Daily Brief

KU Presents! to Take Audiences on a Trip Around the World in 2025-26

KU Presents! is back in 2025-26 with a new director, a new website and an exciting lineup that combines quality with both educational value and audience appeal. The series, held at Kutztown University’s Schaeffer Auditorium, will begin in October and will offer an array of performing arts with something for every age and taste.

KU Presents!

University Relations

Publicize Your Research Opportunity with Co/Lab

Are you looking for a KU BEARS collaborator, lab assistant or student research partner? The KU Research and Creativity Co/Lab, Collaborative Opportunities/Learning And Beyond, is your go-to spot to connect with undergrads eager to dive into hands-on research. Just fill out this quick form and your opportunity will be posted on the Co/Lab page of the Undergraduate Research and Creativity (UGRC) website. Easy for students to find and fast for you to share.

Lynn M Kutch, Undergraduate Research and Creativity

MSU Sidewalk Closed to Vehicle Traffic

The sidewalk behind the MSU, coming from the de Francesco Building, is closed to vehicle traffic for the remainder of the week. Kinsley will be replacing the concrete, which was removed during this summers' UGI upgrades. Pedestrian traffic will be possible, but pedestrians will need to skirt the project through the grass. The steps from the MSU to the library will remain open. The MSU entrance, near the flagpoles, will remain open. ADA access will be the main MSU entrance, where the shuttle stop is located. This closure primarily impacts vehicles, rtvs and other equipment. Sorry about the inconvenience. 

Will Meeker, Facilities

Call for Proposals: Gender and Sexual Minorities Conference

The ninth annual KU Gender and Sexual Minorities Conference (GSM) is Oct. 1-3, MSU. The conference theme will highlight LGBTQ history - Honoring Our Past, Present and Future. We are now accepting program proposals on Engage. Please submit your program proposal online by Friday, Sept. 5. The GSM keynote speaker is Broadway performer and debut author Chloe Davis. Her book, "The Queen's English," is a dictionary and colorful collection of LGBTQIA+ language with cultural references and usage notes. Davis will present at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, 218 MSU. When the schedule is finalized, registration for the conference will open Monday, Sept. 8, on Engage. You can consult the LGBTQ+ Resource Center webpage for a schedule of past programs. Please contact Christine Price, price@kutztown.edu, with any questions.

Christine Price, LGBTQ+ Resource Center

Faculty Represent KU at PASSHE Women's Consortium Leadership Institute

Drs. Marlene Nanouh Fares and Yasoda Sharma represented Kutztown University at the PASSHE Women’s Consortium (PWC) Leadership Institute July 27-30 at the Toftrees Resort and Conference Center in State College. Dr. Lorin Basden Arnold's office supported and sponsored the participation of faculty from KU, who are now both serving on the Faculty Resiliency Coalition as PWC facilitators. The Leadership Institute encourages the development of several skills: complex, contemporary, multi-layered and multicultural understanding of leadership; strategies to influence decisions and create change; and networking among diverse constituencies at the university and the System level. The selected faculty are supported as they advance professionally through promotion and/or leadership opportunities at the department, university and System level. KU anticipates hosting the PASSHE Women's Consortium Conference in Feb. 2026.

PASSHE Women's Consortium

Colleen Clemens, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies