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It’s a fitting theme, for as I look around campus today, I see many similarities to my undergraduate years on campus. Bellbottoms, platform sandals, and midriff blouses are back in fashion. Dialogue tensions about the war and environmental concerns inspire debate. Even the music wafting around the DMZ is somewhat reminiscent of those long ago days on campus when life was full of challenge and promise. Perhaps that is the greatest connector – college days are still full of challenge and promise. Like those in my generation, the students of today wade through their academic responsibilities and envision hope largely born of youthful energy and ambition focused on making this country a better place - a place of tolerance, acceptance, peace and good health. With vision like that how can we go wrong? Certainly there is still much to do, and there always will be, but as each generation comes forth progress is made. It is very affirming to be back at Kutztown after all these years. The students of today, except perhaps for their advanced technology skills, are not very much different than we were. It is great to be among them on a campus that still challenges and inspires. Come back for Homecoming and I am sure you’ll see what I mean. OK, now check out this picture of me as an undergrad. OK, now stop laughing! The guy in that yearbook photo is the same guy who is at the top of the page - a bit older perhaps, but someone who is renewed with the old spirit and hope. I know you can be too. Thanks again, Kutztown! Best Regards –
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| Kutztown University Wins 2005-6 Dixon Trophy
The Dixon Trophy is named after F. Eugene Dixon, Jr., former chairman of the Board of Governors of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education. It is awarded annually to the PSAC member institution that accumulates the most points based on results of conference playoffs and/or regular-season records. Each institution's point total is calculated by adding its top six men's finishes and top six women's finishes in 21 conference sports. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Pennsylvania School Librarians’ Association conference held at Hershey Lodge and Convention Center, May 4 – 6, 2006 offered Kutztown University alumni the opportunity to network and reminisce about their time spent in the Department of Library Science.
Carole Ann Speicher '71 and '74 said, “I thank Kutztown University for giving me the knowledge to start my career in Library Science and for continuing to provide support. It was great to see some of my fellow librarians at the Kutztown reunion. Thanks.”
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Attention all KU Zeta Omicron chapter members of Phi Sigma Sigma: Please join your fellow sisters for a Homecoming Reunion on Saturday, October 21, 2006. Class years 1991, 1996 and 2001 will be honored at this all day event featuring a rock-a-thon, face painting, reconnecting and lots of fun! Please contact Jennie at jabbr972@kutztown.edu or Lori Long at long102492@yahoo.com for more details. |
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The theme for Homecoming 2006 is “Everything Old is New Again!” and soon you’ll be receiving a flyer in the mail detailing the many happenings taking place during Homecoming weekend on October 20th and 21st.
During this year’s Alumni Day luncheon in May, eight KU graduates were added to the select group of Alumni Award
recipients. From left to right: Glenn Godshall accepts the award on behalf of William “Chet” Schreiber ’72, J.R.
Aguila ’82, Robert A. Eckert Jr. ’85, Dr. Cevallos, Susan Daigle-Leach ’83, Lieutenant Colonel Steven Howell ’00,
Frederick Hafer Jr. ’86, Thomas E. Kauffman ’92, and Robert Gable, Ph.D. ’66 (not pictured). Each recipient was
chosen from dozens of nominations by a faculty committee earlier this year. To nominate an outstanding alumnus for
the 2007 Awards, visit our webpage at 
If you haven’t been back to Kutztown in a year, you may be surprised by a few big additions to the growing campus. Across from Keystone Hall, the new Recreation Center has changed the landscape on south campus.
Dr. Michael Gambone spent the Spring 2006 semester out of the classroom and into uniform as he served five months in Mosul, Iraq. The upside – his 80 x 20 steel, windowless living quarters on base was substantially larger than his Lytle Hall office; the downside – mortar and rocket fire replaced the usual noisy hallways.
Michael Eisner, Chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company from 1984 – 2005, will be the speaker at the 18th Annual Decision Makers Forum scheduled for April 25, 2007. Under his leadership, the company’s annual revenues rose from $1.7 billion to more than $30 billion. To obtain information about corporate sponsorships of the Decision Makers Forum, contact Ronald Lewis, Development Director, KU College of Business, at 610-683-1394, or at 
Now there’s a new way for alumni to keep in touch with KU. Find out about upcoming events, network, and catch up with old friends at 
In July, The Reading Eagle ran a story on the history of the Old Main clock tower, including first hand accounts of how students used to make late night journeys into the tower to carve their names into the wooden interior. Please follow 
For the first time in the school’s history, Kutztown University is the winner of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference’s Dixon Trophy. The trophy is given on an annual basis to the league’s most successful all-around program. 
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