Make plans today with the kids for fun with Grammy-award winner Jonathon Sprout.
See more information at www.kutztownpresents.org


The Daily Brief
Friday, March 11, 2011
Announcements


The Kutztown University Council of Trustees will hold a regular meeting on Thursday, Mar. 17 at 4 p.m. at the Stratton Administration Building, room 301. 
        Elsa G. Collins, President’s Office

 Join the Kutztown University Foundation for their annual scholarship event, Beacon on the Hill, in Schaeffer Auditorium at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Apr. 14. At the event, chaired by Martin K. Till and Tiffany Cavanaugh of the Lehigh Valley, enjoy hors d’oeuvres, socialize with guests and bid on items in the silent auction. Then at 8 p.m. enjoy a KUPresents! performance of Jami Tyzik’s Femmes Fatales, presented at Ursa Minor’s Café in the MSU MPR. 

Registration for this event is through the KU Foundation, 610-683-1394. Tickets are $150 per person.

Proceeds from Beacon on the Hill help to finance the Beacon Scholarship, established to provide four-year merit scholarships to incoming freshmen based on criteria established from year-to-year by each undergraduate college dean.

If you are interested in becoming a sponsor for this event and/or assisting in attaining auction items, please call the Kutztown University Foundation office for more information.
        Stephanie Deni-Iaeger, director, Annual Giving, Kutztown University Foundation
Jonathan Sprout is here on Sunday, March 20 at 2 p.m. Nominated for best children's album by the Grammy's, Pennsylvania's own Sprout has been performing children's music for over 30 years. With a fast-paced, interactive, participatory concert, Sprout performs songs from his award-winning albums that focus on self-esteem. This show includes his songs about heroes of American history, as well as some its brightest citizen like Helen Keller, Jackie Robinson, and Jonas Salk. For more information on tickets and Sprout, please visit www.kutztownpresents.org.

ARAMARK
The following DVDS were added to the media library are available in the AV Center: 

Paris The Luminous Years (DVD 4659) “Paris The Luminous Years” tells the epic story of Paris from an unprecedented point of view-not as the familiar, glamorous backdrop for the revolutions that exploded there, but as the active protagonist, catalyst, and midwife to modernity. The film spotlights now-famous key figures in the art world’s first international avant-garde, tracing who came to Paris and why, whom they met, what they made there, and how being in Paris transformed them and their work. 

Killing Us Softly 4 (DVD 4667) In this new, highly anticipated update of her pioneering “Killing Us Softly” series, the first in more than a decade, Jean Kilbourne takes a fresh look at how advertising traffics in distorted and destructive ideals of femininity. 
        Ted Hickman, coordinator, AV Center

ARAMARK

 Open Dining Locations during Spring Break:

Viewpoints: today, 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. 

Java City in the Bear’s Den will be open 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. and will resume normal hours on Monday, Mar. 14.
All other locations will be closed during Spring Break and will resume normal hours on Monday, Mar. 14.

Kutztown Dining will hold its first Chef’s Challenge against West Chester University on Wednesday, Mar. 16 from 5 – 7:00 p.m. in the South Side Café. Kutztown’s own Executive Chef Larry Gattens and Sous Chef Chris Coffin will compete against West Chester’s chefs. What will the secret ingredient be? Which school will win? Join us for the Ultimate Chef Challenge to find out!

Viewpoints Menu for next week:

Monday: Pork and sauerkraut, macaroni and Swiss cheese, whipped potatoes, stewed tomatoes and stir fried vegetables. Soups of the day are beef vegetable and cream of mushroom.

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: Saint Patrick’s Day Lunch: Corned beef and cabbage, Dublin broil with mushroom sauce, spinach quiche, corn, sautéed spinach and blarney stone potatoes. Desserts include Irish crème cookies, Irish soda bread, Irish crème mousse cake and blarney stone cookies. Soups of the day are navy bean 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.)

Hot water shut down notice for Old Main today, - The hot water service in Old Main will be shut down today, from 7:30 - 10:30 a.m. Old Main will be without hot water for approximately three hours in order to repair a leak. This only affects the hot water service.
        Kyle Mills, director, Facilities Maintenance 


 Working it Out! Clothing Drive Collection- The Kutztown University Women’s Center and the Career Development Center are holding a professional clothing drive, “Working it Out” in the Old Main concourse for students and faculty in need of professional work attire. This includes suits, jackets, pants, shoes, ties, shirts, sweaters, belts and accessories. All clothing donations must be clean and on a hanger. Drop-off days for the drive are tomorrow and Monday, Mar. 14, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m., in the Old Main Concourse.

Distribution begins Mar. 15 for students only, 9 a.m.- 8 p.m, Mar. 16 and 17 are for students, faculty and staff 9 a.m.- 6 p.m. and Mar. 18 is for students, faculty and staff, 9 a.m.- 2 p.m., all in the Old Main Concourse. In exchange for a donation of one non-perishable food item for Friend, Inc., you can get FREE donated clothing for your job, interview or career!

