Reminders, deadlines and events

* Come with your questions and get assistance completing an IP disclosure form for your ideas, technology, curriculum, research and more from 2-4 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday, Aug. 2) in the Innovation Hub (215 Devlin Hall). This is an open lab and no registration is required. For more information, contact Becky Hundley at 978-5199 or becky.hundley@wichita.edu.

* Attention search chairs, search committee members and department administrators -- there will be a veterans preference training class from 3-4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, in 256 RSC. This class explains the veterans preference policy and how it affects searches. It also gives a basic overview of interpreting military documents and provides translation tools to help understand what your veteran applicant is trying to tell you. To enroll, go to the myWSU Faculty / Staff tab and select myTraining.

* The Red Cross will host a blood drive from 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, in the Heskett Center lobby. All presenting donors will be entered into a raffle for a $100 gift certificate. To make an appointment, call 1-800-Red-Cross or go online to http://www.redcrossblood.org

* Wichita State is hosting a CPR night for parents, guardians or other caregivers who work with children from 5:30-9 p.m. Monday, Aug. 8, at WSU's Child Development Center. The cost is $35 per person. To sign up or for more information, call 978-3109.

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