Reminders, deadlines and events
* Please join us for a retirement celebration honoring Sherry Compton, Scholarship & Fund Stewardship Coordinator for the WSU Foundation. Sherry will retire from the Wichita State University Foundation after 27 years of service. The celebration will be held from 3:30-4:30 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday, June 14) with remarks at 4 p.m., in Woodman Alumni Center, Angle Conference Room.
* Start Kicking the Butt and begin a tobacco free life. Learn ways to help you be successful during your quit attempts, healthy ways to prepare for quitting as well as support from other members who are in the process of quitting. The group meetings are from 11 a.m.-noon every Tuesday in 320 Grace Wilkie Hall. If you are interested in joining the group, contact the Counseling and Testing Center at 978-3440.
* Kognito At-Risk for faculty and staff is an online simulation to train staff and faculty to identify, talk to and refer students in distress. The training takes about 45 minutes and can be stopped and resumed at any point. To get started, go to http://www.wichita.edu/kognito and follow the directions on the page. Direct questions to Em Kribs at em.kribs@wichita.edu.
* The WSU Food Truck Plaza will continue to schedule food trucks through the summer, giving faculty, staff, Innovation Campus employees and students here during the summer months another dining option on campus. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/WichitaStateFoodTrucks and Twitter at www.twitter.com/wsufoodtrucks to keep up-to-date on daily schedules.
* Welcomefest occurs the first two weeks of classes each semester and features dozens of activities. Submit your department or organization events by 5 p.m. Monday, July 24, for Welcomefest marketing, including a printed guidebook, web listing and more. To register an event, go to http://www.wichita.edu/welcomefest. If you have questions, contact Student Involvement at 978-3022 or getinvolved@wichita.edu.