KU's Lenin Agudo was honored last night as a "Rising Star." He took a moment to talk about his work with KU's Latino Business Resource Center.
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The Daily Brief
Friday, October 7, 2011
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To improve the quality of services to our students and consistent with the realignment that took place at the beginning of the year, I would like to announce that effective October 10, 2011, Dr Trisha Scarcia-King will provide leadership and direction for the operations of the McFarland Student Union through the Division of Administration & Finance. Ms. Leah Cassellia will assume the lead responsibilities for the Office of Student Involvement through the Division of Academic & Student Affairs." Congratulations to Dr. Avidan Milevsky, associate professor of psychology, on his book, "Sibling Relationships in Childhood and Adolescence," published by Columbia Press. The Washington Post picked-up on the story - The Office of Financial Aid Services respectfully offers our condolences to Maggie Monet in the loss of her stepfather, the Rev. Neftali Arroyo of Passaic, NJ. Funeral Services are scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 6. Expressions of sympathy can be sent to Maggie via the Office of Financial Aid Services. Bernard L. McCree, director, Financial Aid Services The Office of Social Equity will offer Anti-Discrimination, Anti-Harassment and Sexual Harassment Training, pursuant to our university policies, as follows: - Monday, October 24, 2011 at 3 p.m., Conference Room 322, McFarland Student Union - Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 11 a.m., Conference Room 312, McFarland Student Union Each session should last approximately 30 minutes. If you would like to attend either of the above sessions, please register by e-mail with Jacqueline Collette at collette@kutztown.edu or socialequity@kutztown.edu. Please note training by department is also available. To schedule a training session for your department, please contact the Office of Social Equity at extension 3-4700. Please obtain approval from your supervisor if necessary. Additionally, Anti-Discrimination, Anti-Harassment and Sexual Harassment Training is now available from the Office of Social Equity through Desire2Learn (D2L). All faculty and staff members have been pre-enrolled in the Social Equity Policies Training course. If you choose to take the online training through D2L, instructions on completing the training are provided once you have logged into D2L and clicked on the Social Equity Policies Training link. Please note, if you have taken the training during the current calendar year, there is no need to retake the training until after December 31, 2011. Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the Office of Social Equity. Berks Women in Crisis Silent Witness Display at will be coming to Kutztown University from Tuesday, October 11 to Friday, October 14, in the Old Main Concourse, all day. This year is the tenth anniversary of the BWIC Silent Witness display: a project that commemorates victims of domestic violence in Berks County. The event is held in various public locations each October in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness month. Volunteers carry a red silhouette that represents a person who has lost their life as a result of domestic violence. Each silhouette wears a plaque on its chest that details the tragic stories of the victim it represents. For an electronic version of the Silent Witness display, visit the BWIC website: http://www.berkswomenincrisis.org/silentwitness.html. For more information about this event, contact the KU Women’s Center at x3-4655 or by email: womenscenter@kutztown.edu. Chelsea M. Brink, writing intern, Women's Center Congratulations to the following Senate Election Winners: Faculty At-Large Senator: James Delle, Anthropology/Sociology Faculty At-Large Senator: Robert L. Smith, Speech Communication and Theatre Committee on Committees for VPA: Leigh Kane, Fine Arts Committee on Committees for LAS: Jennifer Schlegel, Anthropology/Sociology Strategic Planning and Resources Committee for VPA: Robert L. Smith, Speech Communication and Theatre Professional Staff At-Large Senator: Kerri Gardi, Career Development Center Thanks to all who ran and voted. KU Senate “Enjoy working out to popular videos?” Get ready to sweat at the Student Recreation Center at 5 p.m., Mondays in Room 200. Spend some time with Anne a certified Personal Trainer and an Independent Beachbody Coach. Workshops are sponsored by KU Health Promotion Services hosted by the KU Health Ambassadors. Frances C. Cortez Funk, director, Health Promotion Services The Strategic Plan Task Force invites the campus community to an Open Forum from 11 - 11:50 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 11, in AF, room 203, to discuss proposed revisions to the Strategic Plan. Faculty, students, and staff are encouraged to join in a conversation with our strategic planning consultant, Dr. Stephen Reno, members of Cabinet, and the Strategic Plan Task Force. F. Javier Cevallos, president W Regina Iannello, graduate assistant, Department of Secondary Education As part of the campus wellness initiative, we are pleased to offer programs that cover healthy eating, exercise and life style habits that may reduce the risk of chronic disease. The first program being offered is “Maintain Your Mind” - Registration began Monday, October 3 and runs through Friday, October 7, 2011 with a program start date of October 10, 2011. 