Jan 20, 2011 — By WSU News Services — WSU voice and opera faculty invite you to a festive evening of wine and song benefiting Canta in Italia, our study abroad program in Florence. The scholarship fundraiser will be held Friday evening, Feb. 4, at St. Vincent de Paul in Andover. Full details are available at http://www.wichita.edu/j/?823.

Jan 24, 2011 — By WSU News Services — WSU Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Wind Ensemble students are slated to be on stage for a Memorial Day 2011 performance at New York City's Carnegie Hall, and you can be there, too. Travel plans and NYC events are being finalized now. If you're interested in traveling with Wichita State music students and faculty to NYC on a trip from Friday, May 27, through Tuesday, May 31, contact connie.white@

Jan 31, 2011 — By WSU News Services — The physics spring colloquium series will feature Julius Muschaweck, principal key expert for Optican Design at OSRAM, at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, in 128 Jabara Hall. The lighting company Sylvania is a subsidiary of OSRAM, which is a subsidiary of Siemens. Muschaweck will present "LEDs: An Inside Look." LEDs currently promise to become the fourth technology revolution in general lighting -- a

Jan 20, 2011 — By WSU News Services — Celebrate the suite of winter exhibitions at the Ulrich Museum during the opening party from 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22. Meet and mingle with faculty artists from the WSU School of Art and Design 18th Faculty Biennial. Free admission for Ulrich Museum members or $7 for nonmembers. RSVPs for the party are requested; call the Ulrich at 978-3664 or ulrich@wichita.edu. More information about the exhib

Jan 20, 2011 — By WSU News Services — The Tilford Commission has created a new grant for faculty to promote the establishment of more diversity-related courses at WSU. The Office of the Provost will disseminate the applications to the faculty. The application cover sheet for the Tilford Incentive Grants is available at http://www.wichita.edu/j/?829.

Jan 20, 2011 — By WSU News Services — Spring semester is finally here, and the Student Activities Council invites you and your students to attend Welcomefest 2011: Shockopoly. Welcomefest is a series of events designed to welcome students back to campus. Check out the Student Activities Council website for a full schedule of events at http://www.wichita.edu/j/?824.

Jan 28, 2011 — By WSU News Services — The Office of the Provost is asking faculty to encourage students enrolled in their classes to participate in the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). NSSE helps WSU understand how students are spending time in and out of the classroom, which guides decisions that will benefit them. E-mail messages, with a link to the online survey, will be sent to students starting Thursday, Feb. 10, ask

Jan 31, 2011 — By WSU News Services — * The Library Open House schedule is 5:30-7 p.m. today (Monday, Jan. 24) at WSU South Campus; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, in Ablah Library; and 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, at WSU West Campus. For details, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?822 for details. * Correction: An item in the Jan. 20 WSU Today listed an incorrect deadline. The intramural basketball deadline is Wed

Jan 24, 2011 — By WSU News Services — WSU voice and opera faculty invite you to a festive evening of wine and song benefiting Canta in Italia, our study abroad program in Florence. The scholarship fundraiser will be held Friday evening, Feb. 4, at St. Vincent de Paul in Andover. Full details are available at http://www.wichita.edu/j/?823.

Jan 20, 2011 — By WSU News Services — WSU Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Wind Ensemble students are slated to be on stage for a Memorial Day 2011 performance at New York City's Carnegie Hall, and you can be there, too. Travel plans and NYC events are being finalized now. If you're interested in traveling with Wichita State music students and faculty to NYC on a trip from Friday, May 27, through Tuesday, May 31, contact connie.white@