Announcements

THE DAILY BRIEF
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Today the domestic hot water service at University Place will be shut down to repair a leak. Water will be available for drinking and toilet operation. The hot water will be shut down as soon as the leak is found, so no exact time of the shutdown can be given. We are sorry for any inconvenience.
Kyle Mills, director, Facilities Operation & Maintenance

KU Faculty, Managers and Professional Staff Members - Please use this online form to indicate your willingness to serve on University Senate Governance Committees: https://kunited.kutztown.edu/form/start/18844. To log in, you will use your full KU email address as your username, and your KU Windows password for your password. Please be aware that you can only submit this form once. This form is open from now until Thursday, Feb. 28 at 4:30 p.m. The status of your submission may be reviewed by logging in to KUnited, click on “My Involvement” and then “Submissions”. If you have any problems with KUnited access or with form completion, please direct questions to Leah Cassellia at casselli@kutztown.edu or x3-4867. Thank you for your willingness to serve!
University Senate

Allies will host Jumping the "Rainbow", a social for marriage equality Feb. 13 at 4:30 p.m. in MSU 218. Music and dancing will be punctuated by short info sessions about marriage equality. Food will be provided. Formal attire is encouraged.
Stephani Wright, writing intern, GLBTQ Resource Center

Winter Family Day is Saturday, Feb. 16. Faculty/Staff and families are welcome to join our students and their families for this day full of activities and fun for the entire family! Please click on the link for a complete schedule.
Jerry W. Schearer, assistant dean, New Student Programs

AFSCME 2234 members please join us for our next union meeting on Monday, Feb. 18 at Janelle’s Catering Hall in Topton at 7 p.m. Please plan to attend.
Chris Ferris, secretary, AFSCME 2234

The Office of Grants and Sponsored Projects and the Kutztown University Research Committee would like to share the list of funded research projects for 2012-13. The total funding was approximately $82,000. Congratulations to everyone who received funding.
Jeffrey Werner, director, Office of Grants and Sponsored Projects

Name	Department	Project Title
Dr. Christine Atiyeh	Fine Arts	“Re-excavating Carthage” Digitization and Online
Dr. Denise Bosler	Communication Design	The Effect of Typography in 20th and 21st Century Logo Design
Dr. Janice Chernekoff	English	Questions Raised in Rhetorical Genre Studies by the Randonneurs’ Ride Report
Dr. James Delle	Anthropology and Sociology	Archaeology of Provision Ground Houses, Marshalls Pen, Jamaica
Dr. Michael Gambone	History	Reaping the Whirlwind: The United States, Nicaragua, and the Response to Revolution in Central America, 1972-1992
Dr. Christopher Habeck	Biological Sciences	Developing Best Management Practices for the Ecological Restoration of Invaded Forests
Dr. Patricia Kelleher	History	The Irish in Civil-War-Era Chicago
Dr. Yun Lu	Mathematics	Mathematical Approaches to Reconstruct Phylogenetic Networks
Dr. Dale Parson	Computer Science	High Bandwidth Musician-Computer Interface to Investigate Quantum Composition and Improvisation
Dr. Robert Portada Dr. John Riley Dr. Michael Gambone	Political Science Political Science History	Impact of PMSCs in South Sudan
Dr. Christopher Sacchi	Biological Sciences	Insights into Pre-emancipation Slave Provision Grounds through Ecological Study of Contemporary Jamaican Subsistence Gardens
Dr. Carsten Sanders Dr. Matthew Junker	Biological Sciences Physical Sciences	Uncovering the Substrate Recognition and Heme Ligation Mechanisms of Yeast Cytochrome c Heme Lyase
Dr. Laura Sherrod	Physical Sciences	Three Dimensional Mapping of Glacial Geology in New York State
Dr. Edward Simpson	Physical Sciences	Quantifying Shoreline Fish Taphonomy at a Hyper Saline Lake: Salton Sea, California
Dr. Evan Summer	Fine Arts	Combining Printmaking Techniques
Dr. Todd Williams	English	Christina Rossetti Time Flies Investigation
Dr. Yuri Yerastov	English	Dialectal Variation in Southeastern Pennsylvania

ATHLETICS

Wednesday, Feb. 13
Doubleheader Basketball vs. West Chester, Women tipoff at 5:30 p.m., Men tipoff at 7:30 p.m. (Keystone Arena) Golden Bear Honors

Saturday, Feb. 16
Doubleheader Basketball vs. Millersville, Women tipoff at 1 p.m., Men tipoff at 3 p.m. (Keystone Arena) Family Day

ARAMARK

Need a last minute gift for your Valentine? Pre-order a heart shaped cookie cake from any coffee shop on campus and customize it with a special message for your sweetie! $9.99 Flex, Bear Bucks, Dining Dollars, cash and credit accepted.
Nicole Adams

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

The next University Curriculum Committee (UCC) meeting will be held on Feb. 28. The deadline for submission of all proposals for this meeting is 12 p.m. (noon) on Thursday, Feb. 14. Please submit new proposals prior to this deadline to the UCC secretary, Bethany French, in the Provost’s Office, 309 Stratton. If you have any questions, please contact Ms. French at x3-1312.
Bethany French, secretary, University Curriculum Committee

