Daily Brief

Thank You for Sharing Your Heart of Gold

The KU Foundation and KU Presidential Ambassadors would like to thank the campus community for their support of I ❤️ Week! Together, we celebrated what we love about KU and showed gratitude for our faculty, staff, friends, family, donors and alumni.  Thank you for helping spread the love. Stay tuned for the Foundation’s Agents of Change initiative, which launches later this week and honors Golden Bears who are trailblazers and catalysts for social equity and justice.

Kutztown University Foundation

Creative Teens Honored at KU Scholastic Art Awards

The 98th Scholastic Art and Writing Awards is the country's longest-running and most prestigious scholarship and recognition program for creative students in grades 7-12. This program year, over 200,000 works were submitted to more than 100 regions across the country. The free exhibition runs Feb. 12 to March 5 and is open to the public 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday; noon to 4 p.m. Saturday; and 2-4 p.m. Sunday. The award ceremony is 2 p.m. March 5, Schaeffer Auditorium. More than 200 students from 19 local schools awarded this year from Berks, Carbon, Lehigh and Northampton counties. Gold works are juried again on a national level by a panel of leading creative professionals. Winners are celebrated with a ceremony at Carnegie Hall and an exhibition at The New School and Pratt Institute, New York City. Schools include: Allentown Central Catholic High School, Bethlehem Catholic High School, Conrad Weiser High School, Easton Area High School, Emmaus High School, Exeter Senior High School, Eyer Middle School, Kutztown High School, Lehigh Career & Technical Institute, Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, Dieruff High School, Nazareth High School, Oley Valley High School, Parkland High School, Springhouse Middle School, Whitehall High School, William Allen High School, Wilson Area High School and Wilson Senior High School. A virtual exhibition is also available.

https://www.kutztown.edu/millerArtGallery

Karen Stanford, College of Visual and Performing Arts

Frederick Douglass Institute UK Study Abroad Information Meetings

FDI UK study abroad information meetings will be held today, Tuesday, Feb. 15. Attend and ask questions, learn about the details of the trip, courses and costs. FDI UK summer 2022 study abroad  information sessions:
- 11 a.m. Zoom link https://kutztown.zoom.us/j/97577681235 Meeting ID: 975 7768 1235.
- 6 p.m. Zoom link https://kutztown.zoom.us/j/93004555541 Meeting ID: 930 0455 5541.

https://www.douglassstudyabroad.info/

Maria Sanelli, KU Frederick Douglass Institute

AFSCME Membership Meeting

Please join AFSCME Local 2234 for our monthly membership meeting 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 21,  220 Boehm Science Center. Bring your ideas to our next meeting.

Christina Ferris, AFSCME Local 2234

Undergraduate Student Commencement Speakers

Commencement speaker applications are being accepted from undergraduate students graduating this spring. The application deadline is Tuesday, March 22.  Interested students can find more information and an application on the commencement website. 

https://www.kutztown.edu/events/commencement.html

Andrea Kirshman, Student Success and Academic Excellence