The 2nd annual Level 2 Rodgers North American Classical Organ Competition is this Friday! See more details below.
KU hosts the 2nd Annual
Level 2 Rodgers North American Classical Organ Competition this Friday
morning, April 27, at 9 a.m., in the Georgian Room of Old Main with assistance
from KU music professor and legendary organists, Dr. Ina Slater Grapenthin, Dr.
Robert Tall and Dan Miller. The event is free and open to
the public. No tickets are required. In the morning, the eight finalists
will play a 20-minute program of their own choosing. At 12:30 p.m., the top
three participants will be announced. Later that evening, at 7 p.m., these three
will compete for the title. Finalists will be competing for prizes ranging from
$1,000 to $3,000 as well as additional performance opportunities throughout the
United States.
Students Serving on Election Day - The following students are serving as Election Poll Workers or CEPWI Supervisors on Election Day Apr. 24 and will not be present in class: Danielle Chaney, Tiffany Cyrus , Jessica Dell, Mark Anthony Durick, Jennifer Feldman, Heather Fitzgerald, Michael Haring, Kimberly Hess, Megan Hulburt , Kurtura Johnson, Joni Klopp, Deanna Lascari, Hannah Leidich, Daniel Mackewicz, Justin Maynard, Alexandra Miller, and Emily Schell. If you have any questions or concerns regarding their absence, please contact College Election Poll Worker Initiative at (610)-683-4897 or kupollworkers@kutztown.edu or Jerry Schearer at x3-4923 or schearer@kutztown.edu. If you know these students, congratulate them for being selected by the Berks County Elections Office to serve the county and representing Kutztown University in various communities.
Megan Hulburt, coordinator, CEPWI
Kutztown University Off-Campus Advisory Council
(OCAC) and Kutztown Community Partnership (KCP) hosts the "Keepin' it Kutztown"
Annual Community Block Party on Sunday, May 6, noon to 4 p.m. on the 100 - 200
blocks of Main St. in Kutztown. Come out for live entertainment, free food, arts
& crafts, and activies from a rock wall to a moon bounce. OCAC and KCP are
looking for student volunteers as well as organizations and companys to purchase
a table to promote at the event. For more information, please contact
ocac@kutztown.edu, Community Outreach
Center, MSU 281 or x3-1524.
Megan Cheng, president/PR
coordinator, Off Campus Advisory Council
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Faculty and Staff Recognition Breakfast - You are cordially invited to attend
the first Faculty and Staff Recognition Breakfast to honor and recognize the
efforts and accomplishments of the team of faculty, managers, professional staff
and support personnel who do so much for Kutztown University. As part of this
breakfast, we will be honoring our colleagues who have reached significant
milestones in their careers or are retiring from Kutztown University. The breakfast will be held on Thursday, May 17, at the Michael A. O’Pake Field House from 8:30 to 10 a.m. The service awards will be presented at 9 a.m. Please see who will be honored and RSVP through this link: http://www.kutztown.edu/recognitionbreakfast/. I look forward to this opportunity to say “thank you” for the important role you play at KU. F. Javier Cevallos, president Mileage Rate Increase - Please be advised that the U.S. General Services Administration’s Privately Owned Vehicle reimbursement rate has increased to 55.5 cents per mile effective Apr. 17, 2012. In accordance with Board of Governors’ Policy 1986-07-A, Travel Expense Regulations, the reimbursement rate for use of a personal automobile for official System travel also has increased to 55.5 cents per mile effective Apr. 17, 2012. (For travel occurring from Jan. 1, 2011, through Apr. 16, 2012, the reimbursement rate is 51 cents per mile.) Complete information on rates of reimbursement for official System travel are available on PASSHE’s website: http://www.passhe.edu/inside/anf/accounting/Pages/Employee%20Travel%20Expense%20Reimbursement%20Rates.aspx Mary Vink, Accounts Payable Office
KU Dining Services – Green Meal Tickets The green meal tickets that are currently being used at the
South Side Cafe will expire May 31, 2012. Any
unused meal tickets that are left can be returned to Tammy Moyer,
Purchasing Dept., 223B Stratton Administration Center along with the PO number
that needs to be closed for those tickets. Starting June 1, 2012 through May 31,
2013, the new meal tickets will be orange. The NEW pricing
for the Orange Meal Tickets starting June 1, 2012 for South Side Cafe will be:
Please contact Sharon Housel, KU Dining Services, 106 Old Main, ext. 3-1314 or email housel@kutztown.edu for further information. Kent Dahlquist, director, KU Dining Services
TIAA-CREF representative will be on campus Wednesday, Apr. 25, and does have some open slots for one-on-one counseling sessions. Appointments can be scheduled online at www.tiaa-cref.org/moc or by calling the Philadelphia Office at 800-842-2010. Note: Special Olympics will be held on campus that day so parking spaces may not be available; you may want to plan ahead to walk over to Kemp Building. Next scheduled counseling session which can also be booked at this time is May 17. Jean Adam, benefits manager KU Dining Services - Kutztown University Dining Services Office is announcing to the university community that Viewpoints dining area, upstairs in the South Dining Hall, will no longer be available for eating in beginning this summer. Meals purchased at the Southside Café will remain in this area. Beginning this summer Viewpoints will be available to university offices and programs for meeting/meal use similar to using conference room A and B though the conference services reservation process. Kent