Students

Brooke Ann Coco '13, Talented Percussionist and Caring Volunteer

Brooke Ann Coco ‘13, a recipient of the Reid Lessig Scholarship for Bands, devotes a lot of time to music. Not just to studying it, but also to playing it. She has been involved with the University Orchestra, the Concert Band, the Marching Band, and she’s part of three different sections of the Percussion Ensemble, two of which explore percussion music and instruments from around the world. “Right now in the African drumming ensemble, we’re learning about the drumming styles of the Ewe people, who are located primarily in Ghana. Some of the patterns are really interesting,” Brooke says. Read more about Brooke

Alexa Flinn '12 in Rome, Paris, and Kutztown

Alexa Flinn ’12 is pretty widely traveled for a college student. She went to Paris last spring, as part of the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Dean’s Scholars Program, and says it was one of the best things she’s ever done. “Just a completely different experience,” she says. As a communication design major, Alexa had studied many great artistic works in class, but, she says, “Seeing things in person is so much different. It’s a little surreal." Read more about Alexa

Alison Koser '11, First Kutztown Student to Win the Ali-Zaidi Award

Ali Koser ’11 is the first Kutztown University student to ever win the Sayed R. Ali-Zaidi Award for Academic Excellence, which was created by the PASSHE Board of Governors to honor students within the state higher education system who excel in the pursuit of knowledge. She won the award, in part, because of the outstanding work she did as an undergraduate physics and mathematics major. Read more about Alison

Maria Stayer '13 Helps Students Obtain the Right Information

Many Kutztown students participate in academic or special interest clubs, or devote their free time to community service, but only a few can boast of being as deeply involved as Maria Stayer '13. The sophomore library science education major, who's also a multiple scholarship recipient, is the president of Alpha Beta Alpha (the library science fraternity), a volunteer at the Heritage Center Library, and a tutor in the America Reads program. How does a college sophomore have time to do all this? "Time management is one of my better skills," Maria says, "but it also helps to get up early in the morning." Read more about Maria

Sandy Datz '11 Takes A Closer Look at Technology and Reading

When one considers the increasing presence of technology in our daily lives, it's not surprising to hear that people generally spend less time reading books now than they did 20 years ago (per recent reports from the National Endowment for the Arts). Sandy Datz '11, an education major at KU and multiple scholarship recipient, thinks that this is an issue that deserves closer attention. Sandy spent part of last year investigating the influence of computers, television, video games, cell phones, and music devices on the reading habits of elementary students. "When I started the study," Sandy says, "I hypothesized that the increase in electronics would have a negative impact on students' motivation to read." Read more about Sandy