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The University Assessment Committee cordially invites all

The University Assessment Committee cordially invites interested campus community members to come together for a review of the 2019 National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) results at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, in 142 RSC.

Every two years, 麻豆破解版 State students complete the National Survey of Student Engagement, or NSSE. To learn more about 麻豆破解版 State University and our involvement with the NSSE, please visit the following website.

Please share this invitation with your colleagues. All are welcome.

Please RSVP to Lydia.santiago@wichita.edu.

Perfecting an elevator pitch - Making your message clear

You have 20 seconds to get me engaged, curious, excited about -- insert your company -- your product, your skills, the job you鈥檙e looking for鈥�. Go! Can you deliver your Elevator Pitch?

From 9-11 a.m. tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 24) in 264 Experiential Engineering Building, we will work together to craft, improve and deliver your pitch, in a friendly, supportive environment. Marc Colcord, founder of Speak Easy ICT, will be the special speaker for this event. Registration starts at 8:30 a.m., or you can register online at . This event is free for all who attend.

Join the Graduate School for 鈥楥lear, Concise, and Successful Proposals鈥�

Funders and their reviewers want proposals that are clear, concise, and consistent. Join the Graduate School and presenter Fran Cook, training manager for the WSU Office of Research, for 鈥淐lear, Concise, and Successful Proposals,鈥� from noon-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, in 142 RSC, to learn strategies for responding to a variety of funders and funding opportunities with a hands-on approach to improving your grant writing skills.

Professional Develoment Series

This is SGA Week Sept. 23-26

Get excited because SGA is hosting an entire week of fun events to get you involved with your Student Government! 

Exercise Science interns wanted at Campus Recreation

Campus Recreation is looking for three new exercise science interns with focus in strength and conditioning for the spring 2020 semester. These interns will have responsibilities that include equipment maintenance, cleaning, roster management, spotting, risk management, programming, research, customer service, and training.

If you are interested, . Interviews will be conducted for eligible candidates. ACE certification is included with the position.

Student Activities Council general member meetings

Come join Student Activities Council! General member meetings are held at 4:15 p.m. Tuesdays in 233 RSC.

Have you been to student (office) hours yet? No seriously, have you?

If your answer is no, take the opportunity this week to visit at least one of your professors in their office during their student (office) hours. Most semesters, only a handful of students actually use this as an opportunity to get to know their professors. We promise, they鈥檙e real people just like you! Who knows, perhaps you will gain an advisor or mentor, or get the answer to your questions from page 394 of your text.

If you aren鈥檛 sure what to say to your professors, check out this online resource.

ICTechXpo and Esports at WSU South on Oct. 18-19

Here鈥檚 a great opportunity to learn the latest and hottest in industrial and educational technologies in the 麻豆破解版 area! Register now for the first ICTechXpo from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, and Esports Exhibition from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at WSU South.

To register, scan the QU code in the image above, or register on Eventbrite under ICTechXpo. This event is free but you must register, space is limited.

Shocker Learning Center to host an open house on Sept. 25

The Shocker Learning Center will host an open house from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, in 107 Lindquist Hall. Stop by for treats and fall in love with learning! The Shocker Learning Center (SLC) is open from 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday. It is the home of Student Success鈥� Academic Success Programs.

The following programs are offered in the center:

- Supplemental Instruction (SI): Free, weekly group study sessions led by a certified SI Leader who has previously succeeded in the course. Meet with your SI Leader individually during their office hours.

- Tutoring: Free one-on-one and small group educational support with a trained tutor.

- Peer Coaches: Peers helping peers with time management, study skills, goal setting, organizing assignments, note taking, and referrals to other resources on campus.

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Step Afrika coming Sept. 27

Join Student Activities Council and the Multicultural Greek Council for a fun and exciting event, Step Afrika! at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, in the CAC Theater.

