Catch the women's basketball team as they take on Chestnut Hill tonight at 6 p.m.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Announcements

College of Visual and Performing Arts Faculty First Thursday:  Jay Baglia, assistant professor, Speech & Theatre Department, will present “Beyond Conception:  (In)fertility & the New Reproductive Technologies in the News” on Thursday, Dec. 2, at 11 a.m. in Sharadin 120.  The paper upon which this presentation is based is a discourse analysis of over 75 lengthy news stories which include fertility as a major theme.  In this analysis he discovered five themes:  emotion, economics, metaphors of luck and chance, God, and biological destiny.  All are welcome!
        William J. Mowder, dean, College of Visual & Performing Arts
Meeting with students to share the transition plan due to the closure of the Early Learning Center - Students are invited to talk with President Cevallos and Dr. Garber, dean, College of Education, tomorrow, Dec. 2, 11 a.m. to noon in MSU 183.         
        Elsa G. Collins, Office of the President

Design a Basket of Holiday Treasures:  There is still time to put your creative talents to work! Design a cornucopia of holiday treasures for the Holiday Marketplace, Thursday, Dec. 2 from 11 a.m.- 6 p.m. These holiday treasures will be on display as part of the day’s activities. The proceeds raised will be used to support our KUBoK (Kutztown University and Borough of Kutztown) Neighborhood Watch.

Anyone can participate - staff, faculty, departments, clubs and organizations. Do it individually or as a group.  Be as creative as you like and as non-traditional as you want it to be!  You can base it around a theme, a hobby, sporting team, or anything that comes to mind.

The deadline is today! All baskets can be dropped off at the Community Relations and Development Office, MSU 257. Please give your basket a creative name and the sponsoring organization or individual. Any questions, please contact Julie Nolan at ext. 3-1396 or nolan@kutztown.edu.
        Julianne Nolan, director, Community Relations and Development Services 

We invite students, staff, and faculty to join us in celebrating the graduation of students who have been a part of the GLBTQ Resource Center or Allies during their college career at Kutztown University. The Lavender Graduates celebration will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 7, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the GLBTQ Resource Center, OM 4. If you are a December graduate and plan to attend, please contact the center at x6-6111. Refreshments will be served.

Belsnickel to spread joy at Christmas on the Farm this Saturday -  Join us this Saturday, Dec. 4, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center (PGCHG) for “Christmas on the Farm.” This free event shares the many holiday traditions of the Pennsylvania German culture. There will be various activities for children such as visiting with farm animals, cookie decorating, pinecone bird feeder making, and much more! And Belsnickel, the Pennsylvania German counterpart to St. Nick, will visit with the children in the schoolhouse, making certain that they’re on their best behavior.


Come one, come all to the first-ever Student Art Show and Coffee House sponsored by KU's Honors Program Club. Enjoy coffee, baked goods, music, poetry readings, an improv group and best of all a silent art auction featuring work by KU art students. See you Friday, Dec. 3 from 7:30 p.m.-1 a.m. in the Bear's Den.
        Johanna Forte, director, KU Honors Program

The Community Outreach Center (COC) would like to offer everyone an opportunity to sponsor an underprivileged COUL kid for the holidays. $5 will provide a holiday gift to each child from the Berks County Big Brothers/ Big Sisters Agency. Drop by the COC MSU 281 anytime from now until the end of the semester to make your donation, or check out our table at the Holiday Market Place on Dec. 2. Our goal is to sponsor all 115 kids. Thanks! 
        Veronica Barandes-Lepore. volunteer programs coordinator, Community Outreach Center
The Community Outreach Center is collecting gift card donations for the forgotten teens at the Olivet Boys and Girls Club in Reading. Gift cards should be for small amounts for stores like Walmart, Target or Kmart. Anything you can give is greatly appreciated. Donations can be dropped off in the Community Outreach Center, MSU 281. Please identify dollar amount somewhere on the gift card. Donations accepted until Dec. 10.  Please help make this holiday special for a teen!  
        Leyna Belinsky, America Reads/America Counts coordinator, Olivet Boys and Girls Club Kids Cafe

Re-Gift! Recycle! December 1 - 15, the Women’s Center is collecting new or nearly new items for distribution by Friends, Inc., a multi-service social agency in Kutztown. Please drop off your donations of new or nearly new items for women, men and children at the Women’s Center, 126 Old Main from 9 a.m. - 8 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays, and 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Fridays.
        Grace Hill, KU Women’s Center


ATHLETICS
Athletics Schedule for the week
Tonight
Women’s basketball vs. Chestnut Hill, Keystone Arena, 6 p.m.
Men’s basketball vs. Chestnut Hill, Keystone Arena, 8 p.m.

 

ACADEMIC
The University Curriculum Committee (UCC) will meet this Thursday, Dec. 2 at 11 a.m., in MSU 312 to consider curricular proposals on its November agenda, which can be found online at http://www.kutztown.edu/committees/ucc/agenda.html. As always, individuals and/or departments with proposals on the agenda are invited and encouraged to attend to answer any questions that may arise. 
        R.S. Schaeffer, chair, University Curriculum Committee 

Please excuse the students listed below on Dec. 1-3. They are part of the Sunshine Players Organization and will be touring to area elementary schools with the show "Dear Edwina." They are aware of their responsibility to make up any missed work within a reasonable amount of time.

