Reminders
* Blackboard is being upgraded for the spring semester. The new version, Blackboard 9, has a new interface and features. Go to http://www.wichita.edu/my9 to learn more about these new features and to stay up to date on trainings being offered and other important information concerning the upgrade.
* A power outage is scheduled at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 24, for Lindquist Hall, Grace Wilkie Hall, Jabara Hall and Heskett Center, weather permitting. Power and lighting will be off in Lindquist and Grace Wilkie until 2 p.m. to allow for the replacement of a faulty campus transformer. Power to all buildings is expected to be restored by 2 p.m. that same day.
* The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS-Swarm Division) will hold its 85th annual meeting at WSU on Thursday and Friday, April 7-8. We encourage any interested scientists, students and educators to develop topical symposia and/or workshops for the division's 2011 annual meeting. For more information and submission deadlines for symposia/workshop proposals, go to http://www.aaas-swarm.org/signup.cfm For more information, contact Niall Shanks at niall.shanks@wichita.edu.
* Blackboard will be down for maintenance from 2-6 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 24. There will be no access to Blackboard during this time.
* Wichita State will be the site of two two-hour courses designed to help current notaries public understand what the position entails at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7. The cost is $25. To register, contact Kim Ribelin, special programs coordinator with the Kansas Secretary of State, at (785) 296-3806 or enotary@kssos.org. For more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?762.