Daily Brief

The Purchasing Department would like to alert the campus community to an upcoming change in the manner in which you receive your desktop delivery of supplies ordered from Office Max Solutions. Monday, March 2, Office Max will begin a “Green Monday” project in the eastern regions of Pennsylvania. This means that as part of their sustainability efforts, Office Max will not be delivering products via their private fleet on Mondays. The “Green Monday” project has already begun in the western regions had has been well received by both their customers and environmentalists.

What this means to Kutztown University Office Max customers, is that any orders placed on Fridays will now be delivered on Tuesdays instead of Mondays. Kutztown University plans on accepting this change as a small part of our effort to support both the Governor’s and the Chancellor’s efforts to reduce waste, emissions and become more environmentally friendly.

Please let the Purchasing Department know if you have any specific concerns and we will do our best to address them.

Kutztown University Purchasing Department

The Kutztown University Wind Ensemble presents its first on-campus concert of the semester at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 25 in Schaeffer Auditorium. Works by David Maslanka, Karel Husa, J. S. Bach, Jonathan Newman, and Leonard Bernstein will be performed. The Wind Ensemble will repeat this concert in New York at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 10.

Jeremy Justeson, director, KU Wind Ensemble

The University Room Scheduler Program will be going off-line for maintenance upgrades beginning at 4 p.m., Monday, March 2. The room scheduler program should be available on Thursday morning March 5. I apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause. If you have any questions feel free to contact our office at ext. 3-1359. Thank you.

Terry Sitler, director, Conference Services

Eating disorders are illnesses, not choices. Eating disorders are complex conditions that arise from a combination of long-standing behavioral, emotional, psychological, interpersonal, biological, and social factors. While eating disorders may begin with preoccupations with food and weight, they are about much more than food. Everyday, researchers are discovering more about the influence of genetics on eating disorders and finding that while environmental factors may pull the trigger, genetics loads the gun. In the United States, as many as 10 million females and one million males are fighting a life and death battle with an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia. Approximately 25 million more are struggling with binge eating disorder. Because of the secrecy and shame associated with eating disorders, it is very likely that there are many more. For more information, please visit www.nationaleatingdisorders.org or call the NED Awareness helpline at 800-931-2237.

The Alternative Spring Break program would like to thank all faculty and staff who generously donated goods to our breakfast bags. These donations are greatly appreciated by our Alternative Spring Break volunteers who are preparing to leave on their week long service projects this Saturday. Thank you for helping them, help others.

Amanda Keith, coordinator, ASB

Bookstore Sale and Avalanche’s Spring Break Adventure Photo Contest: Now through Friday, Feb. 28, take $5 off any hooded sweatshirt at the KU Student Bookstore. Also, our plush Avalanche dolls are 20 percent off, just in time for our first ever “Avalanche Spring Break Adventure” photo contest. Take your favorite mascot with you where ever you go over break, and be sure to take a picture of him enjoying his vacation. Bring your developed photos to the KU Student Bookstore by March 13 to enter. Photos can be printed on campus at the kiosk located in Dixon Marketplace. All photos will be posted in-store for voting the week of March 16. After the votes have been tallied, the winner will be announced, and will receive a $100 bookstore shopping spree!

Amanda Bausher, marketing coordinator, KUSSI

McFarland Student Union spring break hours of operation:

7 a.m. - 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27

Closed Saturday, Feb. 28 and Sunday, March 1

7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday, March 2 through Friday, March 6

Closed Saturday, March 7 and Sunday, March 8

7 a.m. - midnight Monday, March 9

For more information, please visit msu.kutztown.edu

Diane L. Finsel, Student Union and Involvement Services

Black History and history making notes: John W. Thompson is chairman of the board of directors, and chief executive officer of Symantec Corporation. http://www.symantec.com/about/profile/management/directors/bio.jsp?bioid=john_thompson

Raphael Ali, graduate assistant, Multicultural Center

The 2009 Keystonia Yearbook is now on sale. To purchase your copy today please visit www.myyear.com. This year's book features Homecoming, Family Day, football, basketball, volleyball, soccer, clubs and faculty, seniors, and much more. If you have any questions please e-mail Keystonia@kutztown.edu. Thank you for supporting the Keystonia and the student staff.

Emily Willier, editor in chief, Keystonia Yearbook

Department of Human Resources spring break training: Please join us in the following training and development workshops. RSVP to Alexis Martin at amartin@kutztown.edu or call ext. 3-1353. Reserving your spot is encouraged due to limited seating.

