Penn State Berks will hold a Degree Fair for currently enrolled students on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in Tully's. Students attending the fair will receive a coupon for a free lunch on the day they attend. The fair will showcase the college's baccalaureate degree programs. Each degree program will have a display table of information, and faculty and current students enrolled in the major will be available to discuss the various aspects of the degree program and answer students' questions.
The Penn State Berks Freyberger Gallery will present the exhibition Travels and Journeys by Nancy Sarangoulis, which features the artist's latest work inspired by her artist residency in India, from January 16-March 20, 2014. There will be an opening reception on Thursday, January 16, at 6 p.m. This event is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served.
Penn State Berks will host approximately 130 Girl Scouts-all Latina middle school students from Southern Middle School in the Reading School District-for a day of science and engineering workshops on Wednesday, January 8, 2014. The Girl Scouts will arrive on campus at 9 a.m. and depart by 2 p.m.
Dr. Jill Tarter, portrayed by Jodie Foster in the movie Contact, will ask the eternal question in this lecture titled "Are We Alone? The Search for Intelligent Life in the Cosmos" on Wednesday, January 22, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public.
For Danielle Moser, Administrative Support Assistant in the Humanities, Arts, and Sciences Division at Penn State Berks, the road to graduation has been a long and winding one. Moser will graduate on December 20, 2013, with a B.A. in Communication Arts and Sciences.
Moser earned her associate degree in Letters, Arts, and Sciences from Penn State Hazleton, and then she got married. Since her husband was enlisted in the Army, they traveled for the next 18 years, making returning to college difficult.
Derrik Reichard will graduate with a B.S. in Business, with a focus on Accounting, and the highest grade point average of all the Fall 2013 graduates-quite an accomplishment for this first-generation college graduate.
A new class of nearly 150 Penn State Berks students will receive their baccalaureate and associate degrees on Friday, December 20, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. in the Beaver Community Center when Berks hosts the fall 2013 commencement ceremony.
Daniel B. Litvin, Distinguished Professor of Physics at Penn State Berks, has authored a new book titled Magnetic Group Tables: 1-, 2-, and 3-Dimensinal Magnetic Subperiodic Groups and Magnetic Space Groups, which has been published as an electronic book by the International Union of Crystallography. Containing almost 12,000 pages of tables, Magnetic Group Tables, is a survey of the structure, symbols, and properties of the magnetic groups that define the symmetry of crystals.
This semester, Penn State Berks students have had some real-world marketing experience, working with the Reading Public Library on creating a new marketing plan to help the nonprofit organization meet the evolving needs of its customers. Students will present their work to college administrators, selected faculty, and representatives from the Reading Public Library on Monday, December 16, 2013, at 1 p.m. in room 244 of the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building.
Kelli Shultess Finds Passion in Applied Psychology Program
When Kelli Shultess moved from Chicago to Berks County with her fiancee, she experienced a bit of culture shock. She also found that it was difficult finding a good job without a college degree. Eventually, she found a position with Godiva Chocolatier in the accounts payable/receivable department, and her supervisors were very pleased with her work and wanted to promote her but could not because she didn't have a degree, so they recommended that she return to school.