Move-in Day is August 27! If you have a few hours, step-up, volunteer and get a free T-shirt for helping out.
Reach out to Jenni Rach at rach@kutztown.edu for information.



The Daily Brief
Thursday, August 11, 2011


 ANNOUNCEMENTS

 Please be advised that the MSU north addition west entrance, adjacent to the One Card office, will be closed all day tomorrow, Aug. 12, for power-washing the brick masonry, drywall repairs in the vestibule and painting as part of the renovation to the building and roof remediation project. The other building entrances to the building will remain open for continued use during this time. Thank you for your continued cooperation during this construction project.
        Trisha J. Scarcia-King, director, Student Union and Involvement Services
The Opening Day gathering will be held on Monday, Aug. 29, in Schaeffer Auditorium. A continental breakfast at 7:30 a.m. will precede the annual opening day address and presentations given by our union and university Senate leaders at 8 a.m.  

The Arthur and Isabel Wiesenberger Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching will also be presented at this event. Please remember that college, division and department meetings scheduled for this day are held at the discretion of the appropriate leadership.  

The Freshman Convocation Ceremony is on Sunday, Aug. 28 from 4:15 - 5 p.m. in Keystone Arena. This is a powerful event that allows us to introduce freshmen formally into academic life at K.U. regalia is worn by the platform party, but is not required by others in attendance.  

Please register online at www.kutztown.edu/openingday by Aug. 19.
A test of the campus Emergency Notification System will be conducted on Friday, Aug. 12, at 11 a.m. This test will affect those buildings with voice-communication fire alarm systems only. Buildings with fire alarm bells or horns are not capable of receiving voice-emergency notification signals and messages. This test will also affect several outdoor locations, which are the DMZ/Dining Hall, softball field and Lytle Hall. In order to become familiar with the Emergency Notification message, click here.
        Stephen Helms, director, Environmental, Health and Safety
The campus community is invited to recycle personally-owned old and unwanted electronics at Kutztown Area High School on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 19 and 20, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Old electronics, including computer towers, laptops, monitors, mice, keyboards, printers, copiers, scanners, fax machines, telephones are included and even small appliances such as toasters, radios, TV’s, VCR’s, and blenders - please, no glass. The event is open to anyone in Berks County.

(Large appliances, such as refrigerators, dryers, air conditioners, and dishwashers, along with any items that have hazardous or bio-hazardous materials cannot be accepted.)

For a complete listing of items being accepted, please visit http://doubleclick.poweron.com. Businesses and institutions are encouraged to register before the event at doubleclick.poweron.com. All recycling services provided courtesy of Apple, Inc.

ARAMARK
Please take note of this change - The South Side Cafe will close Sunday, Aug. 7 and reopen for dinner on Wednesday, Aug. 10. The American Grill at the Academic Forum will continue the same hours as listed. See below for this week's lunch menu in South Side Cafe.

Through Thursday, Aug. 25:

AMERICAN GRILL at AF:
Monday - Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday: CLOSED

SOUTH SIDE CAFE:
Monday - Friday
Breakfast 7:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Lunch 10:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Dinner 4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Saturday & Sunday
Breakfast 7:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Brunch 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Dinner 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

This Week's Lunch Menu at South Side Cafe:
 *Salad Bar, Grill, Pizza, Pasta, Deli & Desserts will also be available!
Monday - Closed
Tuesday - Closed
Wednesday - Beef Barley, Beef BBQ Sandwich, Steak Fries, Cauliflower
Thursday - Turkey Rice Soup, Meatball Sub, Rice Pilaf, Broccoli Polonaise
Friday - Manhattan Clam Chowder, Chicken Nuggets, Macaroni & Cheese, Stewed Tomatoes, Sautéed Carrots

In Case You Missed It:
 (Announcements and other information that have previously appeared in the Daily Brief.)
Four Kutztown University women's outdoor track and field student-athletes were named to the 2011 United States Track and Field Cross-Country Coaches' Association (USTFCCCA) Division II All-Academic Track & Field team. A total of 311 student-athletes representing 80 institutions compose the group.