Come to an educational program and learn about the signs, symptoms and statistics about Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in PA on Thursday, Mar. 24 from 3 – 4:30 p.m. in MSU Alumni Auditorium. Presenters will be Deborah Delgado, the TBI project director of Disability Rights Network of PA and Melodee Hursey, regional education coordinator of the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center. The program will also include personal stories of students with TBI. This program is free and open to the public. Persons with a disability, and who require accommodation, should notify the Disability Services Office as soon as possible at x3-4108 or e-mail accommodation@kutztown.edu, TDD number: 610-683-4499, in order to discuss accommodations. Every effort will be made to provide reasonable accommodations.
        Disability Services
America Reads is bringing Dr. Seuss to KU! Food, fun, and prizes for kids of all ages. Free and open to the public. Every child receives a FREE book. Join the fun Mar. 26, 10 a.m. - noon in MSU 218.  For more information or directions, please contact Leyna Belinsky at americareads@kutztown.edu
        Leyna Belinsky, coordinator, America Reads
America Reads is selling Philly Soft Pretzels to raise money for our annual Dr. Seuss Reading Event.  We are taking orders for pretzel’s to be delivered Mar. 17, just in time for your St. Patrick’s Day celebration. Orders can be placed in the Community Outreach Center by Mar. 15. Money is due when the order is placed at $1 per pretzel.  Please contact americareads@kutztown.edu with any questions. 

CET will be sponsoring a discussion group from 11 - 11:50  a.m. on Tuesday, Mar. 15, in AF102 titled The New General Education Model presented by Professor Randy Schaeffer. Confused by the "new" Gen Ed model? Welcome to the club! This workshop will briefly look at the history, motivation, and development of the new model and then quickly turn to a discussion of the four parts of the model. We will delve into how to help students (and advisors) navigate the intricacies of the new model. What counts where? When does a student have to take what? Can one course fulfill more than one requirement? What if a student changes his/her major? What's a "Competency Across the Curriculum" and how does one get approved? Where can I go for more information? All these questions and more will be addressed in this workshop. If you plan to attend the workshop, please respond to sreed@kutztown.edu.

The Office of President would like to invite you to The Making of an Expert:  Conversations with K. Anders Ericsson. Dr. Ericsson, Conradi Eminent Scholar and professor of Psychology at Florida State University, is widely recognized as one of the world's leading theoretical and experimental researchers on expertise. He has demonstrated through his research that building top expertise is more than anything else a matter of long and repeated deliberate practice. Please join us for discussions with Dr. K. Anders Ericsson on issues that can have a far reaching impact on how we teach and learn at KU. We will discuss with Dr. Ericsson how to best employ his research to improve instruction at KU and what his research means to our students and their futures. 

Monday, Mar. 14
9:30-11 a.m.                 Introductions and Discussion, McFarland Student Union Building, Multipurpose Room
Noon-12:50 p.m.       Jazz Ensemble I Rehearsal with Dr. Ericsson, Old Main C31
5-6:30 p.m.                  Discussion - The Making of an Expert, McFarland Student Union Building, Alumni Auditorium 

Tuesday, Mar. 15
9:30-11 a.m.         Discussion, McFarland Student Union Building, Multipurpose Room
3-5 p.m.                Wrap-Up Discussion, McFarland Student Union Building, Alumni Auditorium 

For more information on Dr. Ericsson, please visit http://www.coachingmanagement.nl/The%20Making%20of%20an%20Expert.pdf

Saturday, Mar. 12 at 1:30 p.m. - KU Presents! director Andy Cassano hosts a public open house in Schaeffer Auditorium to talk more about renovations to the Nathan C. Schaeffer Auditorium. The event is open to all.  

The Schaeffer Auditorium is scheduled for an 18-month long renovation and remodeling beginning in January 2012. This is the first major work on the auditorium since it opened in 1938. At the open house, Cassano will be sharing project details, showing renderings and floor plans, as well as taking people on a backstage tour of the facility. 

The hours for the McFarland Student Union during Spring Break are as follows:

 Today, 7:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Closed Saturday & Sunday, Mar. 12 & 13
Regular hours will resume Monday, Mar. 14 
        Jennifer Tanzos, secretary, Student Union & Involvement Services
The Student Recreation Center will be operating under the following special hours during spring break:

Today:  6 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday, Mar. 12:  CLOSED
Sunday, Mar. 13: (regular hours resume):  1 - 11 p.m. 

The Keystone Hall Swimming Pool will be closed through Saturday, Mar. 12.  Regular hours of operation will resume on Sunday, Mar. 13, from 7 - 10 p.m.

There will be no group exercise classes. Classes will resume Mar. 13.  
        Tracy Turner, office manager, Recreational Services