Attention all faculty participating in the May commencement ceremony – Academic attire is required for all personnel who plan to march in the commencement procession. The University will provide maroon rental attire to all personnel needing to rent their regalia. Rental orders can be placed by calling Amanda Schaeffer at x3-4044 or by emailing her at aschaeff@kutztown.edu no later than today, Apr. 2.

         Amanda Schaeffer, KUSSI

College of Visual and Performing Arts Faculty First Thursday! Margaret Noel, assistant professor in the Department of Fine Arts, will present “Lost in Translation: The Drawn Travelogue” on Thursday, Apr. 5, at 11 a.m. in the Sharadin Art Building Room 120. Margaret Noel will present body of work based on drawing done on location during her travels. Back in the studio, Noel loosely references the drawings to create collages that abstract and fracture the original forms. While some elements are fully articulated, others are simplified, generalized and transformed, allowing viewers to feel as if they have stumbled upon the record of a half-forgotten journey—a blurred remembrance of a landscape rather than a precise rendering.

         William J. Mowder, dean, College of Visual & Performing Arts

The History Department will administer its comprehensive examinations of this semester on Tuesday, Apr. 3, in Beekey 217, from 3 - 7 p.m.

         John Delaney, Department of History

The History Department would like to invite you to the 2012 Esther Willits Lecture, “Rockin’ Las Americas: Rock Music and Countercultural Politics in Latin America during the ‘Long 1960s’ “ The lecture is being held Apr. 3, at 7 p.m. in Boehm Science Building  room 261. We hope that you can join us!

Eric Zolov, author of “Refried Elvis” and Professor of Latin American History at SUNY, Stony Brook will speak on when Elvis Presley burst onto the musical scene in 1950s America, it wasn't only the cultural landscape on this side of the border that was changed forever. Transported on the wings of transnational capital, American rock 'n roll sowed the seeds of youth rebellion throughout Latin America during the 1960s. From Mexico to Argentina, Cuba to Guatemala, by the early 1970s every country in Latin America had established its own vibrant rock and countercultural scene. Because of the widespread use of English and adoption of U.S. and British-influenced countercultural styles, however, many in Latin America critiqued these movements as mere reflections of "cultural imperialism." Yet for their participants, these movements offered an opportunity to liberate oneself from the dictates of repressive states and conservative societies, while forging new definitions of a national identity.

         Douglas Lea, instructor, Department of History

Facilities Move: In preparation for continued construction work at the Facilities complex, some Facilities offices and services currently located in the Facilities (Maintenance) building on Baldy Street will be temporarily relocating. These offices and services will relocate temporarily to Old Main I Wing in the space previously occupied by the Health Center. The move will take place during this week of Apr. 2. Support areas involved in the move include Facilities administration, Key and Lock shop, custodial services, University Architect, and the Work Control Center. 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 new location in Old Main I wing after Apr. 6.
        Kim Rhode, Facilities