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Take a Kid to the Game Promotion

Kutztown’s annual participation in the NCAA "Take a Kid to the Game" program is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 16, versus Bloomsburg University. Game times are 1 p.m. (women) and 3 p.m. (men). This promotion includes free admission for all children ages 12 and younger accompanied by a paying adult. The event will feature a special appearance by J.J. Jumper, the official mascot of NCAA basketball. For additional information, please visit the KU athletics Website at www.kubears.com.

        Alex Ogeka, director, Athletic Advancement

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Shoofly, Kutztown University's literary magazine, is hosting a reading on Thursday, Feb. 21, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in 250 McFarland Student Union. Featured readers Angela Carr, Richard Schupp, and William Stevens will begin the event with an open mic to follow. Come to read your poetry and prose or just to listen to the works of your fellow students. Refreshments will be served. 

For more information, visit Shoofly's Website at www.kutztown.edu/activities/clubs/shoofly. 

        Ashley Gellert, Shoofly

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The noted figurative painter, Jerome Witkin will be presenting a public lecture on Monday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. in the McFarland Student Union Alumni Auditorium. Witkin is one of the most highly regarded contemporary representational painters. His work can be found in over thirty museum collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Hirshhorn Museum, and The American Academy of Arts and Letters. He was recently the subject of a feature article in Art In America magazine. Witkin's lecture is sponsored by the College of Visual and Performing Arts and the Fine Arts Department of Kutztown University. The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information contact the Fine Arts Department at 610-683-4540 or Matthew Daub at 610-683-4542.

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Cancellation

The scheduled event of "Tribute to W.E.B. Dubois and Booker T. Washington" on Thursday, Feb. 14, at 7 p.m. in the Multicultural Center is canceled. 

        Petritsa Chatzitziva, assistant director, Multicultural Services

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KuBOK - NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY WATCH

An information and training session will be held Tuesday, Feb. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in 250 McFarland Student Union. Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to attend. The session will provide the opportunity to learn more about KuBOK and how you can be a part of making a difference. For additional information, contact Julie Nolan at ext. 3-4756 or e-mail nolan@kutztown.edu. 

        Julianne Nolan, director, Community Relations and Development Services

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The Leisure and Sport Studies Club is selling tickets to The Reading Royals ice hockey game against the Trenton Titans. Tickets are $13.50 and the game is on Friday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. at the Sovereign Center in Reading.  Take the family out for an exciting evening! For more information contact: Leslie Scroble, Department of Human Kinetics, Keystone Hall Room 103, 610-683-4370

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During the Fall 2007 semester, the Multicultural Center issued a letter asking students, staff, and faculty to write about women who inspire them in their lifetime. These articles will go in a booklet called "Women Who Inspire" which will be published in March, and given out as a complimentary gift for all. Those who didn't receive the letter may check with the Women's Department for more copies, or at the Multicultural Center. This article can be written by any KU community member.

The deadline for the articles was initially Dec. 2, 2007; however, due to extensive requests, we have prolonged the deadline date until Feb. 15. For more information call 610-683-4810 or e-mail Saeeda Bhaloo, graduate assistant, Multicultural Center, at sbhal440@kutztown.edu

        Saeeda Bhaloo, graduate assistant, Multicultural Center

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A reminder to parents and students: begin filing your 2008-09 FAFSA now. Kutztown University’s priority filing deadline is Feb. 15. Avoid missing critical deadlines by filing your FAFSA by our deadline. 

File on the official Website at www.fafsa.ed.gov. Renewal FAFSA applications for 2008-09 will also be available on the Website after. To file online, the student and parent each need a PIN number which serves as the electronic signature for the FAFSA. If you filed online previously, you can use the U.S. Dept of Education assigned pin number. If this is your first time filing electronically, file for the assigned pin number at www.pin.ed.gov. We recommend that you keep the pin number in a safe place to use for subsequent academic years. The FAFSA worksheet is also available to provide guidance in completing the FAFSA. However, this does not take the place of filing the actual FAFSA.

Beginning this year, the FAFSA application in paper format is available only by calling the Federal Processing Center at 1-800-433-3243. Financial Aid Services will no longer have a supply of paper applications. 

For additional questions on filing the FAFSA, contact ext. 3-4077 or financialaid@kutztown.edu 

        Financial Aid Services

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Black Heritage Month Celebration 

Bessie Coleman (1893-1926) was the first licensed African American pilot in the world. She received aviation instruction in France. For more information, please visit: http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/101-facts.jsp

        Saeeda Bhaloo, graduate assistant, Multicultural Center

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The Kutztown University Academic Achievement Awards are presented to a select group of senior students who have achieved exceptional individual achievements in specified areas. The awards were established through a generous gift provided by Dr. Carlson R. Chambliss, who served as a member of the Kutztown University faculty from 1970 until 2003.  

Faculty and staff are strongly encouraged to nominate students worthy of consideration for this prestigious award. The areas of individual achievement are: 

    a) Successfully completed research projects.

    b) Original artwork of high quality.

    c) Artistic performances (music, chorus, drama, etc.) of high quality.

    d) Original writing in literature or meritorious writing in other fields.

    e) Noteworthy achievements in athletics.

    f) Outstanding service to the Kutztown University community.

The application may be downloaded at http://www.kutztown.edu/divisions/studentservices/do/awards.aspx by clicking on "Academic Achievement Nominations" or by e-mailing a request to nolan@kutztown.edu.

Completed nomination forms must be submitted to the Office of the Associate Vice President for Student Services and Campus Life, 262 McFarland Student Union Building by Feb. 15. Any questions about the process may be directed to nolan@kutztown.edu or watrous@kutztown.edu.

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