Reminders, deadlines, events and Shocker Blast
* This week's Cultural Ambassador Program features Russia at noon today (Friday, Sept. 11) in 142 RSC. Join us this week as we learn about Russia from Ekaterina Mikhaylichenko. Bring your lunch and travel the world without ever leaving WSU.
* Elise M. Crull from CUNY will present "Causality and Complementarity in Grete Hermann's Philosophy of Physics," in a Philosophy Department Colloquium talk at 3:30 p.m. today (Friday, Sept. 11) in 324 McKinley Hall. http://www.wichita.edu/j/?4208
* Celebrate the opening of the exhibition "POSTDATE: Photography and Inherited History in India," from 7-9 p.m. today (Friday, Sept. 11) in the Ulrich Museum. Experience a colorful evening filled with the cultural influences of India in art, music, food and dance. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?4154 for more information.
* The Shocker volleyball team will host Kentucky at 8 p.m. today (Friday, Sept. 11) in Charles Koch Arena. WSU also will host two matches on Saturday, Sept. 12 -- Texas State at 1 p.m. and Illinois at 8 p.m. in Koch Arena. For tickets, call 978-FANS (3267).
* If your research engages with cultural studies, gender, ethnicity, class status, social justice or other diversity-related fields, the Tilford Commission would like to help promote your work. If you are interested in listing your work on Tilford's Faculty Research in Diversity page, send an email to jean.griffith@wichita.edu with information that lists your publications and describes relevant works-in-progress. Provide any links, if available, to your research.
* The State of Kansas offers free flu shots for employees and their spouses (employees' children are not eligible) who have a Caremark/State ID number. Clinics will be held 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, and 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, in 261 RSC (Olive Room). Fill out a consent form and bring it with you. Go to http://bit.ly/1geVnhK for information on how to register and what to bring to your appointment.
* Student Perception of Teaching Effectiveness (SPTE) request forms will be mailed to your department in the next couple of days. Check with your department's office assistant if you do not receive one. You may download a form and get additional SPTE information from our website at http://www.webs.wichita.edu\sslab
* Shocker Blast is the email newsletter for WSU students. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/shockerblast to see the current edition.