KU Pride - Fleetwood-native and KU Class of 1984 alumnus Eric Schaeffer's Broadway musical "Follies" received eight Tony Award nominations on Tuesday! See the story here: http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/mc-tony-nominations-follies-20120501,0,5026917.story.
Spring Preview – Sunday, May 6 - The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is hosting Spring Preview on Sunday, May 6, from 1 - 4 p.m. in the MSU. This is an event for prospective high school sophomores, juniors and transfer students seeking admission for Spring 2013 and beyond. Please join us in welcoming more than 700 visitors on this day.
Nancy Wunderly, director, Admissions
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
and crafts, and activities from a rock wall to a moon bounce. OCAC and KCP are
looking for student volunteers as well as organizations and companies 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
Athletics
KUTV Sports will be covering all the games - all games will
be streamed live at
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ku-live. The games will also be broadcast on a
delay on Service Electric Cablevision KUTV Ch. 24, Service Electric Cable TV
Lehigh Valley Ch. 266 and Hometown Utilicom Ch. 28.
1:00 p.m. Indiana v. West Virginia St. (Game 1) --- delayed air time on KUTV is
3 p.m.
3:30
Saturday, May 5
10:30 a.m. Winner Games 1 and 2 (Game 3)
1
3:30
Sunday, May 6
1
3:30
Daily Admission for the tournament:
$2 - Student, K-12 grade
$3 - Student/Seniors
$7 - Adult
KU stud
*Children under 5 years old admitted free
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Desire2Learn Upgrade - The spring semester Desire2Learn system upgrade to LE
version 9.4.1 is scheduled to occur on Friday, May 11, from 11:59 p.m. until 8
a.m. on Saturday May 12. As a result, D2L will not be available during this
time. Access to the system should be available again shortly after 8 a.m. on May
12. We appreciate your patience during this upgrade. If you have any questions,
please contact your administrator
D2Ladmin@kutztown.edu. Bo Zigner, manager, Office of Distance Education 2012-13 Family Days – Plans are in the work now for Fall Family Day on September 22, 2012 and Spring Family Day on February 16, 2013. If your department, club, or organization would like to be involved in either Family Day – please contact Jerry Schearer by May 11, so we can “keep you in the loop” over the summer! All students, staff and faculty and their families are welcome to attend – so mark these dates in your calendar now! schearer@kutztown.edu or x3-4923 Welcome Week Day of Service – The Community Outreach Center will host an on-campus “Day of Service” on Saturday, September 1 as part of Welcome Week. This is a brief introduction to the culture of community service for students to kick off the academic year. We are looking for new ideas and projects! If any faculty or staff have an idea for a project or would like to be involved in anyway – please contact Jerry Schearer by May 11 so we can include your idea in the planning.schearer@kutztown.edu or x3-4923 Jerry W. Schearer, assistant dean, New Student Programs The KU Philosophy Club will meet on Friday, May 4, 4:30 p.m.. in MSU 250. Professor Helen Lang, Department of Philosophy, Villanova University, will be speaking: Natural Thing and Body: The Investigations of Physics. Milo Crimi, president; and Allan Bäck, advisor Thanks to everyone on campus who shared their list of awards and achievements! University Relations put together a comprehensive list for the KU website. See KU's best and brightest at 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.)
The University Curriculum Committee (UCC) will meet on Thursday, May 3, at 11 a.m., in MSU 312, to consider the remaining curricular proposals on its April agenda, which can be found online at http://www.kutztown.edu/committees/ucc/agenda.html. As always, individuals and/or departments with proposals on the agenda are invited and encouraged to attend to answer any questions that may arise. R.S. Schaeffer, chair, University Curriculum Committee The University Senate meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 3, at 4 p.m. in AF 102. If you are a senator and cannot attend, please arrange for a substitute to represent your constituency. Prior to our meeting, light snacks and refreshments will be served in the area outside of the meeting space. You are welcome to arrive at 3:30 p.m. to enjoy the refreshments. KU Senate
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.
The following students were honored at the Biology
Department's Award Ceremony on Friday, April 27: Carol C. Mapes, chair, Biology Department
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
Basket of treasures to support KUBoK Neighborhood Watch! Come see the baskets displayed on-campus in the MSU, May 3 and off-campus at the Community Block Party on May 6 to enter for your chance to win a basket! Any questions, please contact Susan Mangold, Academic and Student Affairs, at x3-1396 or mangold@kutztown.edu. Jessica Cole, graduate assistant, KUBoK
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