Kutztown University
senior biology major Jazzmyn McCoy won first prize in the cellular/molecular
sub-division in the Commonwealth of University Biologists Annual Meeting,
featured at Slippery Rock University on April 14. Her poster presentation was
judged out of ten others in that subdivision. As a reward for her achievement,
McCoy received $50 and recognition from professionals in her field.
The Frederick Douglass Institute of Kutztown University hosts its biannual
“Walking in the Shoes of…” recognition luncheon for thirty three adolescents
from the local foster care system today, April 25. More than teens will be
gaining a better understanding to campus life by shadowing a typical day with
university administrators, faculty, staff and students. Keynote speaker, Dr. James Jackson of the KU psychology
department, will address the youth during a special luncheon that honor their
participation in the program.
Design a basket of treasures to support KUBoK Neighborhood Watch! Then come to see the baskets displayed on-campus in the MSU, May 3 and off-campus at the Community Block Party on May 6 to enter for your chance to win! Anyone can participate - staff, faculty, departments, students, clubs and organizations. Do it individually or as a group. Be as creative as you like and as non-traditional as you want it to be. You can base it around a theme, a hobby, sporting team, or anything that comes to mind. The deadline to submit baskets is May 1. Baskets should be gift-wrapped in cellophane and can be dropped off at MSU 262. Please give your basket a creative name and identify who it is being sponsored by. Any questions, please contact Susan Mangold, Academic and Student Affairs, at x3-1396 or mangold@kutztown.edu.
Jessica Cole, graduate assistant, KUBoK
ARAMARK
Come and kick-off the summer with us at Kutztown Dining's
Faculty & Staff Appreciation Luncheon on Monday, Apr. 30. This Friday, 27th is
the last day to make your reservation to receive the special $8.95 price. Email
Scott Moyer at scmoyer@kutztown.edu to
reserve your table. Don't miss out on the last luncheon buffet for the semester
so come and enjoy BBQ Chicken, Italian Sausage, Vegetarian Roasted Vegetable
Pasta, Corn on the Cob, Assorted Fruit Smoothies and an Ice Cream Sundae Bar.
Check out the full menu online at
www.kutztown.campusdish.com. The luncheon will be held in Msu's Formal
Dining Room - 223 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Payments will be accepted at the
door, $8.95 with a reservation, $10.95 without a reservation.
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Students and parents joined with staff and faculty at the recent Chambliss
Academic Achievement Awards ceremony. If you missed it, check-out the
video for KU's best and brightest:
http://www2.kutztown.edu/news-and-media/news-releases/april-2012/academic-achievement-awards.htm NEW BAKE-OFF ANNOUNCEMENT: Please join the KU Foundation and Alumni Engagement staff on Monday, May 7, at the Wiesenberger Alumni Center from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. for our spring bake-off. Taste the delicious creations made from scratch and vote on your favorite dessert. Please join us on Wednesday, Apr. 25 in the MSU for the 8th annual KU Composition Conference, sponsored by the English Department. Undergraduates and graduate students will share original work produced in all levels of composition classes at KU. Themed panel sessions begin at 9 a.m., 10:15 a.m., 11:30 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. Our featured panel, "Choosing Paths to Writing," meets from 1-2 p.m. in the President's Room and brings together writers working in a variety of careers to discuss how and why they use writing in their work. Drop in MSU 312 for a program on the big day; all sessions take place in MSU. Amy Lynch-Biniek, assistant professor, English Come join us for the 2012 Essence Fine Arts & Literary Magazine launch party on Thursday, Apr. 26, from 7-9 p.m. at the Eckhaus Gallery (157 Main St. Kutztown). Enjoy refreshments, a poetry reading, artwork and copies of the magazine. For more information, please contact Philip Baily (pbail315@live.kutztown.edu). Philip Baily, Professional Writing
Political Science Honor Society Inductees - The Department
of Political Science honored the following inductees into the Rho Psi Chapter of
Pi Sigma Alpha (National Honor Society in Political Science and Public
Administration) at a reception on Friday, Apr. 20: Aissa Deh, Michael
Detommaso, Caitlyn McDevitt, Bradley Myhre, Chrystal Shirey Ferguson, Amy Smith,
Meghan Sullivan. Congratulations to all! Dr. Richard B. Close Undergraduate Award in Political
Science—Michael Detommaso and Meghan Sullivan.
