Daily Brief
Sept. 17, 2024
KUPD Welcomes Officer Dean Lukens
Kutztown University's Department of Public Safety and Police Services welcomes Officer Dean Lukens to our campus community. Officer Lukens is a graduate of the Allentown Police Academy, where he received his MPOETC Act 120 certification. Please welcome him to KU. We wish you nothing but success.
David Drezek, Public Safety
Miller Gallery Welcomes Artist in Residence Owen Lowery
The Miller Gallery is excited to welcome Artist in Residence Owen Lowery to campus for three weeks while he works with students on his immersive interactive projection environment, "Control," an exhibition that is altered visually, sonically and atmospherically by the collective impact of people. Lowery will be on campus creating this site-specific installation with students Monday, Sept. 16 to Thursday, Oct. 10. You can find him setting up remote interactive body scanning locations at the Louisa Gonsor Library in Kutztown Tuesday, Sept. 17; the MSU and Rohrbach Library Wednesday, Sept. 18; and Sharadin lobbies Thursday, Sept. 19. The exhibition is open to the public in the Miller Gallery Thursday, Oct. 10 to Sunday, Dec. 1. Lowery is a Pittsburgh-based interactive artist with a mission to create situations that foster intrinsic curiosity in children and adults alike. Lowery prioritizes Universal Design in his work, hoping that all people -- regardless of age, height, ability or disability -- may engage in a meaningful way. Read more about Lowery online.
Karen Stanford, Miller Gallery
Weather
Weather forecasts are provided by KU's Dr. Michael Davis and "Monsoon Mike" Regensburger
Low pressure tracks northeastward from the Carolinas, finally putting an end to the long streak of sunny and dry weather. Skies turn mostly cloudy but the day should be mainly dry with just some scattered showers later today and tonight. High temperatures around 76.
Announcements
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 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, 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
Week-by-Week Workplace Wellness – Fall Pilot
You are invited to join a fall semester pilot designed to cultivate wellness in our work lives with minimal time investment -- a continuation of a summer pilot that 50 people participated in, with the fall semester being more inclusive of faculty as well as staff​. It will begin with an in-person launch 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, 138 Old Main (please note date change). During the launch, we'll clarify the purpose of the initiative, workshop and articulate individual priorities and goals, set up wellness partners for anyone interested and review the plan. If you can't be there for the launch, we'll send you the activity to do on your own. Every weekday from Monday, Sept. 23 to Friday, Nov. 22, participants will receive a brief email prompt, which you can decide to do (or not). Each day's action is designed to take minimal time, be integrated into everyday life and have maximum impact when adopted regularly.
- Motivation Monday: Set a personal intention for the week.
- Tune-In Tuesday: Pay attention to your breath and your physical body.
- Wisdom Wednesday: Enjoy a wellness tidbit that may improve your quality of life.
- Thankful Thursday: Thank yourself for something, thank someone else (either verbally or in writing) and notice something beautiful.
- Fun Friday: Do something that causes you and others to laugh or do a creative, playful activity. To multiply the effectiveness, involve at least one other person in the fun or creative activity. 
If you want to participate, email danrutt@kutztown.edu by Wednesday, Sept. 18, with the subject line "Workplace Wellness."
Laurie McMillan, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Local Color: Dyes from Plants
Discover eco-friendly methods of creating color using homegrown and foraged materials from the plants around us. We'll spend time in the campus dye gardens to talk about the art of cultivating dye plants in regenerative organic gardens. We will also discuss how to do low-impact foraging of wild color from plant sources around us, guided by a sense of reciprocity with our local ecosystem. We’ll be making dye baths for fabric and yarn from the plants grown in our gardens and discovering ways of shifting the colors produced. Each student will make a color journal with samples of the colors they produced, along with their notes and recipes.
- Noon Saturday, Sept. 28, 108 Sharadin: Scouring and Mordanting Fibers and Fabric, Immersion
Dyebaths, Regenerative Organic Gardening, Local Traditions.
- Noon Saturday, Oct. 12, 108 Sharadin: Building Color on Fibers and Fabric; Layering Color using
Indigo Vat with Garden Plant Dyebaths; Bundle Dyeing.
- Noon Saturday, Oct. 26, 108 Sharadin: Building Color on Fibers and Fabric II; Painting and Printing on Fabric with Mordant Pastes.
- Noon Saturday, Nov. 9, 108 Sharadin: Building Color on Fibers and Fabric III; Making Pigments from Plant-Based Dye Materials; Making Inks, Paints, Crayons, and Chalks.
KU Advance Office of Extended Learning
Upcoming Events
| Date | Time | Event |
| Sept. 17 | 10 a.m. | Open House Rohrbach Library |
| Sept. 17 | 11 a.m. | Webinar: Faculty Panel on Post-Pandemic Student Accomodations Schaeffer Auditorium |
| Sept. 17 | 2 p.m. | Bienvenidos Multicultural Center |
| Sept. 17 | 6 p.m. | Rock the Lawn Schaeffer Lawn (rear) |
| Sept. 17 | 6 p.m. | RAD Training Georgian Room |
| Sept. 18 | 10 a.m. | Constitution Day MSU |
| Sept. 18 | 10 a.m. | Campus Safety Day (Women's Center/It's On Us) 218 MSU |
| Sept. 18 | 2 p.m. | Open Hour with Provost Old Main Concourse |
| Sept. 19 | 11 a.m. | UPC/UTC Informational Session Zoom |
| Sept. 19 | 11 a.m. | Workplace Wellness 138 Old Main (RSVP) |
| Sept. 19 | 6 p.m. | RAD Training Georgian Room |
| Sept. 21 | 11 a.m. | Heemet Fescht Heritage Center |
| Sept. 24 | 6 p.m. | Got S.A.L.S.A.? Georgian Room |
Athletics
| Date | Time | Event |
| Sept. 18 | 3 p.m. | #1 Field Hockey vs. #3 Shippensburg Andre Reed Stadium (Video | Stats) |
| Sept. 18 | 7 p.m. | #14 Women's Soccer vs. East Stroudsburg Keystone Field (Video | Stats) |
| Sept. 21 | 11 a.m. | #1 Field Hockey vs. Coker Andre Reed Stadium (Video | 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.