Reminders Reminders

* All women faculty (tenured and tenure-eligible) are invited to a lunch gathering from noon-1:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22, in Marcus Welcome Center, to meet with President John Bardo and Interim Provost Keith Pickus to discuss issues of importance to women faculty at Wichita State. Please RSVP by 5 p.m. today (Monday, Oct. 15) to leeann.birdwell@wichita.edu.

* An online Open Enrollment meeting for active state employees interested in learning about the State Employee Health Plan (SEHP) offerings for Plan Year 2013 will be available from 9:30-10:50 a.m. and 1:30-2:45 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16. For more information and how to reserve a spot, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1873.

* Letters of Intent are due to Kansas NSF ESPCor by 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16. Please contact the Office of Research Administration at proposals@wichita.edu or 978-3285 if you would like to submit a Letter of Intent or would like additional information on this funding opportunity.

* For the latest faculty/staff news, go to http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/wsunews/news/?nid=1901. Submit news for Academe to Shannon Littlejohn at shannon.littlejohn@wichita.edu.

* Josh Barkan, a new faculty member in Creative Writing, will give a reading at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, at Watermark Books. Barkan will read from his new stories, set in the drug violence of Mexico City. For more information, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1863.

* The Pumpkin Run is 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 20. Register online at http://www.wichita.edu/pumpkinrun or visit Campus Recreation in the Heskett Center.

* The State of Kansas is asking for volunteers to serve on the Employee Health Care Advisory Committee. You must be a State of Kansas employee to volunteer. If you are interested, please complete the form provided at http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1853.