Reminders
* Thanksgiving and the basketball season are just around the corner. Shocker Athletics is combining a bit of both at the Shocker Tip-off Luncheon at noon Wednesday, Nov. 12, in the Aetna Multi-Purpose Center at Charles Koch Arena (formerly the Preferred Health Systems Multi-Purpose Center). Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?3416 for details.
* The School of Social Work is hosting a Social Work Friday today (Friday, Nov. 7) for Bachelor of Social Work students or undergraduate students interested in Social Work. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?3448 for details.
* The Shocker volleyball team will host Missouri State at 7 p.m. today (Friday, Nov. 7) in Charles Koch Arena. The first 1,000 fans will receive a free volleyball courtesy of Preferred Health Systems. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?3449 for more information. For tickets, call 978-FANS (3267).
* The WSU men's basketball team will host Northwood, Fla., in an exhibition game at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, in Charles Koch Arena. For tickets, call 978-FANS (3267).
* "A Framework for Causal Discovery from Experimental and non-Experimental Data" will be presented by Peter Spirtes, professor, Center for Automated Learning and Discovery, Carnegie Mellon University, at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, in 142 RSC. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?3447 for more information.
* The Student Organization of Social Work is sponsoring FASD into Action conference from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14, in 201 Ahlberg Hall. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?3434 for more information. To register, go to http://www.tinyurl.com/FASDWichita
* The deadline to receive the HealthQuest Rewards Program discount ends Saturday, Nov. 15, for the 2015 discount. Save $480 in 2015 from lowered health insurance rates. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?3453 for more information. This month, the HealthQuest and Employee Assistance Program are also providing additional resources such as available flu shots, prescription drug and medical comparison tools, sleep and diet tips and much more. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/hr and click on "News and Events" for more information.
* 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. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?3425 for information on these workshops and how to register.