Good morning to Dr. Mathias Le Bossé, co-author of
"The Europeans: A Geography of People, Culture
and Environment." See more below.
Good morning to Dr. Mathias Le Bossé, co-author of
"The Europeans: A Geography of People, Culture
and Environment." See more below.
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National Library Week - Mark your calendars now for the following events that will take place as part of our National Library Week (April 10-16) celebration. More information on these events can be found on the Library's blog at www.rohrbachlibrary.wordpress.com •April 1 – 15, Come to RL 24 to have your picture taken with your favorite book. We will use your picture to create an 11x17 READ poster that will be on display during the month of April. To see some examples of celebrity READ posters, please go to www.alastore.ala.org/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=158. •April 10-15, “Like” us on our Facebook page (Rohrbach Library) for a chance at winning a prize for answering the daily trivia question. •On April 12, from 4 p.m.- 5 p.m. in RL 100B, Robert Saniscalchi will be talking about his new novel, My Life, For Her, the sequel to his novel Bullets and Bandages, which is based on his brother’s experiences as an army combat medic in the Vietnam War. •On April 13, from 4 - 5 p.m. in RL 100B, Berks County Poet Laureate Craig Czury will celebrate National Poetry Month and National Library Week with a reading in the Voices and Choices Center. Karen J. Wanamaker, Outreach Librarian “Absence is Presence: Matthew Daub’s Kempton” -- Nationally renowned watercolor artist and professor of Fine Arts, Matthew Daub will deliver an illustrated Chambliss Faculty Research Awards lecture on Monday, April 18, at 4:30 p.m. in the McFarland Student Union’s Alumni Auditorium. Admission is free, and the public is invited to attend this fascinating presentation.The title of the lecture, “Absence is Presence: Matthew Daub’s Kempton,” is taken from an essay by Carl Little on Daub’s work. Daub has been a professor of Fine Arts at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania since 1987. His watercolor paintings and drawings have been widely exhibited for over three decades, with more than 20 one-person exhibitions at galleries and museums throughout the United States including the Reading Public Museum in Pennsylvania, and the Evansville Museum in Indiana. Daub’s works have been included in numerous invitational exhibitions at prestigious institutions such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, and in 2010, the 185th Invitational Exhibition of American Art at the National Academy of Design in New York City. For more information, please visit http://www.kutztown.edu/admin/urelations/mediarelations/1104/daub-chambliss.shtml Cosmic Fine-Tuning and God: On Thursday, Apr. 14, 7 -8:30 p.m., in the AF 200, Dr. Robin Collins, professor of philosophy at Messiah College (Grantham, Pa.), will give a talk on how recent findings in physics strongly suggest the existence of a divine being. For more information please follow link: http://www.kutztown.edu/academics/liberal_arts/philosophy/club.asp GLBTQ Resource Center is hosting a movie night on Apr. 12 at 7 p.m. in room 4 of OM. The film Watermelon Woman is being shown as part of a series of Staff Pick Movie Nights for GLBTQ Awareness month. This event is open to students, faculty, staff, alumni and the public. For more information, please contact the GLBTQ Resource Center at x6-4111. Around the Globe: A Visit to China is Tuesday, Apr. 12, 11 a.m.- 1 p.m., MSU, Multipurpose Room. Internet Intruders-How to Keep Yourself Safe - The Kutztown Community Forum, on Apr. 13 at 6 p.m. in AF 102 will highlight Internet-based dangers and what precautions to take. Join in the discussion to learn about how the Internet affects your life and what you need to do about it. For questions or more information, please contact Maureen Cravath at Mcrav969@live.kutztown.edu Friday, Apr. 15 from 2 - 3:30 p.m. in Schaeffer Auditorium, Kutztown University students, staff, faculty and administrators are invited to the hear Jerry Pinkney, winner of the 2010 Caldecott Award and many other awards for his outstanding illustrations in children's books. Also, Pat Mora, poet and author of books for children and adults, will be presenting. Pat is the founder of El Dia de los libros, celebrated in communities around the United States. Many of her books are bilingual (Spanish and English). This event is offered at no charge to the KU community. The presenters will autograph books immediately after in MSU. Books are available for purchase at a 20% discount in the KU Bookstore. Please join KU student-writers for the 7th Annual KU Composition Conference on Wednesday, Apr. 13. This conference, sponsored by the English Department, is a venue for student work produced in all levels of Composition & Rhetoric courses at KU, from freshmen introductory classes to graduate seminars. Our theme this year is "Arts of Noise." Presentations will include traditional essays, audio essays and multimedia work. |
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