Kutztown University Jazz Studies Upcoming Performance today, May 2, 7:30 p.m., MSU Multi-Purpose Room.  Free. - Jazz Ensembles I and II are together again for the Jazz Ensemble I Spring Concert.  Jazz Ensemble II will perform works from Buddy Rich and Gordon Goodwin, followed by Jazz Ensemble I. Jazz Ensemble I will present modern works for Jazz Orchestra. This eclectic concert will present works written for jazz orchestra by composers from around the world.  Sweden’s Lars Janssen’s Gnosis I and II, Michael Brecker’s African Skies, McCartney and Lennon’s Norwegian Wood,  Kutztown University Jazz Studies Alum Ryan Wise’s arrangement of Giant Steps, and Brazilian Antonio Carlos Jobim’s How Insensitive will be performed.

          For more information, please contact Kevin Kjos, director of Jazz Studies, at x3-1583 or kjos@kutztown.edu  or the Department of Music at x3-4550.

http://www2.kutztown.edu/news-and-media/news-releases/2012-13-awards.htm. (If your department isn't listed, please just send it over to us at dallas@kutztown.edu so we can add it.)

Open Enrollment Period for PASSHE Health Benefits (not for AFSCME or SCUPA) is April 30 through May 11, 2012. Open Enrollment Newsletters were emailed directly to applicable employees from the Harrisburg Central Office on April 27, 2012. Open Enrollment is your opportunity to enroll in a health plan; waive your plan coverage; change health plans or add or remove covered dependents. The Open Enrollment Newsletter emailed to you should be reviewed for new employee premium contributions; change in the retail pharmacy network and other important benefit information and disclosure to be effective July 1, 2012. Open Enrollment changes will need to be made using the Employee Self Service (ESS) System beginning April 30, 2012, and must be entered prior to the deadline of May 11, 2012. All changes will be effective for the Plan Year beginning July 1, 2012.

         Jean E. Adam, benefits manager

The Promise of a Post Racial America - The Frederick Douglass Institute Diversity Peer Educators will hold its final workshop of the semester on Thursday May 3, at 5 p.m. in OM. This week’s discussion will center on the relevance of race in America today and the concept of a post racial tomorrow. Pizza and drinks will be provided. The Diversity Peer Educators are a student to student multicultural awareness program that aims to encourage an inclusive and caring campus climate, and promote an atmosphere for open and respectful dialogue.

Lost and Found: If you lost something on campus this semester, please drop-by Public Safety to see if it was turned in. We receive "lost and found" items frequently from different campus locations. Even if you have checked on something earlier in the semester, please check again! It’s possible an item you checked-on before may now be in our Lost and Found inventory. Our office is located in the basement of Old Main, Room 15. We will donate unclaimed items by May 18.

         Public Safety

Kutztown University Off-Campus Advisory Council (OCAC) and Kutztown Community Partnership (KCP) hosts the "Keepin' it Kutztown" Annual Community Block Party on Sunday, May 6, noon to 4 p.m. on the 100 - 200 blocks of Main St. in Kutztown. Come out for live entertainment, free food, arts & crafts, and activies from a rock wall to a moon bounce. OCAC and KCP are looking for student volunteers as well as organizations and companys to purchase a table to promote at the event. For more information, please contact ocac@kutztown.edu, Community Outreach Center, MSU 281 or x3-1524.
        Megan Cheng, president/PR coordinator, Off Campus Advisory Council