Construction Update: Air conditioning in deFrancesco will be shutdown on Thursday, August 12 starting at 5 a.m. until 10 a.m., while HVAC contractors tie into the system.

        Nathan Shugars, project manager, Facilities Project Services

AFSCME  Local 2234 Members: This month’s AFSCME membership meeting will be held Monday, August 16, from 7-8 p.m., at Janelle’s Restaurant and Catering Hall, Fleetwood Lyons Rd. Bowers, Pa. District Council 88 Director Tom Tosti, from Plymouth Meeting, will be joining us.

        Annette Christman, secretary/treasurer, AFSCME

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Dawn Slack to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences as our new interim associate dean, effectively immediately.  Dr. Slack may be contacted at ext. 3-4305 and slack@kutztown.edu. 

        Anne E. Zayaitz, acting dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

The Office of University Relations maintains a master list of all employees that is used to expedite the transferring of calls throughout the university. This list is separate from the electronic phonebook which is available on the website or the paper directory. In order to keep our information accurate, we are requesting that individuals advise our office of any changes to their contact information — phone extension, department/location, e-mail address, title. Please send your updates to norman@kutztown.edu. Our office strives to maintain accurate information and appreciates the cooperation of everyone to help us meet this goal.

        Laurie Norman, University Operator

Important Turnitin® Announcement/Outage: There will be a special maintenance window and outage for the Turnitin service on Saturday, September 4 from 1 - 9 p.m.  All Turnitin services may be unavailable for all users during these times. For assignments due during this window, we recommend that instructors change the due date and alert their students.

        James Hubbard, Assistant Provost