Mar 30, 2012 — By WSU News Services — * Phone number correction: Trish Inslee, interim director of Housing and Residence Life, can be reached at 978-6612 or 978-6697. * Get started listening to music through WSU's subscription to Naxos Music Online. To help you explore this resource, the Music Library is offering a series of introductory sessions in the Music and Languages Innovation Center (MALIC), 313 Jardine Hall at 10 a.m., noo

Mar 28, 2012 — By WSU News Services — Trish Inslee has been named the interim director of Housing and Residence Life. Please contact her at 978-6675 or 978-6612 if you have any questions about HRL.

Mar 27, 2012 — By WSU News Services — Don't miss the opportunity to get receive some health-related information and win one of the grand prizes at the WSU Health Fair from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. today (Wednesday, March 28) in the Heskett Center. Bring your Shocker Card for a chance at prizes. The following grand prizes were donated by Mel Hambelton Ford: Wii Gaming System IPOD Shuffle Nikon Coolpix Camera See Wichita from the sky -- he

Mar 26, 2012 — By WSU News Services — Last week, internationally recognized artist Tony Feher completed work on a temporary sculpture installation for the Wichita State campus, "Extraordinary Ordinary," for the Ulrich Museum's Martin H. Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection. A critical mass of the installation can be seen in the open spaces south of Morrison Hall and north of Jardine Hall. For more information, go to http://www.wichita.ed

Mar 26, 2012 — By WSU News Services — Beth Tully, founder and owner of Wichita's Cocoa Dolce Artisan Chocolates, is the fifth and final presenter in this season's WSU Alumni Association's Distinguished Breakfast Speaker Series. The event is Friday, April 27, in the Rhatigan Student Center's third-floor ballroom and begins with a buffet breakfast at 7:30 a.m., followed by a 30-minute presentation at 8 a.m. Register now at http://www.wi

Mar 27, 2012 — By WSU News Services — Faculty and teaching staff are invited to a presentation by the Office for Faculty Development and Student Success titled "What is Critical Thinking, and How can I Teach it?" The presentation will be offered twice from 2-2:50 p.m. Wednesday, March 28, in 207 McKinley Hall, and 12:30-1:20 p.m. Thursday, March 29, in 106 McKinley Hall. Feel free to bring your own refreshments. Please RSVP to ofdss@w

Mar 27, 2012 — By WSU News Services — Donald Hackett will lead the Center for Management Development workshop "Communication Skills for Supervisors" from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, in Woodman Alumni Center. Lunch is provided. Any tuition assistance that may be available is handled through Human Resources and must be requested more than two weeks ahead of the class. To preview this and any other seminar, go to http://www.

Apr 5, 2012 — By WSU News Services — * Today's (Wednesday, March 28) Wu Wednesday Deal at the University Bookstore is a Peace, Love and WSU mug for $6 while supplies last. * Faculty and teaching staff are invited to a presentation by the Office for Faculty Development and Student Success titled "What is Critical Thinking, and How can I Teach it?" The presentation will be offered twice from 2-2:50 p.m. today (Wednesday, March 28) i

Mar 26, 2012 — By WSU News Services — 2012 Shocker Pride Celebration Honorees Barbara Chaparro, Psychology Lloyd Harp, University Police Department Patricia Hayes, KMUW Helen Hundley, History John Jacobs, University Computing and Telecommunication Services Maria Martino, Biological Sciences J. Logan Stork, TRIO Talent Search Johnnie Thompson, Curriculum and Instruction Carrie Wyatt, Communication Sciences and Disorders

Mar 28, 2012 — By WSU News Services — The 144th Annual Meeting of the Kansas Academy of Sciences will be held at Wichita State University Friday and Saturday, March 30-31. The keynote speaker is Andrew H. Knoll, Watkins Visiting Professor and Fisher Professor of Natural History and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University Botanical Museum. Knoll will present "The Search for Life on Mars" at 8 p.m. Friday, March 30