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New
drug treatments are helping reduce AIDS deaths nationwide,
but the disease is still ravaging the African-American population.
Being
on hand for heads of state arriving at the White House, helping
organize grass-roots information sessions for ethnic communities
and interviewing witnesses for the public defender’s
office don’t sound like typical experiences for WSU students.
As
technology be comes
an integral part of American classrooms, new standards for
training teachers must be met. 
The
Kansas Health Foundation and 12 community partners,including
Wichita State University, are hosting "Our Town, Our
Kids," an event to show ways to build better communities
for children, at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, at the Hughes Metropolitan
Complex. The free event is open to the public.
Robert
Town will perform in three organ vespers recitals at 5:30
p.m. Wednesdays, March 1, 8 and 15, as part of the Rie Bloomfield
Organ Series.
RSVP for honors
Faculty planning to attend the March 11 Honors Convocation, during which top faculty and students will be recognized, are reminded to make reservations to 978-3045 by March 3. The Honors Convocation will be held at 9 a.m. in the Hughes Metropolitan Complex.
Give blood
Only 5 percent of the population donate blood. You can help increase that number by making an appointment to give this lifesaving gift during the WSU/American Red Cross Blood Drive 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday, March 1. Appointments will be taken every 15 minutes. Call 978-3082.
Allow about 90 minutes for your appointment; administrative leave will be granted.
Have your pressure checked
Free blood pressure checks are available today (Feb. 17) from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Rhatigan Student Center. The WSU student health advisory committee, Wesley/Health Strategies Cardiac Rehabili-tation and the American Heart Association will also distribute free healthy heart materials and hold drawings for prizes.
What a relief
The Heskett Center is now offering massage therapy. Appointments can be made for half-hour or hour-long sessions 4-8:45 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9-11:30 a.m. Saturdays. Fees for students and members are $20 for 30 minutes and $35 for 60 minutes. Call 978-3082 for an appointment.
‘So get them old records off the shelf’
Music faculty member James Jones may not yet be singing this phrase from the song featured in the movie "Risky Business," but he is gathering used music, tapes, records and music books and magazines for the business of raising funds for the School of Music. To make a donation, call Jones, 978-3103. The fund-raising sale will be held March 10-12, prior to performances of the operetta "The Desert Song" in Miller Concert Hall.
Books collecting dust?
If used books are what you need to get rid of rather than old music, the Council of University Women has a few words for you. The group is collecting paperbacks and children’s books that will be sold at the annual CUW Scholarship Bash in April. Take your donations by April 1 to Darlene Dinkel at University Computing, 233 Jabara Hall, or call her at 978-3870 to arrange pickup.
Need a helping hand?
If you have some odd jobs that need to be done around the house, you can hire members of WSU’s rowing crew to help. The crew’s annual Rent-A-Rower fund-raiser to pay for travel expenses will be Saturday-Sunday, March 11-12. Cost is $10 per rower per hour in four- or eight-hour shifts.
Contact Rebecca Jones, 978-3465, with the following information: your name and contact information, date(s) of work and duration, number of athletes needed and a description of the work to be done. You can also fax the information to 978-3071 or send it to box 126.
Bid Bennett ’bye
Longtime Rhatigan Student Center employee Marilee Bennett is retiring after 19 years of service. Her retirement will be celebrated during a reception from 2-4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28, in the RSC’s Regents Room. Bennett started working in the University Bookstore as a cashier in January 1981, and later become the manager’s secretary. In 1997, she became the RSC director’s secretary.
A place of honor
Administrative offices of the Emory Lindquist Honors Center recently moved to 115 Neff Hall.
Finding money
A free seminar on "How to Finance A College Education" will be held
9-11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, at the Marcus Center. WSU Office of Financial Aid staff will provide information on financing an undergraduate or graduate education. Following the seminar, the staff will help individuals complete financial aid forms. Space is limited, so RSVP to 978-3731.
Hiring freeze lifted
Gov. Graves earlier this month lifted the hiring freeze imposed on state agencies in November. Hiring practices have returned to normal.
‘Straight No Chaser’
As part of Black History Month, "Straight No Chaser," a documentary about jazz legend and pianist Thelonious Monk, will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17 and 8:30 p.m. Feb. 18 in the CAC Theater. WSU musician Craig Owens will play Monk’s music before the Feb. 18 showing. Admission starts at $4 with discounts available. Call 978-3495 for more information.