Campus News - Kutztown University Foundation and Alumni Relations

03.18.16
Golden Bear News
Campus News
The Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center will
hold their annual Easter on the Farm on Saturday, March
19, from 10 AM to 4 PM at the center's farm on Luckenbill
Road on the campus of Kutztown University. Visitors will be
witness to many historic activities, including blacksmithing,
log hewing, pottery and hearth cooking. Egg hunts will be held
for children ages 6 mos. to 10 yrs. at 11:30 AM and 2:30 PM.
The event will offer wagon rides, a petting zoo and hands-on
crafts. Keith Brintzenhoff takes the stage in the schoolhouse
at 12 PM and 3 PM with "Songs and Stories for Kids of All
Ages," and Mike Hertzog and The Blue Mountain Trio will
perform traditional bluegrass and folk music at 1 PM. The
event is sponsored in part by East Penn Manufacturing, R.M.
Palmer Co. and JustBorn, Inc. For more information visit
www.facebook.com/pgchc.
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Nani Agbeli, noted dancer and drummer from Ghana, will
perform with the Kutztown University African and World
Percussion Ensembles on Thursday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m. in
Schaeffer Auditorium. The program will also include student dancers
and singers. Agbeli previously visited campus in February, 2014. Also
on the program will be performances by World Percussion ensembles
focusing on music from Brazil and the Caribbean that have roots in
African-derived traditions. Dr. Frank Kumor, director of Percussion
Studies, leads these groups, and has published and presented multiple
clinics on world music traditions.
KU HISTORY
March 14, 2009: It’s a great day to be a Golden Bear! Wrestler
Joe Kemmerer won the NCAA wrestling championship, his
second national title. Softball player Steph Denlinger set a career
Division II home run record. Men’s basketball won the program’s
first-ever NCAA playoff game. Women’s swimmer Stephanie
Jeppeson finished second at the NCAA Championships in the
200 yard breaststroke, setting her fourth school record of the
championship meet.
KUF&AR Events
On March 24, join fellow alums as we host
a KU Happy Hour at the Cloverleaf Tavern,
395 Bloomfield Avenue, in Caldwell, NJ!
This event takes place form 5:30 PM to
7:30 PM and will provide complimentary
appetizers and first drink. Although this
event is free, we ask that you please register
so we can accommodate guests accordingly.
For more information, call 610.683.4110 or
send us an email.
REGISTER >>>
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Alumni Recognition
Brianna Knipe ’15 is the new softball coach at Louis E. Dieruff High School in Allentown, PA. She played shortstop
for KU in 2012 when the Golden Bears won a school-record 52 games and reached the NCAA Division II championship
game.
Monica Tubay ’15 is engaged to Christopher Trimble, both of Lancaster. A November 2016 wedding is planned.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
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