Reminders, deadlines, events and Shocker Blast
* An IME Colloquium on "Future of Industrial Engineering: Internet of Things (IoT) Perspective" will be held from 11 a.m.-noon today (Friday, Feb. 16) in 211 Engineering Building. Amol Mate, vice president of Altizon Systems Pvt. Ltd., will share his experience with the new industrial revolution and Internet of Things (IoT), in particular. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?6235 for more information.
* Matthew Brueseke from Kansas State University will present a Geology Seminar from noon-1 p.m. today (Friday, Feb. 16) in 101 Geology Building. The presentation is titled "Investigating the Lost Arc: Geologic constraints on 29 million years of continuous magmatism along an arc-transform junction; Wrangell arc, Alaska."
* The RSC is joining up with other WSU departments today (Friday, Feb. 16) to celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Day on campus! Random surprises will be happening throughout campus that day, so be on the lookout. Share your Shocker kindness with us that day using #ShockerKindness.
* The School of Performing Arts invites you to join them for "I Love You Because" at 7:30 p.m. today (Friday, Feb. 16) and Saturday, Feb. 17, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18, in Welsbacher Theatre, Hughes Metropolitan Complex. Seating is limited. Reserve your tickets at http://www.wichita.edu/fineartsboxoffice or call 978-3233.
* An information session about Wichita State's Transition to Teaching program is being held from 2-3 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday, Feb. 17) at 156C Corbin Education Center.
* PeopleAdmin is the university's applicant tracking system for hiring benefits-eligible positions. This hands-on class will prepare you for the development of position descriptions, filling positions and navigation of the PeopleAdmin system. Register through myTraining in myWSU. Questions? Contact myTraining@wichita.edu.
* The Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will host Dr. David Voran for a lunchtime talk at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, in 200 Lindquist Hall. Learn more about the versatile skills needed to practice medicine and what being a doctor is really like from a WSU alumnus. This is a great event for premedical students and faculty / staff alike. Pizza will be provided for lunch. Email nancy.krehbiel@wichita.edu to RSVP.
* University Libraries is holding the workshop "Introduction to Endnote" from noon-1:15 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, in 217 Ablah Library. Learn to use Endnote to upload citation data from library databases, create new citations in various citation styles, organize citations and insert citations into a MS Word document. For more information about this workshop and others in the series, go to http://libresources.wichita.edu/savvyresearcher. RSVP at https://wichita.libcal.com/event/3655845
* Shocker Blast is the email newsletter for WSU students. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/shockerblast to see the current edition.