KU's cheerleading team competes in this weekend's Universal Cheerleading Association's 2012 national championship in Orlando, Florida. You can follow along with updates posted at: http://varsity.com/event/1523/2012_college_cheerleader_dance_team_championship.aspx.




The Daily Brief
Thursday, January 12, 2012
ANNOUNCEMENTS

TIAA-CREF representative will be on campus Wednesday, Feb. 15, 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.
        Jean Adam, benefits manager, Human Resources
The Student Recreation Center and Keystone Hall Swimming Pool will be closed on Monday, Jan. 16, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
        Tracy Turner, office manager, Recreational Services
The General Education Assessment Committee (GEAC), General Education Committee (GEC), and the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching (CET) are sponsoring a Workshop on General Education at Kutztown University on January 19, 2012 from 9:00 to 3:00 in the SUB, Multipurpose Room.  The focus of the workshop is General Education and General Education assessment at Kutztown University.  

The morning session will be conducted by Dr. Ashley Finley, Senior Director of Assessment and Research, Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), and will include discussions and activities related to the VALUE rubrics, possible assignments for use with assessments, and aligning assignments to General Education learning goals (Dr. Finley’s bio can be found at http://www.aacu.org/press_room/experts/finley.cfm). Lunch will be provided for participants and will offer the opportunity for college faculties to discuss current and future assessments related to General Education. The afternoon will feature concurrent sessions by Kutztown University faculty who are conducting assessments of specific General Education outcomes during the 2011-2012 academic year.  The workshop will conclude with a wrap-up session facilitated by members of GEAC. 

For additional information, please contact Gil Clary, Office of Assessment, clary@kutztown.edu at Ext. 6-4344.  In order to plan for lunch, please RSVP by January 13 to Kathi Malloy, Office of Assessment, at malloy@kutztown.edu or 6-5933.  Please join us in this important work.  
        E. Gil Clary, director, Office of Assessment

ARAMARK

Please take note of our winter break hours of operation. Please visit www.kutztown.campusdish.com for more information. 

Viewpoints
Lunch:  11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Dinner:  4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Kutztown Perk
Closed for the remainder of winter break

Cub Cafe
Wednesday, January 18:  11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

All other locations closed.
In Case You Missed It:
 (Announcements and other information that have previously appeared in the Daily Brief.)
The Kutztown Cheerleading team will be attending the Universal Cheerleading Associations 2012 national championship this weekend in Orlando, Florida. The team is competing Saturday against 15 other NCAA Division II schools from across the country in hopes to make their way to the final round held later that day. You can watch clips and follow the cheerleaders at http://varsity.com or by following them on twitter @kutztowncheer. The cheerleaders placed fourth last year in the competition.
        Crystal A. Piparato, advisor, Cheering
In keeping with a tradition begun more than five years ago, Kutztown University Radio (KUR), will air Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s entire, approximately 16-minute “I Have a Dream” speech every hour, on the hour, on Monday, Jan. 16, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The speech will air immediately following top-of-the hour station identification and the hourly news, each of the 24 hours from midnight through 11:16 p.m. In between, KUR’s recently tweaked, reflective “KU Radio Lounge” will play. “Most people have just heard the final, powerful “free at last” part of the speech without actually sitting down and listening to how poignant the entire 16-minute masterpiece really is,” said KUR Director/Advisor Mike Regensburger. “In keeping with our mission of being the most multicultural and diverse University station on the dial, we’re proud to continue this yearly tradition of broadcasting the entire speech 24 times on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” Day.
        Michael Regensburger, director, KUR Radio
The next University Curriculum Committee (UCC) meeting for the 2011-2012 academic year will be held on Jan. 26. The deadline for submission of all proposals for this meeting is 12 p.m. (noon) on Thursday, Jan. 12. Please submit new proposals prior to this deadline to the UCC secretary, Bethany French, in the Provost’s Office, 309 Stratton. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. French at x3-1312. The full schedule of meeting dates and deadlines for this year is available on the UCC website.
        Ms. Bethany French, secretary, University Curriculum Committee

JOB OPENINGS: The following non-instructional vacancy is available on campus.  This position is open for current employees only.

Administrative Assistant 1 (0600233)
College of Education / Beekey
(M-F 0800 to 1630 1 hour lunch)
Internal applications are due on 1/17/2012
Internal positions are posted at http://hr.dept.kutztown.edu/protected/postings.html.

Please direct any questions and comments to AskHR or call x3-1353.
        Human Resources

AFSCME 2234 members please join us at our next Union meeting on Monday, Jan. 16, at Janelle’s Catering Hall in Topton,  at 7 p.m. Nominations will be taken at this meeting for delegates to attend the International AFSCME Conference in late June 2012 in Los Angeles. Please plan to attend.
        Chris Ferris, secretary, AFSCME 2234