Reminders Reminders

* The Office for Faculty Development and Student Success will hold a Textbook Reading Study Skills Workshop from 1-2 p.m. today (Tuesday, Nov. 6) in 105 McKinley Hall. This workshop will teach students how to master the secrets to textbook reading and increase their understanding of course material. For more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/studyskills.

* The Watkins Visiting Professorship Lecture Series in Chemistry will feature a public lecture by Rong Li, an investigator for the Stowers Institute for Medical Research and a professor in the department of molecular and integrative physiology at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, at 4 p.m. today (Tuesday, Nov. 6) in 224 McKinley Hall. The lecture is titled "A numbers game: How cells find creative solutions quickly to adapt to big stress."

* Depression screenings will be offered from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, in the Heskett Center lobby. The WSU Counseling and Testing Center and KU School of Medicine Psychiatry Department are joining forces to offer these screenings free of charge to students, faculty and staff.

* Faculty, staff and graduate students are invited to attend "Critical Thinking: What is it? How do I teach it?", from 12:30-1:20 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, or 12:30-1:20 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, in 210 Wallace Hall. Please note the new location and RSVP to ofdss@wichita.edu or 978-3209. Feel free to bring your lunch.

* Please join other WSU researchers and learn about the process of intellectual property protection and technology transfer at WSU on Tuesday, Nov. 13, hosted by the Office of Research Administration. Two identical sessions, either morning or afternoon, are available. For more information and registration go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1896.

* AT&T telephone directories for Wichita and vacinity are available for pick-up by faculty and staff in the north hallway of the Jabara Hall basement, near room 027. CD-ROM directories also are available in the Telecommunications Office, 027 Jabara Hall. Please recycle old telephone books in the recycle bin located by the west dock outside Jabara Hall.

* New members will be inducted into the Academy for Effective Teaching at a reception from 3-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, in the Marcus Welcome Center King Room. Please RSVP to ofdss@wichita.ed by Monday, Nov. 12. To see the list of those chosen for membership, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1901.