As most of you are aware, Barbara Taliaferro, Associate Vice President, Diversity and Inclusion, has retired in late December.   As a result, the reporting structure for our Human Diversity offices has been realigned.  Effective January 2, 2010, Multicultural Services, the Women’s Center and the GLBTQ Center will report to the Division of Student Services and Campus Life.  Vice President Chick Woodard will establish a transition team to develop and recommend a “best fit” for these units within the division.  On an interim basis, these units will report to Dr. Andrea Kirshman,  Assistant Vice President for New Student Programs and Services.  Our ADA office will report to the Office of Social Equity under the guidance of Jesus Peña, Associate Vice President for Equity and Compliance.   We believe this overall realignment will best serve our students, faculty and staff as we move forward, while allowing us to maintain the quality established by Human Diversity in the past. 

        F. Javier Cevallos, President
 

Join Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) for the next in their six Seeking Solutions Series on Wednesday, Jan. 20.  The Seeking Solutions Series program begins at noon with a luncheon and welcomes panelists: Ellen Horan, Executive Director of Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce; Dave Bosler, Owner, Bosler Consulting LLC; Dan Goldberg of Dan Goldberg Consulting, LLC; and Jay Sidhu, CEO, New Century Bank. Panelists will be discussing “What’s the Key to Developing Leadership Skills.”

The program continues at 3 p.m. with associate professor of accounting and finance, Dr. CJ Rhoads, who will present her research on “The One Most Important Characteristic of a Leader: What the Research Shows May Surprise You.”

Following Dr. Rhoads’ presentation, the program welcomes speaker Ellen Horan, executive director of the Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce at 4:30 p.m. Horan will be speaking about “The Leader in Me” program. The day concludes with a networking reception until 6:30.

The cost for the lunch and panel is just $35.  The main speaker and reception is only $25. Or enjoy both for $50. Dr. Rhoads’ 3 p.m. research presentation is free and open to the public. 

For more information, please visit our Web site www.kutztown.edu/activities/clubs/SIFE/events.html or phone 610-683-4575. The deadline to register is Jan. 13.

        Heather Gillotti, vice president of PR, KU SIFE