Oct 20, 2015 — By WSU News Services — Sit back, relax and enjoy a night of great performances put on by organizations showing their Shocker pride. Student Activities Council (SAC) presents Songfest at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, downtown at the Orpheum Theatre, 200 N. Broadway. Cheer on your favorite performance and see who will become overall champion of Shockertoberfest 2015. This event is free for students with WSU ID, and $5 for gen

Oct 15, 2015 — By WSU News Services — Campus Recreation will offer half-price memberships from Monday, Oct. 19, to the end of the fall semester. The cost is just $15 for faculty/staff, $18 for affiliate faculty. The half-price offer includes dependents of faculty and staff. The prices don't include tax. The Heskett Center also has locker rentals for any member that will be half off, $12 plus tax, starting Oct. 19.

Oct 14, 2015 — By WSU News Services — Join us as we bring together various Wichita community groups for a panel discussion to "Focus on the Future" of LGBT rights and policies from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, in 231 Hubbard Hall. The panel will feature members of WiTCoN (Wichita Transgender Community Network), GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network), the LGBT Health Coalition and Equality Kansas. Not only will you learn a

Oct 12, 2015 — By WSU News Services — The Rie Bloomfield Organ Series presents a Wednesdays in Wiedemann performance by Wichita State's Lynne Davis on the great Marcussen Organ at 5:15 p.m. today (Wednesday, Oct. 14) in Wiedemann Hall. Admission is free. Davis presents a program of favorite organ works with her own commentaries to enhance the audience's listening pleasure.

Oct 15, 2015 — By WSU News Services — * The Institutional Review Board (IRB) has updated many of the applications and templates on their website. The IRB Administrator will hold come-and-go Open Labs this fall for faculty, staff and students who have questions about the new forms or about their study in general. Upcoming labs are from 12:30-2 p.m. today (Thursday, Oct. 15) and 10-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, in 405 Jardine Hall. *

Oct 16, 2015 — By WSU News Services — * The next lecture in the Mathematical Sciences will feature Nicholas Hein from the University of Nebraska at Kearney at 3 p.m. today (Friday, Oct. 16) in 372 Jabara Hall. Hein will present "Modern Computation for Schubert Calculus." Refreshments will be available prior to the lecture at 2:30 p.m. in 353 Jabara Hall. * The WSU volleyball team will host Bradley at 7 p.m. today (Friday, Oct. 16)

Oct 15, 2015 — By WSU News Services — The School of Social Work is hosting Social Work Friday on Nov. 6. We will have BSW Open Advising from 9:30 a.m.-noon for new, prospective and current undergraduate students in 535 Lindquist Hall. For prospective and current students interested in the Masters of Social Work Program, there will be "Pizza with Dr. Besthorn," from noon-1 p.m. in 535 Lindquist Hall. The BSW Program Orientation, whi

Oct 15, 2015 — By WSU News Services — University Libraries is hosting a Gale Digital Collections Lunch and Learn for faculty, staff and students from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, on the lower level of Ablah Library. Sue Wainess from Gale/Cengage Learning will provide an overview of historical, digital collections now available from the library's website, including Indigenous Peoples: North America, Eighteenth Century Collections

Oct 12, 2015 — By WSU News Services — Scholarship competition open: U.S. Department of State 2016 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program in 14 critical foreign languages. A fully-funded overseas language program for American undergraduate and graduate students, CLS provides study opportunities to students from across the United States at every level of language learning. The 14 CLS languages are Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chine

Oct 12, 2015 — By WSU News Services — The University Bookstore will have cold weather items on sale this week. Coats, hats, gloves and scarves will be 15 percent off. Stop by to grab gear for the colder weather.