Sep 11, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Please mark your calendars for an upcoming assessment symposium on general education from 9 a.m.-noon Friday, Nov. 8, in Sudermann Commons, 132 Hughes Metropolitan Complex. Lunch is provided. RSVP to jeanne.patton@wichita.edu or call 978-3010. The topics are contemporary views and innovations in general education, assessment of general education, and Kansas Board of Regents reporting requiremen

Sep 11, 2013 — By WSU News Services — "Yay, I got tenure! Now what? -- The Path to Full Professorship" will be a session offered by the Office for Faculty Development and Student Success from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, in 200 Lindquist Hall. Newly tenured faculty often find themselves wondering what to do next once they have achieved the goal they have been single-mindedly pursuing for years. This session will be an opportun

Sep 4, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Ask most kids these days what "engineering" is and the response may be, "Huh?" But ask any of the 5,000 middle school and high school students throughout Kansas who've participated in Project Lead The Way (PLTW), and you may hear, "It's awesome." PLTW is a national pre-engineering program that provides a rigorous and relative STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) curriculum to

Sep 12, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Student Health Services is offering free flu shots for students during the 2013-2014 school year. Flu shot clinics will be held throughout the fall in various locations on Wichita State's main campus, and are available in the Student Health Services clinic in 209 Ahlberg Hall while supplies last. The first flu shot clinic will be held fom 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, at the Heskett Center.

Sep 6, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Attention women of WSU: The Council of University Women (CUW) cordially invite you to our September luncheon featuring Dot McNicol. The luncheon will be 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, at the Marcus Welcome Center. McNicol is WSU living history and a treasure. She has agreed to come and share her WSU experience with us. She has worked on campus for nearly 50 years has seen the campus cha

Sep 12, 2013 — By WSU News Services — * Here are this week's MRC Instructional Technology development sessions -- "Intro to Blackboard" (Blackboard Tuesday) at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10; "Intro to Video Instruction" at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11; "Intro to Apple's iPad" at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, and our first Brown Bag Discussion of the semester, "Intro to Copyright and the Classroom" at noon Friday, Sept. 13. Don't forget t

Sep 3, 2013 — By WSU News Services — For a look at entertainment opportunities in September, courtesy of the College of Fine Arts, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?2433.

Sep 6, 2013 — By WSU News Services — After spending much of last year developing a strategic plan with internal and external input, Wichita State University will hold a meeting for faculty, staff and students to discuss the next phase of the plan. The meeting will be from 1:30-4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, in the Preferred Medical Systems Multi Purpose Center adjacent to Charles Koch Arena. The agenda for the meeting includes an updat

Sep 3, 2013 — By WSU News Services — The College of Education invites the WSU community to join in donating items for College Hill Elementary, which lost so much in the recent fire. The College of Education is collecting children's books (can be gently used), games for indoor recess or latchkey, and teacher resources (idea/activity books, classroom decorations, anything a teacher might use in the course of a day). Bring the donations

Sep 6, 2013 — By WSU News Services — Please join the University Libraries in celebrating the addition of their 2 millionth volume to the collections from 2-4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, in the lower level of Ablah Library. Remarks begin at 2:30 p.m. by President John Bardo, Dean Donald Gilstrap and Virgil Dean, editor emeritus of "Kansas History," followed by the unveiling of the 2 millionth volume. This event is open to the public, an