Be sure to make your way over to the Sharadin Art Gallery for the Senior Exhibition. Details below.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Announcements

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 today, 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.

The Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center will host “A Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas” this Saturday, 4:30 to 8 p.m., at the heritage center. Activities will include luminary lantern tours of the farmhouse, living history demonstrations, carolers and even a visit from the Belsnickel. Visitors may enjoy a cup of hot cider as they gather around the warming fire after.

Special thanks to Leesport, Pa.-resident Bill Coughlin for these images of Sunday's performance of "The Snowman" held in Schaeffer Auditorium. Visit this link for pictures - http://twinoakphoto.zenfolio.com/snowman

Clean up. Clean out. Don't throw that out! The Women’s Center is again collecting new and used clothing, household goods, linens, paper goods, art supplies, toys, toiletries, feminine products, baby supplies and food for local agencies. Please bring your donations to the Women’s Center Oasis, Old Main 3 during exam week, Dec. 13 – 17, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Additional donation boxes are also located in all residence halls. To make special arrangements for drop-off please call the Women’s Center at x3-4655 or e-mail Mary Borst, borst@kutztown.edu or Grace Hill, hill@kutztown.edu.
Please join me in congratulating the members of Kutztown University’s Model UN Club on their successful appearance at the recent University of Pennsylvania Model United Nations Conference in Philadelphia.  Two KU students received special recognition-- Jennifer Gaston received an "Honorable Delegate Award" representing Venezuela on the specialized UNESCO committee. Shawn O'Donnell received a "Verbal Commendation" representing Chen Yi in the Crisis Room called The Vietnam Quagmire.

The KU Model UN Club’s next competition will be in Singapore in March against schools from around the world at the World Model United Nations Conference hosted by Harvard University and the National University of Singapore. 
        Tom Stewart, Academic Enrichment, Model UN faculty advisor
Kutztown University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts is hosting its December Senior Exhibition at the Sharadin Art Gallery, featuring works by graduating students in the Communication Design and Art Education & Crafts departments. The exhibition continues to run until Dec. 12. The Sharadin Art Gallery’s hours are as follows: Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Saturday, Noon - 4 p.m., Sunday, 2 - 4 p.m. Students are invited to support the work of their peers. For more information on the exhibit and the department of Communication Design and the department of Art Education & Crafts, please visit http://www.kutztown.edu/acad/artgallery/ or http://www.kutztown.edu/academics/visual_arts/arted/.

Holiday Boxes are being collected this week and next for Friends, Inc. Community Services December food pantry.  We had a great response to our original email and request for food boxes – but if you missed it – it’s not too late to make a box up!   Just email me and I will send the list of supplies needed for each box! If you made up your box, please drop it off at the Community Outreach Center, room MSU 281 , no later than Thursday, Dec. 16 , 11 a.m.  If you need your box(es) picked up – we will do pick up on Tuesday and Thursday mornings this week and next –just email me with how many boxes and the location of the boxes. 
        Jerry Schearer – Community Outreach Center, schearer@kutztown.edu, x3-4923

The Kutztown University Academic Achievement Awards are presented to a select group of senior students who have achieved exceptional individual achievements in specified areas. The awards were established through a generous gift provided by Dr. Carlson R. Chambliss, who served as a member of the Kutztown University faculty from 1970 until 2003.   Faculty and staff at KU are strongly encouraged to nominate students worthy of consideration for this prestigious award. 

The areas of individual achievement are:        
a) Successfully completed research projects.       
b) Original artwork of high quality.       
c) Artistic performances (music, chorus, drama, etc) of high quality.       
d) Original writing in literature or meritorious writing in other fields.       
e) Noteworthy achievements in athletics.       
f) Outstanding service to the Kutztown University community. 

 The application may be downloaded at http://www.kutztown.edu/divisions/studentservices/do/awards.aspx by clicking on "Academic Achievement Nominations" or by e-mailing a request to nolan@kutztown.edu. Completed nomination forms must be submitted to the Office of the Associate Vice President for Student Services and Campus Life, 262 McFarland Student Union by Feb. 10. Any questions about the process may be directed to nolan@kutztown.edu or watrous@kutztown.edu.       
        Julianne Nolan, director, Community Relations and Development Services

 Tune in to KUR this afternoon at 3 p.m. for our popular campus/community issues talk show "Town and Gown on Common Ground!" Host Meghan Godorov sits down this week with Kutztown Patriot editor Lisa Mitchell.

Then tomorrow, Dec. 8 at 3:45 p.m., check out our popular "Diversity Rest Stop" radio interview program. Recently, we were contacted by the College of Business to ask us to help them record a podcast about their department for use on their website. Seeing this as a great broadcast for our "Diversity Rest Stop" as well, you can hear the interview with Dean William Dempsey and learn about the many great services the KU College of Business has to offer! Diversity and Multiculturalism is what we do here on KUR! Thanks for listening to the Radio Voice of Kutztown University, KUR!

