PASSHE's Interdisciplinary Association for Philosophy and Religious Studies 25th Annual Conference is here this weekend - lots of interesting papers to be presented! You're welcome to attend even if you have not pre-registered. However, please note that students do not pay the registration fee. All others need to pay a registration fee of $35, due on arrival at the conference. Also, if you've not pre-registered, we cannot provide Saturday lunch for you. For more information, see our website: http://www.kutztown.edu/academics/liberal_arts/philosophy/conference.asp.

         Joseph Jedwab, Department of Philosophy

Please excuse the following students from class on Friday, Mar. 30. They will be meeting at 11:45 a.m. to depart for a mandatory weekend field trip to Wallops Island, VA in association with BIO/MAR 226 Marine Biology. Copeland, Kara; Del Valle, Bartholomew; Demelfy, Nicholas; Ellis, Jason; Gubler, Michael; Miklos, William; Petion, Sanneda; Schoenlein, Arielle; Bond, Thomas; Fleming, Alexis; Halteman, Danielle; Hoover, Daniel; Kohler, Branden; Mathews, Nick; Sholofsky, Jessica; Warren, E. Justin; Wink, Eric
        Wendy Ryan, Department of Biology

Attention all faculty participating in the May commencement ceremony – Academic attire is required for all personnel who plan to march in the commencement procession. The University will provide maroon rental attire to all personnel needing to rent their regalia. Rental orders can be placed by calling Amanda Schaeffer at x3-4044 or by emailing her at aschaeff@kutztown.edu no later than Monday, Apr. 2.

         Amanda Schaeffer, KUSSI

College of Visual and Performing Arts Faculty First Thursday! Margaret Noel, assistant professor in the Department of Fine Arts, will present “Lost in Translation: The Drawn Travelogue” on Thursday, Apr. 5, at 11 a.m. in the Sharadin Art Building Room 120. Margaret Noel will present body of work based on drawing done on location during her travels. Back in the studio, Noel loosely references the drawings to create collages that abstract and fracture the original forms. While some elements are fully articulated, others are simplified, generalized and transformed, allowing viewers to feel as if they have stumbled upon the record of a half-forgotten journey—a blurred remembrance of a landscape rather than a precise rendering.

         William J. Mowder, dean, College of Visual & Performing Arts

The History Department will administer its comprehensive examinations of this semester on Tuesday, Apr. 3, in Beekey 217, from 3 - 7 p.m.

         John Delaney, Department of History

The History Department would like to invite you to the 2012 Esther Willits Lecture, “Rockin’ Las Americas: Rock Music and Countercultural Politics in Latin America during the ‘Long 1960s’ “ The lecture is being held Apr. 3, at 7 p.m. in Boehm Science Building  room 261. We hope that you can join us!

Eric Zolov, author of “Refried Elvis” and Professor of Latin American History at SUNY, Stony Brook will speak on when Elvis Presley burst onto the musical scene in 1950s America, it wasn't only the cultural landscape on this side of the border that was changed forever. Transported on the wings of transnational capital, American rock 'n roll sowed the seeds of youth rebellion throughout Latin America during the 1960s. From Mexico to Argentina, Cuba to Guatemala, by the early 1970s every country in Latin America had established its own vibrant rock and countercultural scene. Because of the widespread use of English and adoption of U.S. and British-influenced countercultural styles, however, many in Latin America critiqued these movements as mere reflections of "cultural imperialism." Yet for their participants, these movements offered an opportunity to liberate oneself from the dictates of repressive states and conservative societies, while forging new definitions of a national identity.

         Douglas Lea, instructor, Department of History

Easter on the Farm - KU’s Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center ushers in springtime with the annual Easter on the Farm celebration, Saturday, Mar. 31, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Center. The Easter Egg hunts for kids six months to 12 years old are at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Designed for all ages, this event will include crafters, speakers, and historical reenactors. There will be plenty of children’s activities including traditional egg-dying, baby and week-old chicks, pot-bellied pigs, goats, sheep, coloring activities and paper crafts, and much more! The Reading-Berks Guild of Craftsmen will be on site demonstrating, displaying and selling their beautiful hand-crafted goods and the Old Time Plow Boys will be showing-off their antique tractors and cooking up something delicious for lunch and dessert. Sign up here to participate in our egg eating contest, http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/182345634476224032. Like us on Facebook to keep up-to-date with future activities and events at www.facebook.com/pgchc. Hope to see you there!

         Amanda Lynn Richardson, Public Relations & Financial coordinator

Facilities Move: In preparation for continued construction work at the Facilities complex, some Facilities offices and services currently located in the Facilities (Maintenance) building on Baldy Street will be temporarily relocating. These offices and services will relocate temporarily to Old Main I Wing in the space previously occupied by the Health Center. The move will take place during the week of Apr. 2. Support areas involved in the move include Facilities administration, Key and Lock shop, custodial services, University Architect, and the Work Control Center. During this time, services provided by these areas will be limited to emergencies. A Facilities representative will be available by telephone (x3-1594) to handle emergencies from 7:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. during this period of time. Emergencies outside of these times should be called to Public Safety (x3-4002).

Routine requests can continue to be entered online via I-Service desk and maintenance services will continue to operate normally during this time. We appreciate your patience and look forward to serving you from our new location in Old Main I wing after Apr. 6.
        Kim Rhode, Facilities