Daily Brief

The search committee for the Vice President of Administration and Finance invites faculty, students and staff to open forums with the candidates for this position:

William J. Kelleher on Thursday, Jan. 31, in 312 McFarland Student Union, from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Please consider joining us as your input is important to the search process. The candidate’s resumes are available in the President’s Office.

The search committee for the Dean of the College of Business invites faculty, students and staff to the open forums that are being held for the candidates for this position:

Dr. William Dempsey: Thursday, Jan. 31 from 11 a.m. to 11:55 a.m., 100 DeFrancesco

A copy of the candidates' resumes and other pertinent information is available for review at the Circulation Desk of the Rohrbach Library.We encourage you to attend these forums and provide us feedback. Your input is important in the search process.

Join us Saturday, Feb. 2, as the KU men’s and women’s basketball teams are in action at Keystone Arena as they take on Cheyney University. Game times are 6 p.m. (women) and 8 p.m. (men).

Promotion: 1988 PSAC East Men’s Championship Reunion. The only PSAC East title in KU men’s basketball history will be honored this Saturday, when players and coaches from the 1988 squad will be on hand at Keystone Arena. The team, which won a school-record 21 games and advanced to the program’s only NCAA playoff berth, will be recognized at halftime of the men’s game.

For additional information, please visit the KU athletics website at www.kubears.com.

The Second Annual Kutztown University AFRICAN AMERICAN READ-IN will be held Monday, Feb. 4, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Presidents' Room, 250 McFarland Student Union. The Read-In is in conjunction with the 19th National African American Read-In sponsored by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English and the NCTE as part of Black History Month. The university community is invited to attend for any or all of the event.

Listen to others read from their favorite African American writers (poetry, fiction, or non-fiction) or come with your own selection to read -- five minutes or less. All those who read will later receive a Certificate of Participation from The National Council of Teachers of English.

Please join us for the "Dream Alive" program on Feb. 5, featuring Joe Rogers. This program is dedicated to the memory of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and will take place at 7 p.m. in 183 McFarland Student Union Building. For more information about the speaker and program, please refer to http://www.dreamalive.org/. Any questions, please call Student Union & Involvement Services at 610-683-1383.

The College Panhellenic Council (CPC) will be sponsoring a presentation of the Vagina Monologues Documentary on Feb. 5 in 261 Boehm Science Building. The event will begin at 7 p.m. and is open to all students. For more information, please contact CPC@kutztown.edu.

Beth Fisher, assistant director, Student Union & Involvement Services/coordinator of Greek Life

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The new Local Services Tax will be implemented with the pay date of Feb. 1. The new deduction amount is $2.00 per pay for staff and 26-pay faculty, and $2.60 per pay for 20-pay faculty. This tax replaces the old $52 Emergency and Municipal Services Tax (EMST). The LST will be implemented retroactive to the first pay of the year. Most regular staff and 26-pay faculty will see a “retro adjustment” amount of $4.00; 20-pay faculty will see a “retro adjustment” of $5.20. Outside vendors were delayed in updating their tax software packages because the final details from the Commonwealth were not available in time to make the changes necessary to begin withholding with the first pay in January.

For those employees who may be paying the LST at multiple employers, you may complete and submit an LST Exemption Certificate at any time throughout the year. These forms are available in the payroll office, via email, or online at http://www.kutztown.edu/admin/personnel/payroll/index.html.

Payroll Services

You don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy bagels, and you don’t have to be Jewish to join the Hillel group! Please join us when we meet, every other Tuesday throughout the Spring semester. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, Feb. 26, in 115 Beekey. If you would like to get involved earlier, please contact our president Jamie Shall at jshal604@kutztown.edu. The current calendar of events includes a bake sale, a Purim festival, and a trip to New York to experience Jewish History and culture. New ideas are always welcomed! Shalom!

Dr. Lisa C. Schonberger, advisor

Eighty-eight eighth graders from Trexler and Raub Middle Schools will visit KU on Monday, Feb. 4. This is one of the visits programmed through the Educational Talent Search Program. Their visit to KU will include a tour of the campus and lunch accompanied by KU students who have so kindly volunteered their free time to serve as tour guides and mentors. We hope that their visit to KU will be a rewarding and memorable experience. As you see these middle-schoolers come through your building or through campus, please make them feel welcome.

The Educational Talent Search Program Coordinators, Kutztown University Preparatory Academy

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

Since the GLBTQ Resource Center's website launched in April 2007, we have logged over 5500 visitors! Have you visited us in cyberspace yet? If not, check us out at: www.kutztown.edu/glbtqcenter/. While you're at it, stop by the center in 3 Old Main, on Monday, Feb. 4, and Tuesday, Feb. 5, from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. to help us celebrate our three year anniversary!

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

Housing and Residential Services Student Employment/Job Fair. Monday, Feb. 4, at 7 p.m. in the Georgian Room, Old Main. Food, info, and friendship. For more information contact your residence hall desk or ext. 3-4027.

Interested in being a Live on Community Assistant? Apply now! Application deadline is Feb. 15 and interviews will be conducted when there are no classes at Group Process on Monday, Feb. 18 at 1 p.m. in the Georgian Room.

For more information contact your residence hall desk or ext. 3-4027.

Are you a leader? Need a job? Want to work on campus for Housing and Residential Services? Then come on down to the rec room on Monday, Feb. 4, for some pizza and information. The party starts at 6 p.m. You will learn a little bit about what housing is all about and then you can follow your SSC to the Employment Fair in the Georgian Room at 7 p.m. Those who attend will receive a raffle ticket for a chance to win prizes!

ACADEMIC

Dr. Kamilla Swart, director, Centre for Tourism Research in Africa (CENTRA), Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, will be visiting Kutztown University next week. Her visit is supported by the College of Education and Department of Human Kinetics. Swart is one of the world's leading scholars on sport tourism and events. Swart comes to KU following her presentation on the legacy impacts of mega-sport events at the conference, "Legacy Lives" in Barbados. Swart is co-author of the book, "Sport Tourism," and is conducting research and planning services for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Her on-campus schedule is as follows:

Wednesday, Feb. 6: 9 a.m. to 9:50 a.m. – Lecture to KU Introduction to Sport Management class on 2010 FIFA World Cup bid, stadium construction, potential impacts and issues, 107 Keystone Hall.

Thursday, Feb. 7: 8 a.m. to 9:50 a.m. - “2010 FIFA World Cup issues and research opportunities,” Video teleconference to the Naval Tata Centre for Sport Excellence, Indian Institute for Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM), Calcutta, 109 Beekey Hall. Students, staff, and faculty are welcome to attend.

11 a.m. to noon - Open campus lecture: "Gender, Race, and Sport in Pre-Post Apartheid South Africa," 203 Academic Forum. Students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to attend.

Please contact Douglas Michele Turco for additional information on Dr. Swart's visit: turco@kutztown.edu

Douglas Michele Turco, Ph.D., professor, Department of Human Kinetics

PERSONALS

It is with extreme sadness that we share the news of the passing of Richard Sterner, a 1989 graduate of Kutztown University, on Tuesday, Jan. 29. Richard was the husband of Amy Sterner, clerical supervisor, office of admissions. Condolences may be sent to Amy and her family at 246 Kohlers Hill Road, Kutztown, PA 19530.

Willam Stahler, director, Office of Undergraduate Admissions

Vol. 2008 #21, Thursday, January 31, 2008