The Penn State Berks Office of Alumni Relations will host an Easter Egg Hunt with the Nittany Lion on Saturday, April 4, 2015, at 9 a.m. on the Janssen Conference Center Complex, with a rain date of Sunday, April 12, at 2 p.m.
The annual on-campus Career and Internship Fair for currently enrolled students will be held on Wednesday, March 18, 2015, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building. More than fifty local companies will attend the fair and meet with students who are interested in employment and internship opportunities. A list of participating employers is available in the Career Services Office, room 10 of the Perkins Student Center.
Penn State Berks has been approved to offer the B.S. in Rehabilitation and Human Services degree. This degree program prepares students for entry-level positions in a variety of human service settings, particularly settings that provide services to persons with physical, emotional, or mental disabilities.
The Beast will bring indie jazz and progressive hip hop to Penn State Berks on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at 7:30 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public.
Matthew Woods, a senior Mechanical Engineering major who began his studies at Penn State Berks and was part of the Penn State Lunar Lion Team, is currently a Propulsion Intern at Space X in Los Angeles. His internship began in January 2015.
In observation of National Engineers Week, Feb. 22-28, 2015, Penn State Berks, the premier engineering college in Berks County, is planning a variety of events and activities. The college recently added a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering to its engineering programs, which includes a B.S. in Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology.
Penn State Berks will host a screening of the film The Muslims Are Coming! as part of the cultural events portion of the Penn State Berks Arts and Lecture series on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public.
Approaches to improving presentation and other communication skills is the topic of the next Engineering, Business, and Computing (EBC) Division Speaker Series Presentation on Friday, February 20, 2015, at 1 p.m. in room 121 of the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building. Mr. Mitch Zimmer, Assistant Professor of Business will present "Four Decades of Teaching and Applying CAS100."
The Berks County Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association (PSAA) will present a check for approximately $6,000 to the Berks THON organization at their dancer send-off on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015, from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in Tully's, Perkins Student Center.
The upcoming Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) Colloquium will feature the current state of relations between Cuba and the United States. The colloquium will be held Friday, February 20, 2015, from 1:00-2:20 p.m. in room 104 of the Franco Building. This event is open to the campus community and light refreshments will be served.