Emily Ray, Eva Wasko, JT Murtagh, Kelsey Rivera, Shoshana Roberts, Adrienne Wrona, Jack Rogers, Soren Ersbak, Tim Schumacher, Virginia Lawler, Andrew Boardman, Alexandra Liguori, Collin Schoeller, Elizabeth Iannacci, Jonathon Cain, Maria Kleback, Paige Kresge, Sarah Pellegrini, Tyrone Lackey
        Johanna Forte, advisor, Sunshine Players
Today, Dec. 1, the following students will be teaching all day in the field: Lindsay Beale, Mike Blumenauer, Evintz Charitable, Jenna Ciatto, Laura Clark, Lisa Collier, Kristen Colquloun, Kirsty Comer, Ashlee Ferraina, Tonya, Flickinger, Heather Gardan, Natalie Hahn, Mike Hiscox, Maggie Horvath, Mary Hughmanick, Jackie Hummer, Cindy Kramer, Sarah Locke, Cassie Mazzetta, Lizzie Mentzell, Nina Pollock-Antos, Michelle Roach, JenniLee Miller, Carrie Miller, Seth Oravec, Kris Schmolze, Margaret Snow, Sarah Schnurr, Sarah Sholette, Taylor Spiess, Kimberly Tatta, Naomi White, Melissa Wissler, Brina Yetter 

ARAMARK

Today's Viewpoints Menu: London broil, broccoli and mushroom strata, Santa Fe potatoes, cauliflower, and broccoli polonaise. Soups of the day are beef barley and potato chowder. 

Thursday: Sweet and sour pork, vegetarian black beans and peppers, island rice, sesame vegetables, and ginger honey carrots. Soups of the day are turkey rice and cream of broccoli. 

Friday: Hand breaded chicken nuggets, macaroni and cheese, steak fries, stewed tomatoes and sautéed green beans with dill. Soups of the day are Manhattan clam chowder and cream of tomato.

In Case You Missed It:
 (Announcements and other information that have previously appeared in the Daily Brief.)


Get Your Flu Shot - Clinical Services will be holding two influenza immunization clinics in the Wellness Center. Students can receive the influenza vaccine today or next Wednesday, Dec. 8. Flu clinic hours will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. both days.  The cost is $10 which will be billed to your student account. Please bring your KU student ID. 
        Dolores Hess, director, Clinical Services
Join OCAC help the elderly and disabled residents of Kutztown when it snows. Volunteers needed to shovel and clear sidewalks.  All materials provided as well as a free OCAC beanie.  To volunteer contact Tom at tschu190@live.kutztown.edu or stop by the Off Campus Advisory Council in the Community Outreach Center (Room 281) in the McFarland Student Union Building.

Tune in to KUR today at 3:45 p.m., check out our popular "Diversity Rest Stop" radio interview program. This week, by popular request, we air a repeat of KUR archivist and internal computer support specialist Mike McVicar sitting down with American Synthpop band Iris. Diversity and multiculturalism is what we do here on KUR! Thanks for listening to the Radio Voice of Kutztown University, KUR!

 Blue Man Group tickets - Let your students know that ACE is sponsoring a bus trip to see Blue Man Group in NYC. Tickets are now on sale in MSU 153 for KU students.  The trip is on Saturday, Dec. 4 and the bus leaves KU at 9 a.m. from the MSU parking lot.  The cost is $45 for KU students (with valid ID) and includes front row seats to the show and round trip bus transportation to NYC. Non-KU student tickets (if any remain) are available for purchase in MSU 153 for $95.  Cash or check are the accepted forms of payment. 

Non-Instructional Staff Holiday Luncheon - Please join the Bursar’s Office to celebrate birthdays and the holiday season on Tuesday, Dec. 7.  We are very pleased to announce the reduced cost this year of $8.50 a person for the hot and cold all-you-can-eat buffet. Please complete your invitation and return with payment to the Bursar’s Office by today. 

We are still looking for raffle donations – please submit to the Bursar’s Office by Friday, Dec. 3. If you need us to come pick it up, we can do so as well. Any questions on this wonderful annual event can be e-mailed to Bursar@Kutztown.edu

WANTED!  Kutztown University Council of Trustees is searching for a new Student Trustee. You are qualified if you are a full-time undergraduate student and have completed 32 or more credits by the beginning of the 2011 Fall Semester, are in good standing and have a GPA of at least a 2.5, and will graduate no sooner than May of 2013. The Council of Trustees, the governing body of the University, is composed of an eleven-member board, one of whom is an undergraduate student. The Student Trustee is a full voting member of the Council. You can download the applications from KU’s webpage at http://www.kutztown.edu/student-trustee-search.shtml; and are also available in the President’s Office, at the Information Desk in the Student Union Building, in the Residence Halls and in the Rohrbach Library. If you have any questions, feel free to call Elsa G. Collins, President’s office, x3-4101 or e-mail collins@kutztown.edu. Application deadline is Dec. 17.