Reminders
* Jens Kreinath, associate professor in anthropology, will present "Ethnographic Encounters in Hatay, Turkey," at 4 p.m. today (Thursday, Feb. 27) in 117 Neff Hall.
* "Putting 1970s Blaxploitation Films in Historical Perspective" will be presented by Robert E. Weems, Jr., the Willard W. Garvey Distinguished Professor of Business History at WSU, at 6 p.m. today (Thursday, Feb. 27) in 208 Hubbard Hall. Weems will discuss the business, economic and social dynamics of the 1970s "Blaxploitation" film genre. Attendees also will view the film "Shaft," directed by famous native Kansan Gordon Parks, whose papers are housed in Ablah Library. For more information, contact the Office of Multicultural Affairs at 978-3034.
* The Center for Entrepreneurship is offering the first of eight seminars from 12:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, in Devlin Hall, designed for entrepreneurs and small businesses seeking to keep up with the best advice for operating business in today's dynamic economic times. The cost is just $10 per session for faculty and staff. For more information and to register, go to http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/wsunews/news/?nid=2388
* Nominations are being accepted through noon Friday, Feb. 28, for the President's Award for Distinguished Classified Service. The nomination form and instructions are located at http://www.wichita.edu/classifiedsenate under the President's Award Nomination Form on the left-hand bar. Take this opportunity to nominate an outstanding colleague for the 2014 President's Award for Distinguished Service.
* Based on an anticipated COBRE-PSF Renewal, the KU NIH COBRE Center in Protein Structure and Function at the University of Kansas has issued an Advisory Notice of Anticipated Call for Applications. A required letter of intent is due by Monday, March 10. For more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?2766
* If you were unable to attend President John Bardo's university update earlier this week, go to http://youtu.be/zM-0hWABvyI to watch it.