Construction Update: Re-stoning and striping work will begin on Monday, August 23 in the Fairgrounds Parking Lot (weather permitting). All gates accessing this lot will be locked starting at 1 a.m. that day. An effort will be made to remove any cars parked in the lot at the time of lock down. This work is expected to be complete by Saturday, August 28.

        Patrick Antonio, project manager, Facilities Project Services

Construction Update: Please be aware that there will be a drilling crew on campus from Tuesday, August 24 through Thursday, August 26. Test borings in the vicinity of Schaeffer Auditorium will be in progress, in support of the future renovation and addition to the Schaeffer Building.

        Terry Brown, director, Facilities Project Services

The Student Recreation Center and Keystone Hall Swimming Pool will be closed today – Friday, August 27.   We will begin our regular fall semester hours beginning on Sunday, August 29 at 1 p.m.. 

        Tracy Turner, Office Manager, Recreational Services

Work Schedule - Effective Monday, August 30, offices and functions that are currently working on the modified summer schedule will be returning to the normal academic year schedule of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with a one hour lunch.  These hours will be in effect through Friday, May 6, 2011. 

        Gerald L. Silberman, Vice President for Administration and Finance 

Please join the Kutztown University Foundation on Tuesday, August 31 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in McFarland Student Union 223, to thank Ron Lewis for the many years of outstanding service to KUF and  Kutztown University and to wish him the best in retirement.  To RSVP, please call ext. 3-1394 or e-mail lkeller@kutztown.edu.

        Kutztown University Foundation

Desire2Learn Faculty Update: Please remember that KU is no longer using Blackboard as its learning management system, instead, we have fully transitioned to Desire2Learn (D2L).  As you work on updating and editing your courses please feel free to contact Professor Will Jefferson in the Department of Learning Technologies for questions about D2L training.

Other helpful resources for D2L can be found by clicking on the following links and e-mail addresses:

For faculty: http://www.kutztown.edu/academics/lt/ltc/D2L.html

For your students: http://www.kutztown.edu/online/D2L_student/

For general questions or training on D2L: Professor Jefferson; wjeffers@kutztown.edu

For questions about putting courses online: zigner@kutztown.edu

For D2L difficulties or help: Brenneck@kutztown.edu  

Updates on workshop opportunities and new resources will be sent to you on a regular basis between now and the beginning of the Fall 2010 semester.

** Students will be given access to courses on August 25 and 26.  If you need them to have access to your course earlier than that please contact Jim Brenneck.

        James Hubbard, Provost Office

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
 

Congratulations to Nancy (Drumheller) Rothermel and Mark Rothermel who were united in marriage on August 7, 2010 at Faith Evangelical Congregational Church, Temple, PA.  Cards can be sent to Rev. & Mrs. Mark Rothermel, 1128 Ridge Road, Klingerstown, PA  17941.

        Nancy A. Rothermel, secretary, Department of Geography