Reminders, deadlines, events and Shocker Blast Reminders, deadlines, events and Shocker Blast

* The Honors Associate Dean search has been narrowed to four candidates. Each candidate will make a presentation about this role and ideas for advancing Honors. You are invited to the second candidate presentation from 11 a.m.-noon today (Wednesday, March 28) in 261 RSC. For more information, contact search chair Clay Stoldt at clay.stoldt@wichita.edu.

* Cuban artist Omar Estrada will present his work in Clayton Staples Gallery (2nd Floor of McKnight Art Center), from now to Friday, April 20. He will give a lecture from 4-5 p.m. tomorrow (Thursday, March 29) in 210 McKnight, followed by an opening reception.

* From about 2-9 a.m. Monday, April 2, Blackboard will perform scheduled maintenance on SafeAssign. During this time, the service will be unavailable to accept papers, and any student submissions made during this period will not receive Originality Reports.

* Join the Strategic Communications team for an open invite to the #WSUNOW workshop from 2-4 p.m. Friday, April 6, in 233 RSC. This digital strategy workshop will formally introduce you to "#WSUNOW" and give access to tools to create and customize the student-centered campaign for social media, student-centered writing and how you can use the campaign hashtag to drive student engagement on and off campus. To RSVP, go to http://www.wichita.edu/WSUNOWrsvp

* The deadline for University Research / Creative Award (URCA) applications is Friday, April 6. URCA funding allows recipients to retool or reestablish productive research / creative projects agenda. In areas where external funding is available, URCA may be used as seed money to develop pilot data. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?6324 for more information.

* The 6th Annual Shocker Leadership Awards is a way to recognize the work of student-led organizations, students, faculty and staff at Wichita State. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?6342 for more information. All forms must be submitted by 5 p.m. Friday, April 13, to Student Involvement, 216 RSC. For more information or questions, contact Gabriel Fonseca at gabriel.fonseca@wichita.edu or 978-3022.

* The Office of Diversity and Inclusion proudly celebrated the 10th annual Phenomenal Women Awards. This year's award recipients are Kavya Natesan, Ricki Ellison and Sandra Peer. Learn more about the nominees and the 2018 award recipients at http://www.wichita.edu/phenomenal

* The Heart Walk will be held Saturday, June 9, on the WSU campus. If you are interested in being a WSU Heart Walk coach, you can create a team at http://www.wichita.edu/j/?6269, or join an existing team at http://www.wichita.edu/j/?6270. If you have questions, contact Trish Gandu at trish.gandu@wichita.edu.

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