Community Bulletin

Winter Park residents earns master’s degree

More than 1,700 students completed degrees at Wichita State University in spring 2015, including Winter Park resident Jason W. Herbert who completed a Master of Arts degree in history. WSU enrolls about 15,000 students and offers more than 50 undergraduate degree programs in more than 150 areas of study in six undergraduate colleges. The Graduate School offers an extensive program including more than 40 master's degrees that offer study in more than 100 areas.

Orlando festival in search of geek bands

For those geeks about to rock, we salute you. OrlandoiX, an international digital festival to be held in Orlando on Oct. 2-6, announced it is searching for the best geek band ever in The Battle of the Geek Bands on Saturday, Oct. 3. A geek band, in this instance, means at least 50 percent of its members work at a technology company, in a tech-related role or are students enrolled in technology-related fields of study. The OrlandoiX crowd will vote for the winner via the OiX mobile app as competing bands face-off on stage. The winning geek band will headline a performance the next night on Sunday, Oct. 4. Applications are being accepted now until Friday, Aug. 28. Submissions must include examples of a performance on CD or via YouTube, Vimeo or SoundCloud; stage plot; set list with lyrics (one song must be a cover); and a photo of the band. Music genre must be rock or alternative. Bands can apply at orlandoix.com/partner/battle-of-geek-bands.