Author: Carryl Baldwin

The University Community Innovations for Positive Aging is scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. April 15. Participants can attend online or in-person at the Eugene M. Hughes Metropolitan Complex, 5015 East 29th Street North.

The UPICA’s purpose is to promote positive aging and combat ageism within Wichita State and the broader community. Students, faculty, staff, or community members interested in working with or conducting research with older adults should plan to attend. Attendees will work together to shape research activities and projects that broaden our knowledge of aging and seek to make the university a more age-friendly campus.

Conference participants will learn cutting-edge strategies for promoting positive aging and methods for promoting successful aging programming, and interact with knowledgeable experts and leaders in the field of aging research. There will be keynote addresses from Dr. Joann Montepare and Dr. Marcia Ory.

Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees. The virtual conference will be live-streamed via Zoom. This event is sponsored by the Carl and Rozina Cassat Regional Institute on Aging.

The Wichita State Regional Institute on Aging (RIA) is pleased to announce two funding opportunities for faculty and graduate students.

Intergenerational Teaching Modules

• $2,000 for development
• $2,000 for delivery
• Applications due Feb. 7

Research Awards

• $5,000 to 20,000 for 12-month projects
• Applications due date: March 21

For more information, contact Carryl Baldwin, Ph.D., Cassat Distinguished Professor on Aging, WSU RIA Director, at Carryl.Baldwin@wichita.edu

The Wichita State Regional Institute on Aging (RIA) is pleased to announce two funding opportunities for faculty and graduate students.

Intergenerational Teaching Modules

• $2,000 for development
• $2,000 for delivery
• Applications due Feb. 7, 2022

Research Awards

• $5,000 to 20,000 for 12-month projects
• Applications due date: March 21, 2022

For more information, contact Carryl Baldwin, Ph.D., Cassat Distinguished Professor on Aging, WSU RIA Director, at Carryl.Baldwin@wichita.edu

Wichita State’s Regional Institute on Aging will host a panel presentation “Strategies for Promoting Intergenerational Teaching At WSU: Promoting Age-Inclusiveness” 4-6 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Rhatigan Student Center (Room 142). The event is open to all students, faculty and staff.

The panel will feature renowned experts Joann Montepare, Fuss Center for Research on Aging and Intergenerational Studies at Lasell University, and Wichita State professor Emeritus Louis Medvene. Medvene is actively engaged in teaching intergenerational classes at Wichita State along with intergenerational students who have participated in these classes.

Refreshments will be served to all participants.

Wichita State’s Regional Institute of Aging (RIA) will sponsor a panel presentation and workshop on “Strategies for Promoting Intergenerational Teaching At WSU: Promoting Age-Inclusiveness,” from 4 to 6 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Rhatigan Student Center (room 142).

Panelists will include Dr. Joann Montepare, director of the RoseMary B. Fuss Center for Research on Aging and Intergenerational Studies; professor of psychology at Lasell University and Lasell Village, and Dr. Louis Medvene, WSU Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology. Three WSU students — Aliya Jankowski, Karl and Nancy Koenig — will present a student perspective of participating in intergenerational classes.

Refreshments will be served.