Reminders
* Come as you are at 12:30 p.m. Mondays beginning today (Aug. 29) in Grace Memorial Chapel. ShockerSpirit is a casual 30-minute time of worship and fellowship featuring Holy Communion in the open table tradition, courtesy of Campus Ministry at WSU.
* Faculty and staff are invited to information sessions about GradesFirst, WSU's new academic early alert system, from both the instructor and the student perspective. Sessions will be held 2-3 p.m. and 4-5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, in 220 Hubbard Hall; 2-3 p.m. and 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, in 101 Lindquist Hall; and 2-3 p.m. and 4-5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, in 215 Wallace Hall. Please RSVP to ofdss@wichita.edu or 978-3209.
* The Center for Management Development will hold a two-day program, Sept. 15-16, in Woodman Alumni Center. The program is designed to address the challenges information technology professionals face and will give concrete techniques you can use to manage projects of all sizes. Tuition assistance may be available through Human Resources and must be requested more than two weeks ahead of the class. To preview this and other seminars, go to http://www.cmd.wichita.edu.
* The Graduate School Office will have a second mandatory workshop for new GTAs from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, in 107 McKinley Hall. If they missed the first workshop and they miss this workshop, they will not be able to hold a GTA for this semester. Questions? Call Connie at 978-6241.
* Textbook buyback happens again today (Monday, Aug. 29) and Tuesday, Aug. 30, during regular store hours in front of the University Bookstore.
* Join in WSU's fall tradition -- Convocation 2011 at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30, in Koch Arena. Bring your Shocker spirit and enjoy an exciting program, a free Pizza Hut lunch, and get a free T-shirt for attending. Be sure to pick up a program agenda with your tickets as you enter Koch Arena in order to receive your T-shirt and lunch.