuesday, Feb. 18 - "Trademark Basics: Protect Your Business Name." Workshops take place from 5:30-7 p.m. in 217 Ablah Library.

Third Annual Constructed Language Undergraduate Student Panel

Are you interested in knowing more about how to create a language like Game of Thrones 'Dothraki', or 'Klingon from Star Trek? Attend the 'Third Annual Constructed Language Undergraduate Student Panel' at 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, in 211 Hubbard Hall. The panel will feature four constructed languages created by undergraduate students.

The presenters will talk about world building, creating a phonetic inventory, using morphology to create words, and sentences. You will have the opportunity to ask the presenters any questions you may have about constructed languages and creating one. This event is free and open to the public.

Register now for E-Launch Spring 2020

E-Launch fosters entrepreneurial activity, leading to the commercialization of ideas. Through an interactive process, participants will learn to clearly conceptualize how the product or service can provide real value to customers. Participants will be shown how to validate their value proposition with customers and other stakeholders

Tilford Symposium welcomes Robert Babcock from OneGas as one of its keynote speakers

The Tilford Symposium is excited to have Robert Babcock from OneGas as one of its keynote speakers. Babcock is scheduled for a presentation from 12:45-1:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb 27, in the Shirley Beggs Ballroom, RSC.

Babcock has a passion for inclusion. 鈥淓veryone has a place at life鈥檚 table,鈥� and he works hard to make sure each person鈥檚 contribution is valued, respected and purposeful.

鈥淚n this diverse world of ours, it is important to recognize and value our differences and maintain balance. Then we can create a world of synergy which fuels our greatest potential through inclusion,鈥� he said.

麻豆破解版 State bowlers honored to earn spot on Team USA and wear the uniform

Three Shocker bowlers will train with Junior Team USA this summer in Arlington, Texas. Freshman T.J. Rock, who qualified in January in his hometown of Las Vegas, credits 麻豆破解版 State coaching with boosting his confidence.

Read story on 麻豆破解版 State bowlers.

New exchange partner university in South Korea

麻豆破解版 State University has a new exchange partner university in South Korea. Beginning fall 2020, students will be able to study abroad at Dankook University as part of our exchange program. In addition to semester or yearlong exchanges, Dankook also offers summer programs. For fall 2020, Saturday, Feb 15, is the deadline to apply.

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Women's Summit at WSU

The Center for Women's Studies, in sponsorship with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, League of Women Voters of 麻豆破解版 and Centennial Celebration of the 19th Amendment, convenes the annual Diverse Women鈥檚 Summit (DWS) March 10-11 in the Shirley Beggs Ballroom, Rhatigan Student Center. It is a meeting of individuals and groups from different backgrounds on local, regional and global diversity issues. The theme will be 鈥淓xpanding Equality.鈥�

The purpose of the event is to celebrate women鈥檚 right to vote, its implications for different women, and increasing opportunities for the future of women and gender with challenges posed by class / poverty, race / ethnicity, sexuality, disability, religion, and other pyramids of power.

Call for presentation proposals from students, faculty and community members

Diverse Women鈥檚 Summit call for presentations:

Individual students, groups and community members are invited to submit abstracts / proposals to present papers, posters, art works, dialogues, skits, and other projects at the summit. The proposal should be 100-200 words describing the presentation (type, subject, theme and purpose). Presentations that focus on the following topics will be given priority:

• Research on issues of special populations
• Citizenship before and after the suffrage.
• Gender-based violence
• Celebration

Submit your proposal to chinyere.okafor@wichita.edu. We are accepting abstracts until Thursday, Feb. 20.

For more information, go to the Women鈥檚 Studies鈥� website or click here.

For questions, call the departmental office at 978-3358 or Cathy Doughty at 978-7165.

Buy Black ICT Expo coming Feb. 15

麻豆破解版 State's Black Student Union is hosting its first Buy Black ICT Expo and one of our many events for Black History Month. This event is open to the community. Don鈥檛 miss the Buy Black ICT Expo from noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, on the first floor, RSC.

Our goal is to highlight Black-owned businesses within the 麻豆破解版 area. The purpose is to showcase black entrepreneurs in the 麻豆破解版 community. Many students do not know where to Buy Black, and this expo gives them a chance to find these businesses. Anyone is welcome to come.

There will also be free pizza and a drawing.

Live Lock Love this Valentine's Day

This Valentine's Day, take your heart off your sleeve and put it on a lock, during our Live, Lock Love event from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, at the WSU Food Truck Plaza. Put your initials, a heart or other special phrase on one of our mini-locks. This event is free and open to the public.

You can place it on WSU's Lock Pod or keep it for yourself.

Let us know if you'll be there on our Facebook event and invite your friends.

*Limited availability: first 50 will receive a free lock

Julie Bees to present Faculty Piano Recital on Feb. 16

麻豆破解版 State鈥檚 Julie Bees will present a Faculty Piano Recital at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, in Wiedemann Hall. Admission is free.

The recital features three piano sonatas that Beethoven wrote in 1820, 1821 and 1822; Opus 109, 110 and 111.

If Beethoven were still alive, we would celebrate his 250th birthday in December.

Come to the Glow Circus on Feb. 17

Come on, come all to our Glow Circus at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17, in the CAC Theater. Bring your little one to a family-friendly glow in the dark circus full neon juggling and hola hoop tossing.

Free to WSU Students with Shocker ID, $3 faculty/staff; $5 general admission and $1 for kids 12 and under. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. No advance ticket sales. Cash or check only accepted at the door. For more information about SAC-sponsored events, go to  or at sac@wichita.edu.