Reminders
* University Libraries is offering one-hour workshops on citation searching for all interested faculty, including those preparing tenure, promotion and other documents. The workshops will be from 3-4 p.m. today (Thursday, Aug. 7); Tuesday, Aug. 12; and Wednesday, Aug. 27. All workshops will be held in 217 Ablah Library. To sign up for a workshop, send an email to cathy.moore-jansen@wichita.edu or janet.brown@wichita.edu.
* Faculty and staff are invited to attend a presentation by President John Bardo "WSU Transformation: Becoming the Innovation University" at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, in the Shirley Beggs Ballroom, 305/306 Rhatigan Student Center. If you are unable to attend, you can go to http://www.wichitastate.tv/live to watch it online.
* The office of the Vice President for Administration and Finance reminds those placing catering orders with Sodexo to also submit a Sodexo Information Sheet prior to all catered events. This sheet is used in expediting the billing process and should be filled out for all events, regardless of the funding source. Submit completed forms to Campus Box 47 or by fax at 978-3151. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?3091 to access the form. Questions about this form can be directed to Fiffy Petty at 978-3030.
* The Wichita Medical Research and Education Foundation is pleased to announce a Collaborative Investigator Initiated Research funding opportunity of $15,000. The purpose of this research program is to provide investigators with short-term funding in the areas of social/behavioral, biological, genetic, or environmental determinants of disease and/or health, either physical or mental, across the life span. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?3084 for more information.
* Reading Explorers is a fun, literacy-based playgroup where children will enjoy using stories, music and multisensory activities to learn letters, their corresponding sounds and how to blend these sounds together to read words. The program is currently taking enrollment for classes beginning in August. The classes are from 1-2:30 p.m. on Thursdays for children 4-6 years old and includes parent and child trainings. The children must be accompanied by a caregiver. It is offered one day per week from mid-August to May. Call the clinic at 978-3289 for more information.