Ash Wednesday Services will be celebrated at the Saint Christopher Catholic Newman Center at noon on Feb. 13. The Most Rev. John O. Barres, Bishop of Allentown will celebrate Mass at 9 p.m. on Wednesday evening in the Georgian Room of OM. All are welcome to attend.
Lisa Grabowski, advisor, Newman Club

I am pleased to welcome Dave Johnson to the position of assistant director of University Relations/communications. Dave’s primary responsibilities will include handling media relations and publicity for all news-related activities. He will also serve as executive editor of Tower magazine and the Daily Brief. Dave comes to KU from Albright College where he served as manager of Marketing Communications since 2005. He has also worked for the Reading & Berks County Visitors Bureau and the City of Reading. Dave has a bachelor’s degree from IUP and a master’s from Penn State. He will be located in Schock Education House, room 201 and can be reached by phone at x3-4180 or email at dajohnson@kutztown.edu. Please join me in welcoming Dave to KU!
Matt Santos, director, University Relations

The Kutztown University Writing Center is now open. Our friendly and talented tutors are ready to help your students with any writing assignment in OM 132. Open hours are Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday and Wednesday, 6-9 p.m.
Amanda Morris, director

Science Olympiad Needs Volunteers - Looking for something to do over Spring Break? Volunteers are needed to help KU host the Regional Science Olympiad. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, Mar. 20 (snow date: Mar. 21). We are expecting 28 high schools and 16 middle schools from Berks, Lehigh, and Northampton Counties. There will be more than 600 students competing in a variety of science disciplines such as biology, earth science, chemistry, physics, computers, and technology. Check out our website at http://www.kutztown.edu/acad/physci/olympiad/ . You do not need a science background to be a volunteer. We need help with registrations, lobby info, food sales/delivery, set-up, scoring, event assistance and so much more. If interested, contact our volunteer coordinators: Dr. Daniel Aruscavage aruscava@kutztown.edu and Dr. Gregory Setliff at setliff@kutztown.edu.

Faculty wanted for judging, scoring data and for the Appeals Board. A science background is not necessary. Are you good at understanding and enforcing rules? The Appeals Board will arbitrate issues between supervisors and coaches over rule disputes. Faculty interested should respond to scienceolympiad@kutztown.edu.
Joann S. Monko, chemistry instructor, Physical Sciences

The KU Department of Geography will hold an informational meeting for those students interested in joining the Geography Club. The Geography Club is open to students from all majors. The meeting will take place Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 3 p.m., in the Graduate Center, room 01. Proposed activities and election of officers will be among the topics discussed. Please join us for geography and pizza.
Dorothy Siravo, secretary, Department of Geography

Department of Social Work 11th Annual Community Forum, Healthcare Policy Implications Across the Practice Continuum, Mar. 15, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the MSU. Forum 2013 raises awareness of up-to-date healthcare delivery, policy reform, and ethical issues across levels and systems of care. Experts in healthcare identify best practices. Social work professionals serve as catalysts to build and strengthen alliances that promote effective and ethical healthcare practices across the practice continuum. We invite community leaders, agency executives, policy makers, social workers, human services professionals, faculty, alumni, and students. Full-day attendees receive six social work continuing education credits, including three ethics credits. To register by Mar. 8, please visit http://socialwork.kutztown.edu. Questions? Please contact Dr. Sharon Lyter, forum chair, lyter@kutztown.edu or x3-4235.

February is Traumatic Brain Injury Month. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is damage to the brain caused by a blow to the head. The severity of the injury may range from minor, with few or no lasting consequences, to major, resulting in profound disability or death. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 1.4 million people suffer TBI each year in the United States and about 50,000 people die from the injury. Estimates of the number of people who have survived a TBI range from 2.5 million to 6.5 million. The range is broad because mild TBI often goes unreported. A newsletter regarding TBI as well as other wellness opportunities can be found on the H.R. website under the Healthy U logo.
Jean E. Adam for Campus Wellness Committee

Have you always wanted to get to know other members of the campus community? Would you enjoy being treated to lunch? The office of the Provost will be sponsoring lunches for small groups that include a combination of KU students, faculty and staff. (Dr. Vargas will not be in attendance at these lunches.) The goal is that these individuals will get to know one another and, in turn, become more knowledgeable about the members of our campus family. So that there is no financial strain on the individuals, the group will be given a money in the form of a Paw Pass to be used at a venue on campus.

Are you available at noon on a Tuesday or Thursday? Or at 11 a.m. on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday? These are times that are most likely that a group of 3-4 people would be able to get a table in the Cub Cafe or Academic Forum. Sign up on KUnited by visiting http://kunited.kutztown.edu and clicking on "Meet and Eat!" at the top of the page. Please use your full KU email address to log in, and your email password. You will be contacted with the information of the others you will be eating with so you can schedule your lunch. Thank you for your participation!
Leah M. Cassellia, director, Office of Student Involvement

The Department of Philosophy is pleased to announce that it is celebrating Socrates Day on Feb. 18. Professor George Rudebusch of Northern Arizona University, a world renowned expert on Socrates, has kindly agreed to help us celebrate the activities of the day. We invite all students, faculty, and staff to join us at the public lecture and informal meeting with Prof. Rudebusch. For more information, please visit www.kutztown.edu/philosophy.
M. Ashraf Adeel, associate professor, Philosophy