Daily Brief
March 22, 2022
18th Annual Social Work Community Forum
The department of Social Work will host the 18th Annual Community Forum, 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, March 25. This year's topic, "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Moving Toward Anti-Oppressive Practice," raises awareness of the need for anti-oppressive practices and policies designed to eliminate the bias and discrimination that has burdened families of color in the social environment.
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Announcements
Performance Management: Painful or Productive?
For many people tackling performance management is the least comfortable task and yet if gone unaddressed can be both a talent and a profit burner. The session 1 p.m. today, Tuesday, March 22, via Zoom, will look at some common painful and productive activities that impact performance management, why its an important element of a healthy business and how you can develop an easy to use and transparent performance management process. Learning objectives include:
- Define the concept of “performance management” and the elements contained within
- Strategies to relate performance to business strategy
- How to develop a performance evaluation process that is easy to deploy and reinforces your vision and culture
- What is the role and value of performance improvement?
- Termination tips
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Fiscal Year End and SourcePoint
With the end of the fiscal year quickly approaching, the RPO is offering special training sessions to show SourcePoint requesters how to be sure their receiving and service approval tasks are complete. This preparation should aid accounts payable with addressing open orders. If you create purchase requisitions in SourcePoint, please sign up for one 30-minute SourcePoint Fiscal Year-End Preparation training:
- 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 23
- 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 30
Tammy Moyer, Financial and Business Services
Open Hour with Provost
Faculty, staff and students are invited to drop by and chat with the provost, Dr. Lorin Basden Arnold, during her open office hour 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, in Old Main concourse (east side). 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.
Anne Imschweiler, Office of the Provost
Tammy Ann Shay Dissertation Defense
The Department of Social Work announces Tammy Ann Shay will be defending her dissertation, "Herstory: Women and Drugs-Women in the Environment Using Meta-Ethnography," 9 a.m. Thursday, March 24, via Zoom Meeting ID: 370 821 6904 Passcode: 9HPUW0. Chaired by Dr. Lyter and committee members Drs. Janice Gasker and Kim Shively.
Sharon C Lyter, Department of Social Work
Tia White Dissertation Defense
The Department of Social Work announces Tia White, LCSW, will be defending her dissertation, chaired by Dr. Yeboah, "The Development of the Police Department Wellness Survey," 10 a.m. Thursday, March 24 via Zoom Meeting ID: 579 069 1116 - Passcode: 032422
Sharon C Lyter, Department of Social Work
Accepted Student Reception - Thank You!
With the help of the campus community, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions welcomed 632 accepted students and their families to campus March 5. Many of these students used this event to make their final decision on whether they will attend KU this fall. We had 63 students confirm their enrollment for fall at the reception and many more within the days following. Faculty and staff who helped make this event possible should have received a survey requesting feedback. If you did not, please contact us. We would like to express our most sincere thanks to you for making this event possible.
Liz Wieller, Undergraduate Admissions
Employment Opportunities
These are the non-instructional positions open on our online job board at http://employment.kutztown.edu (Menu to OOC postings):
| Job Number | Job Title | Job Term | Advertise To |
| 2022-0039 (internal) | NEW - Custodial Worker Supervisor - 3rd shift (internal) |
Full Time | 3/25/22 |
| 2022-0040 (internal) | NEW - Custodial Worker 1 - 2nd shift (internal) |
Full Time | 3/25/22 |
| 2022-0041 (internal) | New - Custodial Worker 1 - 1st shift (internal) |
Full Time | 3/25/22 |
| 2022-0042 (internal) | NEW - Custodial Worker 1 - 1st shift (internal) |
Full Time | 3/25/22 |
| 2022-0036 | NEW - Assistant Director of Admissions | Full Time | 4/1/22 |
| 2021-0051 | Patrol Officer | Full Time | Continuous |
| 2021-0155 | Facilities Construction Project Manager (REPOSTED) | Full Time | 3/27/22 |
| 2022-0008 | Health and Wellness Office Manager | Full Time | 3/27/22 |
| 2022-0009 | MR2 - Carpentry / Painter | Full Time | 3/27/22 |
| 2022-0011 | Groundskeeper / Laborer | Full Time | 3/27/22 |
| 2022-0013 & 14 | 2022 Summer Painter - Temporary | Temp FT | 3/27/22 |
| 2022-0026 | Heritage Center Assistant | Full Time | 4/3/22 |
| 2022-0028 | Head Women's Volleyball Coach - FT | Full Time | 3/27/22 |
| 2022-0033 | Systems Analyst | Full Time | 4/3/22 |
| 2022-0035 | Assistant Director of Admissions Hispanic/Latino Recruitment | Full Time | 3/25/22 |
| Asst Coaches | 2021-22 Assistant Athletic Coaches | Part time | 6/30/22 |
| Clerical Pool | 2021-22 Clerical Pool | Full Time | 6/30/22 |
| Custodial Pool | 2021-22 Custodial Worker 1 Pool | Full Time | 6/30/22 |
| OOC 22-001 | Assistant Vice Chancellor for Facilities | Full Time | Continuous |
| OOC 22-006 | Assistant Director for Health Care Program Administration |
Full Time | 4/3/22 |
Jeanette Forster, Human Resources
Upcoming Events
| Date | Time | Event |
| March | Women's History Month Irish-American Heritage Month |
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| March 22 | 3:30 p.m. | Associate Dean COB Search - Candidate A 312 McFarland Student Union |
| March 22 | 6 p.m. | RAD Training Georgian Room |
| March 23 | 10 a.m. | COVID-19 Testing East Gym, Student Recreation Center |
| March 23 | 1 p.m. | Open Hour with Provost Old Main Concourse (east side) |
| March 23 | 2 p.m. | Registrar Search - Candidate A 183 McFarland Student Union |
| March 23 | 2 p.m. | Black Lives Matter Walk DMZ |
| March 24 | 11 a.m. | University Curriculum Committee Zoom Link |
| March 24 | 3:30 p.m. | Associate Dean COB Search - Candidate B 312 McFarland Student Union |
| March 24 | 6 p.m. | RAD Training Georgian Room |
| March 25 | 2 p.m. | Registrar Search - Candidate B 103 Academic Forum |
| March 25 | 7:30 p.m. | KU Orchestra Performance Schaeffer Auditorium |
| March 28 | 2 p.m. | Registrar Search - Candidate C 183 McFarland Student Union |
| March 31 | 1:30 p.m. | Associate Dean COB Search - Candidate C 200 Graduate Center |
Athletics
| Date | Time | Event |
| March 22 | 3 p.m. | Baseball vs. Lincoln North Campus Field (Live Stats | Live Video) |
| March 23 | 3 p.m. | Men’s Tennis vs. Marywood Keystone Courts |
| March 26 | 12 p.m. (DH) | Baseball vs. Bloomsburg North Campus Field (Live Stats | Live Video) |
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 University’s Title IX Coordinator located in the Office of Social Equity, Old Main A-Wing, Room 02, by phone at 610-683-4700 or by email at pena@kutztown.edu or 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.