Reminders Reminders

* Faculty and staff who wish to rent regalia for the fall 2014 commencement need to do so by Friday, Oct. 24. Please come to the bookstore or call Julie Hejtmanek at 978-7021 between 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. to place your order. If you are interested in purchasing a set, CB Grad will be in the University Bookstore from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, to take orders. There will be a special discount if you purchase at this time, and payment will be required.

* WSU's Center for Entrepreneurship and Meritrust Credit Union present a forum on serial entrepreneurship. The forum, "Start It, Grow It, Sell It: Three Perspectives on Serial Entrepreneurship," will be held from 3-4 p.m. today (Thursday, Oct. 23) in 107 Devlin Hall. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?3384 for more information.

* The fall Anthropology Colloquium series will feature a presentation by graduate student Whitney Cotten called "Getting Better With Age -- A study in Scapular Opacity," at 5 p.m. today (Thursday, Oct. 23) in 117 Neff Hall.

* Leading Adaptively in the University -- a three-day leadership development program for all stakeholders in the university -- will be held Wednesday-Friday, Nov. 19-21. Interested faculty and staff who are committed to making the university a better place are invited to participate. Staff will need approval from their supervisor as stated in the application. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?3335 for more information.

* Join faculty and staff to continue discussions and provide feedback on service-learning at an Assessment Symposium from 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, in 266 RSC. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Lee Ann Birdwell at leeann.birdwell@wichita.edu by noon Monday, Nov. 10. For more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?3387

* The Office of Research and Technology Transfer will hold a workshop for WSU faculty and staff on "Funding Opportunities: Come Discover the Possibilities," from 1:30-3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, in 262 RSC. The research office will hold additional workshops throughout the year including Developing Budgets on Thursday, Dec. 11, and Cayuse 101 on Thursday, Jan. 22. For information on these workshops and how to register, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?3392

* Minnesota Life's open enrollment for optional group life insurance (OGLI) runs now through Friday, Oct. 31. Visit the member's new OGLI enrollment page for detailed information. Go to http://www.kpers.org/employers/ogli.html for more information.

* A Lecture Series in the Mathematical Sciences will present Lee Kennard of University of California at Santa Barbara. Kennard will discuss "Positive sectional curvature for manifolds with density" at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, in 372 Jabara Hall. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?3405 for more information.

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