The Career Development Center gets involved with the CONNECTIONS program with assistance in career planning for our incoming undeclared freshmen.
Students do a career key assessment and fill-in the card above. This information is then shared with the student’s faculty advisor to help develop a plan for the student’s success.








THE DAILY BRIEF
Friday
, June 29, 2012


ANNOUNCEMENTS


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

 



Beginning Monday morning Jul. 2, the lower level of the Administration Building parking lot (Lot F1) will be closed to facilitate asphalt repairs, sealcoating, and new line striping. Questions or concerns should be addressed to Patrick Antonio, project manager, at
Antonio@kutztown.edu.
        Terry D. Brown, director, Facilities Project Services



All KU blanket PO’s made out to the KU Student Bookstore (yellow card accounts) will expire on Jun. 30. All unused money on each PO will go back to that department. A new blanket PO will need to be completed thru the SAP system sometime after Jul. 1 and will be valid until Jun. 30, 2013. You can reach me at x6-4163 if any questions regarding your account.
        Marlo Rohrbach, A/P & A/R Specialist, KU Student Bookstore


FREE publications available: We are unpacking our extra Family CONNECTIONS bags for those things that can be re-used, recycled, or redistributed. We have several dozen of the following items available for free! Anyone is welcome to pick up one or more of the these items at the MSU Info Desk: “Gateway: Your Guide to the Greater Reading Area 2011-12”; “Lehigh Valley Style Magazines”; “Keepin’ it Kutztown: Kutztown Business & Services Maps and Directory”; “2012 Kutztown Folk Festival Brochures”- which include $3 off admission coupons! Please feel free to come by and grab one or more!
        Jerry W. Schearer, assistant dean, New Student Programs



The Rohrbach Library has created an externally hosted gateway so that when the KU website goes down for the weekend at 5 p.m., Friday, you'll retain seamless access to resources:
http://libguides.kutztown.edu/substitute. Your favorite Rohrbach Library info, including research databases, the catalog, e-books, our FAQ knowledge base, LibGuides, and KU's authenticated version of Google Scholar, is there for you and your students along with channels to contact librarians for support.
       
Bruce Jensen, librarian, Rohrbach Library


 

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.)

Thank you to Dr. Dawn Slack for serving as the interim associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for the past two years. As of June 29, she will return full time to the Department of Modern Language Studies.
        Anne Zayaitz, dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences


The following camps/conferences will be on campus from 7/1 - 7/7:
6/24 –7/1    KU Summer Chamber Music Festival
7/1-6            Elite Tennis Academy I
7/7-28          AFBE International Basketball

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 


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


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


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