More than 600 students participated in commencement ceremonies on Saturday including Kayla Reppert '12 shown above. See more photos from the big day at the KU Flickr site.


THE DAILY BRIEF

Monday, December 17, 2012



ANNOUNCEMENTS

It is with sadness that we announce the Dec. 14 passing of College of Business professor David Allan Haas. Professor Haas retired from KU in September after 14 years. He is survived by his wife Barbara and four sons: LTC John R., husband of Dawnann Haas; COL Peter M., husband of Carolyn Haas; CDR Michael D., husband of Lisa Haas and MAJ Christopher P., husband of Alice Haas.

Housing, Residence Life and Dining Services office will be closed from 11:15 – 1:30 on Tuesday for a staff program.
        Kent Dahlquist, director, Housing, Residence Life and Dining Services


Holiday Food Boxes - Just a reminder – if your office, department, class, or student group was collecting items for the Friend Inc Holiday Food Boxes – we are still accepting them at the Community Outreach Center (MSU281). Please drop them off now later than Wednesday, December 19 by noon. If the office is closed at the time, you can just leave them outside the door and we will collect them. If you have any questions or you need your box picked up, please email me at
schearer@kutztown.edu.
        Jerry W. Schearer, assistant dean, New Student Programs


It is with much sadness we make the KU community aware of the passing of Tut Hassler. Tut was the sister of Sandy Muth, custodian in Deatrick Hall. Messages of sympathy may be sent to Sandy at 332 N. Cedar St., Kutztown, Pa. 19530.
        Glenn Ruhe, HARS Department



ATHLETICS

Tuesday, Dec 18
Basketball Doubleheader vs. Clarion, 5:30pm (Keystone Arena)

Wednesday, Dec 19
Basketball Doubleheader vs. Lock Haven, 5:30pm (Keystone Arena)

   


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

The Student Recreation Center will have lunchtime group exercise with Cheryl this week, Mon. Dec. 17, Tues. Dec. 18, Thurs. Dec. 20 and Fri. Dec. 21.
       
Tracy Turner, office manager, Recreational Services


Save the Date: Mar. 1 is the date of Commission on Human Diversity’s annual one-day conference. Our theme this year is: Disability From the Inside Out: Acceptance, Assumptions, & Activism. If you would like to consider submitting a proposal for the conference, the link is:
http://www.kutztown.edu/library/disability  Proposals are due Jan. 31. Pre-conference events will be occurring during the month of Feb., with details TBA. All events will be open to the public. For more information, please see:  http://www.kutztown.edu/library/disability/events.pdf.
       
Jerry W. Schearer, assistant dean, New Student Programs


Voting for the AFSCME Local 2234 open trustee position will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 15 in the OM concourse at 7 - 8 a.m.; 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.; and 2-3 p.m. If you are a full member of the Local please come out to vote. The following members are seeking this position: Jane Evans-Wieder, Michelle Maness and Tish Manwiller.
       
Chris Ferris, secretary, Local 2234


The Honors Program is pleased to announce this years' recipients of the PASSHE 2013 Summer Study Abroad Program:
Music and Media, A Grand Tour of Europe. They are Hannah Leidich (BS Psychology/German Culture) and BrookeAnn Coco (BA Anthropology). They will be spending one week at our sister school in Bloomsburg and two weeks traveling and studying throughout Europe. The alternate is Celeste Galvin (BS Music).
       
Johanna Forte, director, Honors Program


Faculty and Staff -- Save the Date: The January workshop on General Education and Assessment at Kutztown University will be held on Jan. 24, 2013 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room, MSU. The focus of the workshop this year will be Curricular and Co-curricular connections, and will be facilitated by Dr. Nancy Mitchell, Professor of Advertising and Director of Undergraduate Education Programs, University of Nebraska – Lincoln. The workshop will provide opportunities for faculty and staff to learn more about national trends in connecting the curriculum and co-curriculum, as well as opportunities to talk with KU faculty and staff who have existing connections. Lunch will be provided for participants. For additional information, please contact Gil Clary, Office of Assessment,
clary@kutztown.edu or x6-4344. In order to plan for lunch, kindly RSVP by Jan. 18 to Kathi Malloy, Office of Assessment, malloy@kutztown.edu, or x6-5933.
       
E. Gil Clary, Asst. Vice Provost for Assessment
      


Facilities Move - The Facilities offices and services currently located in Old Main I Wing, along with the Environmental Health & Safety office, will be moving to the Facilities building on Baldy Street during the week of Jan. 2, 2013. Areas involved in the move include Facilities Administration, Key and Lock shop, Custodial Services, University Architect, the Work Control Center, Facilities Project Services, and the Office of Environmental Health & Safety.

During this time, services provided by these areas will be limited to emergencies. A Facilities representative will be available by telephone (x3-1594) to handle emergencies from 7:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. during this period of time. Emergencies outside of these times should be called to Public Safety (x3-4002). Routine requests can continue to be entered online via I-Service desk and maintenance services will continue to operate normally during this time. We appreciate your patience and look forward to serving you from our Baldy Street address after Jan. 5, 2013.
       
Debbie Bond, Facilities