Step Afrika! is the first professional dance company dedicated to the African-American tradition of "stepping.鈥� Step Afrika! Blends the percussive dance styles practiced by historically African American fraternities and sororities, African traditional dance, and influences from a variety of other dance and art forms. The blend of technique, agility, and pure energy makes each performance unique and leaves the audience with their hearts pounding.

Admission is free to WSU students with Shocker ID, $3 faculty/staff; $5 general admission, and $1 for kids 12 and under. Doors open at 5 p.m. No advance ticket sales. Cash or check only accepted at the door.

For more information about SAC-sponsored events, go to  or contact us at sac@wichita.edu.

麻豆破解版 State Family Weekend coming soon

Shockers! Invite your families to campus for a fun-filled weekend at 麻豆破解版 State, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 4-5. There are events and activities planned for Shockers of all ages. Your registration includes exclusive access to the Family Weekend opening event, BBQ with WU, and special events and programs throughout the weekend. Check out the full schedule and register online at .

You're invited: Sip and See 2019!

Come "Sip and See" 麻豆破解版 State's newly renamed John Bardo Center on the Innovation Campus during Open House Weekend from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4.

We have a 麻豆破解版/WSU trivia contest, cornhole tournament by 麻豆破解版 State University Campus Recreation, performance by the Shocker Sound Machine and more on schedule for the evening. Bring your lawn chairs and Shocker Pride and hang out with us!

This event is free and open to the public. Pre-registration for trivia and cornhole is required.

Join Silent Reading Club Tuesdays during September!

Join us for a reading invasion! Bring a book or find one in the Reading Room. Join the new Silent Book Club from 4-5 p.m. Tuesdays in September, in the Reading Room, Ablah Library. #WSUSilentBookClub

Become a 麻豆破解版 State Women's Basketball team practice player

The WSU Women鈥檚 Basketball Team invites you to be a part of their program. Male practice players are needed 鈥� high school experience preferred -- who would like to help us get better by practicing with us. Must have eligibility remaining. Flexible schedule, with availability two-to-three days a week from 1-4 p.m. weekdays, is preferred.

Practice gear will be included.

Contact assistant coach Chester Nichols at 978-5541 or email cnichols@goshockers.com, or manager Neil Terry at 620-506-1998 or email naterry@shockers.wichita.edu.

Brooke Owens Fellowship Informational

Are you a woman or gender- minority student interested in a career in the Aerospace industry? If so come out at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, in 319 RSC, to hear Khristian Jones talk about her awesome experience and discuss the amazing opportunity that was provided by the Brooke Owens Fellowship Program. The program provides you with a paid internship, industry mentorship, and professional development opportunities!

First-Gen Success meets Thursday, Sept. 26

On Thursday, Sept. 26, First-Gen Success will meet from 1-2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, in 227 Hubbard Hall. Students can expect to connect with other First-Gen students, as well as receive resources and information to help them succeed in college! This meeting is open to first year First-Gen students.

Let E-Launch help you build your idea

This fall, let E-Launch help you build your idea! Get your business or new product line started right by registering for E-Launch, a program which will ensure you avoid spectacular failures in execution by learning before you launch, not after. Student / faculty I-Corps teams attend free and receive seed money.

Learn about I-Corps at  and register for E-Launch at !

Free Postpartum Exercise Class offered

Free Postpartum Exercise Classes hosted by Jennifer Celso and research students are being offered!

We are testing the effectiveness of two exercises on Diastasis Rectus Abdominis (separation of the abdominal muscles that commonly occurs during pregnancy and often doesn鈥檛 close on its own after the baby is born).

If you are 18 years or older and have had a baby in the last two years, you can participate.

You will need your doctor鈥檚 approval to join in the exercise classes. We will hold 16 classes on Monday and Thursday evenings from 6:30-7:05 p.m. from Sept. 16 to Nov. 8. We have free childcare available onsite, and would love to have you come!

Please see the image above for more details and to sign up. You can also email Taylor Golay at trgolay@shockers.wichita.edu to register for this study.

WSU students can apply for free registration to NASA Conference

WSU, in cooperation with NASA, Tennessee Valley Interstellar Workshop (TVIW), and Ad Astra Kansas Science Foundation, is hosting the 6th Interstellar Symposium and NASA Advanced Propulsion Workshop from Nov. 10-15, in downtown 麻豆破解版. This meeting will bring in experts in the physics, engineering, humanities, and social sciences of interstellar travel as part of a Congressionally-mandated NASA effort to launch the first interstellar probe by 2069. 

A private gift from Dr. Robert Hampson will fund the registration costs ($125 value) for a limited number of WSU students to attend the week-long event, including the Sunday evening welcome reception and all conference meals. Those interested in applying for free registration must .

The application deadline is Monday, Sept. 30.

Each entrant must provide a one paragraph statement describing their interest in attending the Symposium and Workshop. The best applicants will be chosen by the local organizing committee. This opportunity is open to WSU students of any major or field of study 鈥� both undergraduate and graduate. 

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For questions about the application process, contact: James Schwartz at james.schwartz@wichita.edu, Nickolas Solomey at nick.solomey@wichita.edu, or Atri Dutta at Atri.Dutta@wichita.edu.

Join WSU鈥檚 largest volunteer opportunity!

Are you looking for a way to make a big impact in your community and have fun? Sign up for WSU鈥檚 largest volunteer event, Wu鈥檚 Big Event from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5.

Join the Community Service Board and 250 of your fellow classmates and community members for a morning of volunteering with local nonprofits. T-shirt, lunch and transportation to volunteer sites provided.

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For questions, email CSB@wichita.edu.

Volunteer opportunity at the Boys and Girls Club

Help the youth in our community by providing homework assistance in a variety of subjects! Join us from 4-6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30, at the Boys and Girls Club of South Central Kansas.

Volunteer opportunity at local food bank

Make a difference for a child in need, and come help volunteer at the Kansas Food Bank! This event is from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, at 1919 E. Douglas in 麻豆破解版.

The FAA's Small Airport Student Competition could be your chance to win a $25,000 prize

The FAA challenges undergraduate and graduate students to develop innovative ways to use smart technology in and around airports to enhance the overall travel experience.

The FAA is sponsoring the FAA Challenge - Smart Airport Student Competition to recognize students with the ability to demonstrate innovative thinking focused on improving the efficiency and effectiveness of smart technology in and around the airport environment while enhancing the overall traveling experience.

Finalist teams will be invited to demonstrate their concepts at the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center (FAA Technical Center) and at a technical symposium in Atlantic City, New Jersey in May of 2020. A stipend of up to $6,000 will be awarded to each of the three finalist teams to help offset the cost of traveling to New Jersey to demonstrate their concepts.

Student participants of each finalist team will receive certificates. Finalist teams will also be invited to an awards ceremony, where a $25,000 prize will be presented to the lead university of the winning team.

Registration is now open for Creative Hustle Community Workshops

Have ideas for creative projects in the community but don鈥檛 know where to start? Want to make an impact using your artistic talents? Join Harvester Arts for the Creative Hustle Community Workshops & get your creative hustle going! This series of four workshops will give attendees a foundation in placemaking and event planning they can use to move forward with creating projects in their community.

Creative Hustle Community Workshops will focus on four central topics:

Oct. 1: The Big Picture: Best Practices in Creative Placemaking & Socially-Engaged Art, Goal Setting, and Outlining Your Vision

Oct. 15: Taking Action: Logistics, Budgets, Fundraising

Oct. 29: Telling Your Story: Marketing, Outreach, and Messaging

Nov. 12: Measuring Success: Outcomes, Evaluations, and Documentation

Ceramics experts to share thoughts on Ulrich Museum's 'Clay Currents' exhibitions this week

Two highly-regarded ceramics experts will be on campus this week to share their insights on the fascinating new exhibition at the Ulrich Museum of Art, "Clay Currents: The 麻豆破解版 National Ceramics Invitational."

