Reminders, deadlines, events and Shocker Blast

* University Support Staff are invited to the USS Senate meeting from 3:30-5 p.m. today (Wednesday, April 12) in 200 Lindquist Hall.

* You can download your 2016 KPERS Annual Statement through your online account at https://www.kpers.org/. You can also review your beneficiaries, vested status, account balance, years of service and calculate benefit estimates if you are vested. Please email benefits@wichita.edu if you would like a personalized one-on-one consultation on campus with a KPERS representative.

* Student Health 101, WSU Wellness Services Division's online health education tool, has a Student Advocate version. The Student Advocate version is designed to help faculty, staff, mentors and parents support students. You can register to receive both the Student Advocate version and Student version today at http://readsh101.com/wichita-pp.html

* All WSU faculty and staff are invited to the annual Tilford Fellowship Colloquium from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Friday, April 21, in 264 RSC. 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. Current Fellows will give presentations on classes in social work with aging populations; diversity in graphic novels; hip hop in the academy; race, racism and social justice; and clinical field experience in special education. In addition, next year's Tilford Fellows will be announced. Lunch is provided. Please RSVP to janis.hudson@wichita.edu by Tuesday, April 18.

* Shocker Blast is the email newsletter for WSU students. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/shockerblast to see the current edition.