Representing KU in the picture above from left: April Doyle (shot put), Katie Colburn (heptathlon), Keri Brown (800 meter runner), and Rachel Eshelman (high jump). All four women enjoyed sterling outdoor seasons to help the Golden Bears finish third at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) championships.

To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team, the student-athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 and have met an NCAA automatic or provisional qualifying mark in an individual or relay event at some point in either indoor or outdoor seasons.

To read more about their accomplishments, please visit the Athletics website at http://kubears.com/news/2011/8/8/WTRACK_0808110049.aspx?path=wtrack
Many thanks to Dr. John S. Walker, associate professor of business administration-finance, for handling a last-minute media inquiry from the Reading Eagle on the shockwaves hitting Wall Street. Here's the link:  http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=325031
        -Sean Dallas, University Relations

AFSCME Local 2234 Members please join us for the August meeting , Monday Aug. 15,  7 p.m. at Janelle’s Restaurant, 360 Fleetwood Rd., Bowers. A retirement specialist will be making a presentation during this meeting and will be available for questions.
        Annette M. Christman

Kutztown University will be converting Desire2Learn to Active Directory authentication on Aug. 16, from 8 - 11 a.m. This will change D2L usernames to email addresses and your password will be the same as your email password. Please note the system will not be available for use during this time.

After the change is made, you will log in with your official Kutztown email as your username and use the same password as you use to access your email. Your old username and password for D2L will no longer work after Aug. 16 at 11 a.m.

We hope that you will appreciate this change and quickly adjust to having one less username and password to remember. If you have any questions, please contact D2LAdmin@kutztown.edu.
Encouraged by the positive feedback from last year's event, the Rohrbach Library will again be having an open house this fall. 

This year's open house will take place on September 19, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Course/Student Participation - KU students can participate in a library self-guided tour for a chance to win prizes while learning about the library. The tour will take them to several key areas of the library to get a passport stamped. If you would like to use this library tour for credit or extra credit in your class, you can tell your students to put your name and the course down on back of their passports. There is a spot for them to list course information. We will compile all the passports and let you know which of your students participated. 

For more information, please contact assistant professor Krista Prock at prock@kutztown.edu or assistant professor Karen Wanamaker at kwanamak@kutztown.edu. If you are offering extra credit for your students, please let us know. It helps us to know how many passports to print.  
Kutztown University’s Kori Meshaw (Columbia, PA/Hempfield) of the men’s outdoor track and field team was named to the 2011 United States Track and Field Cross-Country Coaches’ Association (USTFCCCA) Division II All-Academic Track & Field team. A total of 162 student-athletes representing 63 institutions compose the group.

Meshaw enjoyed an outstanding season on the track for the Golden Bears. He ended his season by winning the 400-meter hurdles at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) championship meet in a season best time of 52.79 seconds. Meshaw was also a NCAA championship provisional qualifier. He was a NCAA Division II provisional qualifier and earned All-PSAC and USTFCCCA All-Atlantic Region honors.

Kutztown finished fifth overall at the PSAC championships. The Golden Bears were seventh in the final USTFCCCA Atlantic Regional rankings.
KUR Radio - On Wednesday, tune in at 2:45 p.m. for "The Diversity Rest Stop" interview program, this week sitting down with local, Fleetwood-native jazz artist Marsha Heydt. KUR has interviewed hundreds of jazz musicians over the years, and it's always extra special to interview one with roots right here in our own back yard.

At 3 p.m. on Wednesday, "Groovy" Greg Dottor takes control of the airwaves with "The Heart of Rock and Soul."

On Friday at 1 p.m. check out "Remix Radio with B. Lee", "Monsoon Mike's Jukebox of Cheese" at 2 p.m., "Anything Goes" with Lise Avery at 4 p.m., "Fifty One Percent" (women's issues talk) at 5 p.m., "This Way Out" (gay/lesbian issues talk) at 5:30 p.m. and "The Drumstick" with Dillon Snyder at 6 p.m.

All this in addition to our special weekend programming which can be found by clicking on our "Schedule" link at http://www.kutztown.edu/divisions/studentservices/departments/radioservices/schedule/index.aspx.
        Michael Regensburger, KUR Radio
ELIZABETH!