The KU Foundation welcomes you to their annual scholarship event, Beacon on the Hill. See more information below.
The Daily Brief
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Announcements

Website maintenance canceled - The website maintenance announced via e-mail the last two days has now been canceled.  Users may feel free to update their university websites as normal.
        Josh Leiboff, assistant director, Web Content

 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


 ATHLETICS

KU Men's Rugby volunteered time yesterday for PUSH AMERICA while on Spring Break at the Clemson Outdoor Lab camp where they are are staying while training.  They cleared woods and moved tons of pavers in a project to make the cabins accessible for campers with disabilities. See more pictures at www.flickr.com/photos/kutztownuniversity

  

ARAMARK

 Open Dining Locations during Spring Break:

Viewpoints: Open Monday – Friday, 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. 

Java City in the Bear’s Den will be open Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. and will resume normal hours on Monday, Mar. 14.

Update:  Java City in the Bear’s Den will also be open on Wednesday, Mar. 9, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. in addition to the Cub Café to accommodate the Science Olympiad visitors.

All other locations will be closed during Spring Break and will resume normal hours on Monday, Mar. 14.

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


 The next University Curriculum Committee (UCC) meeting will be held on Mar. 24. The deadline for submission of all proposals for this meeting is 12 p.m. (noon) on tomorrow, Mar. 10. Please submit new proposals prior to this deadline to the UCC secretary, Bethany French, in the Provost’s Office, 309 Stratton Admin. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. French at x3-1312.
        Ms. Bethany French, secretary, University Curriculum Committee
KU Senate Governance Committee willingness-to-serve opens Monday Mar. 14. More than 80 positions are available on 24 senate governance committees. Specific committee vacancies, descriptions, and the nominations procedure will be posted and will run in Profs Online. This is a (user-friendly) self or colleague nomination process unrestricted by years of service. Committee terms are usually two or three years. Nominations close Monday, Apr. 4, 11:59 p.m. Appointments are made by the Committee on Committees and approved by Senate in late April. Service begins Aug. 29, 2011.    
        Joanne Cohen Hamilton, chair, Committee on Committees  
   

 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

Greg Dottor is home recuperating after a short stay in the hospital. Please keep Greg in your thoughts and  prayers and send get well wishes to his home address at 3809 Gun Club Road, Alburtis, Pa. 18011.  
        Business Office

A test of the campus Mass Notification System will be conducted tomorrow, Mar. 10, at 10 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-mass notification signals and messages. In order to become familiar with the Mass Notification message, click here.
        Stephen Helms, director – Environmental, Health and Safety
KU Presents! director Andy Cassano hosts two remaining public open houses to talk more about renovations to the Nathan C. Schaeffer Auditorium at Kutztown University. The dates are tonight, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, March 12 at 1:30 p.m. Each open house will be held in Schaeffer Auditorium. The event is open to the 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 each 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. 

A Spring Break of Our Own – While the students are away enjoying their time off, treat yourself to a little taste of spring.  The Dixon Creamery will be open today, from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. with special deals for everyone. Regular size soft serve ice cream will be one dollar, and hard ice cream will be a dollar per scoop.  
        Amanda Schaeffer, marketing coordinator, KUSSI
The hours for the McFarland Student Union during Spring Break are as follows:

 Monday, Mar. 7 through Friday, Mar. 11, 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
Construction Update: There will be a brief shut-down of the heating system in the deFrancesco Building today, from 7-11 a.m. in support of the chiller replacement project. While the new connections are being made, selected areas may experience slight reductions in heating levels.  
        Patrick J. Antonio, Jr., project manager, Facilities Project Services
The Student Recreation Center will be operating under the following special hours during spring break:

Mar. 7 - 11:  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 from Friday, Mar. 4 – 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 beginning Mar. 4. Classes will resume Mar. 13.  
        Tracy Turner, office manager, Recreational Services