The KU Student Bookstore is having a huge Doorbuster Savings Sale through Dec. 17.  Doorbuster items include $5 T-shirts, $10 skull candy ink’d earbuds, $25 appliqué sweatshirts, and more. To view a selection of our doorbuster Items, see our online ad. In addition, we are having a one-day-only buy one, get one FREE sweatshirt sale on Thursday, Dec. 9.  Four hooded sweatshirts and one crew neck style are included.  Buy one sweatshirt at $29.99, get the second sweatshirt free, while supplies last.  Remember, we provide free gift bags with any purchase of $5 or more.  Happy holidays from the KU Student Bookstore.    
        Amanda Schaeffer, marketing coordinator, KUSSI

ATHLETICS

Weekly Home Athletics Schedule 
Wednesday, Dec. 8
Men's basketball vs. Holy Family, 7 p.m. (Keystone Arena)

ACADEMICS 

The University Curriculum Committee (UCC) will meet on Thursday, Dec. 9 at 11 a.m., in MSU 312, in a continuation meeting to consider curricular proposals on the remainder of 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 
The latest issue of Professional Contributions is available at this link:  http://www.kutztown.edu/news/brief/2010/December/10-12-06_ProfCont.pdf

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

Out at Work (DVD 4439) In 1992, Cheryl Summerville, a cook at a Cracker Barrel restaurant outside Atlanta, received a termination paper stating that she was fired for "failing to demonstrate normal heterosexual values."  She was shocked to discover that in more than 40 American states, it was legal to fire workers simply because of their sexual orientation.  Out of Work chronicles the stories of three gay workers:  a cook, an auto worker, and a New York Public Library clerk, as they seek workplace safety, job security, and employee benefits for gay and lesbian workers. 

Question Types in Interviews (DVD 4442) This program examines open and closed interview questions and teaches how to use situational interviewing, behavioral interviewing, and probing questions. The DVD also highlights questions to avoid. 

The Choice 2008 (DVD 4434)  It has been called one of the most historic presidential elections in our nation's history-Barack Obama versus John McCain.  It is a race that pits the iconoclast against the newcomer, the heroic prisoner of war against the first African American nominated by a major party. 
        Ted Hickman, coordinator, AV Center

ARAMARK

Today's Viewpoints Menu: Viewpoints will be open to staff and faculty on Tuesday.

Wednesday: Pork cutlets, rosemary polenta and broccoli rabe, parsley potatoes, Mexican corn and refried beans. Soups of the day are oriental beef noodle and cream of mushroom. 

Thursday: Buttermilk fried chicken breast with white gravy, black bean cake, whipped fluffy potatoes, peas, mushrooms and red peppers and cauliflower. Soups of the day are turkey vegetable chowder and cheddar cheese soup. 

Friday: Baked whitefish polonaise, macaroni and cheese, Caribbean sweet potatoes, stewed tomatoes, and vegetable medley. Soups of the day are cape cod chowder and tomato rice. 

Dana Wells, Kutztown Dining’s Registered Dietician will be on campus Thursday, Dec. 9, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Please note that Dana will be in Conference Room B of the South Dining Hall this week instead of “A.” If you would like to set up an appointment, please contact Dana at wells-dana@aramark.com or call 610-965-1914.

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


The last Student Union Art Gallery Exhibition of the semester is currently on display featuring paintings by Alex Echevarria. The show will be up until Friday, Dec. 17 and the catered opening reception is scheduled for tomorrow night, 6-7 p.m.  If you haven't made it to an opening yet... now's your chance! 
        Alicia Bonilla-Puig and Elizabeth Emmett, gallery coordinators

The KU Philosophy Club will meet on Friday, Dec. 10, 4:30 p.m. in MSU 250 President's Room. Professor Hugh Lacey from the department of Philosophy at Swarthmore College, will be speaking on "Science and Values."
         Peter Secor, president; Allan Bäck, advisor

 Thank you to all faculty and support staff for submitting your textbook adoption and course material information to the bookstore.  Your timely efforts will make it possible to purchase more textbooks from students when textbook buyback begins this week.  This will put cash in students’ pockets and increase the number of used textbooks available next semester, saving them a substantial amount of money. 

Attention Faculty:  Have you considered textbook rental for your students?  If your textbook is in a newer edition and you plan to use it for at least 3 more semesters, please contact Jackie at x6-4194 or by e-mail jdowning@kutztown.edu at the KU Student Bookstore.  She will explain to you how you may be able to help save the students up to 60% off the price of their textbooks beginning this spring. Whether or not you sent in your textbook adoption, Jackie will work with you to make it happen.  Let’s work together to make textbooks more affordable for students. 
        Barbara Peterka, manager, KU Student Bookstore

Open Room Change instructions for current residents have been distributed to student e-mail accounts.  Available spaces are viewable now through the housing portal of On Line Student Services. This process runs through noon on Thursday, Dec. 9. Please feel free to visit the Housing Office in 106 Old Main if you have questions, or call x3-4027.

The Housing Application Renewal process is now available through Friday, Dec. 17, for current students that want to live on-campus for Fall 2011/Spring 2012. Instructions and link are located on the housing website. A $50 non-refundable application fee is required at time of online application. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our 106 Old Main office at x3-4027.       
        Apryle Carney, assistant director, Housing & Residential Services

The Delta Alpha Pi Honor Society (DAP) will hold a Bake Sale on Wednesday, Dec. 8 in the lobby of McFarland Student Union, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Come and get some goodies and support this academic honor society.   
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

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.