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Flash mob at MSU - Students from professor Mary Bock's class
dropped by the MSU Thursday morning for a quick flash mob of snow angels in the
lobby! See the video here:
http://bockmedia.blogspot.com/ Carlos Vargas-Aburto, provost and vice president, Academic Affairs Chamber Singers Concert on Tuesday, Dec. 6, @ 7:30 p.m. in Georgian Room, OM - Chamber Singers, a select group of KU singers, will present a Winter Concert of advanced choral repertoire. This concert will include a performance of Whitacre's 5 Hebrew Love Songs (with violin solo) and also some familiar holiday songs. Please come support your own KU singers! AFSCME 2234 members – Nominations will be taken at our Jan. 16 meeting for delegates to attend the International AFSCME Conference in late June 2012 in Los Angeles. Please plan to attend. Chris Ferris, secretary Women’s Center Accepting HEART Applications - The HEART at KU training will begin on Jan. 24, 2012. If you are interested in completing this 60-hour domestic and sexual violence education seminar, come to the Women’s Center, OM 126, to pick up an application. Applications may also be downloaded from the Women’s Center website. Please bring completed applications to the Women’s Center before Dec. 16, 2011. All sessions will be held at Kutztown University on Tuesdays and some Saturdays, through March when classes are in session. This program is free to all KU students, faculty and staff.For more information: visit the Women’s Center at www.kutztown.edu/womenscenter, call x3-4655 or email womenscenter@kutztown.edu. Grace M. Hill, director, Women's Center & GLBTQ Resource Center Flexible Spending Accounts – Important information has been added to H.R. website regarding updates for those enrolled in Flexible Spending Accounts. Please take a moment to review. Jean Adam, benefits manager, Human Resources OCAC and KCP are asking students to enter to win a poster contest promoting an environmentally-friendly Kutztown downtown and win gift cards ranging from $25-$75. Hand in a hard copy of your poster at the Community Outreach Center 281 MSU or email it in a .pdf to ocac@kutztown.edu by Dec. 16. Contact OCAC for more details, or see our poster "Make Your Mark" around campus. · The PASSHE Academy is a new initiative designed to expand personal and professional development and wellness opportunities for all PASSHE employees. The Academy makes some employee development programs offered at one university available to employees at all PASSHE universities. And most are offered free of charge. Visit the PASSHE Academy web and registration site at www.passhe.edu/academy. Courses are available now and will be updated on an on-going basis. (If training is scheduled during your workday, please be sure to get supervisory approval in advance of registering. If there is a cost associated with the training, you would need pre-approval from your supervisor for funding.)For more information, please contact Alexis Martin in HR at amartin@kutztown.edu. · KU offers some wellness initiatives similar to those offered through the PASSHE Academy. These can be found at http://hr.dept.kutztown.edu/health.html · Have an idea on a future program for the PASSHE Academy? Access to the Training Needs Assessment Survey is at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFVpNERUWVFUR203NmdBOHh3bXhsa1E6MQ. New Enterprise Rent-A-Car Employee Personal Use Contract Number – A Kutztown University employee can rent an Enterprise rental car at the University discounted rate provided payment is made with personal funds. Effective Dec. 1, employees renting a vehicle from Enterprise for personal use must give the new contract number XZ57179 to utilize the pricing discount. Personal rentals cannot be made through the Kutztown University website. An employee must contact Enterprise directly and identify themselves as a Kutztown University employee renting a vehicle for personal use. Please contact the Business Services Office at x3-4399 with any questions. Elizabeth Pflugler, assistant director, Business Services AFSCME Local 2234: This is a notice to all AFSCME employees who lost seniority due to parental leave taken prior to July 1993. Please send notice to the Human Resources office, through their work order system, stating that you are requesting your lost time back. This Request must be made before the end of the year. A form to reclaim this time was to have been distributed by the end of this year, but it has not been made available yet. Annette M. Christman Keep KUR as your pre-holiday soundtrack - On Tuesday, it's our Tuesday block of community access talk programming kicking off at 2 p.m. with a very special FINAL "Kutztown Live" of the semester where this week, host Mike R. turns hosting duties over to KUR alum Kyle "The Green Machine" Greenwood who will be interviewing local jazz artist and KU alum Nick Ruffini to discuss Nick's new solo album "Pressin' On." Then stay tuned at 3 p.m. for the semester's final "The Dan Donahue Show," "The KU Car Show" at 4 p.m., "Notas Latinas" at 5 p.m. KUR's full schedule can be found by clicking on the "Schedule" link on our webpage near the top. Michael Regensburger, KUR Radio Lavender Grads Celebration - The Lavender Grads celebration will be held on Dec. 8 in the GLBTQ Resource Center, OM 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cake and light refreshments will be served at 11 a.m. This celebration is to honor the accomplishments of Kutztown University‘s LGBTQ individuals and their allies. Chelsea M. Brink, writing intern, Women's Center |