January 20, 2011

Reminders

* The Center for Physical Activity and Aging will offer a personal fitness class from noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19, in the Heskett Center gymnasium. The class will continue throughout the semester on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. If you are interested, contact Nick Walton, CPAA program coordinator, at 978-5150 for more information. The CPAA also offers similar classes at 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. on the same days.

* The men's basketball team will host the University of Northern Iowa at 7:05 p.m. today (Wednesday, Jan. 19) in Charles Koch Arena. Call 978-3267 for tickets.

* WSU has used Electronic Personnel Action Forms (ePAFs) for student and graduate assistants for more than a year. Locating the correct dates and other information can be challenging for any originator. Dust off the ePAF cobwebs and join us in the lab Thursday, Jan. 20, for a refresher session. http://www.wichita.edu/j/?805

* In Academe news, Shirley Beggs was honored locally, Ed Flentje shared political expertise, Glyn Rimmington trotted the globe in behalf of global learning, and Riki Wells published a children's book. Send news for Academe to shannon.littlejohn@wichita.edu. http://www.wichita.edu/j/?807

* 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 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@wichita.edu.

* TIAA-CREF will offer individual counseling sessions Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 26 and 27, and Thursday and Friday, Feb. 24 and 25. To schedule an appointment, call (800) 732-8353, from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. ET Monday through Friday. For more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?809.