Students from Reading High School (RHS) will visit Penn State Berks for the fifth annual "Be a Penn Stater for a Day" program on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. The program is designed to encourage high school students to pursue higher education.
Modesto Fiume, President of Opportunity House, will be the keynote speaker at the Penn State Berks spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 4, 2013, at 10 a.m. Weather permitting, the ceremony will be held outdoors on Soccer Field (behind the Beaver Community Center). In the event of inclement weather, the ceremony will be moved into the Beaver Community Center. A new class of more than 150 Penn State Berks students will participate in the ceremony, receiving their baccalaureate and associate degrees.
Two Penn State Berks students, Chris Brendel and Amy Rutter, were recently awarded highly competitive internships in the Research Training Program (RTP) at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
Penn State Berks has received requests from professionals in the Greater Reading area for a Master of Business Administration (MBA) program. In response to this demand, Penn State Great Valley is collaborating with Penn State Berks and is offering its MBA program at the Berks campus. There will be an information session for the MBA program on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, from 6-7 p.m. in room 112, Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building, Penn State Berks. ?
Penn State Berks students in Dr. Mahsa Kazempour's sections of BiSC3: Environmental Science course are planning a series of activities for Environmental Education Awareness Week (April 15-21, 2013) and Earth Day (April 22, 2013) and invite the entire campus community to join them in these or similar efforts.
Students in the college's Environmental Science course formed teams and conducted research on environmental issues in order to address environmental problems and educate the public as part of their Environmental Awareness and Community Action Projects (EACAP).
The Penn State Berks Office of Health Services will be collecting old cell phones to benefit Berks Women in Crisis during the month of April in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM).
Berks Women in Crisis collects the phones and recycles them for a profit through a Florida organization called Shelter Alliance. The phones will be refurbished or responsibly recycled.
The summer sessions at Penn State Berks begins on May 13, 2013. There will be more than 80 classes offered in the two summer sessions, with the first six-week session running from May 13-June 20, and the second six-week session running from June 24-August 1. Courses will be offered in a variety of disciplines including accounting, chemistry, information systems, math, business, English, communications, psychology, Spanish, and many others.
Penn State Berks will host its annual Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Conference, titled "Today and Tomorrow 2013" on Thursday, May 9, 2013. Approximately 100 eleventh-grade students are expected to attend the conference, which will feature instructors and students from Penn State Berks and the community who will provide workshops with the goal of encouraging the high school students to continue their studies in science, math, engineering, and technology.
Dr. Jaime L. Kubeika of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will present "Media Hype-Reality Check: Life of a Scientist in the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection; Emerging Contaminants and the Application of Green Chemistry Principles" at the next Penn State Berks Science Colloquium on Friday, April 19, 2013, at 1 p.m. in room 5, Luerssen Building. This presentation is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served.