Reminders

* Political science professor Mel Kahn encourages faculty to tell students in class about an opportunity for paid Washington internships with Sen. Pat Roberts. An information meeting with an intern supervisor will be held from 12:30-1:15 p.m. today (Thursday, Oct. 18) in 417 Lindquist Hall. Students from all majors with a minimum 2.75 gpa are eligible.

* "New Franchisees: Lessons Learned to Date" is the second of three sessions in the fall Entrepreneurship Forum Series for Business Ownership at 3:30 p.m. today (Thursday, Oct. 18) in 107 Devlin Hall. Admission is free. For more information about the fall series and upcoming programs, go to http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1807.

* As part of the Tallgrass Film Festival, the Department of Geology and the Center for Environment and Human Health will present the film "SWITCH," at 5 p.m. today (Thursday, Oct. 18) in 209 Hubbard Hall. Admission is free. The film is a nonbiased look at our energy future and a nonpartisan approach to an energy future as surprising as it is practical.

* The popular Gilbert and Sullivan operetta "The Pirates of Penzance" will be performed at 7:30 p.m. today (Thursday, Oct. 18) through Saturday, Oct. 20, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21, in Miller Concert Hall. Tickets for the G-rated production are $16 with discounts available through the College of Fine Arts Box Office at 978-3233 or http://www.wichita.edu/fineartsboxoffice. http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1875

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

* The last two open enrollment information meetings will be held at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, in 128 Jabara Hall. The 2013 benefits open enrollment runs through Oct. 31. Changes become effective Jan. 1.

* Hear country artists Joe Nichols and James Otto in concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at Charles Koch Arena. SGA has reserved 3,000 free tickets for students. Discounted tickets are $13 for faculty and staff, and tickets are $15 for the general public. http://www.wichita.edu/j/?1878