Reminders

* A general library orientation in Ablah Library for faculty and staff will be held from 9-10 a.m. today (Friday. Aug. 19). http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1168

* Lake Afton Public Observatory is holding programs on telescopes and Native American star stories. For more information, go to http://webs.wichita.edu/lapo/.

* Fall classes start Monday, Aug. 22. To register, call 978-3085 or go to http://www.wichita.edu.

* The Student Activities Council is waxing boards and gearing up to "Ride the Wave to WSU." Join in the welcome-back for students with more than 50 events sponsored by the SAC, student organizations, campus departments and the university community. Check out the many events Saturday, Aug. 20-Friday, Sept. 2, at http://www.wichita.edu/sac.

* Please be advised that if you lease a copier from the state of Kansas contract from Oce, all toner is included at no extra charge. Periodically, companies will call and try to find out what model copier you have and ask you to sign an order form to buy toner. Please do not place an order or otherwise engage these callers in conversation. It is WSU policy that all toner be purchased from Central Services, located in Morrison Hall.

* The working group on Course Syllabus Templates compiled a template for course syllabi that is based on research, best practices and the needs of the WSU community. The template is available as a Word file at http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1190. Anyone is welcome to download the file and modify the content or format for their classes. Send suggestions for future revisions of the template to ofdss@wichita.edu.

* Fitness classes at the Heskett Center start Monday, Aug. 22. Classes this fall are Boot Camp, City Beats, Couples Dance, Deep H2O, Extreme Fitness, Shallow H2O, Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Yoga and ZUMBA. For more information or to sign up online, go to http://www.wichita.edu/heskett.