Daily Brief

KUHonors Brunch Cancelled. Unfortunately, due to the inclement weather heading in our direction for Friday and Saturday, we are forced to cancel our University Honors Brunch scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. This event will not be rescheduled, but students will be advised to attend one of the three spring visitation days scheduled for Feb. 27, March 20 and April 10. The Honors Program Office will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on each of these days.

Please notify anyone from your department that may have been planning on attending this event, that it has been cancelled.

Attention event organizers, the Office of University Relations is developing a method to assist in communicating the postponement and/or cancellation of university-sponsored events. Since poor weather is in the imminent forecast, we have created the following Web page, http://www.kutztown.edu/weather/cancellations.asp, to serve as a method to announce cancellations. It will be linked from “Announcements” on the main KU homepage.

If you cancel or postpone a university event and wish to publicize it on the above Web page, e-mail the cancellation and any rescheduling information you wish to communicate to Josh Leiboff at leiboff@kutztown.edu. You must send from your kutztown.edu e-mail address and include your contact information. Messages will be checked and processed throughout business hours, at 10 p.m. and again at 6:30 a.m. The Web site will be updated with any submissions as soon as possible thereafter. If you would like to be listed as an office that provides its own cancellation information on its own Web site, please e-mail this information to leiboff@kutztown.edu as well.

I would like to invite all KU faculty, staff and students to a very important presentation on Thursday, Feb.11 at 11 a.m. in DeFrancesco Building, room 100. Our Division of Administration and Finance will share the university’s budget forecasts for the next several academic years as projected at this point. We will have our key administrators present to help answer questions. Our hope is that this session will help everyone understand our budget situation better as we continue to plan for the year ahead. I hope to see you there.

Sexy Friends: Enjoy Valentine Experiences on Thursday, Feb. 11, in the McFarland Student Union Multipurpose room from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. United Greek Council, Friends of Rachel, H.E.A.R.T., President’s Roundtable, and the KU Health Ambassadors have joined together to provide an experience for students, staff and faculty. Bring your spare change and vote for your favorite display, participate in speed meeting to earn an entry into the booth, and most of all be our Valentine! Money raised in the challenge will be donated to charity. For more information, please call 610-683-4240.

African American Celebration. The staff of the Multicultural Center invites you to African American Celebration on Tuesday, Feb. 9, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of McFarland Student Union. This year’s celebration will feature Reggie Wayne Morris Blues Band. Reggie hails from Baltimore and plays the blues with an infectious passion. Having spent a great deal of his childhood on his grandparent’s farm outside of Charlottesville, VA, he was reared on Gospel at the local Southern Baptist Church. The Blues was also a big part of Reggie's family life. Over the years, Reggie has developed an upbeat, rockin’ style Chicago-blues sound that pays homage to those who bore witness and spread the Blues News from generation to generation. Reggie's music often reflects the moods and grooves of yesterday, but his contemporary lyrics have caught the attention of major music publishers, record companies and concert promoters. The Reggie Wayne Morris Blues Band has gained a national audience in the United States and has recently accepted tour dates in Germany, Italy and throughout Europe. Limited soul food sample provided.

KU will host the annual Central Eastern Regional Science Olympiad for the first time ever on March 11 (snow date March 12) at 8:30 a.m. With more than 600 middle and high school students from grades 6-13 competing in a series of challenging events, there is a great need for student, faculty, staff and community volunteers in the following areas: greeters, registration, food voucher sales, food delivery, lost & found, score checkers and many more. Please check out our Web site at www.kutztown.edu/acad/physci/olympiad or contact Sara Serrano at sserr562@live.kutztown.edu for general event information or to volunteer.

Kutztown University and APSCUF will host the 2010 Faculty/Professional Staff Retirement and Emeriti Recognition Dinner on May 1 at 6 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the McFarland Student Union. To date the following individuals have confirmed their participation:

If you are planning to retire or are aware of an individual who will be retiring in the near future, please contact Joseph Robinson in the President’s Office by Friday, Feb. 12 at ext. 3-4103 or via e-mail: jrobinso@kutztown.edu.

To submit items for the Daily Brief, please e-mail dbrief@kutztown.edu (no attachments) to the University Relations Office by 2 p.m. on the day prior to publication.

Persons with a disability and who require accommodation should notify the KU Disability Services Office two weeks prior to the event at 610-683-4108 (TDD: 610-683-4499) or e-mail accommodation@kutztown.edu in order to discuss accommodations. Every effort will be made to provide reasonable accommodations.