Tower-Fall-2018

8 TOWER | FALL 2018 ACADEMIC LECTURES AND SYMPOSIUMS SEMESTER EVENT CALENDAR Department of Social Work: Third Annual Clinical Updates Colloquium Friday, Jan. 11 | 8:30 am—4 pm Old Main, Georgian Room Training for suicide prevention and clinical updates for social work professionals, university community members, and community leaders. Registration required. www.kutztown.edu/socialwork College of Business: EntrepreneurshipWeek March 26—28 McFarland Student Union Three full days of activities of interest to students and community business people alike. A keynote speaker, marketplace, networking luncheon, and panel discussions are the staples of this annual and innovative event. www.kutztown.edu/ELC Department of Social Work: 16thAnnualCommunityForum Friday,March29 | 8:30am—4pm Schae er Auditorium The 2019 forum, “Family-In- Environment Part III,” will raise awareness regarding the challenges surrounding veterans and the impact on families. Registration required. www.kutztown.edu/socialwork Department of Modern Language Studies: World Language Teachers’ Workshop Saturday, April 6 | 8:15 am—Noon Old Main, Georgian Room A dynamic workshop for world language teachers that includes brain- based and kinesthetic techniques, and cooperative learning strategies to improve students’ attention, achievement, memory and retention. Fee: $15 (online advance registration). Questions, contact: salerno@kutztown.edu or szuniga@kutztown.edu Department of Geography: The Secret Lives of Glaciers Monday, April 15 | 6 pm Boehm Science Building 145 National Geographic Explorer and TED Fellow, Dr. M. Jackson, shares how remote Arctic communities adapt to rapidly transforming glaciers. Co-sponsors: KU Geography Club, Gamma Theta Upsilon, KU Environmental Science Committee, ACE. Events are free unless noted otherwise. SPECIAL EVENTS Women’s Center: VaginaMonologues February 21 —22 | 7 pm Schae er Auditorium www.kutztown.edu/womenscenter GLBTQResource Center: Allies Drag Show Thursday, April 4 | 7 pm Schae er Auditorium glbtqresourcecenter@kutztown.edu BEARFEST 41 April 24—27 On the DMZ PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN CULTURAL HERITAGE CENTER www.kutztown.edu/pgchc Luckenbill Road, Kutztown Easter on the Farm Saturday, April 13 | 10 am—4 pm Celebrate Easter traditions of the Pennsylvania Dutch. Kids crafts, egg hunts, hearth cooking demonstrations, vendors, barrel rides and more. Children’s Cultural Camp July 22—26 | 9:30 am— 1:50 pm Children ages 6-14 (grades 1-7) will be provided an opportunity to learn historic and cultural crafts taught by local crafts- people and artists, as well as a chance to delve into the lives of the Pennsylvania Dutch farm family. To register, email: Heritage@kutztown.edu