Daily Brief

ACT Presents She Kills Monsters

Kutztown University's fully student-run theater group Actors Creating Theater (ACT) is performing "She Kills Monsters" 7 p.m. Thursday, April 16, 7 p.m. Friday, April 17, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, April 18, Little Schaeffer Theater. This is a comedic romp into the world of fantasy role-playing games. In this high-octane dramatic comedy, laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres and 90s pop culture, acclaimed playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek and warrior within us all.

Tickets for She Kills Monsters

Derek Mace, ACT Advisor

NASA scientist Dr. Caitlin Ahrens - Solar System Cryogeology

Lavas on Earth are generally hot, Hawaiian lavas are typically 2,000-2,300ºF.  However, lavas elsewhere in our solar system can be extremely cold. For example, cryovolcanoes on Pluto erupt ice lavas at temperatures below negative 100°F.
Dr. Caitlin Ahrens is a planetary scientist in the University of Maryland Astronomy Department and a research scientist at NASA. She will give a talk titled "Mysterious, Marvelous Cryogeology," noon to 1 p.m. Monday, April 20, 260 Boehm Science Building.
Dr. Ahrens has done a lot of work on H₂O, CO, and CO₂ on outer solar system bodies, mud volcanism on Pluto and currently focuses on Earth’s moon as part of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Diviner science team.
The talk is open to anyone interested in our amazing universe and who is free for that hour.
(Image from Dr. Ahren’s paper titled "Modeling cryogenic mud volcanism on Pluto" of Wright Mons ice volcano on Pluto. Yellow circle = volcanic crater from which cryolava erupts; textured ground beneath blue bar = cryolava fields; green bar = 100 km = 60-mile scale bar.)

Kurt Friehauf, Kutztown University Geology Club

Communication Design students win Addy Awards

On Thursday, March 5, students from KU’s Communication Design program won 17 awards at the American Advertising Awards. They took home seven Gold ADDYs, nine Silver ADDYs and one Best of Show.

Dannell MacIlwraith, Art & Design Department

New Golden Bear

Please join us in congratulating Jake Long '15, Head Athletic Equipment Manager, and his wife Anna Long '16, on the birth of their beautiful daughter, Aubrie Saige Long. She was born on Thursday, April 9 at 5:47p.m. and mom and baby are doing well. Future Golden Bear field hockey player? I'm sure that mom and dad would love this. Best wishes to Jake and Anna.

Leslie Maillie, HR Coordinator, KUSSI

Annual Out of the Darkness Walk

The Kutztown University Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness is hosting KU's annual walkathon for suicide prevention, "Out of the Darkness," 3 p.m. Sunday, April 19, DMZ. A brief ceremony will be held before the start of the walk. All proceeds from the walk will benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). Registration is required and donations are accepted at our AFSP Kutztown Walk website.

Patricia Ann Brenner, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Kutztown University Chapter

Earth Day Poetry Reading

Rohrbach Library invites you to a nature poetry reading 4:30 p.m. on Earth Day, Wednesday, April 22, Brick Lounge of the library, featuring poems written by Professor of English Michael Downing. He will be reading from his recently published book “River Names.” This event is free and open to the campus community. Light refreshments provided.

Earth Day: River Names Poetry Reading

Sylvia Pham, Rohrbach Library

Take Your Child to Work Day

Sponsored by the Commission on the Status of Women and KU Women's Center, faculty and staff, along with their children, are welcome to join Take Your Child to Work Day Thursday, April 23. A variety of campus offices are hosting events for the children and their accompanying caregiver. Lunch tickets will be provided for Cub Café or South Dining Hall. New this year will be a tour of campus offices to see up close some of the jobs being done on campus.
Schedule:
8:30–8:50 a.m. Check-in/Registration, Women's Center, Boxwood House
9–10 a.m. STEAMworks activities, Rohrbach Library, ground floor
10–10:30 a.m. Activities: corn hole, basketball hoop and other fun activities, Rec Center, West Gym
10:30–11:30 a.m. Rock Wall Climbing, Rec Center, first floor
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Lunch, Cub Café (MSU) or South Dining Hall, second floor
12:30–1:30 p.m. STEAMworks activities, Rohrbach Library, ground floor
1:30–2:30 p.m. Planetarium show, Grim Science Building, ground floor
2:30–3:30 p.m. Tour of campus offices, learn more about jobs on campus, meet at Alumni Plaza Fountain, next to the Graduate Center
For more information, please contact: Yasoda Sharma, Moira Conway or Christine Price from the Commission on the Status of Women.

Take Your Child to Work RSVP

Commission on the Status of Women

Tree Walk with Professor Emeritus Chris Sacchi

Celebrate Arbor Day while learning about campus trees by joining Professor Emeritus Chris Sacchi on a campus Tree Walk 11 a.m. Thursday, April 23, meeting at the bear statue outside of Boehm Hall. After the tour, we'll go to the MSU Gallery to view the juried student exhibition, "how to know a tree," which will show a range of two- and three-dimensional artworks celebrating our relationships to trees.

gwendolyn yoppolo, Campus Beautification and Preservation Committee

DSW Dissertation Defense for Katelyn Murphy

Both the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Department of Social Work are pleased to announce Katelyn Murphy will defend her Doctor of Social Work dissertation, “Between Care and Compliance: A Mixed-Methods Examination of Social Workers’ Perspectives on Behavior Contracts in Healthcare,” 4-6 p.m. Thursday, April 30, via Zoom. The dissertation chair is Dr. YoonMi Kim.

Juliana Svistova , Program Director, Social Work Department

Faculty Awareness Requested: PA Student Teacher Support Program

At 4 p.m. Thursday, April 16, many education students across the commonwealth will be applying for the PA Student Teacher Support Program. This competitive, first‑come, first‑served statewide stipend helps alleviate the financial burden of student teaching. Eligible students may receive $10,000 to support them during their full‑time clinical experience and to encourage continued service in Pennsylvania schools. However, experience has shown that the portal may open earlier, but not consistently. As a result, education students are being encouraged to monitor the system throughout the day and refresh their computers so they can apply as soon as it becomes available. We kindly ask anyone who is teaching education students to please extend flexibility and understanding on April 16 if students need brief access to their computers during class. This small measure of support can make a meaningful difference for students navigating the financial realities of student teaching, one of the most intensive phases of their preparation. We appreciate the understanding and flexibility of faculty across campus as education students navigate this time‑sensitive opportunity.

PA Student Teacher Support Program

College of Education