Feb 1, 2012 — By WSU News Services — The 10th Annual Student Ambassador Society Leadership Conference will be held from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, at the Marcus Welcome Center. "Go for the Gold" is the theme for this year's high school leadership conference, hosted by the WSU Student Ambassador Society. The conference will feature seven outstanding leadership speakers, including nationally-renowned speaker Nancy Hunter Denn

Jan 30, 2012 — By WSU News Services — Nominations are now being accepted for the President's Award for Distinguished Service for Unclassified Professionals. Nominees should have provided exemplary, dedicated and caring service to Wichita State University beyond the normal expectations and responsibilities of their position, and must have a .5 or greater appointment as an Unclassified Professional. The nomination form and instructions

Jan 30, 2012 — By WSU News Services — WSU faculty, staff and students will participate in the 2012 Heart Walk and Run. This year, all WSU teams will walk in memory of professor Les Anderson, who died in November from a heart attack. Team captains are needed immediately to help sign up colleagues to participate in the event in downtown Wichita on Wednesday evening, May 2. It will include options to walk or participate in a 5K run. This

Jan 31, 2012 — By WSU News Services — The School of Social Work is sponsoring a brown bag learning event, "Digital Storytelling: Stories of Diversity and Bringing Art and Technology to Social Work," from noon-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, in Wichita's State Office Building, 230 E. William, SRS room 3080. Bring your own lunch. A $10 tax-deductible donation is suggested. For more information, call 978-7250.

Feb 2, 2012 — By WSU News Services — * Faculty and staff are encouraged to remind students of the Academic Cross-Training Study Skills Workshops that help students achieve academic fitness. The first workshop of spring 2012 will be from 12:30-1:30 p.m. today (Tuesday, Jan. 31) in 305 RSC. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1408. * Faculty members interested in learning about academ

Jan 27, 2012 — By WSU News Services — Faculty and staff are encouraged to remind students of the Academic Cross-Training Study Skills workshops that help students achieve academic fitness. The first workshop of spring 2012 will be from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, in 305 RSC. Students will learn time management strategies to build their endurance and enhance their success in college. Refreshments will be provided. For more inform

Feb 2, 2012 — By WSU News Services — Faculty members interested in learning about academic exchange abroad through the Fulbright program are invited to the webinar "What's New for the Fulbright Core Program (2013-2014)," from 1-2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, in the Wireless Learning Space at the Media Resources Center. Please RSVP to ofdss@wichita.edu or 978-3209.

Feb 1, 2012 — By WSU News Services — * The departments of biological sciences and chemistry will present a lecture in their Molecular Biosciences Series at 4 p.m. today (Monday, Jan. 30), in 218 Hubbard Hall. Dr. Steven Kernie, associate professor of pediatrics, pathology and cell biology and director of Pediatric Critical Care medicine at Columbia University, will present "The relevance of hippocampal neurogenesis to human brain inj

Jan 26, 2012 — By WSU News Services — The first spring 2012 meeting of the Pre-Tenure Club will be from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, in 115B Neff Hall. All probationary faculty are welcome to attend. Please RSVP to ofdss@wichita.edu or 978-3209. Feel free to bring your lunch.

Feb 1, 2012 — By WSU News Services — The spring Entrepreneurship Forum Series has something for everyone interested in entrepreneurship from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9. Admission is free. The series opens with Denise Stiff, founder of DS Management in Nashville, Tenn., longtime manager of Alison Kraus and executive poducer of music for the award-winning film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?," who will share her experiences applyin