Daily Brief
Dec. 12, 2024
Inaugural FYS Wonderfest
Around 100 First Year Seminar students presented their original work recently during the first ever FYS Wonderfest, A Celebration of First Year Innovation. Wonderfest provides a friendly and welcoming atmosphere for students to share and discuss their ideas in a small group setting.
Lynn Kutch, Undergraduate Research and Creativity
Career Closet Giving Tree
The Career Closet Giving Tree is up in the Stratton first floor hallway. Please stop by and take a "paw" ornament to donate items to the Career Closet. The Career Closet operates on donations and is actively seeking professional clothing donations. All donations can be dropped off in 113 Stratton.
Career Development Center
KUR Receives Six Nominations for 2024-25 Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Awards
Kutztown University Radio (KUR) received nominations in six categories for the 85th Annual Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Awards, to be awarded at the annual conference in March in New York City. This special event presents awards to colleges and universities to recognize exceptional programming and student radio stations on a national level.
University Relations
Weather
Weather forecasts are provided by KU's Dr. Michael Davis and "Monsoon Mike" Regensburger
Winter is back after a couple day hiatus. Partial sunshine is back too after a similar hiatus. Fair skies and windy. High temperature around 34. Wind chills around 20.
Announcements
On Campus Student Worker Job Postings
This a reminder that if you have any student employment openings in your office for the upcoming Spring semester, we ask that you please log into Handshake and post the position(s) as soon as possible. It is an expectation that all student employment positions are posted in the system to provide equitable access to all KU students. As a reminder, if it is the same position that was posted in the Fall semester, just go to archived postings and edit the dates for the position. If you haven’t created your department yet, please create an “employer account” (i.e. Career Development Center) in Handshake (click on ‘existing’ or ‘new’ employer button).
Jeann Cengeri, Career Development Center
Starbucks: Winter Break Hours
Starbucks in McFarland Student Union will operate during the following hours during Winter Break:
- Friday, Dec. 13, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- Dec. 14-15, closed
- Dec. 16-20, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1, closed
- Jan. 2-24, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. (closed weekends)
- Jan. 25-26, closed
- Jan. 27, normal hours resume
Dining Services
Register Now: Green Dot Bystander Intervention Training for Employees
You are invited to participate in the Green Dot Bystander Intervention training for employees 9-10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 18, 250 MSU. Green Dot is a research-supported training shown to reduce interpersonal violence on college campuses by equipping university employees with the skills needed to intervene in high-risk situations and model behaviors that create and strengthen healthy campus norms. To register, click here. Please note that there is a limit of 25 participants. For more information or if you have any questions, please contact Director of Equity and Compliance and Title IX Coordinator, Bradley Davis, at brdavis@kutztown.edu.
Office of Social Equity and Compliance
International and Bulk Mailing Deadline
All Kutztown University departments should have their international packages and large mailings dropped off or ready for pickup by Thursday, Dec. 19, at the latest. This way, Mail Services will have enough time to process and post all mail so it can be sent out before winter break. If you are looking for a missing package, email the tracking number to mailservices@kutztown.edu.
Louis Richuitti, Mail Services/Storeroom
Upcoming Events
| Date | Time | Event |
| Dec. 12 | 1:30 p.m. | Council of Trustees Committee Meetings 322, 323, 324, 325 MSU |
| Dec. 12 | 3 p.m. | Council of Trustees Plenary Session 250 MSU |
| Dec. 14 | 10 a.m. | Fall 2024 Commencement O'Pake Fieldhouse (Watch) |
| Dec. 16 | -- | Winter Break Hours Begin |
| Dec. 18 | 9 a.m. | Green Dot Bystander Intervention Training 250 MSU |
Athletics
| Date | Time | Event |
| Dec. 19 | 7 p.m. | Wrestling vs. Felician Keystone Arena (Watch) |
| Dec. 21 | 1 p.m. | Women's Basketball vs. California (Pa.) Keystone Arena (Watch | Stats) |
| Dec. 21 | 3 p.m. | Men's Basketball vs. California (Pa.) 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.