Reminders
* Interfest, the international food festival organized by WSU's International Student Union each semeseter, has online tickets available. This spring's event is from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. today (Tuesday, April 14) in the Neff Hall courtyard. In case of rain, the event will be held at the Geology Building patio.
* Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?3715 for the current edition of Academe. Academe welcomes news from WSU faculty and staff about research, teaching and service activities. Complete the form at http://www.wichita.edu/submitinfo to report activities, research, accomplishments/awards, presentations and/or publications for Academe.
* 2015 Spring Commencement will be held Friday, May 15, and Saturday, May 16. The Commencement Office is looking for individuals who are available to help either day. If you are interested, visit the commencement website at http://www.wichita.edu/commencement and click on "Volunteers." If you have questions, contact Jody Hall at jody.hall@wichita.edu.
* The Tilford Commission invites faculty and staff to its annual Fellowship Colloquium from noon-2 p.m. Friday, April 24, in 110 Ahlberg Hall. Tilford Fellowships are awarded each year by the Office of Academic Affairs to faculty and instructors in support of work to develop a new course or modify an existing one to enhance its diversity content. Fellows for the current year will give presentations on a range of new and revised courses in math education, literature, history, social work and nursing, and facilitate a discussion of successful strategies for addressing diversity-related issues in the classroom. In addition, next year's Fellows will be announced. Lunch is provided. RSVP to julie.speer@wichita.edu by Wednesday, April 22.
* The Fall Institute for Student Learning Assessment at Kansas State University will be held Nov. 12-13. A Call-For-Proposal for those interested in presenting is due Sept. 8, and can be found at http://www.k-state.edu/assessment/institute/cfp/
* Faculty and students could be eligible to get Office 365 Educations for free. Install the latest version of Office on up to 5 PCs or Macs and on other mobile devices, including Android, iPad, and Windows tablets. It includes 1 TB of storage from OneDrive so you and your students can easily work together and stay connected. Go to http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=userservices&p=/resources/ for Office 365 download instructions.
* Cody Charvat, training and exercise officer for Sedgwick County Emergency Management, will facilitate two general sessions on Thursday, April 30, in 265 RSC for Emergency Building Coordinators (EBCs). These sessions will be for new EBCs or current EBCs who want to take a refresher. Log in to myWSU and go to the Faculty/Staff tab, EmpHelp, myTraining to register. EBCs are asked to review the Introduction to Emergency Preparedness Program prior to the classroom session at http://www.wichita.edu/j/?3717