CONNECTIONS continued yesterday welcoming students to campus for orientation. In the program above, students learn about diversity, stereotypes, race, GLBTQ issues and learning and physical disabilities.





THE DAILY BRIEF
Wednesday, June 27, 2012

ANNOUNCEMENTS
I am delighted to be able to tell you that Dr. Michelle Kiec has accepted the offer to become the associate dean for the College of Visual and Performing Arts.

Dr. Kiec comes to us from the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota, where she has most recently served as the coordinator of Assessment and Accreditation and prior to that, as the chair of Department of Music, which had 17 faculty. She has extensive teaching experience, including experience at Clarion University from 1998-2000. Michelle earned a Bachelor of Arts in German and a Bachelor of Music in saxophone performance, graduating magna cum laude from SUNY Buffalo. She earned her master's in music and her doctorate of Musical Arts in clarinet performance from Johns Hopkins University, Peabody Conservatory of Music. Dr. Kiec has also been a very active presenter and performer. I know that you all will join with me in welcoming Dr. Kiec when she starts here on Aug. 27!

I would like to thank all of those involved in the search process, particularly, Dr. Peg Speirs, who chaired the search committee for this position, and the members of the search committee who devoted a great deal of their time to the selection process for this very important position and milestone in the evolution of the college.
        William J. Mowder, dean, College of Visual & Performing Arts

The power is out this weekend with the continued construction on the data center at Stratton. For information on what systems are affected, please click here:  http://www2.kutztown.edu/news-and-media/news-releases/june-2012/ku-network-information-systems-offline-this-weekend.htm
 
Other outage notices:
Today, Jun. 27:  While excavating for the Data Center project, we have discovered a damaged and leaking water main feeding the Stratton Administration Center. In order to provide an expedited repair to this water main, it will be necessary to shut-off the water supply to Stratton on Wednesday, Jun. 27 at 4:30 p.m. Service should be restored by 9:30 p.m. Please contact Chris Scott at scott@kutztown.edu if you have any questions.

On Jun. 30:  In support of the Data Center renovations, there will be a power outage affecting the old section (South Wing) of the Stratton Administration Center on Saturday, Jun. 30. Power will be turned-off at 6 a.m. and should be restored by 5 p.m. that same day. Please note that the KU IT systems will be offline prior to, and after, the electrical outage. Please refer to previous announcements from Information Technology regarding the KU IT system outage schedule. Please direct any questions regarding the electrical outage to Chris Scott, project manager at scott@kutztown.edu.
        Terry D. Brown, director, Facilities Project Services

It has been my extreme pleasure and privilege to work at KU for the past 38 years! Thank you so much for the fabulous retirement parties, extravagant gifts, kind words, and, most of all, your friendship. When I got here so many years ago, I would never have realized how connected I would be to such a warm community of students, faculty and staff. A very special thank you to the Department of Mathematics for the wonderful journey. I will miss you greatly. Come see me before my last day, which is tomorrow, Jun. 28.
        Linda S. Yoder, Mathematics Department

 

 ARAMARK
Kutztown Dining Summer Hours of Operation
Monday, May 28 - Saturday, June 30

Cub Cafe: Open 7:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.; closed weekends
South Side Cafe:  See the hours of operation at http://www.kutztown.edu/news/brief/2012/May/12-05-29aramarkcalendar.pdf

Visit www.kutztown.campusdish.com for all the information you need to know about Kutztown Dining! Please contact adams-nicole@aramark.com with any questions.

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

The Summer Chamber Music Festival begins today. All workshops and performances are in the Georgian Room of Old Main.


Workshop - Wednesday, June 27, 3 p.m.
The Business of Music By enterprising and distinctive flutist Susanna Loewy  

Performance - Wednesday, June 27, 7:30 p.m.
“Opening Night”
Works by BACH, BEETHOVEN, KOECHLIN, SCHUMANN, CLEMENT-FOREMAN, BRUCH
Performed by *Maria Asteriadou, *Tony Cecere, **John Flohr, *Daniel Immel, *Jesus Morales, *Kurt Nikkanen, *Valerie Trollinger, *Kim Webster, Yeyoung Yoon  

Performance - Thursday, June 28, 3 p.m.
”Pianist-Composers” (Featuring a pre-concert talk with concert pianist Daniel Immel)
Works by BEETHOVEN, CHOPIN, LISZT, LIEBERMANN
Performed by Akari Armatas, Dean Deng, Georgia Lazaridou, Alice Tsui  

Performance - Thursday, June 28, 7:30 p.m.
“Great Classics” Works by MOZART, BEETHOVEN, SCHUBERT
Performed by Kristina Fredriksen, *Adriana Linares, *Jesus Morales, *Kurt Nikkanen, Cynthia Salti, Andres Sanchez  

