Daily Brief

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Daily Brief Returns to Standard Format -- As the semester nears a close, and the number of Daily Brief re-run announcements has lessened, the "New Announcements" heading will be put on hold until such time as needed.

Craig Williams, periodicals manager, University Relations

A memorial service for Dr. Ulysses J. Connor, Jr. will be held 4 p.m. today at the Christopher House on Main Street. Contributions to honor Dr. Connor may be made to either the Ulysses J. Connor, Jr. Memorial Book Fund (for SSSP students) or the Kutztown University Preparatory Academy Fund. Please make checks payable to “Kutztown University Foundation, Inc.” and write the name of either fund in the memo. Thank you.

Prof. Amy S. Trumbauer

The University Curriculum Committee (UCC) will meet on Thursday, May 1, at 11 a.m., in 136 Old Main to consider the remaining curricular proposals on its April agenda. The remainder of the agenda can be found online at: http://www.kutztown.edu/committees/ucc/agenda.html. As always, individuals and/or departments with proposals on the agenda are invited and encouraged to attend to answer any questions that may arise.

R.S. Schaeffer, chair, University Curriculum Committee

Attention Faculty: If you adopted the same textbook for the fall semester, please remind your students that they may sell back their textbooks prior to leaving for summer break. Should they choose to do so, now is when textbooks will be at their highest value. Textbook buyback will take place at the following locations:

KU Student Bookstore – 4/28 thru 5/5

Old Main – 5/5 thru 5/9

South Dining Hall – 5/5 thru 5/9

Barbara Peterka, manager, KU Student Bookstore

Public Safety and Police Services will be blocking off Lot F-4 (behind the Heating Plant) at 5 p.m., Tuesday. April 29. All vehicles will need to be out of the lot by 5 p.m. Special Olympics will be on campus Wednesday, April 30. Buses will be parked in this lot.

Public Safety and Police Services

The University Writing Center will hold abbreviated hours during exam week. Open hours will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 5, 6, and 7. Please call 3-4733, e-mail Wrcenter@kutztown.edu, or stop in 132 Old Main for an appointment.

Amy Lynch-Biniek, Writing Center Director

The following education majors will be presenting a Health Fair to students at Muhlenburg Elementary School on Tuesday, April 29 from 8 a.m. until noon. Amanda Albright, Evan Battilana, Kristen Brobst, Emily Brown, Chrystal Coffelt, Brooke Fuhrman, Caroline Giles, Caitlin Gilroy, Erin Healy, Carol Lawler, AJ Monzione, Brad Pukay, Kate Royle, Michelle Schrader, Ashley Schriner, Cheryl Shelderfer, Lauren Skoutelas, Lauren Taylor, Tammy Torres, Jackie Williams, Jenn Woodward.

For more information call ext. 3-4373

Dr. Jill I. Givler, Department of Human Kinetics

Feast of the Ascension of the Lord

Thursday, May 1 is the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord. The following Masses will be celebrated at Christopher House:

A Vigil Mass will be celebrated on 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 30. Also, Mass will be celebrated at 11:05 a.m. on Thursday, May 1.

Father Frans Berkhout

“FrenchConnection@KU” will meet m 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. today, and on Thursday, May 1, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., in the Bear's Den of the MSU. All French speakers on campus, interested in practicing their conversation skills at any level in a relaxed and friendly setting, are cordially invited.

Dr. Mathias Le Bossé, Geography

Volunteer for Special Olympics Spring Regionals on Saturday, May 3 at Keystone! All are welcome! Sign up as a group, individual, pair, etc. in the Community Outreach Center, 281 McFarland Student Union, today! For additional information, contact Angela Daubert at adaub481@kutztown.edu! Please note that pre-registration will end on April 29, but volunteers can still sign up the day of the event!

Nancy Brynildsen, secretary, Dean for Student Services

UPCOMING EVENTS

Students with paid housing deposits for the 2008/2009 academic year: Thursday, May 1 is the last day to contractually cancel your 08/09 housing contract without loss of deposit. Cancellations must be made in person at the Housing and Residential Services Office located in 106 Old Main during business hours (Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.).

