Reminders
* Services for Fran Jabara, former dean of the School of Business and founder of the WSU Center for Entrepreneurship, will be held at 7 p.m. today (Tuesday, July 28) at St. George Orthodox Christian Cathedral. Burial services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 29, at Old Mission Cemetery. Jabara died Saturday, July 25, at the age of 90.
* Registration is now open for the Shocker Resource Fair, an event that provides students the opportunity to learn more about your services and impact on our WSU campus. If you are interested in having an information table from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19, in the RSC east courtyard, register now at http://www.wichita.edu/ResourceFair. For more information, contact Kristen Yacenda in the Student Involvement Office at 978-3022 or at kayacenda@wichita.edu by Wednesday, Aug. 12.
* Volunteers are needed to manually count bicyclists and pedestrians at several locations in the Wichita Area Metropolitan Planning Organization region, including Goddard, Derby, Andover, Mulvane, Park City, Wichita and others from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, and noon-2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. The information will be used to plan the location of future bicycle and pedestrian investments. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?3957 to volunteer. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?3956 for more information.
* Join KMUW staff and listeners Friday evening, July 31, for our 8th Annual Fill Your Mug listener appreciation event. The festivities run from 5-8 p.m. at the Brickyard, 129 N. Rock Island. Bring your KMUW mug and Cero's will dish up handmade ice cream and sorbet. No mug? Some of our classics will be available for purchase at the event, or we'll provide a cup. Live entertainment will be provided by Back Porch Buddha from 5-6:30 p.m. and Nikki Moddelmog from 6:30-8 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.
* Wichita State purchased some new literacy software and it's available to faculty, staff and students. Read & Write is a multifaceted program designed to help people with literacy skills, organizing study materials, converting text into audio formats and more. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?3952 for more information.