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. FOR AFSCME & SCUPA EMPLOYEES ONLY: The PEBTF Open Enrollment period is underway and will run through October 21, 2011. Open enrollment is your annual opportunity to select a new health plan and/or add or remove dependents from your coverage. Please review open enrollment information including PEBTF newsletter and detailed instructions on making changes via Employee Self-Service (ESS) on the H.R. website. We encourage all employees to use ESS to make updates; however, paper forms are also available on the website. Paper forms must be received in H.R. by October 21, 2011. Documentation for any new dependents added to coverage must be verified in H.R. by October 28, 2011. For those employees hired on or after 08/01/03 who pay a plan buy-up fee for Highmark PPO coverage: Note that rates are decreasing for 2012. Also note that the UCCI Dental HMO plan will no longer be available after 01/01/12: Those employees enrolled in the Dental HMO will automatically be transferred to the UCCI Dental PPO plan. Jean Adam, benefits manager, Human Resources TIAA-CREF representative will be on campus October 13, November 3 (change in date) and December 15 for one-on-one counseling sessions at H.R. in the Kemp Building. Appointments are first-come, first-served and can be made by scheduling online at: www.tiaa-cref.org/moc or by calling their Philadelphia Office at 800-842-2010. VALIC representative will be on campus October 26 for one-on-one counseling sessions at H.R. in the Kemp Building. Appointments are first-come, first-served and can be made by calling 800-892-5558, ext 88418 or online at https://my.valic.com/consultations and enter registration code: 9862KUT11AA. Jean Adam, benefits manager, Human Resources Interested in running a Summer 2012 Study Abroad Program? Interested faculty members must contact Anesah Akari (akari@kutztown.edu) in the Office of International Programs for information and applications. Initial proposals must be submitted no later than Oct. 28, 2011. In order to ensure all relevant approvals and financial reviews take place, proposals must be received by the above deadline in order to run during Summer 2012. Any proposal received after October 28, 2011, will not be considered for the Summer 2012 sessions. Anesah Akari, coordinator, International Student Services Students are invited to talk with President Cevallos in an open meeting on Thursday, Oct. 13, from 11 a.m. to noon in Boehm 145. Dr. Cevallos welcomes your thoughts, concerns and suggestions regarding Kutztown University. Toyia S. Reed, Office of the President Twice a year at Kutztown University we experience nature’s wonderful transition between the warm and cold seasons and along with this the limitations inherent in our university’s institutional heating and cooling systems. In most cases our building heating and cooling system configuration does not allow for simultaneous operation of both systems. Therefore, in order to activate the heating system we have to close down the cooling system. This process is a time consuming building by building effort. Once the transition is made, it is not possible to try to convert back just for a period of a day or two of abnormal weather. During these change of weather periods we have to choose a target date that hopefully will cause the least discomfort overall for the entire community. Sometimes the warm days are directly followed by cold nights. Since our community includes a large population of resident hall students, the cooler nights are a major consideration in timing the transition. The cold versus warm weather stabilizes around mid October, however, we prepare to be able to make the transition by Oct. 1, if a prolonged cold weather pattern is established. Actually, exactly the opposite has occurred this September. Normally this transition process can be completed in five to seven working days for the entire campus and the buildings are transitioned in a pre-established priority manner. If there are problems with some of the buildings’ heating system once activated, it could take longer for those facilities. We expect to have all systems on line by early next week at the latest, barring any unforeseen major issues. As always, your patience and understanding during this transition period is greatly appreciated. R. Jeff Grimm, assistant vice president, Facilities The Office of International Programs has started a new program - KU Conversation Partners is a cross cultural dialogue between international students and native English speakers at KU. The goal of this program is to create the opportunity for meaningful interaction and friendships between the US and international students. Please share this program with your students! Students who are studying or speak a foreign language can apply to our Conversation Partner Program and we will try to match them with a native speaker of the language they are studying. After students are matched with a partner, they can meet as often as they want, based on their schedules. The program is unstructured and they can take part in activities that interest both of them, like coffee, soccer, or lunch. Many people meet for an hour and spend half an hour speaking English and the other 30 minutes speaking the other language. It’s a great way to improve their language skills and get to know great people! For more information, stop by The Office of International Programs or email Jen Topp at jtopp516@live.kutztown.edu. Jennifer Topp, graduate assistant, Office of International Programs TIAA-CREF representative will be on campus Oct. 13, Nov. 16, and Dec. 15, for one-on-one counseling sessions at H.R. in the Kemp Building. Appointments are first-come, first-served and can be made by scheduling online at: www.tiaa-cref.org/moc or by calling their Philadelphia Office at 800-842-2010. Jean E. Adam, benefits manager, Human Resources "Malos Tratos" Print Exhibition, Oct. 4 - 16, CVPA Student Gallery, Sharadin. Artist's reception: Wednesday, Oct. 12, 3:30 - 6 p.m. Eckhaus Event: Mexican Potluck Dinner & Oaxaca Videos. Free. Thurs., Oct 6, at 6 p.m. 157 W. Main St. Kutztown Charla (Chat) with language students (in Spanish) catered by La Cocina Mexicana, Tues. Oct 11, at 11 a.m. in Defrancesco 120. Non-Spanish speakers welcome; advanced students will translate. For more info on all these events, please visit http://illustrationconcentration.wordpress.com Kevin McCloskey, professor, Communication Design Dept. The Student Union Art Gallery is featuring "Questions of Metamorphosis" a series of prints by Daniel Green. The exhibition will run until Thursday, Oct. 13. There is a catered opening reception scheduled for Friday, Oct. 7, from 7 - 8 p.m. We hope to see you there. Alicia Bonilla-Puig and Elizabeth Emmett, gallery coordinators |
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