Apryle Carney, assistant director, Housing & Residential Services

Academic

The following DVDs were added to the media library and are available in the Audiovisual Center:

DVD1672 As You Like It

DVD1673 Journey of Man

DVD1677 Cells: The Building Blocks of Life

DVD1675 Water

DVD1674 Pan’s Labyrinth

DVD1655-70 The Nurse Theorists – Portraits of Excellence

DVD1710-11 She Stoops to Conquer

DVD1693 Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

DVD1708 Bill Viola – The Eye of the Heart

DVD1712 The Body as Matrix

DVD1713 Gary Hill – Transcending the Senses

DVD1714 Video Art

Ted Hickman, Coordinator, Audiovisual Services

Political Science Honor Society Inductees - The Department of Political Science honored the following inductees into the Rho Psi Chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha (National Honor Society in Political Science and Public Administration) at a reception on Friday, April 25:

Trevor M. Bayer

Angela M. Blizman

Kevin Branco

Sara Chaffee

Ashley M. Chunko

Carol T. Cuvo

Katherine Drop

Daniel X. Goldstein

Frauke U. Hentz

Nicole J. Radziewicz

Gabriela G. Raful

Matthew G. Roberts

L. Alison Schreiber

Blake Sim

John Spurlock

Daniel Z. Wright

The following officers of Pi Sigma Alpha were elected for the 2008-2009 academic year. Ashley Chunko, president; and Kevin Branco, vice president.

Jack M. Treadway, chair, Department of Political Science

The Department of Political Science presented their 2008 awards at a reception on Friday, April 25:

Dr. Richard B. Close Undergraduate Award in Political Science—Ashley Chunko, Frauke Hentz, Matthew Roberts, and L. Alison Schreiber.

Joseph Peters/Albert Dixon Memorial Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement—Kristin Green and Karla Schoenberger.

William J. Klucsarits Award for Outstanding Master of Public Administration Thesis—Stephanie Petner.

Jack M. Treadway, chair, Department of Political Science

The Accounting and Finance Department is proud to announce the following 2008 Senior Award recipients:

The Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants Award – Jonathan Beck

The Institute of Internal Auditors Award – Diana Arndt (December 2007 graduate)

The Institute of Management Accountants Award – Priya Pachkawde (December 2007 graduate)

Robert Weiss CPA Memorial Award – Abigail Torrens

Accounting Club Service Award – Steven Schucker (December 2007 graduate)

Outstanding Academic Achievement in Finance Award – Rodger Nagy

Financial Management Association Award – Jeffrey Gostony

Thomas Grant, chair, Department of Accounting and Finance

Administrative

Twice a year at Kutztown University we experience nature’s wonderful transition between the warm and cold seasons and along with this the limitations inherent in our University’s heating and cooling systems. In most cases our heating and cooling system configuration does not allow for simultaneous operation of both systems. Therefore, in order to activate the cooling system we have to close down the heating system. This process is a time consuming building by building effort. All building steam valves have to be manually closed and all the cooling towers have to be filled with water (these were left empty to avoid freezing). Once the steam lines are isolated the boilers have to be shut off so that damage to the lines is avoided. In order to start the boilers again, all the valves would have to be manually opened so the boiler temperature can be brought up to the required level.

During these change of weather periods we have to choose a target date that hopefully will cause the least discomfort for the entire community. Sometimes the warm days are directly followed by cold nights (as happened recently with a 80 degree day followed by a 40 degree night). Since our community includes over 2,800 residents hall students, the cooler nights are a major consideration. The cold versus warm weather stabilizes around mid May, however, due to the unusually early warm spell we experienced last week will begin the building by building transition on May 1st. Normally this process can be completed in two to three working days. If there are problems with some of the buildings’ cooling units, it could take longer for those facilities.

Your patience and understanding during this transition period is greatly appreciated.

Kim Rhode, director of Facilities Business and Campus Services

Congratulations to John Stanley, Department of History, and his wife, Esperanza, on the birth of their second daughter, Adriana Christian, on Thursday, April 24. Mom, dad, baby, and sister Sarah are doing well.

AVI ANNOUNCEMENTS

Due to the high volume of events in the catering department, we will be unable to book additional events on the following dates: April 29 – 30 and May 2 – 3. If you have booked a catered event on one of the dates listed prior to this notice, your event will be honored. If you are in need of a catered event on one of the dates listed and have not yet booked with the catering department, you will be able to pick it up in the South Dining Hall. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your cooperation.

If you're serious about your stereo equipment you probably own or have owned Bose speakers. Amar Bose was born and raised in Philadelphia, the son of a political dissident who moved from Calcutta. As a teenager, Bose earned money by repairing model trains and then transistors, practical experience which helped when he went on to MIT to study electrical engineering. Acoustics caught his interest and he aimed to design a speaker that would emulate the symphony hall experience in the home. His speaker system was one of the first to make use of sound reflecting off walls and the ceiling. In 1964 he founded the Bose Corporation, which has developed car stereo systems, the Wave radio, as well as noise canceling headsets used by pilots and space-shuttle astronauts.

Vol. 2008 #83, Tuesday, April 29, 2008