Daily Brief

Open Hour with Provost

Faculty, staff and students are invited to drop by and chat with Dr. Lorin Basden Arnold, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, during her open office hour at 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, Bears Den, MSU. Faculty and staff who would like to have a conversation, but for whom this time does not work, are welcome to contact the Office of the Provost at 610-683-4155 to schedule a time to meet.

KU Provost Office

Anne Imschweiler, Provost Office / Academic Affairs

1 Hour-ish Sale

Stop in KU Campus Store today from 10:00 a.m-2:00 p.m. to win prizes with our spin the wheel. Save on deep discounts on apparel, gift, school supplies, tech and art. In-store only and while supplies last.

KU Campus Store

KU Counseling Center Open House

Students, faculty, and staff are invited to the KU Counseling Center Open House from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19. Come join us for light refreshments and activities. You'll get to see the Counseling Center space and learn what we have to offer our students. It's a great way to meet the counselors, graduate interns, and receptionists. See you there.

KU Counseling Center

Ujima Conference Keynote Speaker is Shanita Hubbard

The Ujima Conference keynote speaker, Shanita Hubbard, is the author of "Ride or Die: A Feminist Manifesto for the Well-Being of Black Women". Shanita is also a professor, advocate, and mother. Join us 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, 218 MSU for her talk entitled "My Destiny is To Be Forever Free: The Blueprint for Freedom." This Women's Center and Ujima event is sponsored by the Dr. Constance P. Dent and Dr. Ann Gundry, Distinguished Speaker Series and the Moments Create Movements grant. The event will be followed by a book signing and is open to all students, staff and faculty.

Engage

Diane Biehl, Women's Center

Pcard Training

Are you new to using a KU purchasing card or need a refresher on how to monitor and reconcile your Pcard purchases? The Procurement Shared Services will conduct a Works training 10-11:00 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20. If you are interested in attending, please email Mary Vink at mvink@passhe.edu.

Mary Vink, Procurement

Student Organization Advisor Needed for Guitar Club

The Guitar Club needs a student organization advisor. Highlights of the role and responsibilities of an advisor may be found online. Please contact Joanne Cohen at cohen@kutztown.edu if interested. Thank you for your consideration.

Leah Cassellia, Office of Student Involvement

Early Alert Progress Survey Available

The Spring 2025 Early Alert Progress Survey is available for faculty in Starfish until Thursday, Feb. 27. Faculty are encouraged to use the survey to send kudos to students as words of encouragement, to acknowledge good work and to reinforce student success early in the semester. Faculty can also raise flags of concern for attendance issues, missing/late or low-scoring assignments or submit a fully customized academic concern flag. Every kudos and flag template has the option to add custom content; two options are completely customizable. All message templates can be viewed in Starfish D2L. Please email starfish@kutztown.edu, call 610-683-4106 or attend a Starfish drop-in training session.

Starfish

Nancy Brynildsen, The Center for Student Success & Academic Excellence