Reminders Reminders

* Akosua Adomako Ampofo, this year's recipient of Sociologists for Women in Society's Feminist Activist Award and director of the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana, will present "Responding to Violence: Local Activism in a Global Context" at 7 p.m. today (Monday, Nov. 14) in the CAC Theater. Admission is free.

* The WSU women's basketball team will host LSU at 7 p.m. today (Monday, Nov. 14) in Charles Koch Arena. Call 978-3267 for tickets.

* Join photographer Kate Joyce for an illustrated talk "The Expressive Marriage of Word and Image" on her approach to suggestively evoking a text's rich content through photography at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, in 210 McKnight Art Center West (WSU School of Art and Design). Admission is free. For more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1317.

* The WSU Graduate School will host the eighth annual university-wide Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects Symposium from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, 2012. The deadline for graduate students to submit their abstracts is Wednesday, Nov. 16. For more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?522 or send an email to mara.alagic@wichita.edu.

* The Office of Admissions has a full color 24-page WSU Visitor Guide available for distribution by university departments. To make arrangements for the visitor guides, contact Debbie Neill in the Office of Admissions at 978-5675 or debbie.neill@wichita.edu.

* Toolika Ghose, a doctoral student in electrical engineering and computer science, is the first recipient of the Maha "Maggie" Sawan Fellowship for Graduate Students at Wichita State University. The award was announced in an award ceremony Friday, Nov. 11. For more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/wsunews/news/?nid=1628.

* The fall Entrepreneurship Forum Series for Business Ownership will be held from 3-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, in 107 Devlin Hall. The final of three sessions will feature Wichita native Jack DeBoer. The first 200 in attendance will receive a copy of DeBoer's book, "Risk Only Money." DeBoer is the founder of the extended-stay hotel concept. Admission is free.