Dallas-based potter Louise Rosenfield and Curator Garth Johnson will give the talk, "Curious Vessels: Navigating Clay Currents," beginning with a reception at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at the Ulrich Museum. The program begins at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Pictured above: Louise Rosenfield (left) and Garth Johnson (right). Image courtesy of the Ulrich Museum.

Sale at Starbucks for National Coffee Day

National Coffee Day is just around the corner on Sunday, Sept. 29, so we're celebrating all week long at Starbucks with 30% off one-pound bags of coffee now through Sept. 28, at the RSC Starbucks location only.

Volunteers needed for a research study

Study name: Effects of Lower Extremity Blood Flow Restriction Exercise on Strength Generation and Interleukin 6 Levels in the Elderly

Research Topic/Purpose of the study: To determine whether Blood Flow Restriction therapy during moderate exercise by people 55 years of age or older results in improved functional activity and health outcomes. Such findings may provide a new approach to promoting health through moderate exercise.

Procedures: Participants will pedal an exercise bike with or without Blood Flow Restriction therapy for approximately 30-minutes, three times per week over a 12-week period. At the beginning of the study and every three weeks, blood samples will be collected and tested for proteins related to exercise and a 30 second sit-to-stand activity will be performed to assess exercise functional outcomes.

Sickle Cell Knowledge and Perceptions Study

 

Participants are needed to help with the study 鈥淎ssessing the Knowledge, Perceptions, and Attitudes of Sickle Cell Disease in Healthcare, Black and Latinx American, and General Populations within the Midwest.鈥�

In this study, we hope to learn about your understanding of sickle cell disease and trait, the complications, stigma, and perceptions related to the disease. The survey will ask questions to gauge your knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes about sickle cell disease. For example, you will be asked questions about knowledge, such as 鈥淭rue or False. Sickle cell disease can be inherited if one parent has the trait and the other parent does not.鈥�

Questions about perceptions may include, for example, 鈥淲ho gets sickle cell disease?鈥�

 Lastly, questions about attitudes, for example will ask how strongly do you agree or disagree that 鈥淗aving a child with sickle cell disease would be very scary?鈥�

WSU VISTAs treat firefighters to donuts on 9/11 Day of Service

In recognition of 9/11, WSU VISTA Fellows delivered donuts and coffee to Fire Stations 1, 2, and 10 for their Day of Service project. The VISTA鈥檚 (Volunteers In Service To America) wanted to do something special for the local first responders, as a way of thanking them for putting their lives on the line every day. None of this would have happened without the support of our local businesses who contributed the refreshments.

A big thank you goes out to our donors Krispy Kreme and Lamar鈥檚 Donuts for supplying more than 10 dozen donuts, Prairie Fire Coffee for providing coffee, and Xandrea from Braum鈥檚 Ice Cream & Dairy Store for providing milk and orange juice.

At the firehouses the VISTAs set up the refreshments and then watched the firemen conduct a 9/11 Flag Ceremony. Following the ceremony, VISTAs toured the fire stations, posed for photos in front of the trucks, and shared coffee and drinks with the firefighters.

Adidas sale at the Shocker Store

This week at the Shocker Store, take 25% off Adidas merchandise (apparel, socks and headwear). Sale is at RSC location only.

First meeting for Students Who Are Parents (SWAP) to take place Oct. 3

We will hold our first meeting for SWAP, or Students Who Are Parents, from 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3, in 142 RSC. Join us to meet with other students who are parents, and to learn about resources to make your busy life a little easier.

Join the Campus Traditions Committee!

Are you interested in being involved with events such as Shocktoberfest and Hippodrome? Are you more interested in working behind the scenes and planning the events? Join the Campus Traditions Committee! We are looking for students with Shocker Pride who are ecstatic about spreading their Pride across campus! With this committee, students will gain experience in marketing, planning and executing events, and working with a team of people.

There will be a meeting from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, in 314 Rhatigan Student Center. Come to the meeting if you are interested in being a member of the committee.

If you have any further questions, email traditions@wichita.edu or visit .