Going global
By Amy Geiszler-Jones
WSU is working hard to curb the symptoms of the “Asian flu” that have resulted in declining enrollments of international students and a loss of revenue for the university.

Part of the prescription means tapping into the markets of potential students in South America, the Middle East, Africa, Scandinavia and elsewhere around the globe.
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Briefs

Stay tuned for new numbers
The 1998-99 WSU directories are expected to arrive on campus the week of Nov. 9. Broadcast e-mail and voicemail messages will announce the date they will be available for pickup. The location to pick up new directories and recycle old directories is the Publications/Printing Building, just south of the Campus Credit Union.

If you have corrections, here are the appropriate offices to call:

• Office of University Communications, ext. 3643, for the section listing university offices and teaching faculty.

• Office of Human Resources, ext. 3065, for the sections listing retired faculty and faculty/staff.

• Office of the Registrar, ext. 3055, for the student listing.

• Student development, ext. 3022, for the student organization listing.

Directory information also is available on the university Website.

Hear ye, Hear ye
Celebrate the holidays with a medieval flare at WSU’s 21st Annual Renaissance Feast Dec. 4-5.

Tickets are on sale now for the feast, sponsored by the Rhatigan Student Center and the School of Music.

The feast starts each night at 6 p.m. with wassail, followed by a seven-course feast in the RSC ballroom which will be transformed into a 16th century English castle. WSU’s Madrigal Singers and Chamber Singers will provide entertainment.

The $25 tickets can be purchased at the RSC reservations office 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, or by calling ext. 3475.

Are classes being held?
Flooding in west Wichita caused the cancellation of classes at the Westside Center Nov. 1. The center was spared from damage, however.

If you ever wonder whether classes are canceled or university offices are closed due to emergencies or bad weather, just dial 978-6633, the university’s Activity Line, and push 2 to hear a prerecorded message.

Exhibit commemorates Marx
The Student Activities Council art committee, in conjunction with the Edmiston Student Gallery of the Ulrich Museum, will present “Wir Lieben Marx” (We love Marx) to commemorate Karl Marx’s “Communist Manifesto.” The exhibition will feature works by students Matt Walston and Genevieve Waller in a variety of media.

The exhibit will be on display through Nov. 22. Hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, noon-5 p.m. weekends.

Helping fund a cure
WSU faculty and staff contributed $1,170 as part of the university’s participation in Lee National Denim Day Oct. 9. The day was part of a nationwide breast cancer awareness campaign.

Postcards from Midlin
Clark Britton, WSU professor of art, and Tom Averill, professor and English writer-in-residence at Washburn University, have collaborated on a series of postcard illustrations of a fictional Kansas town in the late 1950s. But the story line written on the backs of the cards has a connection to a real-life place — WSU, then the University of Wichita.
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Regents visit WSU
By Amy Geiszler-Jones
The Board of Regents is encouraging “a grass roots initiative” in its push to get a three-year faculty salary plan approved by this year’s Legislature, according to board chairman Bill Docking.
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Armstrong book fills unique niche in Civil War history
By Amy Geiszler-Jones

It’s been more than a century since the Civil War, and while much has been written about it since, a vital part of that war has barely surfaced in history books — the role of chaplains.

A new book by history professor and president emeritus Warren Armstrong shares the untold stories and the role played by Union chaplains. “For Courageous Fighting and Confident Dying: Union Chaplains in the Civil War” was released in October by the University Press of Kansas as part of its highly respected modern war series.
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It’s not too early to send holiday greetings
One of WSU’s longstanding holiday traditions gets under way this month. For more than 25 years, faculty and staff have contributed to a fund that benefits students and sends holiday greetings to the WSU community, as well.
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Concert features premiere
Mezzo-soprano Deborah Baxter, assistant professor of voice, and WSU’s top choral ensemble will perform the Kansas premiere of an award-winning composer in a WSU concert later this month.
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'The Great Frozen Man’ will melt hearts
By Julie Rausch

WSU alumna Jeannine Saunders’ play, “The Great Frozen Man,” came from the depths of her senses, imagining what might have been going through her grandfather’s 63-year-old mind as he lay in bed day after day, year after year, the victim of a stroke which paralyzed him from the neck down.
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Festival celebrates C.S. Lewis’ birthday
By Amy Geiszler-Jones

The life and works of C.S. Lewis, an Oxford professor considered the most popular and most effective communicator of Christian faith writing this century, will be celebrated in Wichita during a festival in honor of his 100th birthday in November. A conference at WSU Nov. 20-21 will be part of the festival being held Nov. 15-29.
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Higdon receives trustees award
Al Higdon, retired co-founder and chairman of Kansas’ largest full-service ad agency and a longtime supporter of WSU, has received the prestigious Board of Trustees’ Award, given to individuals who have made significant contributions to the vital partnership between WSU and the community.
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