March 26, 2010

Reminders

* Former Shocker baseball star Kevin Hooper will be the featured speaker in the Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 23, in the Marcus Welcome Center. The cost is $18 for alumni association members; $20 for nonmembers. To register, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?481. For more information, contact mandy.fleming@wichita.edu or call 978-5047.

* The Faculty Senate will meet at 3:30 p.m. today (Monday, March 22) in 126 Clinton Hall. The agenda for the meeting is available at http://webs.wichita.edu/senate/A3-22-10.htm.

* The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders 2010 Outstanding Alum, Marc E. Fey, will present "Looking Back into the Future of Pediatric Speech -- Language Intervention" at 4 p.m. Friday, March 26, and "Evidence-based Principles of Grammar Interventions with Young Children" at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, March 27, in 201 Ahlberg Hall. For registration information, go to http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=csd&p=/news/alumni.

* The Spring 2010 Physics Seminar Series will feature Pittsburgh State University professor Alexander Konopelko presenting "Search for Gamma Rays from Heaven" at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 24, in 128 Jabara Hall. http://www.wichita.edu/j/?438

* Abstracts are requested from undergraduate students for participating in the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Forum on Friday, April 23, at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex. Submission forms are available at http://www.wichita.edu/URCAF. The deadline is Friday, April 9.

* Kansas HealthQuest Free Health Screening for benefits-eligible employees, retirees, spouses and dependents will be held from 8 a.m.-12:40 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, and Thursday, April 15, in 203 RSC. Appointments are required. Go to http://www.kansashealthquest.com or call (888) 275-1205 (option 5). If you have questions, contact Janice Hobbs, at 978-3079 or janice.hobbs@wichita.edu.