Read more about Boxwood House's brass lantern below.


The Daily Brief
Friday, July 1, 2011

ANNOUNCEMENTS


 The copper-brass lamp outside the Boxwood House on Kutztown’s main street shines down upon the historical past to present-day Kutztown University. The brass lamp was found during renovations to the building in 2009. The lamp dates back to 1869 and is a true piece of KU history. Once discovered, the lamp was taken to Hauck Metal Refinishing Service in Lyons, Pa., to be refinished, polished and reinstalled on the Boxwood House, the home of Graduate Admissions and International Admissions. For more campus curiosities, read your edition of the summer Tower magazine or check it out online at www.kutztown.edu/tower.


Great Masterworks - Please join us on Friday, Jul. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Georgian Room for an evening filled with the most beautiful melodies written for chamber ensemble. Works by Shostakovich, Schubert, Reger and Brahms will be presented by students, faculty, and guest artists of the Kutztown University Summer Chamber Music Festival. A reception with mouthwatering treats sponsored by Sweet Street Desserts will immediately follow. The concert is free and open to the general public.
        Christine Quinter, secretary, Music Department


In order to better serve our constituents, the KU Foundation will be moving to a new network as of the end of business on Thursday, Jun. 30. As a result of this transition, email and other computer operations will have very limited access until the morning of Tuesday, Jul. 5. All phone numbers will remain the same, so please feel free to call our staff with any questions you may have. Thank you.

Please note the new email addresses as follows:

Name/Title

Email address

Kay Apple, Controller

apple@Give2KU.org

Stephanie Deni, Director of Annual Giving

deni@Give2KU.org

Cindy Do, Staff Accountant and Gift/Data Processor

do@Give2KU.org

Kevin Hyde, Director of Communications

hyde@Give2KU.org

Jason Ketter, Executive Director

ketter@Give2KU.org

Karen McClincey, Assistant to the Executive Director

mcclincey@Give2KU.org

Alex Ogeka, Director of Major Gifts

ogeka@Give2KU.org

Colleen Painter, Director of Foundation Services & Donor Relations

painter@Give2KU.org

Ed Richmond, CFO

richmond@Give2KU.org

Cheryl Swavely, Administrative Support to Directors of Major Gifts

swavely@Give2KU.org

Brenda Vogelsinger, Part-time Accountant

vogelsinger@Give2KU.org

Barbara Walczak, Director of Major Gifts

walczak@Give2KU.org

Sarah Williams, Manager of Database and Software System

williams@Give2KU.org
   


In Case You Missed It:
 (Announcements and other information that have previously appeared in the Daily Brief.)
Guido Pichini ’74, current chair of the Kutztown University Council of Trustees, has been elected chairman of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) Board of Governors (BOG). This marks the first time in the 28-year history of PASSHE that one of its alumni has held the chairman position. For more information, please visit www.kutztown.edu.

Building Generator/Transfer Switch Testing - The electrical generators will be tested this coming Wednesday, Jul. 6 from 7 a.m. until 12:00 noon. This will be a combination generator and transfer switch test. No interruption should be noticed except for the lights flickering. The following buildings will be tested:

Rohrbach Library
 Grim Science Building
McFarland Student Union Building
Rickenbach R&L
deFrancesco Hall
Lytle Hall
        Kyle Mills, Director of Maintenance, Facilities


The KU Student Bookstore will be conducting its annual inventory and will be closed the rest of this week, through Monday, Jul. 4.  Any online orders placed during this time will ship when the store re-opens at 7:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Jul. 5.  Have a safe and happy Fourth of July. 
        Amanda Schaeffer, public relations manager, KUSSI

A Visit from Germany -- Members of a nine-person delegation from Saarbrücken, Germany arrived in Lehigh County and will spend the week touring the area. The group enjoyed a visit to Kutztown University and the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center (PGCHC) on Wednesday. 

Dr. John Delaney, director of Pennsylvania German Studies, Dr. Robert Reynolds, director of the PGCHC, and Patrick Donmoyer, PGCHC building and site conservator, provided the group with  background on the university and the rich history of Berks County. 

The city/county of Saarbrücken, Germany and Lehigh County have had a longstanding “sister county” relationship including official visits and cultural exchanges over nearly 30 years. 

To see pictures of the tour, check the KU’s Flickr page at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kutztownuniversity 
        Craig Williams, University Relations
The following camps/conferences will be on campus 7/04/11 – 7/10/11:

7/04/11 – 7/26/11 AFBE International Basketball
7/05/11 – 7/09/11 KU Art Education Institutes (Designing Quilts)
7/05/11 – 7/10/11 AGEHR National Handbell Conference:
                    7/05-07 Young Ringers Festival
                    7/07-10 Adult Ringers Festival
7/09/11 – 7/12/11 Vivace Band Workshop
7/09/11 – 7/12/11 Skyjumpers – Pole Vaulters
7/10/11 – 7/23/11 Cosmopolitan Tuba Euphonium Workshop
7/10/11 – 7/13/11 KU Women’s Basketball
7/10/11 – 7/24/11 KU Benjamin Wiley
7/10/11 – 7/16/11 Slovak Catholic Sokol Slet
7/10/11 – 7/15/11 KU Art Education Institutes

Please make them feel welcome on our campus. If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Conference Services at x3-1359.
        Laura Jones, Conference Services
An important message from the Copy Center and Kutztown Publishing Co - The Insite Ordering System is not certified to run on the latest  version of Internet Explorer (version 9). We recommend that you do not upgrade any of the browsers at this time and instead use Firefox.
        Barb Miller, Copy Center

 The Student Recreation Center and Keystone Hall Swimming Pool will be closed on Monday, Jul. 4, in observance of Independence Day. Regular summer hours of operation will resume on Tuesday, Jul. 5.
        Tracy Turner, office manager, Recreational Services
AFSCME Local 2234 and Local 2455 will be holding ratification meetings on Wednesday, Jul. 6 at 7 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. in 145 Boehm.
        AFSCME Local 2234 Executive Board
Come and enjoy lunch at the Festival! From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Tuesday, Jul. 5 through Friday, Jul. 8, admission to the Kutztown Folk Festival is free for employees who present a KU ID at the Festival entrance on College Boulevard.
        Kutztown Folk Festival Office


 Chamber Music Fills The Air At KU’s Summer Music Festival - The concerts are free and open to the public, and are listed below:

Friday, Jul. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in Georgian Room – “Great Masterworks”
Saturday, Jul. 2 at 6:30 p.m. in Georgian Room – “Around the World”
Sunday, Jul. 3 at 3 p.m. in Georgian Room – “American Fireworks”
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELIZABETH!