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If you know a student who would make a good Presidential Ambassador, please forward their name(s) to cook@kutztown.edu. Applications for this semester are due March 7. 

        V. Cook, assistant director, Alumni Relations

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BEARFEST: 30 YEARS OF ROMAN AROUND! - April 22-26, KU will celebrate 30 years of tradition with Bearfest Events on the DMZ.  Please mark your calendars with these important planning dates:

    Feb. 1: Carnival Booth Registration begins for ALL student organizations.  Sign-up at the MSU lobby table.

    Feb. 4-5: Booth Registration continues at the South Dining Hall lobby tables.

    Feb. 5: Logos due at the Housing Office, 106 Old Main, for the LOGO design contest.  Contest Rules: design must include the Roman theme, slogan, a bear, and be submitted on a CD.

E-mail us at bearfest@kutztown.edu for more information. More information will soon be available on http://bearfest.kutztown.edu. 

        John Barnousky and Amanda Learn, chairs, Student Committee

        Christine Price, advisor, Bearfest Committee

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To accomodate our football fans, Sunday Mass at Christopher House will be celebrated at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 3.

        Father Frans J. Berkhout, chaplain, Catholic Campus Ministry, Christopher House

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OPERATION LIFESAVER – UNDERSTANDING RAILROAD SAFETY

Operation Lifesaver is a safety prevention program that will provide an understanding about train operations, stopping distance, and trespass prevention.  A free meeting will be held Wednesday, Feb. 20, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. in 250 McFarland Student Union. Refreshments will be served.

Presenter: William Yurvati, trainer, Operation Lifesaver and Access Services Librarian, East Stroudsburg University.

For more information or questions contact the Director of Community Relations and Development Services at 610-683-1396 or nolan@kutztown.edu.

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A reminder to parents and students: begin filing your 2008-09 FAFSA after Jan. 1. Kutztown University’s priority filing deadline is Feb. 15. Avoid missing critical deadlines by filing your FAFSA by our priority filing 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 Jan. 1. 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 will be available after Jan. 1 to provide guidance in completing the FAFSA. 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 Financial Aid Services at 610-683-4077 or by e-mail at financialaid@kutztown.edu 

        Financial Aid Office

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THINKING ABOUT MOVING OFF CAMPUS? WHAT TO KNOW BEFORE YOU SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE 

Are you thinking about moving off campus, and you are not sure where to start, or what your responsibilities and rights are as a tenant?

Then join us on Wednesday, Feb. 6, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for an informal discussion about the good, the bad, and the reality of living off campus. A panel of business and community leaders will be on hand to offer guidance and assistance plus answer any questions you might have, before or after you have signed on the dotted line.  

The program will be held in 250 McFarland Student Union. It is free and refreshments will be provided. Also, a listing of housing rentals will be available and distributed to all those who attend the program. 

        Julianne Nolan, director, Community Relations and Development Services

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“FrenchConnection@KU” will meet on Thursday, Jan. 31, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Bear's Den of the McFarland Student Union Building. 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, Department of Geography

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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 at Kutztown University 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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