Dixon Hall custodian Lorrie Rauch was runner-up with her apple pie. See story below.

 The Daily Brief
Friday, January 14, 2011


 Announcements

Housing and Residential Services would like to congratulate Lorrie Rauch for her runner-up finish in this year’s 2011 Pennsylvania Farm Show Apple Pie Contest. Lorrie competed against 79 other individuals for this honor. We would also like to note that Lorrie was the State Farm Show apple pie 3rd place winner in 2010, the 1st place winner in 2009, and 2nd place winner in 2008. Lorrie is a custodian in Dixon Hall.
         Kent Dahlquist, director, Housing and Residential Services

Required semi-annual fire drills will be conducted in all academic buildings during the first three days of the semester, weather permitting. All building occupants are required to evacuate the building during these mandatory evacuation drills. Remember to close room doors, use the closest evacuation pathway to exit the building, and stand clear of the exits to allow others to file out quickly. Thank you all in advance for your understanding and cooperation during these vital life-safety exercises. 
        Mark W. Hostetter, fire safety technician, Facilities-University Safety
KUR Announcement: As has become a tradition the past several years, KUR will be airing Dr. Martin Luther King's entire, sixteen-minute speech every hour, on-the-hour, throughout Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 17. That’s 24 airings of the entire speech from midnight through until 11:16 p.m. Too often the media only gives us the popular snippets from the event, but never the entire, ground-breaking speech. Hear the entire speech on your source for multiculturalism and diversity, “The Radio Voice of Kutztown University,” KUR.
        Michael Regensburger
The KU University Relations staff continuously reviews communications methods in an attempt to streamline and improve overall campus communications. As a result, the following changes will be implemented in 2011:

--Bear Essentials, the student e-newsletter, will be converted to a new updated format. An e-mail containing copy in the body will be distributed every Wednesday to students, faculty and staff. Essential administrative announcements will appear at the top of the e-mail, followed by general promotional items.   Repeat announcements will be placed at the bottom. All messages submitted to Bear Essentials should be student-related. For more information on Bear Essentials, please visit http://www.kutztown.edu/news/bear/

--The Daily Brief will continue to be distributed Monday through Friday mornings via e-mail to all faculty and staff. Additional improvements will be made to the publication, including weekly university news updates and features. All messages submitted to the Daily Brief should be for faculty and staff. For guidelines and further information, please visit   http://www.kutztown.edu/news/brief/Daily%20Brief%20Guidelines.html

--We continue to work with an outside agency to redesign the KU website. Once completed, new technology will allow us to begin to implement new electronic communications methods. The anticipated launch period for the revamped website is fall 2011. In the meantime, all constituents are encouraged to use Bear Essentials and The Daily Brief as the preferred method of e-communication to campus. Thank you for your cooperation in helping us to enhance our efforts!
        University Relations Office staff 
 

ATHLETICS

 Kutztown University football players Kevin Morton, Matt Dineen, Khalief Evans and Joel Irwin were named to the Don Hansen NCAA Division II All-Super Region 1 squad released Tuesday afternoon. Morton and Dineen were named to the second team. Evans and Irwin were third team selections.

 Today, Jan. 14 
Men's & Women's Indoor Track vs. Golden Bear Invitational- 5 p.m.                                                    

Tomorrow, Jan. 15 
Wrestling vs. West Liberty State College, 10 a.m. (Keystone Field House)                                            
Wrestling vs. Seton Hill University, 10 a.m. (Keystone Field House)                                             
Men's & Women's Basketball vs. Bloomsburg, 1 p.m. (Keystone Arena)

ARAMARK

 Viewpoints - closed today
Southside Cafe - open
Cub Café - open 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

Viewpoints Menu:
Monday: Closed 

Tuesday: Turkey pot pie, vegetable lasagna, whipped red skin potatoes, carrots Vichy and broccoli. Soups of the day are minestrone and vegetable barley. 

Wednesday: Roast beef with gravy, Creole vegetables and rice, potato filling, corn, and peas, mushrooms and red peppers. Soups of the day are chicken noodle and vegetable chowder. 

Thursday: Chicken parmesan, spaghetti, spinach quiche, herbed vegetables, and cauliflower. Soups of the day are navy bean soup and potato chowder. 

Friday: Baked haddock, Mediterranean wheat pasta, cheesy mashed potatoes, baby corn and bok Choy, and oriental broccoli. Soups of the day are New England clam chowder and cream of tomato.

In Case You Missed It:
 (Announcements and other information that have previously appeared in the Daily Brief.)


 Construction Update: A construction crane will be on campus today. Work to remove the deFrancesco building chiller and additional equipment will take place from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. General building access will not be affected, although mechanical room access (door 5) will be blocked for the duration. Work will be complete by tomorrow. 
        Patrick Antonio, project manager, Facilities Project Services
Traffic advisory: Beginning next Wednesday, January 19, Route 737 will be closed between I-78 and Route 222 for bridge replacement near Kutz Mill Road. The road will be closed through August 2011. Though detours will be posted, please check your usual set of directions you may have for visitors and guests to the university and advise of alternate routes. From the west, visitors can use Route 61 off I-78 or from the east, visitors can use Route 100 at Fogelsville to Route 222. Click here for a look at the map.

Mileage rate increase: Please be advised that the U.S. General Services Administration’s  Privately Owned Vehicle reimbursement rate has increased to 51 cents per mile effective January 1, 2011.  In accordance with Board of Governors’ Policy 1986-07-A, Travel Expense Regulations, the reimbursement rate for use of a personal automobile for official System travel also has increased to 51 cents per mile effective January 1, 2011.  (For travel occurring from January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2010, the reimbursement rate is 50 cents per mile.) 
        Accounts Payable Office
The Kutztown University Cheerleading Team is honored to represent the University at the Universal Cheerleaders Association National College Cheerleading Championship held at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The cheerleaders will be attending the competition Jan. 13-18. Professors with one of the cheerleaders listed below who will be missing class on Jan. 18, should receive an email from that cheerleader requesting information on any work needed to be made up. We appreciate you allowing the cheerleaders appropriate time to submit the work upon their return. Any questions or concerns can be forwarded to Crystal Piparato, cheerleading advisor at piparato@kutztown.edu. 

The cheerleaders who will be attending are: Jordan Benedict, Tiffany Brinsko, Chelsea Creo, Erica Figueiredo, Ashley Gartner, Shannon Griffin, Krysta Kane, Jordan Kave, Caitlin McKinney, Paige Micchelli, Erin Miller, Rachel Miller, Kristen Nisbet, Rebecca Pope, Samantha Powers, Devin Raventos, Kimberly Reimel, Kelsey Richards, Nicole Ruscitti, Talia Russell, Emily Schmidt, Chelsea Schumacher, Nina Shahikian, Kathleen Wojowicz.
        Crystal A. Piparato, head cheerleading coach
AFSCME Local 2234: Members, please join us for our January 2011 meeting to be held, Monday, Jan. 17, at 7 p.m. at Janelle’s Catering and Restaurant, 360 Fleetwood Rd., Bowers. There will be a conference call/vote to attend the Women’s Leadership conference in Hershey, Pa., March 11-13, 2011.