KUBoK Neighborhood Watch is calling for volunteers! KUBoK (Kutztown University/Borough of Kutztown) is a volunteer organization consisting of Kutztown residents, faculty, staff, and students to provide a safe environment downtown during peak social hours.  We are currently recruiting volunteers for the Spring Semester and will be holding a training session on Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 7 p.m. in the Alumni Auditorium, located in the McFarland Student Union.  Those who are interested in participating in KUBoK should attend this training session and contact KUBoKWatch@gmail.com with any questions or concerns.

       
        Amanda Keith. KUBoK graduate assistant

This week's MSU Movie Series film "Zombieland" will be shown in the McFarland Student Union Alumni Auditorium tonight at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Please note the later starting time for the second showing on Saturday. Sunday’s showings are 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Admission is free! Check out the movie trailer on the McFarland Student Union Web site for more information. http://www.kutztown.edu/divisions/studentservices/departments/msub/programs/submovies.asp#MSU_Movie_Websites

        John Alfero, technical services coordinator

Free KU Presents interactive talk on early cinema music for all KU students, faculty and staff on Friday, Feb. 5 from 4- 5:30 p.m. in Schaeffer Auditorium. Rick Benjamin, Music Director for the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, will be giving an interactive talk on early cinema music.  The Orchestra will join him to play specific scenes from the evening's feature film (The Mark of Zorro!) to demonstrate methods of historic underscoring. He will also take questions from the audience.

Rick Benjamin, has built a career on the discovery and performance of lost American music from the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. He is the founder and director of the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, which uses his extraordinary 10,000-title collection of antique theater and dance orchestra music (c.1875-1925) as the basis of its repertoire.  Mr. Benjamin is also an energetic researcher of music for silent films; he has unearthed the original orchestral accompaniments to many of the great motion pictures of the 1910s and '20s, which he conducts at film festivals around the world.   

For information on the entire evening of our performance of the PRO with The Mark of Zorro! including dinner and a free pre-concert activity including your fellow faculty, go to: http://www.kutztown.edu/activities/kupas/rick_benjamin_orchestra.aspx

        J. Andrew Cassano, director, KU Presents!

College of Visual and Performing Arts Faculty First Thursday!  Dean Ballas,  Assistant Professor of Communication Design, will present “Visual Art Distance Learning”  on Thursday, Feb. 4 at 11 a.m. in 120 Sharadin.  Professor Ballas is in the process of developing an online version of the Historical Survey of Graphic Design course.  We have a chance to explore how students enrolled in an online course engage with interactive content as opposed to the traditional delivery found in an on ground classroom.  Will there be a better understanding of the course content through virtual delivery?  Lets discuss!

        William J. Mowder, dean, College of Visual & Performing Arts

Kutztown University plays host to more than 150 student government leaders from all 14 universities of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) for the annual Student Government Board Leadership Program the weekend of January 29-31.  Students will participate in various exercises designed to provide the skill, management background, and talent needed to be efficient and progressive student government board members. Programs include: Administration, Diversity, Student Apathy, Budgeting, Group Development, Technology/Social Networking, Leadership Development and Student Advocacy.  

It is with sadness that we inform the university community of the passing of Troy Weidner's father yesterday.  Services are at St. Paul's UCC in Fleetwood on Saturday, Jan. 30 at 11 a.m., viewing begins at 10 a.m.  Messages of condolence may be sent to Troy at his home, 301 Noble St., Kutztown, PA 19530.

        Departments of Television Services and Electronic Media