Football honors
for QB Kevin Morton and head coach Raymond Monica - Congratulations to
the 10 members of the KU football team selected to the All-Pennsylvania State
Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division team. The awards were highlighted
by QB Kevin Morton earning Offensive Player of the Year and head coach Raymond
Monica winning Coach of the Year.
This is the second straight year Morton and Monica have been honored with the
conference's top honors. Along with Morton, seven Golden Bears were named to the
All-PSAC first team. Junior offensive lineman
Aaron McGlynn,
senior wide receiver
Erik Frazier, junior linebacker
Andrew Hodges,
junior offensive lineman
Nick Maloney, junior defensive back
Alex DiNolfi, and
junior running back and return specialist
Josh Mastromatto
were each named to the first team. Earning a spot of the second team was a trio
of KU seniors. Running back
Robbie Frey,
defensive tackle Jason
Henshaw and defensive end
Brett Moss all
earned first-time All-conference selections on Wednesday.
I am pleased to announce that Ms. Nancy Wunderly has been appointed the Director
of Admissions,
effective Jan. 17, 2012. Ms. Wunderly comes from St. Joseph College,
West Hartford, CT. Please join me in welcoming her to the KU family.
Carlos Vargas-Aburto, provost and vice president, Academic & Student
Affairs
Seamless and Sustained: An Integrated Curriculum Conference -
KU students and professors are invited to attend the Fall 2011 KU Art Education
and Crafts Conference entitled "Seamless and Sustained: An Integrated
Curriculum" on Friday, Nov. 18. Please see
http://www.seamlessandsustained.com for conference information including the
conference schedule, list of presenters, and teaching resources. The Keynote
Address by Julia Marshall and Amy Youngs is scheduled at 10:30 a.m. in the MSU
Alumni Auditorium. Julia Marshall, professor of Art Education and chair of Art
Education at San Francisco State University, specializes in art integration in
K-12 settings. Amy Youngs, associate professor of Art at Ohio State University,
creates biological art, interactive sculptures and digital media works that
explore the complex relationship between technology and our changing concept of
nature and self.
Carrie Nordlund, assistant professor, Art Education
The Fall 2011 issue of the Rohrbach Library Newsletter is now available
at:
http://www.kutztown.edu/library/about/newsletters/Fall2011News.pdf. In this
issue, you will find some important news items as well as information on new
databases, how to borrow equipment, our new Media Collection of DVDs, and much
more. This semester's newsletter will only be available in a digital format.
Contact Karen Wanamaker
(kwanamak@kutztown.edu) for more information about the newsletter or if you
would prefer to receive a print copy in the future.
Karen J. Wanamaker, assistant
professor, librarian, Rohrbach Library
This week's MSU Movie Series film is The Change Up
which will be shown in the MSU Alumni Auditorium on Thursday and Friday
at 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Admission is free! Check
out the MSU movie website for more information.
http://www.kutztown.edu/divisions/studentservices/departments/msub/programs/submovies.asp.
John Alfero, technical services
coordinator, Student Union & Involvement Services
Professor Ron Longsdorf was in Spartanburg, South
Carolina for a unveiling and dedication of a memorial sculpture he
designed and fabricated.The steel sculpture is to memorialize the 1903 Pacolet
River Flood of Spartanburg County.Read about the event here:
http://www.goupstate.com/article/20111115/ARTICLES/111119781/1112?Title=Statue-unveiled-to-mark-flood-along-Pacolet-River-
Ron Longsdorf, assistant
professor, Art Education & Crafts
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
online 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!
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.
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
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
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