Our wrestling team is in Colorado for the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships -
see details here: http://www.kubears.com/news/2012/3/8/WREST_0308125044.aspx



The Daily Brief
Friday, March 9, 2012



 ANNOUNCEMENTS
Wrestling - Team work and hard work are two commonly used terms athletes and coaches at all levels talk about at great length. But there's no escaping that those qualities are among the biggest reasons for the success of the Kutztown University wrestling team this season. All season the Golden Bears have been crediting their run to the work going on behind the scenes on a daily basis in the wrestling room at practice.

“We've got something really special going on here,” head coach Robert Fisher said. It's really hard to come by. We've got a real family atmosphere where these guys are thinking that even though the sport's individual, they're thinking 'Team, team, team.' So all my backups, all my starters, all my redshirt guys – they're all working equally hard for a common goal to improve.” See the rest of the story here: http://kubears.com/news/2012/3/7/WREST_0307125121.aspx?path=wrestling

The Second Computer Music Seminar/Concert to take place in Grim Planetarium will be held on Tuesday Mar. 20, 7-9 p.m., hosted by Dr. Dale Parson of Computer Science and Dr. Phillip Reed of Physical Sciences. The guest performer is Mark Jenkins of the UK, who will perform an electronic composition entitled “Supernova” designed with video accompaniment for performance in a planetarium. Mr. Jenkins will give a talk on migrating from a stage full of hardware synthesizers to performing on iPads, and then give a demonstration/performance using several iPads. Finally, Dr. Parson and students will play a new music-generating game that emulates the expanding universe on the planetarium dome. Admission is free and open to the public.
        Dale Parson, assistant professor, Computer science
The Reading-Berks Chapter of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen www.rbcrafts.org will hold its 10th Annual Juried Spring Fine Arts and Craft Festival in Keystone Hall on Saturday, Mar. 24 (9 a.m. - 5 p.m.) and Sunday, Mar. 25,  (10 a.m. - 4 p.m.). The highly popular Mid-Atlantic craft show is presented in partnership with the Pennsylvania German Scholarship Studies, the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center in Kutztown and the university, whose art students also will exhibit their work at the show. The donation for admission is $4. Children under 12 are free. For more details, visit the website www.rbcrafts.org, email info@rbcrafts.org or call 610-678-6650.

 

ARAMARK
Please take note to spring break 2012 dining hours of operation. The Cub Café will be open Monday, Mar. 12 - Friday, Mar. 16 to serve breakfast and lunch from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kutztown Dining wishes everyone a safe and relaxing spring break!

Friday, Mar. 9
South Side Café: Closes 7:30 p.m.
Cub Café: Closes 2 p.m.
Bear's Den: Closes 2 p.m.
Book & Brew: Closes 2 p.m.
Academic Forum & Academic Grounds: Closes at 3:30 p.m.
Golden Bear Food Court: Closes at 2 p.m.
POD Market: Closes at 6 p.m.
Fresh Market Smoothies: CLOSED

All locations closed Saturday Mar. 10, Sunday Mar. 11, and Saturday Mar. 17.

Monday, Mar. 12 - Friday, Mar. 16
*Cub Café: OPEN 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
All other locations CLOSED

Sunday, Mar. 18
South Side Café: 4 - 7 p.m.
Golden Bear Food Court:
Bene: 6 - 10 p.m.
POD Market: 6 – 10 p.m.
The Grill: 6 - 11 p.m.

All locations open normal business hours Monday, Mar. 19! Mark your calendar for the Spring Luncheon for Faculty & Staff - Mar. 19, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in MSU 223. We hope to see you there! Visit www.kutztown.campusdish.com or contact adams-nicole@aramark.com for more information.

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

KU Health Promotion Services and PASHHE are sponsoring a video contest. Winning video at KU will win a $200 cash prize and will go on to compete in the PASHHE contest. For details of #what’syourthing, please visit: http://www.kutztown.edu/divisions/studentservices/departments/hwcs/education/index.aspx.  Submission deadline is April 1.
        Frances C. Cortez Funk, director, Health Promotion Services
APSCUF-KU is offering five (5) $500 scholarships to students returning in the Fall 2012. Applications are available on the website – www.apscuf.org/kutztown, (click on "chapter website"), at the APSCUF office, OM203A, at the main desks in each dorm, and in MSU.
        Gregory Setliff, Chair APSCUF-KU Student Liaison
The Conference Task Force of the International Affairs Committee is pleased to invite you to an exciting conference on “The Caribbean” scheduled for Tuesday, Mar. 27 in the Multi-Purpose Room of MSU. The day will feature a keynote address by preeminent Caribbean scholar Dr. Silvio Torres-Saillant, professor of English at Syracuse University, followed by a presentation by Ernesto Bazan, an internationally renowned photographer who chronicled the Special Period in Cuban history with his camera. Afternoon sessions will be conducted by Dr. Kovats-Bernat, associate professor of Anthropology at Muhlenberg College, as well KU faculty Dr. Robert Portada, assistant professor of Political Science and Dr. James Delle, professor of Anthropology.

Sessions run all day Tuesday from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. and are free and open to the public. You are invited to participate in any and all of these informative and engaging presentations and sessions, to bring your students, and to encourage them to attend. We hope you can join us there.
        Mathias Le Bossé, chair, Conference Task Force, International Affairs Committee

Attention AFSCME and SCUPA members - There is a limited number of “membership grants” available for the Kutztown Area Toastmasters organization. For information on the “membership grant” check out this link: http://kunited.kutztown.edu/organization/kat/DocumentLibrary/view/88777

The MSU will be operating under special hours for spring break as follows:
Friday, Mar. 9 – 7 a.m.- 6 p.m.
Closed Saturday, Mar. 10 & Sunday, Mar. 11
Monday, Mar. 12 through Friday, Mar. 16 – 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Closed Saturday, Mar. 17 & Sunday, Mar. 18
Normal business hours resume Mar. 19
        Jennifer Tanzos, Secretary
University-wide Committees: The willingness-to-serve for the university-wide committees is due on Friday, Mar. 9. We currently do not have enough faculty that are willing to serve on these very important committees. We need to fill the following vacancies: Promotion - 3, Tenure - 4 and Sabbatical Leave - 4.
        Joo Tan, chair, APSCUF-KU Nominations & Elections
The Student Recreation Center will be operating under the following special hours during spring break:
Friday, Mar. 9: 6 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday, Mar. 10 – Sunday, Mar. 11: CLOSED
Monday, Mar. 12 – Friday, Mar. 16: 6 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday, Mar. 17: CLOSED
Sunday, Mar. 18 (regular hours resume): 1 p.m.- 11 p.m.

The Keystone Hall Pool
Friday, Mar. 9: 8 a.m.-9 a.m. and Noon-1 p.m.
Saturday, Mar. 10 - Sunday, Mar. 11: CLOSED
Monday, Mar. 12 - Friday, Mar. 16: 8 a.m.-9 a.m. and Noon-1 p.m.
Saturday, Mar. 17: CLOSED
Regular hours of operation will resume on Sunday, Mar. 18 from 7 p.m.-10 p.m.
*There will be no group exercise classes over break, classes will resume on Sunday, Mar. 18*
        Tracy Turner, office manager, Recreational Services