The Faculty and Staff
Recognition Breakfast, to honor and recognize the efforts and
accomplishments of the team of faculty, managers, professional staff and support
personnel who do so much for Kutztown University will be held on Thursday,
May 17, at the Michael A. O’Pake Field House from 8:30 to 10 a.m.
All faculty and staff are cordially invited to attend.
As part of this breakfast, we will be honoring our colleagues who have
reached significant milestones in their careers or are retiring from Kutztown
University. The service awards will be presented at 9 a.m. Please see who
will be honored and RSVP by May 8
through this link:
http://www.kutztown.edu/recognitionbreakfast/.
I look forward to this opportunity to say “thank you” for the important role you
play at KU.
F. Javier Cevallos, president
Athletics
INFORMATION CENTER FOR NCAA SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS THIS
WEEKEND AT KU
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 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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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.
Gerald L. Silberman, Vice President for Administration and Finance The International and Graduate Student Celebration Picnic will be held this Saturday, May 5, noon-4 p.m. at Boxwood House. Please join us for this celebration of diversity, international food and entertainment! Admission is free!! We hope to see you there. If you would like more information about the picnic, please contact us at international@kutztown.edu or x6-4256. Anesah Akari, coordinator, International Student Services Please join the History Department in congratulating our Award and Scholarship Winners: History Senior Awards: Anthony J. Mazzaferri Award: Martin Gianinni Bright & Lucille Beck American History Award: Brad Luckenbill Outstanding Seniors: Samantha Miller, Adrienne Sheeler, Eric Smith, Anjelica Vargas, Ryan Reich Martin Luther King Award (given by History Club for service to Club, University & Community): Victoria Croke History Scholarships: Anthony J. Mazzaferri Scholarship: Kira Wagner Esther Willits History Scholarship: Shane Moran Please join us in congratulating our new Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society Inductees: Laura Blazewicz, John Brumbaugh, Tyler Clark, Nicole Clements, Anna Cisci, Brian Daily, Samantha Delp, Teresa Fiorenza, Victoria Flowers, Samantha Fodor, Sarah Ford, Aislinn Gilmartin, Amanda Heintzelman, Kelsey Hogan, Timothy Klawiter, Michael Krueger, Dennis Land, Samantha Lecher, Michael Metz, Benjamin Miller, Fred Miller, Shane Moran, Hannah Morgan, Jacqueline Neetzow, Ryan Reich, Julie Rosenkaimer, Alan Schulze, Hannah Seiple, Adrienne Sheeler, Lauren Shirey, Erin Sior, Melissa Siravo, Adam Smith, Eric Smith, Benjamin Spohn, Alexander Tranauskas, Kira Wagner, Christina Ydoate Michael Gambone, chair, History Department On Tuesday, May 1, the Department of Communication Studies and Theatre inducted the following students into the local chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, the National Honors Society for Communications majors: Margaret Brownell, Rachel Bryan (President of Xi Kappa, our local chapter), Chelsea DiFebbo, Alexis Murphy, Teresa Nutter, Christina Savino, and Jennifer Balinski. It was a joyous event and we in the Department are thrilled to have been able to serve such terrific scholars. At the event we welcomed parents, boyfriends, faculty and other Lambda Pi Eta students graduating next year. We wish all of our best and brightest students a wonderful, fruitful future. Andrea Mitnick, advisor, Lambda Pi Eta 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.)
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 |