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Dr. Mathias Le Bossé, assistant professor, Department of Geography,
co-authored with Robert C. Ostergren, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
the second edition of “The Europeans: A Geography of People, Culture, and
Environment,” published by The Guilford Press, N.Y., and released in April.
"Well written and admirably comprehensive” wrote one reviewer. Another noted that “The Europeans” has become the standard textbook for undergraduate geography courses and that the thoroughly revised second edition brings “the region and its people to life for students.” For more information, visit the publisher’s website http://www.guilford.com/cgi-bin/cartscript.cgi?page=pr/ostergren.htm&dir=geo/GTRG_series&cart_id=266414.7219 On Wednesday, Apr. 13 the Frederick Douglass Institute will host its final installment of its year long discussion series. Dr. Ellesia Blaque of the KU English Department will lead a discussion entitled The Miseducation Of Minorities: Overcoming The Odds. We will be in RL 100B from noon to 1 p.m. Lunch will be served. For more information, please contact Taheerah Entsuah at fdouglass@kutztown.edu Frederick Douglass Institute Big Art Day is Friday, Apr. 15, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in Sharadin Art Building, Room 120. Please join the Fine Arts Department for the 2011 BIG ART DAY. This year, we are welcoming alumni Marie Getz, an art therapist and psychotherapist living in Colorado; Matt Smith, a staff photographer for The Express-Times in Easton and the owner of a very active freelance real estate photography company; and Zach Lindenberger, a technical administrator for the Foundations Department at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. They will talk about their art careers and share their experience in the field after graduating from Kutztown University. Laurent Odde, assistant professor, Fine Arts Students in the Department of History, Luna McMahon, Allison McCann, Samantha Miller, and Marybeth Sia, presented papers at the Phi Alpha Theta East Regional Conference held at Villanova University on Saturday, Apr. 9. Phi Alpha Theta is the history honor society and approximately 100 graduate and undergraduate students from public and private universities throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Ohio presented their research. Samantha Miller received an award for Outstanding Undergraduate Paper. The History Department is proud of these students, and particularly congratulate Samantha on her impressive achievement. Students are invited to talk with President Cevallos in an open meeting on Thursday, Apr. 14, from 11 a.m. to noon in Boehm 260. Dr. Cevallos welcomes your thoughts, concerns and suggestions regarding Kutztown University. Resume Workshop - Please encourage your student to attend a resume workshop facilitated by the Career Center, on Thursday, Apr. 14. This will be held in room 104 of the Multicultural Center at 11 a.m. All are welcome. Don’t let time slip away this semester with no resume. For more information please call x3-4807. Jeann Cengeri, office manager, Multicultural Services The Department of Criminal Justice cordially invites the KU Community to a reception in honor of Dr. Marc Renzema and Dr. Deborah Sieger who are retiring at the end of the spring 2011 semester - after a combined total of sixty-one years—from 4-6 p.m. on Apr. 12 in MSU 250 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 D2L Schedule and Checklist Tools on Tuesday, Apr. 12, 11 a.m. to Noon or Thursday, Apr. 21, 2 - 3 p.m. D2L incorporates several useful tools that help your students stay on task with assigned course work. Attend this workshop to learn how to incorporate the Schedule and Checklist tools in your D2L course. Dreamweaver CS5 on Tuesday, Apr. 26, 10 - 11 a.m. or Friday, Apr. 29, 10 - 11 a.m. - Dreamweaver CS5 is Adobe’s web development tool. Attend this “Basics” workshop to learn how to create a faculty webpage using Dreamweaver. Follow-on workshops over the summer will also be offered that cover more advanced Dreamweaver functionality. To register for either one of these two workshops, please contact Eleanor (El) Ambrose, Dept. of Learning Technologies Secretary, at x3-4900 or email El at eambrose@kutztown.edu. One-on-one training can also be arranged by contacting Will Jefferson, Learning Technologies Center Coordinator, at x3-4757 or via email at wjeffers@kutztown.edu. Visit our website to learn about other upcoming workshops and events at www.kutztown.edu/academics/lt. “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 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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