Daily Brief

The 2010 Faculty and Staff phone directories are ready for pick up at the Copy Center (TAF-107). Please visit the Copy Center for your copies. The booklets are grouped by department and will be distributed accordingly.

Student Union & Involvement Services in conjunction with the Community Outreach Center, will be collecting donations for the Haiti Earthquake victims at the Involvement Fair on Thursday, Jan. 21. We will be collecting monetary donations as well as non-perishable food items. All donations will be sent to the American Red Cross to support their relief efforts. The Involvement Fair will take place from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. in 218 McFarland Student Union, the Multipurpose Room. Every little bit counts so clean out your cupboards and your wallets and donate to this important cause.

Kristen (Snyder) Gallagher, assistant director, Student Union & Involvement Services

The next AFSCME Local 2234 meeting will be on Monday, Jan. 18 at Valentino’s Family Restaurant at 7 p.m. Please plan to attend.

Time is running out to nominate an outstanding alumnus for the Kutztown University Alumni Awards! Deadline is Feb. 1. For full details, check out our Web page at:

Testing of campus-wide fire alarm activation will occur on Thursday evening, Jan. 14 after 6 p.m. This portion of testing our new fire alarm/Mass Notification Equipment is necessary to verify proper connectivity and programming of the fire alarm control equipment. Fire alarm system activations in campus buildings should be short; however, they may be activated several times to ensure proper system operation. We appreciate your patience and cooperation with this phase of testing this important Life Safety equipment. Questions regarding this testing can be directed to Stephen Helms, in Environmental, Health and Safety at ext. 3-4050 or helms@kutztown.edu.

Classroom Clickers Personal Response System (PRS) Version 5 Upgrade Jan.19 or Jan. 21 from 2-3 p.m. in RL30. Additional class time held on Jan. 20 from 11 a.m. to noon.

Teaching in a large classroom setting? Looking for ways to increase class interaction and easily track student participation? Consider classroom clickers. Attend this interactive session to learn about the capabilities of the clicker system and see how easy it is to integrate clickers into your instruction.

To register, please contact Anne Manmiller, Department of Learning Technologies secretary, at ext. 3-4900 or at manmille@kutztown.edu. One-on-one training can also be arranged by contacting Will Jefferson, Learning Technologies Center Coordinator, at ext. 3-4757 or via e-mail at wjeffers@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.