Reminders
* Faculty and staff are invited to an information session about GradesFirst, WSU's new academic early alert system, from both the instructor and the student perspective, from 2-3 p.m. and 4-5 p.m. today (Thursday, Sept. 1) in 215 Wallace Hall. Please RSVP to ofdss@wichita.edu or 978-3209.
* Find out what the Multicultural Greek Council is all about at the 2011 MGC Showcase at 6:30 p.m. today (Thursday, Sept. 1) in room 180, Hughes Metropolitan Complex.
* The documentary "Roots and Branches: Preserving the Legacy of Gordon Parks," produced by Media Resources Center's Video Services, will air at 7 p.m. today (Thursday, Sept. 1) on KPTS TV channel 8. You can catch a clip on the WSU YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/WichitaStateTV.
* The Pre-Tenure Club will begin its second year of providing information and support to new faculty members who are planning to earn tenure at Wichita State University with an organizational meeting from 3-4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2, in 115B Neff Hall (Honors seminar room). Please RSVP to ofdss@wichita.edu or 978-3209. For more information, go to
http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1221.
* KMUW will air an interview with retired WSU emeritus professor and director of theater Dick Welsbacher at about 6:35 a.m. and 8:35 a.m. Friday, Sept. 2. The newly renovated Welsbacher Black Box Theatre will be celebrated from 5:30-7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, in WSU's Hughes Metropolitan Complex. Welsbacher talked with KMUW's Frank Dudgeon about his academic and theater career. The interview will also be posted at http://www.kmuw.org beginning Friday morning.
* The Center for Management Development will hold a two-day program, "Project Management for IT Professionals" on Sept. 15-16, in Woodman Alumni Center. 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.