Reminders Reminders

* Joe Raleigh is retiring from the Physical Plant after 31 years of service. His retirement reception is from 2:30-4 p.m. today (Wednesday, Jan. 25) in the Physical Plant Classroom.

* The men's basketball team will host Evansville at 7 p.m. today (Wednesday, Jan. 25) in Charles Koch Arena. Call 978-FANS (3267) for tickets.

* "Assessment Best Practices: Assessing Student Learning" will be the first of three programs in the Spring 2012 Assessment Symposia Schedule from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, in 203 RSC. Lunch is provided. RSVP to Jeanne Patton at jeanne.patton@wichita.edu or 978-3010. For more information about this program and the rest of the spring schedule, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1400.

* The Presidential Search Committee is seeking feedback from WSU constituencies regarding the search for the new WSU president. If you have thoughts about what kind of person could address the challenges and engage the opportunities in the position, please contact your appropriate representative. Contact information is available at http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/wsunews/cnews/?cnid=8238.

* The Tilford staff subcommittee invites faculty, staff, students or administrators to join the monthly meetings. To learn more, go to http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=tilford&p=. If you want to be included in meeting notifications, contact Randi Lindquist at 978-6683 or randi.lindquist@wichita.edu. The next meeting will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, in the Human Resources Building.

* Anyone interested is welcome to attend the webinar "Improving International Student Retention through Acculturation Courses" from noon-1:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27, in 227 McKinley Hall. Please RSVP to ofdss@wichita.edu or 978-3209. Feel free to bring your lunch.

* The Regional Institute on Aging is announcing three graduate student research awards to be funded at $3,000 each for a one-year period for direct research costs, assuming receipt of an adequate number of high quality applications. The letter of intent is due Feb. 17. The application receipt date is April 20. The complete program announcement can be found at http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1288. For more information, email teresa.radebaugh@wichita.edu or call 321-3093.