Reminders
* Campus Recreation invites you to compete in various chllenges, make a splash in the pool, participate in fitness demos, climb Mount Wu, get involved with a sport club and more from 7-9:30 p.m. today (Tuesday, Aug. 27) at the Heskett Center.
For more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?2401.
* Join the Office for Faculty Development and Student Success, and honors staff and faculty for the annual open house to kick off the new academic year from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28, in 115A Neff Hall. Light refreshments will be served. Hear about what is new with their programs and what to expect this fall and spring.
* Wichita State and Kansas State University researchers are working together to begin preliminary research work on the impact of the burgeoning energy exploration on older adults in rural and frontier Kansas. The project is supported in part by the Cassat Regional Institute on Aging Research Fund housed in the WSU Regional Institute on Aging.
Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?2258 for more information.
* KMUW is offering free calendar strips for computer monitors, desk edges and cubical walls. The calendar strips adhere to computer monitors or just about any surface you choose. The 2013-14 academic year-at-a-glance calendar is a handy reference. Anyone wanting one or more should call 978-6789 or send an email request to info@kmuw.org.
* The Center for Management Development staff offices are now located in 009 Devlin Hall. The CMD training room is still located in Woodman Alumni Center. http://www.CMD.wichita.edu
* WSU is trying to significantly increase student success rates. Faculty are "on the front lines" with students, so they are key to achieving these student success goals. Learn about the kinds of issues that lead students to drop out and the faculty behaviors that can help students persist from 2-3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, in 116 Neff Hall. RSVP to 978-3209 or ofdss@wichita.edu.