KU students participated in a "Day On" with activities throughout Berks County volunteering for the MLK holiday.

The Daily Brief
Tuesday, January 18, 2011


 Announcements

Kutztown University students traveled to more than a dozen locations throughout Berks County on Monday to volunteer with community organizations as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.  Volunteers nationwide honored the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. through a generous donation of their time and hard work. To see pictures of KU students helping our community neighbors on Monday click on www.flickr.com/photos/kutztownuniversity. 
The Kutztown cheerleading squad took 4th place in the 2011 UCA College National Championship all-women Division II in Orlando, Fla. This is a great accomplishment! Please help us in congratulating the cheerleading team for their success this season. Great job KUCT!
Routine pest control services- The schedule for routine pest control service has been updated on the Facilities web page.   Please see http://www.kutztown.edu/admin/facilities/support/pest.shtml for scheduled dates of service for 2011.  To request routine pest control services, please submit requests via TMA/iService Desk at http://workorders.kutztown.edu/ If you need assistance with urgent pest control issues, please contact the Work Control Center at x3-1594.    
        Kim Rhode, director, Facilities Business and Campus Services
KU’s Healing Environment Advocate Response Team is ready to train new volunteers. Berks Women in Crisis be offering a 60-hour certification course to interested students, staff and community members, beginning Jan. 25 and continuing Tuesday evenings from 6-9 p.m. and three to six hours on some Saturdays until April.  Upon completion of this course, participants will be trained, certified BWIC volunteers and HEART at KU members. There is still time to sign up. For more information, please contact the Women’s Center, Old Main 126, at x3-4655. 
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

 Please sign-up for the KUAlert e2Campus to receive important safety updates and weather-related information at http://www.kutztown.edu/kualert/e2campus.aspx. It's free and easy to sign-up.

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 

CPR classes upcoming dates for spring semester: 2/22, 3/15, 4/12, 4/19. Times - 5:30-10 p.m. Location: Rec Center 200. Please contact publicsafety@kutztown.edu or Candi Calhoun at x3-4861.
SUIS Newsletter - Please check out the January/February Edition of the Student Union and Involvement Services newsletter at:  http://www.kutztown.edu/divisions/studentservices/departments/sis/PDFs/Jan-Feb%20newsletter.pdf  
        Amie Updike, SUIS
The following non-instructional vacancy is available - this position is currently open for current employees only.
Clerk Typist 2 (1763) Facilities - Support Office / Facilities building (M-F, 08:00 to 16:30, 1 hour lunch)
Internal applications are due on 2/1/2011
To receive additional information, please click here for details or call x3-1353.
        Human Resources
 
ACADEMICS
Creating Digital Flashcards and Other Study Aids for Your Students - Tuesday, Feb. 1, 11 a.m. to noon Monday, Feb. 7, 2- 3 p.m. 

Colleagues, attend this hands-on workshop to gain experience with Studymate. Studymate is an interactive tool you can use to easily create flashcards, pick-a-letter, matching, crosswords, and other study aids that can be added to D2L or posted on your faculty website.  No knowledge of programming is necessary to use Studymate. 

D2L Gradebook Workshop Wednesday, Feb. 9, 9-10 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 10, 10-11 a.m. in the Learning Technologies Center, Room RL 30 in the Rohrbach Library. Attend this workshop to learn how to configure the D2L gradebook, create gradebook entries, and enter student grades. Learn how to create letter grade schemes and configure the gradebook so the student sees an accurate running average during the course of the semester. Learn how to use the categories feature to automatically drop the lowest score in a series of gradebook items.  

To register, please contact Eleanor (El) Ambrose, Dept. of Learning Technologies secretary, at ext. 3-4900 or e-mail El at eambrose@kutztown.edu.  One-on-one training can also be arranged by contacting Will Jefferson, Learning Technologies Center coordinator, at ext. 3-4757 or via e-mail at wjeffers@kutztown.edu. Please visit our website to learn about other upcoming workshops and events at www.kutztown.edu/academics/lt.

 

 
ATHLETICS
Kutztown University women's tennis coach Suresh Ramamurthi announced that the program is still looking for players. You need to have varsity playing experience from your high-school, be committed to regular workouts and practice, be committed to traveling for matches, especially during spring break week and all team-related activities. Anyone interested in trying out should contact Coach Ramamurthi at ramamurt@kutztown.edu or call x3-4380.   
        Rob Knox, director, Sports Information

Athletics this week:
Saturday, Jan. 22
“Take a kid to KU” on Jan. 22 for the men’s & women’s doubleheader basketball game vs. East Stroudsburg at Keystone Arena. All children under the age of 12 receive FREE admission and a complimentary Berks hotdog. Avalanche will be available for photographs and autographs. The women’s game begins at 1 p.m.; men’s game is at 3 p.m.

Men's and Women's basketball vs. East Stroudsburg - 1 p.m. (Keystone Arena)
 Women's Swimming vs. Lock Haven - 1 p.m. (Keystone Pool)

                                   

ARAMARK

 Viewpoints Menu - Today: 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.)


 Traffic advisory: Beginning tomorrow, 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.

The Kutztown University Cheerleading Team was honored to represent the University at the Universal Cheerleaders Association National College Cheerleading Championship held at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The cheerleaders attended the competition Jan. 13-18. Professors with one of the cheerleaders listed below who will be missing class on Jan. 18, should receive an e-mail 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 attended were: 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