Honors student Ngoc Vuong founded his second non-profit organization Healing Kansas to foster dialogue about mental illness in Wichita.

Healing Kansas uses creativity to draw attention to community issues with substance abuse and mental illness.

Vuong is working with media arts major Masara Al-Sharieh to create a short film centering on the substance abuse of a parent.

Vuong hopes Healing Kansas will eventually create more films and documentaries as well as create a scholarship to help upcoming creatives who are interested in mental health activism.

Take advantage of this opportunity to travel and learn more about sustainability and culture in a country with high biodiversity and wilderness conservation. This tour will last nine days during the summer pre-session of 2020, and you can select your choice of geology, Honors College or Spanish courses for one or three credit hours. The tour will be organized by EF College Study Tours.

To learn more, attend the information session by tour leader Glyn Rimmington at 4:30 p.m. today (Friday, Oct. 4) in 216 Geology Building.

For more information, contact glyn.rimmington@wichita.edu or call 978-6140 Geology Department, or email ann.burger@wichita.edu or call 978-5374, Study Abroad Office.

Connect with honors students throughout the state of Kansas, share your research, and take part in this year's Kansas Honors Connections Conference on Saturday,  November 2, at Emporia State University.

The Kansas Honors Council invites Kansas honors students to submit an abstract for an oral presentation, poster presentation, original artwork exhibition, and/or musical/theatrical performance. The oral presentation is limited to 10 minutes while the performances are limited to 15 minutes. Additional time will be provided for questions and answers afterward. The Call for Proposals is available through this . 

Please complete the application by October 14. Registration cost to attend is $20. This includes a light breakfast and lunch. Registration is available by clicking on this link.   

If you have any questions, please email kansashonorscouncil@gmail.com or contact Ryan Diehl at diehlr@hutchcc.edu or (620) 665-3414.  

Come "Sip and See" Wichita State's newly renamed John Bardo Center on the Innovation Campus during Open House Weekend! The building, formerly named the Experiential Engineering Building, will be rededicated at 6:00 PM in Dr. Bardo's honor.

There will be a Wichita/WSU trivia contest, cornhole tournament by Wichita State University Campus Recreation, performance by the Shocker Sound Machine and more on schedule for the evening. Bring your lawn chairs and Shocker Pride and hang out with us!

This event is free and open to the public. Pre-registration for trivia and cornhole is required. See below for registration links.

Food and beverage will be available for purchase from B.S. Sandwich Press, LoLo's Crêpes, The Brown Box Bakery and Grace Hill Winery.

Trivia contest sign up

Cornhole tournament sign up (1 ticket covers a 2-person team)

Are you looking for a way to make a big impact in your community and have fun? Sign up for WSU’s largest volunteer event, Wu’s Big Event from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday, Oct. 5).

Join the Community Service Board and 250 of your fellow classmates and community members for a morning of volunteering with local nonprofits. T-shirt, lunch and transportation to volunteer sites provided.

Preregister here for Wu's Big Event.

For questions, email CSB@wichita.edu.

Are you looking for a way to share your excitement for STEM careers with the next generation? Do you want to engage with STEM professionals from on and off-campus while inspiring the next generation of women in STEM?
   

Sign up for WSU’s 7th annual Expanding Your Horizons STEM conference for middle school girls from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26.
   

 T-shirt and lunch provided to all volunteers.

Sign up to volunteer here: https://forms.gle/v89BzNys3QUKSjRm6

For questions, email moriah.beck@wichita.edu.
   

To schedule an Honors Advising Appointment email Honors@wichita.edu or Jessica.Raburn@wichita.edu. If you happen to be in the Honors College or nearby when a question occurs to you, please feel free to stop by to see if the Honors Academic Advisor can visit with you immediately.  

-Jessica Raburn, Assistant Director and Academic Advisor

Walk-Ins: Thursday, 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

By Appointment: email honors@wichita.edu. 

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