Date	Title	What you will learn	Facilitator	Time and Location
Monday, March 2	Ten steps to Financial Success	Financial success means being in control of your money. Your income doesn’t determine how financially successful you are – your choices and priorities do. These ten steps can be help you make educated choices based on clear priorities.	PSECU Linda Lorincz	2 - 4 p.m., conference room, Kemp building, Human Resources
Tuesday, March 3	Solving the mystery of Credit Reports	Credit reports and credit scores are increasingly important to our lives. They affect the cost of credit we receive, where we live, insurance rates we pay – even the jobs we can get. By understanding the reporting and scoring process, your consumer rights and responsibilities, you can establish, maintain and protect a strong credit history.	PSECU Linda Lorincz	9:30 - 11:30 a.m., conference room, Kemp building, Human Resources
Thursday,March 5,	Job Classification	This workshop will provide a general understanding of the PASSHE job classification.	Dennis Engle	10 - 11 a.m., conference room, Kemp building, Human Resources
Friday, March 6	Plastic Surgery and Identity Theft	Credit cards are an important part of our financial lives. When used wisely, they are beneficial tools that help us establish a positive credit history. This workshop will cover the advantages, disadvantages and pitfalls associated with the use of credit cards. Learn ways to minimize your risk of becoming a victim, as well as resources for those already impacted.	PSECU Linda Lorincz	9:30 - 11:30 a.m., conference room, Kemp building, Human Resources
Friday, March 6	Employee Self Serve	Employee Self Serve is a Web-based system which allows employees to view their employment date. Employees can check on their benefits, direct deposits, leave time earned and used, pay stubs and personal information.	Jennifer Weidman	2 - 3 p.m. conference room, Kemp building, Human Resources

Cavil Anderson, training coordinator, Human Resources

Mathematics Department Colloquium: Dr. Jennifer Gorman, assistant professor of mathematics at Gannon University, will be presenting "Oh the Places You’ll Go From a MapQuest to a MATHquest: On Graph Theory and Combinatorics," at 11 a.m. today in 228 Lytle Hall. When taking a trip we are often concerned with how much the trip will cost. One aspect of a trip is the tolls on a road, so in planning our route we can try to travel on the cheapest roads available to us. In this talk we will use graph theory to help us explore more formally the idea of travelling on the cheapest roads. More specifically we will investigate a variant of the Travelling Salesman Problem as well as the Hamiltonian Path Problem for some special classes of graphs. We will also observe how often in mathematics we set out to prove one result and along the way we find ourselves with a new problem or ”quest” we need to conquer. For more information, please visit: http://faculty.kutztown.edu/mcloughl/colloquia.html

Padraig McLoughlin, Department of Mathematics

Please announce to your classes: Interested in learning about different cultures? Stop by the International Students Organization meeting today from 5-6 p.m. in the Multicultural Center! Benedikt Martin will be giving a presentation on his native land of Germany. The presentation will be followed by a discussion of our lunch fundraiser, a paintball event, and the International Student Organization banquet and newsletter. New members are welcome!

Anesah Akari, advisor, International Students Organization

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

Brief Strategic Therapy with Couples - (DVD 2147) This DVD illustrates therapy techniques that use directives to change problem sequences. Presenting examples in which partners polarize their behavior, it demonstrates the use of paradox to reestablish balance.

Commune - (DVD 2148) This film looks at a prototypical 1960s commune known as Black Bear Ranch. Through interviews, photos, and home movies, this documentary offers a candid look into the joys and difficulties of free love, nude farming, survival in the wilderness, multiple-parent child-rearing, and other aspects of communal living.

Free Spirits: The Birth, Life, & Loss of a New-Age Dream - (DVD 2205) This film documents the incredible story of the Renaissance community, the largest, most controversial experiment in New-Age living in the 1960s and 1970s, and its flamboyant founder, Michael Metelica Rapunzel.

Daredevil - (DVD 2249) (Marvel Heroes Collection) A man blinded by toxic waste which also enhanced his other senses, fights crime as an acrobatic martial arts super hero.

Fantastic 4 - (DVD 2245) (Marvel Heroes Collection) After exposure to cosmic radiation, four astronauts become the most remarkable super heroes of all time, and must fight the mission's sponsor who has become the world's most lethal super villain.

Fantastic 4 - Rise of the Silver Surfer - (DVD 2246) (Marvel Heroes Collection) The Fantastic Four team up with the nefarious Dr. Doom to beat the Silver Surfer and save Earth.

Ted Hickman, coordinator, AV

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