17th Annual Elements Multi-Media Art Competition
12-day event: 11/9/2009 - 11/20/2009
Participate in the annual Elements Multimedia Arts Competition for a chance to win cash prizes. Categories include: painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture and mixed media. Students need not be art majors. Applications can be found at www.wichita.edu/SAC or in room 219 of the RSC.

Application Deadline: Wednesday, Nov. 4 by 5:00 p.m.
$5 entry fee

Location: Rhatigan Student Center Gallery
For more information contact the RSC Activities office at (316) 978-3495, visit www.wichita.edu/sac or become a fan at www.facebook.com/sac.wsu
Open to WSU Community.
Sponsored by: Student Activities Council details...

Workshop: Data Management
Data Management

Co-hosted with The Office of Research Administration

Light refreshments provided.

Please RSVP to ctre@wichita.edu

Location: 307/309 National Institute for Aviation Research
For more information, call (316) 978-3209 or e-mail ctre@wichita.edu.
Open to WSU Community.
Sponsored By: The Office of Research Administration and The Center for Teaching and Research Excellence details...

Webinar: STEM and Service: How Service Learning Can be Effective in the Sciences
STEM and Service: How Service-Learning Can be Effective in the Sciences

Light refreshments provided.

Please RSVP to ctre@wichita.edu

Location: ITV Classroom, Media Resources Center
For more information, call (316) 978-3209 or e-mail ctre@wichita.edu.
Open to WSU Community.
Sponsored By: The Center for Teaching and Research Excellence details...

Workshop: Meeting the 3 Ms: Learning the Basics of Marketing, Management and Money
If you want to start a new business, the three Ms are key. Learn essential information about marketing, management and money that will help you assess the feasibility of your business idea and start writing your business plan.

Location: Entrance B, Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitan Complex
For more information, call (316) 978-3193 or e-mail marcia.stevens@wichita.edu
Open to the public.
Sponsored By: Kansas Small Business Development Center details...

Author's Talk with Lee Gutkind
Speaking on Robots with author Lee Gutkind, "Almost HumanMaking Robots Think."

What are the robots of the 21st century really like? Who is constructing them? What are their jobs? Enter the cutting-edge integration of robots into everyday human life, the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon Institute. "Almost Human: Making Robots Think," a 2007 book by Gutkind, documents six years observing young roboticists and their bold conceptual machines from Pittsburgh to NASA to the most barren desert on Earth.

Join Gutkind as he shares insight into the experience of those who are ushering in a new age of thinking robots in intelligent manufacturing, autonomous vehicles, space-related robots, nano-machines, computer vision and graphics and anthropomorphic robots.

Author, journalist, documentary filmmaker, consulting NPR editor and founder and editor of the groundbreaking literary magazine Creative Nonfiction, Gutkind has placed himself in diverse situations researching dozens of books, profiles, essays and anthologies.

This event is in conjunction with "Robots: A Cultural Icon in Contemporary Art," on view through Dec. 18. Fifteen artists explore society's fear and fascination with robots as they evolve from science fiction to modern reality.

Location: 210 McKnight Art Center West
For more information, visit www.ulrich.wichita.edu/robots, call (316) 978-3664 or email ulrich@wichita.edu.
Free and open to the public.
Sponsored by: Ulrich Museum of Art details...

Job Hunting Series: "Get a Grip" - Time Management and Stress Management
The final session of a free "job hunting" series hosted by Career Services and Non-Traditional Students Association

Presented by WSU Counseling and Testing. Attendance for these events is limited. Make your reservation, up to three days in advance.

Location: 203 Rhatigan Student Center
To reserve your spot, call (316) 978-3435 or e-mail career.services@wichita.edu
Open to WSU Community.
Sponsored By: Career Services and Non-Traditional Students Association details...

Second Stage Event: The Burning Room
4-day event: 11/11/2009 - 11/14/2009
"The Burning Room" by Darrel A. Holnes, winner of the WSU New Playwright Competition, explores the myriad relationships between men and women, Latino culture and spirituality. Isabel, a Colombian immigrant, and her Mexican American boyfriend Pedro are celebrating his sister's birthday when Isabel is confronted by her "cousin" Mario and the life she thought she left behind in Medellin. Pedro and his brother-in-law Raul, both Houston cops, begin to investigate Mario. On their journey they encounter a supernatural twist they didn't bargain for. This new play will be premiered by the excellent WSU Student Director Paula Makar.

Ticket for this event are $10 with discounts available and they go on sale Oct. 21.

Location: Welsbacher Theatre, Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitan Complex
Tickets are available by calling the WSU Fine Arts Box Office at (316)978-3233.
Open to the public.
Sponsored By: The WSU School of Performing Arts details...

WSU Concert Chorale Concert
In keeping with his tradition of selecting excellent choral music WSU's Dr. Robert Glassman and his Concert Chorale will be presenting works by Purcell, Haydn and Eichendorf. This concert will also feature Benjamin Britten's "Choral Dances" and contemporary composer Arne Mellnas' "Dream" which will keep audiences enthralled from start to finish.

Tickets for this event go on sale Oct. 22 and they are $7 with discounts available.

Location: Miller Concert Hall, Duerksen Fine Arts Center
For more information, call the WSU Fine Arts Box Office at (316)978-3233.
Open to the public.
Sponsored By: The WSU School of Music details...