Reminders Reminders

* Dorothy Billings, Ronald Christ, Dorothy Crum, Jolynne Campbell and Peter Zoller are the newest faculty chosen for membership in the Academy for Effective Teaching. They will be inducted into the academy at a reception from 3-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, in the Armstrong Room, Marcus Welcome Center. You are invited to the reception honoring the inductees for their outstanding teaching careers at WSU. Please RSVP to leeann.birdwell@wichita.edu by today (Monday, Nov. 17).

* The Nov. 26 Cultural Ambassador Program's Fall Around the World Wednesday event has been moved to 12:30 p.m. today (Monday, Nov. 17) in 266 RSC. Rebeca Jeong Beak will present "Small but Powerful South Korea."

* Are you a full-time employee at WSU? The application deadline for dependent/spouse tuition assistance is Monday, Dec. 1. Please see the Human Resources website at http://www.wichita.edu/j/?3462 for a link to an overview of the program, the policy and application forms.

* The NIH COBRE Center for Molecular Analysis of Disease Pathways (CMADP) at the University of Kansas has announced a call for applications. Applicants must describe a research project that fits well with the scientific theme of the center and that will make good use of one or more of the CMADP Core Labs. This competition is open to all full-time, tenure-track or tenured faculty at KU-L, KSU, WSU or KUMC whose research embraces the molecular analysis of disease pathways in the broadest sense. Letters of Intent are due Monday, Nov. 24. For more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?3466 or http://www.wichita.edu/j/?3467

* The agenda for the meeting of the Faculty Senate today (Monday, Nov. 17) is available at
http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=facultysenate&p=/a111714/

* With the holidays coming up, it's a good time to start working on healthy alternatives for dealing with holiday meals and treats. Since meetings started on campus three years ago, group members have lost more than 1,200 pounds. The Weight Watchers Open House is noon Tuesday, Nov. 18, in 206 Heskett Center. For more information, go to http://bit.ly/1Baw9Kr or contact Melissa Ellenz at 978-5394 or melissa.ellenz@wichita.edu.

* The Unclassified Professional Senate's monthly meeting is 9-11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, in 200 Lindquist Hall. The meeting is open to anyone interested in listening in. If you have a concern or want to know more about what is happening with the Unclassified Professional Senate, go to http://bit.ly/1xwU9SW. We welcome input from the unclassified community.

* Shocker Blast is the twice weekly email newsletter for WSU students. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/shockerblast to see the current edition.