Commencement-Spring-2019

Speakers Dr. AMY PFEILER-WUNDER is a professor of art education and the coordinator of the art education graduate program. She has served as an educator in a range of settings for more than 23 years. She primarily teaches courses on pedagogy and curriculum design for undergraduates, theoretical and contemporary perspectives in the visual arts to graduate students, and research methodologies focused on narrative inquiry in the education doctorate program. She has also designed and taught numerous Summer Institutes, such as an art science course that focused on Wallop’s Island, Va., with Dr. Erin Kraal. Additionally, Pfeiler-Wunder serves on the editorial review board for the International Journal of the Arts, as the hiring chair for the Department of Art Education and Crafts, and as a member of the Kutztown University Commission on Human Diversity. Pfeiler-Wunder currently serves as the higher education division director of the National Art Education Association (NAEA) Board of Directors, the higher education divi- sion representative on the NAEA Research Commission, and was recently elected to the Council of Policy Studies for Art Education, where she was also invited as a panelist on topics of equity, diversity, and in- clusivity. She regularly volunteers in the Kutztown community, such as a guest speaker at career day at Kutztown Middle School. In 2017, she was honored as the Pennsylvania Outstanding Higher Education Art Educator from the Pennsylvania Art Education Association. Pfeiler-Wunder has presented at a plethora of regional, state, national, and international conferences on intersectionality, arts integration, and critical social justice as well as authored several research arti- cles and conducted workshops at the campus, regional and national levels. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Mount Mercy College, followed by a Master of Arts in art education and has a doctorate in teaching and learning: art education from the University of Iowa. AMANDAMECK, of Fleetwood, Pa., graduates today with a Bachelor of Science in business administration (marketing and finance), with a minor in economics. She is treasurer of Student Government Board, president of the NCAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, and former co-chair of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. She also was a member of the KU varsity women's volleyball team, the American Marketing Association, the Entrepreneur- ship Club, and the National Society of Leadership and Success. During her time at KU, Meck was a supervisor at the Student Recrea- tion Center, served as a marketing intern with both the University Rela- tions office and the Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union, and worked for KU's College of Business. She also assisted with the Surge Volleyball Club and officiated youth volleyball tournaments. She volunteered with various community service projects including the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Community Clean-Up and the Special Olympics volleyball game. “Kutztown has given me so much more than I ever could have imagined. From the classroom experi- ences to the friendships made, KU has surpassed all of the expectations I had as a freshman. I have truly enjoyed every minute of being a Golden Bear,” Meck said. After graduation, Meck intends to pursue a career in the field of marketing.