Daily
Brief
Daily
Brief
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NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS
Please join Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State and U.S. ambassador to the U.N., for a conversation – "Election 2008: Why Senator Clinton?" - on Wednesday, April 9, at 11 a.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the McFarland Student Union Building. To RSVP or for more information, contact Chad Radock at (610) 396-1405, or e-mail berks@hillaryclinton.com, or visit the Website at: http://www.hillaryclinton.com/actioncenter/event/view/?id=12663.
Madeleine Albright served as U.S. secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. Her distinguished career in government includes positions in the National Security Council and as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. She is the author of two New York Times bestselling books, "Madam Secretary" and "The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs." She is the founder of the Albright Group LLC and Albright Capital Management LLC, chairman of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, president of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation, and the Mortara Endowed Distinguished Professor at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service. She lives in Washington, D.C., and Virginia. Source: HarperCollins.
Drs. Elaine Reed and Deb Sieger, co-advisors, Kutztown Students for Hillary Clinton
Washington DC Trip
We still have seats! Join the Frederick Douglass Institute on our trip to Washington, D.C., on Sunday, April 13. The cost is only $10 per person. All members of the KU community are welcome. Visit our Website for more information: http://www.kutztown.edu/academics/douglass/WC%20Trip.htm
Frederick Douglass Institute
Keith Gilyard gives Foust Lecture and Keynote for Composition Conference, Wednesday, April 9
The English department's Composition Conference for First-Year Student Writers and the 2008 Foust Lecture for the Humanities present Keith Gilyard, who will speak on the topic "Tragicomic Hope, African American Music, and Rhetorical Education" on Wednesday, April 9, at 7 p.m. in Boehm Auditorium.
A native of New York City who holds graduate degrees from Columbia University and New York University, Gilyard is a Distinguished Professor of English at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park. Author of numerous publications, Gilyard's books include "Voices of the Self: A Study of Language Competence" (1991), for which he received an American Book Award, "Let's Flip the Script, An African American Discourse on Language Literature, and Learning" (1996), and "Liberation Memories: The Rhetoric and Poetics of John Oliver Killens" (2003).
A reception will immediately follow and Gilyard's books will be available for purchase. For additional information contact Amy Lynch-Biniek <lynchbin@kutztown.edu>, or Kevin Mahoney <mahoney@kutztown.edu>, or visit our Website at http://kucomprhet.wordpress.com/first-year-conference/keynote-address/.Attention: ELEMENTARY EDUCATION / SPECIAL EDUCATION MAJORS IN PRO SEM - FALL 2008:
The following are the dates and times for the Fall 2008 Pro Sem Orientation meetings by section number:
Section 931: Monday, May 5, at 1 p.m. in 215 Beekey
Section 932: Monday, May 5, at 10 a.m. in 105 Beekey
Section 933: Wednesday, May 7, at 10 a.m. in 105 Beekey
Section 934: Wednesday, May 7, at 10 a.m. in 115 Beekey
Section 935: Tuesday, May 6, at 10 a.m. in 205 Beekey
Section 936: Tuesday, May 6, at 10 a.m. in 113 Beekey
Cheryl Berkenstock, secretary, Department of Elementary Education
TODAY'S EVENTS
REALITY CHECK AHEAD '08 Tour on Campus
Today the A.W.A.R.E. III ™ SIMULATOR will be on campus on the McFarland Student Union lawn area from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The DUI/DWI simulator is designed to realistically show participants the dangers of drinking and driving. You will have an opportunity to wear panoramic virtual reality goggles and experience a computer-controlled road conditions while sitting in a stationary vehicle. Stop by and check out the tour! If you have any questions please contact Frances Cortez Funk at 610-683-4240, or cortez@kutztown.edu.
Sponsored by: The President's Roundtable on Alcohol & Other Drugs, Intercollegiate Athletic Services, Housing & Residential Services, Students Union & Involvement Services, and Health & Wellness Services.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Asian Celebration
East meets West with the Multicultural Center's Annual Asian Heritage Festival on Thursday, April 10. This year's celebration will feature live traditional music and a variety folk and classical dances from India and Indonesia, henna demonstrations, and food flavors of Indonesia. Come and enjoy the performers while you are sampling the Indonesian delights. Join us from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the McFarland Student Union.
Petritsa Chatzitziva, assistant director, Multicultural Services
The 27th Annual Kutztown University Job Fair for Educators is being held Wednesday, April 9, at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Fogelsville/Breinigsville, Pa., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. School districts from numerous states will be recruiting education seniors and alumni. The job fair is open to the public and there is no pre-registration for candidates; a resume will be collected at the door. There is a $5 admission fee for all non-Kutztown university students and alumni.
See http://careers.kutztown.edu for more details and the list of attending school districts. Sponsored by KU Career Services.
Kerri G. Gardi, director, Career Services
Performances of "Little Shop of Horrors," by the Department of Speech Communication & Theatre and the Department of Music, will be April 8 to April 12 at 8 p.m., with matinees at 2 p.m. on April 12 and April 13, at Rickenbach Theatre in the Learning Center. Tickets are $10 in advance for students, or $15 cash for everyone at the door. ''Little Shop of Horrors,'' with book and lyrics by Howard Ashman, and music by Alan Menken, was originally produced by the WPA Theatre at the Orpheum Theatre in New York City. Drawn from a low-budget 1960 horror movie by Roger Corman, with a screenplay by Charles Griffith, it is a Faustian musical about a timid clerk who sells his soul to a man-eating cactus.
David Pfeiffer, Department of Speech Communication & Theatre
I am pleased to invite all graduate faculty members to the Alpha Epsilon Lambda, Spring 2008 Reception and Induction Ceremony. The reception for this event is being held on Thursday, April 10, at 4 p.m. in Viewpoints Dining Room, South Dining Hall. AEL is the only national honor society for graduate and professional school students. Those inducted are selected on the basis of academic achievement, leadership and public service. If you plan to accept this invitation, please send an e-mail confirmation to graduate@kutztown.edu by April 9.
Nicole Kwitowski, graduate assistant, College of Graduate Studies
ACADEMIC
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month Facts: 5.52 percent of the foreign-born population in the United States are from Asia who are also naturalized U.S. citizens. For more information, please visit: http://www.asian-nation.org/heritage.shtml
Saeeda Bhaloo, graduate assistant, Multicultural Center
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Perforum, KU's Performing Arts Group, will be meeting today from 11 a.m. to noon in 106 Rickenbach Learning Center. If you are interested in our upcoming trip to Broadway to see "Gypsy," please come join the club. Dates and ticket prices will be revealed at the meeting, and the meeting will be followed by theatre games and improvisational exercises. All students and faculty interested in performance, spoken word, poetry slams, reader's theatre, performance art, multicultural performance, etc., are encouraged to attend.
Lisa Weckerle, advisor, Perforum