On Monday, Apr. 23, the English Department presented the
following awards and scholarships to deserving students. Congratulations! Patricia Pytleski, assistant professor, English
If you applied for Fall 2012/Spring 2013 on-campus housing and will no longer be living on-campus you must provide us with a cancellation in our 106 Old Main office during our business hours which are Monday-Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm and Tuesday evenings until 6:30 pm. July 1st is the cancellation deadline. Thank you. Apryle Carney, associate director, Housing & Residential Services
Kutztown University Jazz Studies Upcoming Performances: Thursday, Apr. 26, MSU Multi-Purpose Room.
Free. A JOINT CONCERT - For the first time ever Jazz Ensembles I and II
and jazz vocal group AfterHours will be performing on the same event.
Jazz Ensemble II presents their tribute to Buddy Rich in their Spring
Concert followed by the WORLD PREMIER of Mexico City Blues for Voices and
Orchestra by KU Jazz Faculty Neal Kirkwood. Jazz Ensemble II will present a
concert of challenging and swingin’ works written for jazz orchestra.
Gordon Goodwin’s extremely challenging and fun Count Bubba’s Revenge will
highlight a concert of high energy works for big band, including a tribute to
Buddy Rich featuring Groovin’ Hard, Basically Blues, and the Theme to Sesame
Street. A Child is Born by Thad
Jones and works for solo voice and jazz orchestra will round out the Jazz II
portion of the program. This will be immediately followed by Jazz Ensemble I and
AfterHours premiering Neal Kirkwood’s five movement piece, Mexico City Blues. Wednesday, May 2, MSU Multi-Purpose Room.
Free. - Jazz Ensembles I and II are together again for the Jazz Ensemble
I Spring Concert. Jazz Ensemble II
will perform works from Buddy Rich and Gordon Goodwin, followed by Jazz Ensemble
I. Jazz Ensemble I will present modern works for Jazz Orchestra. This eclectic
concert will present works written for jazz orchestra by composers from around
the world. Sweden’s Lars Janssen’s
Gnosis I and II, Michael Brecker’s African Skies, McCartney and Lennon’s
Norwegian Wood, Kutztown University
Jazz Studies Alum Ryan Wise’s arrangement of Giant Steps, and Brazilian Antonio
Carlos Jobim’s How Insensitive will be performed. For more information, please contact Kevin Kjos, Director of
Jazz Studies, at x3-1583 or kjos@kutztown.edu
or the Department of Music at x3-4550.
Library Survey - Please take a few minutes to complete the Global Library Consulting group survey that you received in your e-mail. The goal of the survey, which is being administered across all PASSHE schools, is “to gain critical insight and current perspectives from teaching faculty" and "better understand faculty needs and how the libraries might be enhanced to support teaching, learning, and research.” This consulting group will be making recommendations that will shape the future of libraries within the entire PASSHE system. Your honest input is extremely valuable. To take the survey, go to: https://www.research.net/s/Faculty_Survey_S1_2012. Thank you. Karen J. Wanamaker, assistant professor, Rohrbach Library
Johanna Forte, advisor, Sunshine Players
Please excuse the following members of the KU Wind Ensemble from classes on Wednesday, Apr. 25. They will be on tour to several schools in central Pennsylvania. Courtney Acton, Greg Adler, Patrick Allen, David Attilio, Michael Bagenstose, Vicki Bauder, Dorothy Beck, Blair Boyer, Chris Brady, Jud Brill, Chad Butz, Brooke Ann Coco, Janelle Decker, Abby Goodling, Crystal Green, Matt Haelig, Josh Heller, Nathan Hines, Ben Hoffman, Griffin Johnson, Amanda Justh, Terry Kuhns, Kelsie Krietz, Kim Lovejoy, Anna McCarthy, Kerry O'Sullivan, Sean Parish, Tim Plaza, Becky Ruth, Kaitlyn Sadowski, Will Sarver, Garrett Shaw, Allyssa Schoch, Michael Surkin, Jon Tice, Justin Tanzos, Lauren Weaver, Ashley Wyrick. Jeremy Justeson, director, KU Wind Ensemble 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 Department of Biology will be having its Student Award Ceremony and Annual Mentors Luncheon on Friday, April 27, at 11 a.m. in Boehm 220. Gregory Setliff, assistant professor, Department of Biology
