Daily Brief

Sheperis to Co-Host Seminar on Preparing Students for Collaborative Practice

Dr. Carl Sheperis, vice provost and dean of Graduate Studies, will present at the 2023 Nexus Summit, Wednesday, Sept. 27. The presentation title, “The Classroom and Beyond: Preparing Students for Collaborative Practice,” will cover topics including: AI involvement and transparency in diagnosis and treatment planning; Addressing public mistrust of AI through community education; Integration of AI into healthcare education and competencies; Ensuring global participation and equity in AI integration; AI applications in clinical education, mental health and disaster response and potential disruptions to medical specialties.

Nexus Summit web page

University Relations

Jennifer Castro Begins as Director of Admissions

Jennifer Castro ’05, M’09 has been appointed the new director of Admissions at Kutztown University. A KU graduate, Castro comes to KU from Lehigh University in Bethlehem and brings more than 15 years of admissions experience. She begins at KU Monday, Sept. 25.

News and Media

University Relations

Jakob Dylan and The Wallflowers

90’s favorite The Wallflowers with Jakob Dylan brings their new album to the stage 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27, Schaeffer Auditorium. Jakob Dylan has forged his own path as a gifted musician, not only as the lead singer and primary songwriter for the band he founded in 1989 but also as a solo performer and recording artist. The Wallflowers’ breakthrough 1996 album, “Bring Down the Horse,” produced the number-one single, “One Headlight,” which won two Grammy Awards in 1998. Rolling Stone selected the song as “one of the greatest pop songs of all time.” KU faculty and staff can access discounted tickets by logging in for tickets with their MyKU log-in.

University Tickets

KU Presents!

President's Open Hour

Faculty, staff and students are invited to stop by with President Hawkinson during his open hour 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 2, 301 Stratton Administration Center. President Hawkinson welcomes your thoughts, concerns and suggestions regarding KU. If you are planning to stop by, please call the Office of the President, 610-683-4101 to RSVP.

Office of the President

The Frederick Douglass Institute Welcomes You Back

Join The Frederick Douglass Institute (FDI) for our fall open house 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26, Multicultural Center. We will have games, giveaways, refreshments and information on this year's programming. Faculty interested in sending their students can contact fdouglass@kutztown.edu for special accommodations. We hope to see you there.

Amber Pabon, Frederick Douglass Institute

Early Alert Progress Survey Available - Registration Link Corrected

The Fall 2023 Early Alert Progress Survey will be available for faculty in Starfish beginning Tuesday, Sept. 19, and will remain open through Thursday, Sept. 28. 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 with questions or

sign up for training here.

Cheryl Brattley, The Center for Student Success and Academic Excellence

New Cookie Chat Added

"From discussion bore to discussion cure: Make your discussion boards meaningful," will be held 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, CEL 6 Rohrbach Library. Featured cookie: chocolate chip.
Discussion boards can be great tools for facilitating student learning in classes. They can also be tricky pedagogical tools to implement effectively. How can we make discussion boards more engaging and supportive as inclusive student learning communities? In this chat, Dr. Amber Pabon, Secondary Education and the Frederick Douglass Institute, will share her experience in structuring effective, supportive discussion boards. We invite you to bring examples of discussion board successes and challenges from your courses.

Center for Engaged Learning web site

Center for Engaged Learning

Call for Presentations PASSHE STEM Research Conference

2023 PASSHE STEM Student Research Conference, will be held Saturday, Nov. 11, at Kutztown University. The conference offers opportunities to all PASSHE students (undergraduate and graduate) to present any research they have conducted in the STEM disciplines* listed below. The conference is currently being organized as in-person and will feature a keynote speaker, oral and poster presentations by undergraduate and graduate students, awards for oral and poster presentations, lunch and refreshments. Please encourage your students to register at  https://mykucrm.kutztown.edu/register/STEM2023. Submission deadline is 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22. Contact: Dr. Brooks Emerick, bemerick@kutztown.edu.

PASSHE STEM Student Research Conference web page

Brooks K Emerick, Department of Mathematics