FALL2022 | TOWER 9 Dr. Donavan D. McCargo will serve as interim vice president for enrollment management and student affairs at Kutztown University. McCargo began his appointment in June and has been assistant vice president and dean of students at KU since August 2017. “I am humbled by the opportunity to serve the university community in this capacity,” McCargo said. "I look forward to working with and supporting my colleagues in the division and throughout the campus to achieve our strategic goals, further student success efforts and encourage innovation.” “I am pleased to have Dr. McCargo serve in the interim vice president role,” President Kenneth S. Hawkinson said. “The division has been effective with new student recruitment, retention efforts, student life activities, and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Dr. McCargo will bring stability and a hard-work ethic to the division in the interim to help ensure the university’s continued success.” faculty & student recognition Students Win Business Plan Contest Students Shantal Ewell and Kevin Smyth won the $10,000 first place prize in the annual State System Startup Challenge, sponsored by Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education. Ewell, an MBA student, and Smyth, an M.Ed. Student Affairs in Higher Education student, created a business plan for the Schedula Degree Planner, an online platform that would redefine the way college students and advisors interact. The Schedula Degree Planner creates a personalized degree plan so students can avoid unnecessary courses to graduate in four years or less while improving the efficiency of advisors and the graduation rates of universities. Rock Ensemble Wins Downbeat Music Awards Kutztown University’s Rock Ensemble I received two 2022 Downbeat Student Music Awards and a singer in the ensemble, Delacey Lora, won ‘Best Singer’ in the Pop, Rock and Blues category. These are the seventh, eighth and ninth Downbeat awards for the program, the first time the KU ensemble has won three awards in a single year and was also named the winner in each category. The Downbeat Music Awards are the equivalent of a student Grammy Award and are considered the highest, most important and most competitive honors in the collegiate music field. Submissions are made anonymously from schools around the globe. The ensemble is under the supervision of Dr. Kevin Kjos, director of commercial music studies, who has been at KU since 1998. McCargo to Serve As KU's Interim VP for Enrollment Management, Student Affairs
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