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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 power outage notices: 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. Linda S. Yoder, Mathematics Department The Summer Chamber Music Festival schedule. All workshops and performances are in the Georgian Room of Old Main. ”Pianist-Composers” Works by Performed by Performance - Thursday, June 28, 7:30 p.m. “Great Classics” 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 Performed by Performance - Saturday, June 30, 7:30 p.m. “Past and Present” Works by 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 Works by
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 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
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