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. On Monday, Apr. 23 and Wednesday, Apr. 25, the below students are teaching as part of the state requirements for teacher certification and course work in their ARU 110 class in the Art Education and Crafts Department. Please excuse them from class. They are responsible for any work they missed. If you have any questions you may contact me at nordlund@kutztown.edu Thank you! Emily Aicher, Gianna Digiacomo, Adria Donegan, Jackie Faller, Eric Fosselius, Cindy Good, Gina Krupa, Krista Mindler, Ben Marzari, Gladys Nieves, Carrie Page, Paige Pyatt, Kelly Takayama, Emily Willow, Madelin Beattie, Destiny Bigler, Kaitlyn Boyle, Amanda Seanor. Carrie Nordlund, assistant professor, Art Education Year One on the Job…Managing Your Finances, Thur., Apr. 26, 11-11:50, MSU 250 - Managing your new financial status can be a daunting task. There are several fundamentals that, once mastered, will give you a level of confidence. Learn how to set up a budget and manage the monthly expenses. Use credit cards wisely -- both in what cards you chose and how you use them. Know about credit bureau reports -- what they are all about, who looks at them, what they mean. ~ Presented by PSECU. Kerri Gardi, director, Career Development Center
The Performing Dance Portmanteau will present their spring dance concert on Sunday, Apr. 29. Show times are noon and 5 p.m . at the Keystone Arena. Admission is $3 for KU student and staff with ID and $5 for all others. The Dancers have been working all year on their original works and would love to have campus support. Please come. Dina Hayduk, Department of Sport Management Stratton Administration parking lot will have limited access today. (Enterprise rental cars will be relocated for the day.) As a part of KU’s commitment to the community, we are hosting the Berks County Special Olympics today. The F-1 parking Lot (behind Stratton Administration Center) and the F-4 Lot (between University Field and the old heating plant) will have limited access in an effort to accommodate the buses transporting the Special Olympics participants to University Field. Faculty and staff who normally park in F-1 or F-4 will have the option of parking in A-2 (near Beekey Education Building) and riding the FREE shuttle to Stratton, or parking in any other faculty/staff space and walking. The shuttle stop at lot A-2 will be clearly marked along College Boulevard. The first shuttle loop begins at 7 a.m. The shuttle will also run in the afternoon from 4 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. to return employees to the A-2 lot. The parking spots in F-1 closest to the Stratton Building (currently handicapped and 30-minute parking) will be reserved for KU employee handicapped parking and for daily business purposes only. In addition all Enterprise rental cars scheduled for Wednesday (4/25) pick-up will be relocated and can be picked up at the north campus location (Academic Forum). If you are dropping off cars on Tuesday (4/24), you may still drop them off at the south campus location (parking lot F-4). Any cars being returned on Wednesday (4/25) before 4 p.m. should be dropped-off at the north campus location – any cars being dropped off after 4:00pm can be returned to the south campus location. KU Office of Conference Services Campus Blood Drive - The KU Alumni Engagement Office is teaming up with the Miller-Keystone Blood Center to host a blood drive on Monday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the McFarland Student Union Building. Walk-ins are welcome, appointments are appreciated. Please contact Cheryl Swavely at 3-4110 or swavely@give2ku.org to schedule an appointment. Help support your community blood center. Alex Ogeka, director, Alumni Engagement Office Upcoming Information Session for the MBA Program: Thursday, Apr. 26, 6-8 p.m. Hampton Inn, Wyomissing For more information about the Kutztown University MBA Program and the Information Sessions, please visit: http://www.kutztown.edu/academics/business/mbaprograms/EventInfo.asp College of Business
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