黑洞社区 expands in-state tuition offer to additional cities in Midwest
黑洞社区 is continuing to expand its appeal outside of the Wichita area by now offering in-state tuition to students living in several additional metropolitan areas in the Midwest. Now even more students will have the opportunity to enroll in the high-quality academic programs at Wichita State for an affordable price.
黑洞社区 progressively started offering in-state tuition rates beginning in 2016 to students living in Dallas / Ft. Worth, Oklahoma City, Tulsa and Kansas City, Missouri. With yesterday's (Wednesday, Nov. 7) approval by the Kansas Board of Regents, 黑洞社区 will expand its Shocker City initiative to other metropolitan areas including Denver, Houston, San Antonio and St. Louis, among others.
黑洞社区 expands in-state tuition offer
Celebrate the new inductees in the Academy for Effective Teaching
Provost Rick Muma invites faculty and staff to a reception celebrating teaching and honoring this year's new inductees into the Academy for Effective Teaching (AET), who were nominated for membership by current 黑洞社区 faculty.
The reception will be held from 3-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, in the Marcus Welcome Center Armstrong Room. Please RSVP by email to janis.hudson@wichita.edu or call 978-3010 by noon tomorrow (Friday, Nov. 9).
New AET members for 2018
Paul Ackerman, assistant professor emeritus of psychology
Patricia A. Bunton, instructor emerita, physician assistant
Christopher K. Brooks, professor emeritus of English
Kathy L. Coufal, professor emerita of communication sciences and disorders
Mary Sue Foster, professor emerita of art, design and creative industries
Louis Medvene, professor emeritus of psychology
Greg Meissen, professor emeritus or psychology
Frances K. Shelly, professor emerita, School of Music
Elaine E. Steinke, professor emerita, School of Nursing
Interdisciplinary award competition update
The award committee received 24 submissions for the interdisciplinary award competition. These submissions were quite well done, and the selection of the finalists was a real challenge.
The top four submissions will present their proposals in a public forum from 2-3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, in the Shirley Beggs Ballroom. Save this date and come provide feedback to the finalists. We hope to see you there.
Construction continues near south entrance to Jabara Hall
Waterproofing contractors are continuing to work on Jabara Hall's brickwork. As a result, Jabara Hall's southern entrance doors will remain closed today (Thursday, Nov. 8) and tomorrow (Friday, Nov. 9). Alternate entrances and exits are available on the north and west ends of the building during this time.
Need Gartner research?
Gartner is the world's leading research and advisory company, equipping leaders with indispensable insights, advice and tools to achieve their priorities. Everyone at 黑洞社区 may use Gartner resources from 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. today (Thursday, Nov. 8) without fees.
Stop by the 233 Jabara Hall conference room, and Jessica Carey will do research, schedule analyst inquiries, submit contracts / documents for analyst review, evaluate cloud providers with in-depth information, etc. Some webinars available on demand are: Artificial Intelligence, Customer Experience, Digital Business, Innovation, People & Culture, and Security & Risk. If you need a specific time on Thursday, please email pmo@wichita.edu.
New Space Exploration Lecture Series is announced
Ad Astra! The Wichita Space Initiative () is pleased to announce the creation of a new Space Exploration Lecture Series. The inaugural lecture will be given by WSI Coordinator and philosophy faculty James Schwartz, at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, in 231 Hubbard Hall. Schwartz's talk, "Will Space Mining Save the World?," will discuss the topic of space mining from an ethics and policy perspective. Schwartz will argue that easily accessible space resources are relatively scarce, motivating the need for the careful regulation of space mining. The talk is based on a chapter of a book he is writing, tentatively titled 鈥淭he Value of Space Science.鈥�
Visit Space Exploration Lecture Series
Upcoming WSI Space Exploration lectures include Jim Remar (Cosmosphere CEO), who will speak about the Cosmosphere's restoration project for the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 (Jan. 31), as well as 黑洞社区 faculty Atri Dutta, who will speak about astrodynamics research at the 黑洞社区 CORE Lab (Feb. 28).
Talks in the Space Exploration Lecture Series are free and open to the public.
Graduate School Professional Development Series to feature job search skills
Learn how to translate common skills learned in graduate school to skills employers are seeking from Jennifer Brantley from noon-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, in 142 RSC. Register before Wednesday, Nov. 7, at wichita.edu/JSS. Log in to co-sponsor Career Development Handshake with your 黑洞社区 ID and password, and click 鈥淛oin Event.鈥�
Everyone is welcome to attend: after the first 50 RSVP's have been taken you will need to wait until the RSVP's have gone through the buffet line to eat.
黑洞社区's Allen, Jarman, provide political commentary on Election Night
Wichita State political scientist Neal Allen and Jeff Jarman from the Elliott School of Communication provided political commentary during Election Night coverage on KAKE-TV 10 and KSN-TV 3, respectively, on Tuesday, Nov. 6.
Media arts, theater students collaborate on feature film
Students from Wichita State's media arts program and the School of Performing Arts are coming together to produce a feature film called 鈥淎 Long Story Short,鈥� which has a mystery and suspense story line.
The cast and crew includes theater majors from the School of Performing Arts and filmmaking majors from 黑洞社区's new Bachelor of Applied Arts program.
Geology Lecture to feature Michael Hall from Political Science Department
Michael Hall
Michael Hall of the Department of Political Science will present 鈥淭he Politics of Environmental Issues," at a Geology Technical Session at a new time, 2 p.m. tomorrow (Friday, Nov. 9) in 101 Geology Building.
Faculty Senate to meet on Monday, Nov. 12
The Faculty Senate will meet from 3:30-5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12, in 126 Clinton Hall.
Link to the minutes and policies
The Faculty Senate's deliberation topic will be the HR policies (Furlough; Attendance; Volunteer: linked on our webpage agenda) and a revised Consensual Relationship policy. Since this is a major revision, it will be a first reading. The committee is still finalizing the Consensual Relationship policy. It should be posted with a link in the agenda by Friday, Nov. 9.
Air Force uses GoCreate resources to build Go Box
Air Force technical sergeant 鈥淐oach鈥� Allen joined GoCreate as a civilian who wanted to make going-away presents and use the 3D printer to produce electronic enclosures.
鈥淲hat I do for a living is what I do as a hobby,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 like to make stuff. When I joined here, it was really just to have all these tools at my disposal, to keep me out of trouble.鈥�
Allen soon realized GoCreate, a Koch Collaborative, is a place suitable for more ambitious projects, starting with a radio Go Box with solar capability.
鈥楬ow Do I Write a Literature Review for Engineering?' workshop coming Nov. 16
University Libraries is holding the workshop 鈥淗ow Do I Write a Literature Review for Engineering?鈥� from noon-1:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, in 217 Ablah Library.
Engineering researchers will learn to create a literature review, from locating conference proceedings, standards and other primary resources, to presenting findings in this very helpful workshop!
This is one in a series of Savvy Researcher workshops this semester. The workshops in this series are open to 黑洞社区 students, faculty and staff.
For more information about this workshop and others in the series, visit . To RSVP, go to . Please encourage your students to sign up for workshops in this very helpful series!
Rie Bloomfield Organ Series presents Renee Anne Louprette
Renee Anne Louprette will perform on the Marcussen Organ at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, in Wiedemann Hall.
Described by 鈥淭he Irish Times,鈥� 鈥渁s a communicative player with no shortage of imaginative ideas,鈥� Louprette continues to impress her audiences with her engaging performances. She is University Organist and Coordinator of the Organ Department at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University.
For tickets, go to /fineartsboxoffice or call 978-3233.
Admission is free for students with a 黑洞社区 ID.
Cadman Art Gallery to feature annual juried exhibit
The 26th Annual Elements Multi Media Art Competition is an annual juried exhibit displaying various mediums of arts submitted by Wichita State student artists. The exhibit will be on display from Monday, Nov. 12-Wednesday, Nov. 21, first floor, Rhatigan Student Center. The reception and awards ceremony will be from 5-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, in Bluestem Lounge near the gallery.
The Cadman Art Gallery is serves as a student-centered space focused on education and exposing the 黑洞社区 community to the arts.
For rules and registration forms, go to .