Dahlquist, director, KU Dining Services The University Curriculum Committee (UCC) will meet on Thursday, Apr. 26, at 11:00 am, in MSU 312, to consider the curricular proposals on its April agenda, which can be found online at http:// www.kutztown.edu/committees/ucc/agenda.html. Individuals and/or departments with proposals on the agenda are invited and encouraged to attend to answer any questions that may arise. R.S. Schaeffer, chair, University Curriculum Committee Summer 2012 Due Dates - Summer registrations are due at the point of registration to secure the enrollment. Courses will be removed for non-payment in a rolling ongoing fashion at the beginning of May. If a decision is made to not attend, we encourage students to drop the course or courses in MyKU to allow another student the chance at the seat and not wait for the course to be dropped due to non-payment. Payment plans are available now through Tuition Pay for Summer enrollment. More information is on the Bursar website Fall 2012 Invoicing & Tuition Rates - Fall 2012 registrations will be invoiced online no later than Friday, Jul. 13, with a due date of no later than Friday, Aug. 3. We expect tuition rates to be set by the Board of Governors by the end of June 2012. Payment plans are available now through Tuition Pay for Fall – feel free to use estimated costs for Fall – adjustments can be made at anytime for no cost with Tuition Pay. More information is on the Bursar website Online payment outage in MyKU - Due to maintenance, online payments will be unavailable from 11 p.m., Apr. 21, through 4 a.m., Apr. 22. We apologize for the inconvenience. Wendy A. Pursell, bursar, Bursar's Office The Student Union Art Gallery is currently showing “Standard Operating Procedure“ featuring prints by Charles Kuhns. The exhibition will be on display until Wednesday, April 25th. Alicia Bonilla-Puig and Elizabeth Emmett, coordinators, Student Union Art Gallery Come party on Thursday, Apr. 26, from 7-9 p.m. at the Eckhaus gallery in town. Enjoy refreshments, a reading, and copies of the magazine. For more information, please contact Philip Baily (pbail315@live.kutztown.edu). Philip Baily, Essence Fine Arts and Literary Magazine Thank you to all faculty for submitting your textbooks adoptions in a timely manner. As we prepare for the Fall semester, the Bookstore is attempting to ensure all course material information on our website is accurate and complete. There are several reasons why some information may be incomplete; including a professor not being assigned for a class yet, waiting for information from a publisher, or low enrollment for an individual class. Otherwise, textbooks and required materials need to be listed to be compliant with the HEOA (Higher Education Opportunity Act). We are reaching out to faculty and asking that they please take a minute and check to make sure their courses are listed on our website with accurate information. If your course and section do not appear, we may have not received your textbook adoption yet. After reviewing your courses, please feel free to contact our textbook department with any questions at x3-4037. To check out our website: 1. www.kubstore.com 2. Click on Textbooks 3. Click on “Purchase or Rent your Textbooks 4. Select Fall 2012 5. Choose the department, course, and section 6. Repeat this for all your courses (They will appear on the right side of your screen) 7. Click Compare Prices On These Course Materials button 8. Click Begin Price Comparison button From here you will see our comparison tool. Look for the KU Bookstore selections in blue. Thank you for assisting us to get all course material information out to the students and keeping the university compliant with HEOA. Kutztown University Health Ambassadors (KUHA) is hosting their third Zumba event of the year on Wednesday, Apr. 25, on University Field 8-10 p.m. (Sign up begins at 7 p.m.) Participants are encouraged to donate at least $1 or any of the following items: Dog food, cat food, bedding, toys, treats, paper towels, Dawn soap, sponges, newspapers, Lysol, or leashes. Donations will benefit Animal Rescue League of Berks County as well as Make a Wish Foundation. For more information please contact Emily Labowitz at Elabo536@live.kutztown.edu. Emily Labowitz, president, Kutztown University Health Ambassadors The Community Outreach Center needs your help! KU hosts the Special Olympics Eastern Spring Sectional here on campus Saturday, May 5.The festivities begin at 7 a.m. and the closing ceremony is at 5 p.m. in the O'Pake Fieldhouse. This year we will be hosting almost 1,000 participating athletes and their families. In order for this event to be successful and smooth, we need to recruit about 400-500 volunteers. Volunteers are needed for Olympic Town, Awards, Security & Parking, Food, Registration/Info Table and mainly the Sporting events. There are two shifts for each activity: • 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. • 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. We are asking for your help in recruiting volunteers, please help us spread the word by passing this message along to everyone in your department and/or classes. Volunteers do not have to be Kutztown University faculty, staff or students and we encourage everyone to get their friends and family involved. Attached is the volunteer application and insurance form that each volunteer must complete. These forms can be dropped off to the Community Outreach Center, MSU 281. Thank you for your time, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Community Outreach Center at volunteer@kutztown.edu or by dropping-by MSU 281. Community Outreach Center
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