Looking for summer employment?
The Office of Conference Services is hiring students to serve on the
Conference Services Staff Team for the summer of 2012. This is an opportunity to
work/learn/live with people of many diversified backgrounds. Good benefits
(includes housing and meals) and pay. Applications are due by Feb. 22, 2012, and
can be picked up in the Office of Conference Services (Education House) or
on-line at
http://www.kutztown.edu/admin/confServ/conference. Feel free to contact
Terry Sitler or Honey Svoboda in the Office of Conference Services (x3-1359)
with questions.
Terry L. Sitler, director, Conference Services
TOMS shoe: Style Your Soul Event
- Order a pair of TOMS shoes. You get
a pair and a child in a third-world country gets a pair. Come to the Community
Outreach Center MSU 281 to fill out order forms and pay. Due by Nov. 22. If
ordering anything other than classic whites, please go online and find the style
number and price of your shoe.
Dec. 12 from 5-9 p.m. in MSU MPR a Style Your Soul Event will be held to
decorate plan preordered shoes. There will be screenings of the documentary,
live music, food, and some things to paint at the event. Come join us making the
world a better place!
Congratulations to Professor Mary Bock
for her participation in the table discussion "The Digital Agora: Debate
in the Age of Facebook", held at Reading Area Community College. Here's the
coverage in the Reading Eagle:
http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=345945
AFSCME Local 2234 -
Members meeting will be held Monday, Nov. 21, at Janelle’s Restaurant
and Catering Hall, 360 Fleetwood Lyons Rd., 7 p.m.
The December meeting will be incorporated into our members Christmas party,
Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Lyons Fire Company. Doors open at 6 p.m. Remember to
send in your party reservation as soon as possible. If you have any questions,
please contact one of the Committee members, Tracy Reidenhour at x3-4520, Chris
Ferris at x3-4307, Cheryl Faust at x3-4540, and Annette Christman x6-4181.
Hiring Trends: What's Hot? - So, you are ready to start your
job search. Do you know where the jobs are? Learn about the most recent hiring
projections for college graduates and find out which industries are hiring,
where the jobs are (geographically) and how to use this information to your
advantage. Thur., Nov. 17, 11-11:50 a.m., MSU 250
Resume Lab - Apply your resume knowledge in a computer lab
setting where you can develop and create your resume or make changes to an
existing resume with the guided assistance of a CDC staff member. Bring a flash
drive (or your own laptop if you'd like) to save your work. Thur., Nov. 17,
11-11:50 a.m., Stratton 102
Create Your Career: A How-To in Entrepreneurship - This special
Lehigh Valley area college event is designed to provide our region’s students
the opportunity to learn about entrepreneurial careers. A panel discussion with
various area entrepreneurs will be followed by speed information/networking
sessions chock-full of helpful tips and info for those considering starting
their own career now or in the future! Thur., Nov. 17, 6-8 p.m., DeSales
University
Make the most of your winter break by doing employer site visits
- Road trips to the real world - Join us for exciting employer site
visits, learn about careers, make contacts for internships and jobs, improve
your networking skills, & meet other college students from across the
Northeast/Mid-Atlantic. All majors & class years welcome to explore careers with
30+ companies in: Publishing, Non-Profits, Broadcast Media, Retail, Pharmacy and
Healthcare, Insurance, Finance, Accounting, etc. Here are just a few local
employers who will be hosting students: Aramark, Philadelphia, PA; MOD
Worldwide, Philadelphia, PA; Philadelphia Zoo, Philadelphia, PA; Prime
Rehabilitation Services, Toms River, NJ; City Year Philadelphia, PA; Target,
Springfield, PA; Deloitte, Parsippany, NJ; Elko & Associates (Accounting),
Media, PA . REGISTRATION: Begins Nov. 21 and ends Dec. 2.
http://www.eace.org/committees/roadtrips.html
Kerri Gardi, director, Career Development Center
University Choir Concert on Monday, Nov. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Georgian Room,
OM
- The University Choir will present a concert of various repertoire. This
includes one of Antonio Vivaldi's major choral works: Gloria (performed with
chamber orchestra). Other selections are from various genres and time periods.
Come support your own KU singers.
Please join us for a fun, interactive presentation of Kutztown’s new classroom
response system:
i>clicker. Initially developed to electronically collect student feedback in
large, lecture-hall classes, i>clicker is also well-suited for the small,
intimate group settings.
•Heard about i>clicker being used at Kutztown and not sure if its right for you?
Then join us to see how this educational tool can enhance your lecture.
•Already committed to using i>clicker? Then join us to see how to get started
and how best to maximize your experience.
•Have you used clickers in the past? Then come share your expertise with others.
Date: Tuesday, November 29
Time: 2-3:00 PM
Location: Boehm 220
Please RSVP to zigner@kutztown.edu
or x6-5828 by Wed., Nov. 23. Seating is limited. Refreshments will be served.
Bo Zigner, manager, Office of
Distance Education
There will be a telephone outage on the North Campus on Friday,
Nov. 25, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. for required maintenance. The following buildings
on North Campus that will be affected by this maintenance are Rohrbach Library,
Lytle Hall, PA German Cultural Heritage Center, Defrancesco Building, Beekey
Education Building, Rickenbach Research & Learning Center, McFarland Student
Union, and Honors Building.If you have any questions, please contact the IT Help
Center at x3-1511.
Kevin Schukraft, manager, Network
Technology
Put your creative talents to work – design a basket of holiday
treasures for the holiday season. The proceeds raised from ticket sales for
basket chances will be used to support KUBoK (Kutztown University and Borough of
Kutztown) Neighborhood Watch, a volunteer coalition of community residents and
KU students, faculty and staff working and walking together to maintain a safe
and friendly community. The baskets will be displayed on-campus in the MSU on
Wednesday, Nov. 30 and Friday, Dec. 2. They will then be displayed off-campus at
Eckhaus on Sunday, Dec. 4 during Kutztown’s “Christmas on the Main.”
Anyone can participate - staff, faculty, departments, clubs and organizations.
Do it individually or as a group. Be as creative as you like and as
non-traditional as you want it to be! You can base it around a theme, a hobby,
sporting team, or anything that comes to mind. The deadline to submit baskets is
Nov. 28. Baskets should be gift-wrapped in cellophane and can be dropped off at
the Dean of Students office, MSU 262. Please give your basket a creative name
and identify who it is being sponsored by. Any questions, please contact Susan
Mangold, Academic and Student Affairs, at x3-1396 or
mangold@kutztown.edu.
Attention: The next University Curriculum Committee (UCC) meeting for
the 2011-2012 academic year will be held on Dec. 1. The deadline for
submission of all proposals for this meeting is 12 p.m. (noon) on Thursday, Nov.
17. Because of the upcoming holiday, no proposals will be accepted after this
date. 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 ext. 3-1312. The full schedule of
meeting dates and deadlines for this year is available on the UCC website.
Bethany French, secretary, University Curriculum Committee
Faculty Shop Talk - Join your colleagues this Friday, Nov. 18,
for conversation, wine & cheese, and a chance to learn about the scholarly
activities of one of your colleagues at the third 2011-2012 Shop Talk. This
month's presentation, by Dr. Jonathan Shaw (English), is titled "Morning in
America: Metaphorics of Light in Stephen Wright's M31: A Family Romance". Dr.
Shaw's talk examines the themes underlying this dark and bizarre SF novel by
presenting comparisons to Spielberg's "Close Encounters ...." and the Reagan
administration. The talks are held in SUB 250. Attendees assemble at 4 p.m. for
wine and cheese and conversation, with the presentation commencing at 4:20 p.m.
For more information, including the 2011-2012 schedule, and to see an abstract
of Dr. Shaw's talk, please visit:
http://faculty.kutztown.edu/butler/FacultyShopTalks.html.
The KU Philosophy Club will meet on Thursday, Nov. 17, 11 a.m.
in MSU 323. James Pearson (B.A. Philosophy, Kutztown) will be speaking: It’s
All About Barbara, A Case in Modality.
Zachary Groff, president and
Allan Bäck, advisor
As part of the ongoing campus wellness initiative, we are pleased to
offer programs that cover healthy eating, exercise and lifestyle habits
that may reduce the risk of chronic disease. The next program being offered is
“Maintain Don’t Gain”. Registration began Monday, November 14 and runs through
Friday, November 18, with a program start date of November 21. Information on
this program as well as the other programs being offered is available on H.R.
website at:
http://hr.dept.kutztown.edu/health.html. For those employees with Healthy U
wellness program (not PEBTF members), completion of programs offered will earn
points (as indicated for each program) toward completion of Phase 5
requirements.
Jean Adam, benefits manager,
Human Resources
Bear Voices Concert: Thursday, Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. (Georgian
Room, OM) - Bear Voices will present an a cappella concert of modern, rock,
jazz, music theater, and movie music. Selections include works by The Beatles,
Billy Joel, George Gershwin, and Elton John and others. Come support your own KU
musicians.
Kutztown University Dining Services and ARAMARK strive to provide
a dining services program that meets the needs of the entire University
community. If you have not completed your Dining Services 2011 Customer
Satisfaction Survey, the deadline to do so is Nov. 18. This email survey went
out to all KU students, faculty and staff on Oct. 31.
Kent Dahlquist
Geography Awareness Week is Nov. 13-19.
Join us as we welcome Ty Marr, a KU alumnus, to speak about his career in
Geography on Thursday, Nov. 17, at 4:30 p.m. in Boehm Science Building,
Rm. 262. For more details visit our home page at
http://www.kutztown.edu/acad/geography/.
Richard Courtney, chair, Department of Geography
Tartuffe by Moliere - performance dates: Nov. 17, 18, 19. Tickets may be bought at
the Information Desk at MSU; online at
http://www.kutztownpresents.org/Other%20KU%20Tickets; and at the door at the
Rickenbach Theatre.
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