Daily Brief
Feb. 24, 2025
Weather
Weather forecasts are provided by KU's Dr. Michael Davis and "Monsoon Mike" Regensburger
High pressure positions itself off the Mid-Atlantic coast. Partly sunny conditions are expected. High temperature near 48.
Announcements
Neurodiverse and Disabled Faculty and Staff Resource Group
The Disability Services Office is proud to announce a resource group for faculty and staff who identify as neurodiverse and/or disabled. If you are interested in being part of this group, please email Megan Rutter, DSO Assistant Director, at rutter@kutztown.edu. This confidential group has no meeting requirements and only hopes to be a space to support the diverse and individual needs of the members of the group; names of the members of the group will never be shared or posted. Find more information at the link below.
Neurodiverse Faculty and Staff Support Group
Megan Rutter, Disability Services Office
Governance Committees: Fall 2025 Willingness to Serve
Kutztown University faculty, managers and staff members, please use this online Engage@KU form to indicate your willingness to serve on University Governance Committees. Log in using your full KU email address and password. This 'Willingness to Serve' form will close at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25. Please direct access to Engage@KU questions to Leah Cassellia at casselli@kutztown.edu. Information about governance committees, including mission statements, by-laws and memberships may be found at the link below.
Kim Shively, University Senate
Academics
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.
Nancy Brynildsen, The Center for Student Success & Academic Excellence
CEL Lunch Bunch
Join the Center for Engaged Learning (CEL) for our next brown bag lunch at noon Friday, Feb. 28, 6 Rohrbach Library. Bring an interesting new idea, a sticky problem or just lunch. We'll chat and share ideas with our colleagues and yes, there will be cookies. Check the CEL Events Calendar for future Lunch Bunch meetings and more.
Center for Engaged Learning
Upcoming Events
| Date | Time | Event |
| Feb. 24 | 3 p.m. | Safe Space Training Boxwood House |
| Feb. 24 | 7:30 p.m. | Music Monday Schaeffer Auditorium |
| Feb. 27 | 11 a.m. | University Curriculum Committee Zoom |
| Feb. 27 | 3 p.m. | Provost Open Hour Old Main Concourse |
| Feb. 28 | Noon | CEL Lunch Bunch 6 Rohrbach |
| March 2 | 2 p.m. | KU Presents: Bill Blagg's Family Magic Schaeffer Auditorium (Tickets) |
| March 3-6 | -- | Neurodiversity Celebration Week |
Athletics
| Feb. 27 | 6 p.m. | Acrobatics and Tumbling vs. Stevenson Keystone Arena |
| Feb. 28 | 1 p.m. | Softball vs. Holy Family (DH) North Campus Field (Stats) |
| Feb. 28 | 3 p.m. | Women's Lacrosse vs. Bentley Keystone Field (Watch | Stats) |
| March 1 | Noon | Baseball vs. Lincoln (Pa.) (DH) North Campus Field (Watch | Stats) |
| March 1 | 1 p.m. | Women's Basketball vs. West Chester (Senior Day) Keystone Arena (Watch | Stats) |
| March 1 | 3 p.m. | Men's Basketball vs. West Chester (Senior Day) Keystone Arena (Watch | Stats) |
Accommodations
Persons with a disability, and who require accommodation, should notify the Disability Services Office two weeks prior to the event at 610-683-4108 or email DSO@kutztown.edu, TDD number: 610-683-4499, in order to discuss accommodations. Every effort will be made to provide reasonable accommodations. Please note: Kutztown University does not provide wheelchairs or other mobility devices.
Non-Discrimination Statement
Kutztown University does not discriminate in employment or educational opportunities on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status. To discuss a complaint of discrimination, please contact the Office of Social Equity, Old Main A-Wing, Room 02, by phone at 610-683-4700 or by email at pena@kutztown.edu. Pursuant to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Kutztown University does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates, including admissions and employment. Any inquiries regarding the application of Title IX at Kutztown University may be made to Bradley Davis, the university’s Title IX coordinator, located in Old Main A-Wing, Room 02A, by phone at 610-683-4782 or by email at titleix@kutztown.edu. You may also contact the Office for Civil Rights located in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Bldg., 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202-1100, by phone at 800-421-3481 (TDD: 800-877-8339), by fax at 202-453-6012, or by email at OCR@ed.gov.