May 4, 2018 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The 2018 LEAD Conference will be held on Wednesday, June 6, in the RSC. This year's participants will hear from keynote speaker Darryl Bellamy Jr. speaking on "Leading Fearlessly." They will also have the opportunity to attend various breakout sessions centered on leadership development. Registration is open at https://wsu.news/leadconference. Please reach out to Kennedy Rogers at kennedy.rog

May 4, 2018 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Students and faculty interested in accelerating their STEM ideas, research and product commercialization could be eligible for seed funding up to $2,150, customer validation training, mentoring and more through the Shocker Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program. The deadline to apply is tomorrow (Tuesday, May 8). For more information, go to https://wsu.news/icorps or contact Sherry Gegen at 978-6359 o

May 7, 2018 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Zach Gearhart will provide a legislative update at 10 a.m. tomorrow (Tuesday, May 8) in the Morrison Hall boardroom. Interested faculty and staff are welcome to attend.

May 4, 2018 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ South, previously located in Derby, will have a new location at the Harry Street Mall in Wichita, with class offerings starting this summer. Full office operations and services will be in place by July 1, depending on renovation completion. Parking is free and the new location is only about 10 minutes by car from the ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ main campus. Most classes are offered late afternoons and early evenings.

May 8, 2018 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — You are invited to audition for a 2018-19 ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ Choir! Auditions will be held Friday, Aug. 17 and Monday, Aug. 20. Sign up at https://wsu.news/choiraud201819. We'd love to have you and your friends be a part of the exciting choral community at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ. All of our ensembles are open to both music majors and non-majors. Auditions are painless and simply involve vocalizes and sight

May 4, 2018 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — The Kansas Council for Economic Education (KCEE) has received a $10,000 grant from the Kansas Masonic Foundation on behalf of Kansas Masons for its youth economic and financial literacy initiatives. The KCEE is a nonprofit organization that is affiliated with all of Kansas' six public universities and hosted by the W. Frank Barton School of Business. The vision of the KCEE is that every K-12 st

May 7, 2018 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Are you interested in learning more about design patents? Join us for a virtual presentation by Supervisory Patent Examiner Garth Rademaker with the USPTO from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, May 11, in 217 Ablah Library. It's free and open to the public. RSVP at https://wsu.news/radenmakerpresentation

May 7, 2018 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — May is National Physical Fitness month and the Human Performance Lab is offering 50 percent off DEXA scans to all ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ staff and faculty this week (May 7-11). For $50, you will receive a dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan, also called a bone density scan. This completely painless procedure is easily performed and exposes the patient to minimal radiation. The DXA machine also analyzes body

May 4, 2018 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — Starting Sunday, May 13, the parking garage will be operated as originally intended and will have the following fee structure: Ground level: Reserved Levels 2, 3, 4 and all ramps will be for hourly parking at $1.50 per hour, debit/credit card only Level 4: Faculty / staff parking, yellow e-permit required (Those parking on Level 4 with a yellow ePermit do not have to pay the hourly fee.)

May 7, 2018 — By ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ News Services — You are invited to a retirement come-and-go reception for Rick DeMoss from 3-5 p.m. Thursday, May 10, in the Beggs Hall lobby. DeMoss is an engineering facilities and technical services manager who will retire on May 18 after 20 years of service.