Daily Brief
March 7, 2025
Art and Animation Faculty Screen Newest Film
Michael Covello, associate professor of Art, and Elizabeth Schneider, assistant professor of Animation, are screening their newest animation, "Becoming an Oyster," at the following locations: New Jersey International Film Festival, located at Rutgers Film Co-Op, New Brunswick, N.J., May 30 to June 13; 2025 Festival in Santa Fe, N.M., June 13-22. Their project was also one of 16 selected from 860 applicants, a 1.8% selectivity rate. The following is press taken from SingleChannel VT curatorial: "In 'Becoming an Oyster' (Elizabeth Schneider and Michael Covello, 2025), two children whose father has departed (gone/died) cope with the confusion of grief through despair, secret relief and hatching a plan. It is beautifully animated with enough detail to anchor us in a place, while seeing that place through the logic and perception of a child who also functions as the narrator. A bathtub becomes a portal, becomes the passing of a life and the attempt to recapture that life. It lays out how resistance can be an inability, or a deep effort - succumbing to addiction, the refusal to not-know, a literal/figurative holding of breath, self-preservation and selflessness in that same breath, a mounting sense of physical/emotional pressure." View the screening trailer online.
Michael Covello, Art and Design
Weather
Weather forecasts are provided by KU's Dr. Michael Davis and "Monsoon Mike" Regensburger
Exiting low pressure near Quebec allows high pressure to move in. Windy conditions are anticipated for the day as the pressure gradient remains tight. Otherwise, mostly sunny conditions will prevail. High temperature near 48.
Announcements
First Friday Sale
Save 20% on apparel and gift at the KU Campus Store, today only, Friday, March 7. In-store and online.
Kyle Rex, KU Campus Store
Road Closure South Campus Drive (Manhole Work)
South Campus Drive between Deatrick Hall and Beck Hall will be closed 8-10 a.m. Sunday, March 9, for maintenance work in Manhole 3, located in the middle of road. Please avoid this area until the maintnenace work is completed. Thank you for your assistance.
Kyle Mills, Facilities
Events at Wells-Rapp Center
In recognition of Women’s History Month, the Wells-Rapp Center for Mallet Percussion Research is set to host two events Tuesday, March 11. Both are free and open to the public. Jill Work will provide a lecture at 5 p.m., “Groundbreaking Women in Mallet Percussion, 1920s to 1970s.” The lecture will explore the groundbreaking history of eight women in mallet percussion, particularly in the United States, and how they intersected with other milestones in women’s history. Pauline Roberts will perform the vibraphone at 6:30 p.m. Learn more about Roberts online.
University Relations
Guest Artist Talk: Katie Hovencamp
Kutztown University's Department of Art Education welcomes guest artist talk, Feminine and the industrial: How the two combine and collide, with Katie Hovencamp, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, 120 Sharadin. Hovencamp received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Arizona State University in 2009, and her Master of Fine Arts from the Pennsylvania State University in 2014. Hovencamp has exhibited her work in numerous exhibitions within the United States, Europe and Asia. Her work has been reviewed in Sculpture Magazine, Chicago Reader and several online and print publications. She was the recipient of the Outstanding Student Achievement Award for Contemporary Sculpture in 2014, and the University Graduate Fellowship at the Pennsylvania State University in 2012. Hovencamp has participated in residency programs at Vermont Studio Center, Serde Interdisciplinary artist group in Latvia, and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Ireland.
Dr. L.C. Sotomayor, Art Education
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. Wednesday, March 12, Old Main concourse. 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
University Curriculum Committee
The next University Curriculum Committee (UCC) meeting will be held Thursday, March 27. The proposal deadline is noon Thursday, March 13. Please submit proposals to the UCC SharePoint site. Contact Brian Meares at meares@kutztown.edu with any questions.
Brian Meares, University Curriculum Committee
Upcoming Events
| Date | Time | Event |
| March 7 | 7:30 p.m. | Wind Ensemble Schaeffer Auditorium |
| March 11 | 11 a.m. | Hildesheim Program Welcome Reception 287 Old Main |
| March 11 | 5 p.m. | Jill Work Lecture Wells-Rapp Center |
| March 11 | 6:30 p.m. | Pauline Roberts Vibraphone Concert Wells-Rapp Center |
| March 12 | Noon | Internship and Job Fair 218 MSU |
| March 12 | 1:30 p.m. | Guest Artist Talk: Katie Hovencamp 120 Sharadin |
| March 12 | 3 p.m. | Open Hour with Provost Old Main Concourse |
| March 12 | 7:30 p.m. | KU Presents: Through the Years with the Kenny Rogers Band Schaeffer Auditorium (Tickets) |
| March 12 | 7:30 p.m. | Choral Concert Georgian Room |
| March 13 | 1:30 p.m. | Council of Trustees Committee Meetings 322, 323, 324, 325 MSU |
| March 13 | 3 p.m. | Council of Trustees Plenary Session 250 MSU |
| March 13 | 7:30 p.m. | Orchestra Schaeffer Auditorium |
Athletics
| Date | Time | Event |
| March 7 | Noon | Baseball vs. Saint Michael's (DH) North Campus Field (Watch | Stats) |
| March 7 | 3 p.m. | #14 Women's Lacrosse vs. So. New Hampshire Keystone Field (Watch | Stats) |
| March 8 | Noon | Baseball vs. Saint Michael's (DH) North Campus Field (Watch | Stats) |
| March 8 | 1 p.m. | Women's Basketball vs. Gannon PSAC Semifinals Edinboro, Pa. |
| March 8 | 2 p.m. | Tennis vs. Fairmont State (M&W) Keystone Courts |
| March 10 | 2 p.m. | Women's Lacrosse vs. New Haven Keystone Field (Watch | Stats) |
| March 14 | Noon | Baseball vs. Mercy (DH) North Campus Field (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.