During the month of April, Science major Cassandra Darnell can be found setting up her honey bee boxes at Penn State Berks. For Darnell, the boxes are part of her ongoing independent study she is completing as part of her degree on the bees of Berks campus. The bees will also provide benefits to the campus as pollinators.
This spring, six groups of students in Dr. Mahsa Kazempour's BiSC3 Environmental Science course have been working with John Rost, Research Technician for Horticulture and Turfgrass, on several projects related to pollinators and other sustainability efforts on campus.
Eight members of the Penn State Berks graduating class received their Schreyer Honors Medals at the Academic Achievement Awards Ceremony held on Sunday, April 24, 2016. Awardees included Denise Castro, Tye A. Morales, Margaret M. Neiman, Chastity N. Paredes-Rodriguez, Brittney Romanowski, Launick Saint-Fort, Cassidy N. Schultz, and Megan E. Timberman. Medals are awarded for completing all of the requirements of the Schreyer Honors College, including a capstone Honors thesis.
Penn State Berks will host its 18th annual Careers with Math Options Conference on Wednesday, May 11, 2016, for female 7th grade students from Berks County and surrounding school districts. The conference will feature speakers from Penn State Berks and the community. A wide variety of engaging and interactive workshops will be provided to encourage the young women to continue their studies in math, science, engineering, technology, finance, and related fields.
The summer sessions at Penn State Berks begins on May 16, 2016. There will be more than 60 classes offered in the two summer sessions, with the first six-week session running from May 16-June 23, and the second seven-week session running from June 27-August 4. Courses will be offered in a variety of disciplines including accounting, chemistry, information systems, math, business, English, communications, psychology, Spanish, and many others.
Members of the Penn State Berks campus community will join other community organizations on the Schuylkill River Trail (SRT) as part of the City of Reading's participation in the Great American Cleanup on Saturday, April 23, 2016, from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. In addition, Berks students in service learning courses will lead activities during the event.
A new class of 276 Penn State Berks students will receive their baccalaureate and associate degrees on Saturday, May 7, 2016, when Berks hosts the spring 2016 commencement ceremonies.
Penn State Berks is celebrating the most recent student publication, titled The Reading Police Oral History Project: Understanding Those Who Serve and Protect. Student authors are hosting a "book party" on April 22, 2016, at 1:00 in Janssen Conference Center where students and police officers will reunite to discuss this original publication.
Penn State Berks alumni who played for the college's Rugby Team will reunite for first annual Penn State Berks Alumni vs Student Rugby Match on Saturday, April 23, 2016, starting at 3 p.m. A series of games will be held, rain or shine, behind the Beaver Community Center on the new artificial turf athletic field.
Three Penn State Berks students received awards in the third annual Spanish poetry-writing contest sponsored by the Latin American Cultural Center of Lancaster (LACC). Students from Lancaster, Reading, and Harrisburg in grades 6-8, 9-12, and university undergraduates wrote original poems in Spanish honoring mothers. Penn State Berks captured the top three prizes in the university category.
