Volleyball team keeps its winning ways

 

The Wichita State volleyball team defeated Southern Illinois and Evansville on the road this weekend. 

WSU defeated SIU 3-1 with scores of 23-25, 25-18, 25-15 and 25-20. WSU defeated UE 3-1 with scores of 26-24, 25-23, 22-25 and 25-18. 

The Shockers (16-5, 9-2 Missouri Valley Conference) have now won six matches in a row, including nine out of their last 10. 

They currently sit alone in third place in the MVC, behind Creighton and league-leading Northern Iowa.

The Shockers’ next opponent will be UNI on Friday at 7 p.m. in Koch Arena.

 

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Next Ulrich director candidate makes visit

 

The search for the next director of the Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State continues this week.

Julien Robson, the second of three candidates to make a visit to campus, will be in Wichita Oct. 21-23. 

Robson was most recently the curator of contemporary art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. 

He will give a public lecture today from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in room 210 of the McKnight Art Center West. 

The final candidate will make their visit Oct. 28-30. The name of the final candidate has not yet been released.

 

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WSU students and professors to represent country in Russian Festival

 

Wichita State’s music program is going places—including Russia.

The Suprima Chamber Orchestra, the St. Petersburg String Quartet and the Lieurance Woodwind Quintet were all invited to the International Conservatory Festival in Russia, which begins in early November. 

Represented in these groups are numerous WSU students and professors. WSU and George Mason University were the only two U.S. schools selected to perform in Russia for this event. 

On Tuesday, the St. Petersburg Suprima Chamber Orchestra will host a concert on campus before its overseas trip. 

The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Miller Concert Hall. Tickets are $7 and are available through the WSU Fine Arts Box Office.

 

—Compiled by Austin Colbert