Reminders
* The Cultural Ambassador Program's Fall 2014 country presentation series starts at 12:30 p.m. today (Wednesday, Sept. 3) in 142 RSC with a talk on "The Real HAITI: Zombies & Voodoo?"
* The Center for Community Support and Research and the Health & Wellness Coalition of Wichita would like you to share your perceptions about how well the Wichita community supports healthy eating and physical activity for its residents. Go to http://www.bit.ly/1vfTEOh to take the survey.
* Kansas NSF EPSCoR is announcing a funding opportunity for First Awards in the areas of climate or energy research or atomic/molecular/optical science. The First Award program helps early career faculty become competitive for funding from the research directorates at the National Science Foundation. The letter of intent submission deadline is Monday, Sept. 8. The first proposal deadline is Monday, Oct. 27. Download the PDF at http://www.nsfepscor.ku.edu/funding.html for the full request for proposals.
* The Office of Adult Learning invites you to a series of Thursday lunch and learn webinars offered by the American Council on Education on military and veterans services. The first webinar will be on "Faculty and Staff Training: Who, What, Why and How" at noon Thursday, Sept. 4, in MRC, FLC 35. To reserve your space for one or all of the webinars, contact Susan Norton at susan.norton@wichita.edu or 978-8315. For information about upcoming webinars, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?3249
* WSU Libraries is offering several new workshop topics as part of its Digital Literacy Workshop Series, designed to strengthen research skills and use of online tools. Go to http://libresources.wichita.edu/diglitworkshops for workshop descriptions, dates and times. All university employees are welcome to attend these free workshops. RSVPs are encouraged but not required. If you have questions, contact Melissa Mallon at melissa.mallon@wichita.edu or call 978-4077.
* Wives of faculty, administrative and unclassified staff and all faculty, administrative and unclassified staff women are invited to join WSU Women's Association. The first meeting and annual event is a free brunch, open to members and nonmembers who are interested in learning more about the organization, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, at the home of President and Mrs. Bardo. To reserve a seat for the brunch, call 316-315-0001 or email trborresen@cox.net by Thursday, Sept. 4, and let T. Borresen know you plan to attend. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/wsuwomen for more information.