Reminders, deadlines and events Reminders, deadlines and events

* Richard Gustafson, a member of the LIGO Gravity Wave detection collaboration at the LIGO Hanford Observatory in Washington state, will give a presentation in the Watkins Visiting Professorship Lecture Series: Physics, at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday, May 4) in 128 Jabara Hall. Gustafson will present "Gravity Wave Detection: The Event of September 14, 2015, and Progress With Advanced LIGO."

* The final Chemistry Department Colloquium of the semester will feature graduate student presentations at 3:30 p.m. today (Wednesday, May 4) in 224 McKinley Hall.

* The baseball team will host Kansas State at 6:30 p.m. today (Wednesday, May 4) at Eck Stadium. For tickets, call 978-FANS (3267).

* Our new Long Term Care (LTC) provider, ACSIA Partners, has extended its Open Enrollment opportunity to Tuesday, May 31. Genworth Life, the previous provider, will honor all current contracts, but will no longer accept new enrollees. Please click the "State of Kanas Employees" gold button at http://www.kansasltc.com/ to learn more about the plan offerings. Contact ACSIA with questions about plans and rates at 877-720-2165.

* The final event of the Pre-Tenure Club this semester will feature David Perlmutter, dean of College of Media and Communication at Texas Tech University, at 11 a.m. Friday, May 6, in 313, RSC. Perlmutter will discuss "Overcoming the top 10 challenges on the tenure track." Refreshments will be provided. RSVP and send questions to Gery Markova at gergana.markova@wichita.edu.

* University faculty awards will be presented during the spring general faculty meeting Friday, May 6, in the multipurpose room at Hughes Metropolitan Complex, Door N. There will be a reception at 2:30 p.m. The faculty awards ceremony will begin at 3 p.m. The general faculty meeting will begin immediately following the awards ceremony. All activities will be held at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex. http://www.wichita.edu/j/?4753

* The agenda for the General Faculty Meeting at 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 6, at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex, is available at http://www.wichita.edu/j/?4754.

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