Workshop - Friday, June 29, 3 p.m.
The Art of Sight-reading
By concert pianist Maria Asteriadou, and violinist Kurt Nikkanen 

Performance - Friday, June 29, 7:30 p.m.
“German Tradition”
Works by GLUCK, HAYDN, SCHUMANN, BRAHMS
Performed by Erin Adolt, Bria Blackshear, *Tony Cecere, Dean Deng, Puneeth Guruprasad, Georgia Lazaridou, Brian Lee, *Susanna Loewy, Pamina Nieves, *Kurt Nikkanen, Andres Sanchez, Alice Tsui, Yeyoung Yoon 

Performance - Saturday, June 30, 7:30 p.m.
“Past and Present”
Works by MOZART, BRAHMS, SAINT-SAENS, RACHMANINOFF, BOLLING, DENG
Performed by Erin Adolt, Akari Armatas, *Maria Asteriadou, Isabelle Bender, Bria Blackshear, Janelle Decker, Ashley Fehnel, Kristina Fredriksen, Puneeth Guruprasad, Hyerin Kim, Ashley Lewis, *Adriana Linares, Amanda Miller, *Jesus Morales,  Giovanni Nieves, *Kurt Nikkanen, Cynthia Salti, Andres Sanchez, Andrew Sitaric, Ben Solensky, Stephen Trapani  

Performance - Sunday, July 1, 3 p.m.
“Crossing the Equator”
Works by MILHAUD, GERSHWIN, IBERT, NIELSEN, NOON, PIAZZOLLA, SAINT-SAENS
Performed by Akari Armatas, *Maria Asteriadou, Isabelle Bender, Janelle Decker, Dean Deng, Kristina Fredriksen, *Daniel Immel, Hyerin Kim, Georgia Lazaridou, Brian Lee, Ashley Lewis, Amanda Miller, Giovanni Nieves, Pamina Nieves, Timothy Salti, Andrew Sitaric, Ben Solensky, Stephen Trapani

 

All programs subject to change *Faculty Member **Guest Artist

Come over to the Kutztown Folk Festival next week and enjoy lunch! From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday-Friday, admission to the Kutztown Folk Festival is free for employees who present a KU ID at the Festival entrance on College Boulevard.
        Kutztown Folk Festival office


Power out this weekend, 6/29-7/2 --- Because of the renovations to the KU Data Center, located behind the Stratton Administration Center, electrical power will need to be turned-off on three different weekends - which will mean outages in several main systems.

The three weekends planned for these outages: 6/29-7/2; 8/17-20; and 11/23-26.

Please see the information detailing these outages here: http://www.kutztown.edu/news/brief/2012/June/12-06-13DataCenterServiceOutageSchedule.pdf
        Mitch Freed, assistant vice provost, Information Technology

KUR has once again partnered with the L.A. Theatre Works to bring listeners a special two-hour radio play entitled "8." Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Martin Sheen, and Kevin Bacon lead an all-star cast in a timely portrait of an American civil-rights struggle. In the state of California, Proposition 8 has been passed to ban same-sex marriage... and two of the country's biggest lawyers have joined forces to strike it down. L.A. Theatre Works and KUR present the debut radio broadcast of "8" by Dustin Lance Black. Directed by Rob Reiner and produced for the stage by the American Foundation for Equal Rights and Broadway Impact. This special broadcast will be heard Wednesday, Jun. 27, 1-3 p.m. during the normal time for "Monsoon Mike's Community Jukebox." Monsoon Mike will be off this week and is turning the microphone over to this special broadcast expounding upon KUR's commitment to diversity and inclusion. Spread the word.
        Michael Regensburger, manager, KUR

The following camps/conferences will be on campus from 6/24-6/30:

6/23-29                 Fellowship of Christian Athletics

6/23-29                 Hope Lutheran Church Retreat

6/24-28                 KU Swimming

6/24-29                 TaLK Seminar (Tech and Languages Kickstart)

6/24 –7/1             KU Summer Chamber Music Festival
Please make them feel welcome on our campus. If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Conference Services x3-1359. Thank you.         
        Laura Jones, Conference Services 

 


Service Request Schedule/Special Event Support - In an effort to better serve our customers, the Facilities Office schedules events, moves, and deliveries in advance. Timely planning and notification by our customers will greatly increase our opportunity for success in this area. Because of the many varied interests and competing priorities, we must be able to better anticipate use of our limited resources. In the future, the Facilities Department may not be able to guarantee that we will service requests on short notice, since doing so may impact other customers' planned requests. Please submit your set-up requests and special event support needs at least two weeks in advance in order to assure that you will have the level of support that you need. Thank you for your attention in this matter.
        Kim Rhode, director, Facilities Business and Campus Services