Daily Brief

Summer Wednesdays are "Talk Wednesdays" here on KUR. After a great morning and early afternoon of Cafe KUR Jazz, we kick off the talk programming at 2:45 p.m. with our popular "Diversity Rest Stop" interview, interviewing a diverse newsmaker, musician, etc. This week, we kick off the afternoon 15 minutes early with a special half-hour edition of the show beginning at 2:30 p.m. with smooth jazz pianist Chris Geith, who has a new album out which is lighting up the jazz charts all over the world, "Island of a Thousand Dreams."

The afternoon of talk programming continues at 3 p.m. with "Fifty One Percent," a radio magazine talk show designed specifically for women, followed at 3:30 p.m. by "This Way Out," the international gay/lesbian magazine.

Diversity and multiculturalism is what we do here at KUR, and just because it's summer doesn't mean it's any different! Thanks for listening to the Radio Voice of Kutztown University, KUR!

With your support, Kutztown University successfully transitioned to the Desire2Learn (D2L) Learning Management System from Blackboard earlier this summer. On July 5, 2010, the PASSHE system will be upgrading to version 9.0, and further enhancing all D2L installations in the state system. As a result, the Kutztown D2L system will NOT be available on July 5 until updates are complete. We are not expecting any difficulties with this upgrade, and expect to have full access to D2L restored by the evening of July 5.

If you are teaching summer session II, we strongly encourage you to anticipate this upgrade in preparation for the start of class on July 6. If you would like to schedule an appointment for consultation or one-on-one training, please contact Will Jefferson at the Learning Technologies Center (wjeffers@kutztown.edu or 3-4757) or Bo Zigner, Instructional Designer (zigner@kutztown.edu or 6-5828). Students will have access to courses on July 1st.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any other questions. Thank you for your cooperation.

New Dining Services Green Meal Ticket: Effective June 1, the pink meal tickets that are obtained from the Food Contract Office for departmental use for meals for guests, will no longer be accepted by Aramark. The pink meal ticket has been replaced with a new green meal ticket.

The sponsoring department needs to generate a purchase order and give a copy to The Food Contract Office in order to obtain the green meal tickets.

The meal ticket is only valid at Viewpoints or the South Side Café in the South Dining Hall. Per meal cost at the South Side Café is: Breakfast $5.50, Lunch/Brunch $6.50, Dinner $7.45. The per meal cost at Viewpoints for lunch is $5.50.

The new green dining services meal ticket must be completed before being presented to the Aramark cashier and will be null and void without a purchase order number. Each guest much have their own meal ticket. Please contact the Food Contract Office at ext. 3-1314 for new green meal tickets, instructions, and questions.

The Student Recreation Center and Keystone Hall Pool will be closed on Monday, July 5 in observance of the July 4 holiday. Regular hours of operation will resume on Tuesday, July 6.

Viewpoints Menu: Meatloaf, eggplant parmesan, caramelized onion mashed potatoes, green beans and carrots. Soups of the day are chicken noodle and vegetable barley.

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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.