Penn State Berks will host its sixteenth annual Careers with Math Options Conference on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Approximately 200 female seventh-grade students and their chaperones are expected to attend the conference, which will feature speakers from Penn State Berks and the surrounding area who will provide a wide variety of engaging and interactive workshops to encourage the young women to continue their studies in math, science, engineering, technology, finance, and related fields.
When Scott Lohin enrolled as a student at Penn State Berks, he never dreamed that his education would lead to an internship at the White House. Lohin is currently completing an internship in the Office of the Chief Information Officer, which falls under the Executive Office of the President.
Noreen Cioffi, a Penn State Berks senior majoring in Business with a concentration in Finance, will complete an international internship at B. Braun's corporate headquarters in Melsungen, Germany from June 1-August 31, 2013. Cioffi will be the first U.S. intern for B. Braun, one of the world´s leading healthcare suppliers.
Penn State Berks will hold a Computer Networking and Cyber Security Day for Reading High School students on Thursday, May 2, 2013, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Approximately 20 students will attend the workshop in room 209 of the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building, where they will be exposed to a day of activities related to computer networking and network security.
The Penn State Berks fourth annual Camp Out for Hunger event was a huge success, raising a total of $1,679.45 and collecting 333.6 pounds of nonperishable goods for the Berks Coalition to End Homelessness. The event, held on Friday, April 19, 2013, was designed to bring awareness to homelessness in Berks County.
It is incredible enough that Diana Livingston is graduating from Penn State Berks at the age of 20 with a B.S. in Elementary and Kindergarten Education, along with her twin sister, Krisandra, on May 4, 2013. It is astonishing that she was able to graduate two years before her peers despite having cerebral palsy and financial obstacles.
For Alison Rutter, graduating from Penn State Berks on May 4, 2013, will be another leg on her journey to success. She already has been offered a position where she completed her internship, VF Outlet in West Reading, PA.
Eleven Penn State alumni were honored for outstanding professional accomplishment by the age of 35 or younger and presented with the Penn State Alumni Association's Alumni Achievement Award at a dinner ceremony on April 12, 2013, at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel on the University Park campus. Among the honorees was Leon Shahabian, 2001, formerly of Wyomissing, who attended Penn State Berks.
Chris Brendel, a junior majoring in Communication Arts and Sciences at Penn State Berks, was recently awarded the prestigious Beinecke Scholarship. He was selected as Penn State University's sole student nominee for 2013 and he is only the second Penn State student to receive the award in the 22-year history of the Beinecke Scholarship. He is the first Penn State student to receive the award from a campus outside University Park.
It's a long way from Sierra Leone to Penn State Berks, but that's the journey that Foday Sheriff has taken, and he's not finished yet.
Sheriff's parents came to the United States from the area of Sierra Leone that was affected by the "blood diamond" wars. They fled the region, but his father returned and his mother followed a few years later, leaving Sheriff to live with an aunt in Philadelphia, who at times had more than seven other children living under the same roof.
