Reminders
* All faculty and staff are encouraged to register to receive ShockerAlert, a free service that sends a text message to registered cell phones and e-mails any time WSU closes due to weather or if there's a campus emergency. To register your cell phone, go to http://wichita.edu/alert. Do you have a bulletin board that students can see? If so, please download and post this flyer through Oct. 1: http://wichita.edu/alertposter.
* A members' opening party will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, at the Ulrich Museum. Meet, mingle and celebrate the 2010 fall exhibitions, "Art on Speed" and "Hindsight is Always 20/20." To make a reservation (free for Ulrich Museum members and WSU students, $7 for general public), call 978-3664 or e-mail ulrich@wichita.edu.
* At 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, the annual ceremony of remembrance will be held at Wichita State's Memorial '70, located on Alumni Drive near 18th and Hillside. The ceremony will honor the 31 WSU football players, administrators and supporters who died in the plane crash. For more information, visit http://www.wichita.edu/memorial70.
* Student Health will begin administering seasonal flu vaccines Monday, Oct. 4, in 209 Ahlberg Hall. The cost is $20 for staff/faculty and $10 for students. If you bring in two canned goods for the Food Bank, Student Health will reduce the price by $5. The vaccine is available from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday; 8 a.m.-11:30 a.m., 2-4 p.m. Wednesday; and 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday except for Oct. 8, when it's 8 a.m.-noon. For more information, call 978-3620.
* Philip D. Gardner, director of research for the Collegiate Employment Research Institute at Michigan State University, will be on campus Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 5-6, for presentations on the transition from college to work, early socialization and career progression in the workplace, workforce readiness and other areas related to college student studies. For details, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?693.
* KPERS' member portal offers easy and convenient access to your retirement system account. You are able to securely view your account information and use it to help with your retirement planning. For more information, go to http://www.kpers.org/newsletters/benefitwise2010vol2.html#mwp.