Online edition: Volume 15, Number 13 - November 20, 1998                  



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pictureLending a helping hand

By Julie Rausch

The Kansas Association of Nursing Students-WSU chapter calendar is so full, it’s a wonder the students have time for classes, jobs and families. It’s social responsibility and not social events, however, that keep its 50 members and faculty adviser Debbie Kennedy so busy.
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This Week's Briefs
NEWS INSIDE

Inside on brief hiatus
Inside WSU will not be published next Friday, Nov. 27, because of the Thanksgiving holiday break. The next and last issue for the fall semester will be published Friday, Dec. 4. Items to be included in that issue must be received by Monday, Nov. 30.

Be thankful for some days off
Most university offices will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday Nov. 26-29, and classes will not be held Nov. 25-29. Offices will reopen and classes will resume Monday, Nov. 30.

Discounts offered
Wichita J.C. Penney stores are offering a 15 percent discount on all merchandise to WSU faculty and staff from 8-10 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 6. To participate, you must present a discount card which can be picked up Nov. 30-Dec. 5 at the information center in the Rhatigan Student Center. The information center is open 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Fridays, and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays.

Make the seasonal pilgrimage
WSU Opera Theatre and Opera Kansas Inc. have teamed up again to stage the popular Christmas opera “Amahl and the Night Visitors” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 28 and 3 p.m. Nov. 29 in Miller Concert Hall. Tickets are $4 for faculty and staff. Call ext. 3233 for reservations.


It’s annual meeting time
The WSU Employees Association’s annual meeting will be held 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8, in the Sunflower Room, Rhatigan Student Center. Refund checks will be handed out to those who have Employees Association life insurance policies, have paid premiums during fiscal 1998; and are still employed at WSU. Retirees during FY 98 will get prorated refunds. If you can’t attend, pick up your refund check after Dec. 8 in human resources.


Listen for the music
Robert Town, associate professor of organ, will perform the Thanksgiving carillon concert from noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25, from atop the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum, 204 S. Main.

Be savvy with your money
If you want to learn how to make or save more money, get some tips from personal finance expert Rick LeCompte during a free lunchtime seminar at the Downtown Center.

“Are You in a Financial Frenzy? Test Your Financial Savvy” will be held noon-1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4. Make reservations by calling ext. 6555. Seminar-goers are encouraged to bring a lunch.

LeCompte is associate professor and chair of WSU’s department of finance, real estate and decision sciences.

Endowment payout increases
By Lynette Murphy
The question usually arises around this time of year when the Kansas Legislative session gets under way: How much funding will Wichita State receive?
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Tree lighting brightens holiday season
By Lori Miller
Carolers, hot cider and cookies will help to make the season bright for the campus at the fourth annual holiday tree-lighting ceremony Wednesday, Dec. 2.
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Preparing for year 2000
By Amy Geiszler-Jones
When Jan. 1, 2000, zeros in, WSU computer systems should be compliant, thanks to the efforts of “swat team” leaders in colleges and other units and University Computing and Telecommunications staff.
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Business dean search committee formed
Four local business leaders, two of them WSU alumni, and a business student will join WSU faculty in a nationwide search for a new Barton School of Business dean.
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Percussion Ensemble will be ‘shaken, not stirred’
By Julie Rausch
WSU’s Percussion Ensemble will perform a little country, a little bluegrass, a little samba and music with a James Bond flavor during a Nov. 22 concert.
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Art inspires dance
The School of Performing Arts dance program is pairing up with WSU art and design faculty and guests from other universities to present the Kansas Dance Festival Nov. 20-21.
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WSU event provides setting for award-winning book
By Amy Geiszler-Jones
A French author has used a one-month stay in Wichita during which she participated in a WSU conference on women writers as inspiration for an award-winning book.
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Building the cornerstone of learning
By Julie Rausch
Reading is a major emphasis at Colvin Elementary, so much so that their motto is “the reading place.” This year the school started a program to invite professionals and other role models from the community, including WSU, to read to teams of students.
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Let’s talk turkey
By Joe Kleinsasser
If Ben Franklin had had his way, the turkey would not have wound up as the main course for Thanksgiving dinner, according to Mike Kelly, curator of special collections at Ablah Library.
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What’s your holiday shopping style?
By Joe Kleinsasser
Some holiday shoppers shop early and often. Others procrastinate and wait until the last minute. Some enjoy the spirit of the season and the hustle and bustle. Others would just as soon shop from a catalog at home.
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“Napoleon’s First Shave” is among the works in the current Ulrich Museum exhibition “Tony Scherman: French Revolution.” Scherman, from Toronto, was at the Ulrich Museum for an opening reception Nov. 5. The exhibit can be viewed noon-5 p.m. daily until Dec. 13. The museum will be closed Thanksgiving Day, and will have special evening hours, 7-10, on Friday, Nov. 27.


Inside WSU is published by the Office of University Communications for Wichita State University faculty and staff on Fridays - with an exclusive online version every other Friday - during the fall and spring semesters. Items to be considered for publication should be sent to campus box 62 or amy.geiszler-jones@wichita.edu.edu 10 days before publication.

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