Penn State Berks students in Dr. Mahsa Kazempour's sections of BiSC3: Environmental Science course are planning an Earth Day (April 23, 2014) celebration and invite the entire campus community to join them in these or similar efforts.
Dr. Blaine Steensland, Senior Director of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, will be the keynote speaker at the Penn State Berks spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 10, at 10 a.m. Weather permitting, the ceremony will be held outdoors on the Perkins plaza. 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.
Students, faculty, and staff interested in learning more about 3-D printers are invited to attend workshops held by the Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (CEED) every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday through the end of April 2014, at 1 p.m. in room 111 of the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building. These student-led workshops will demonstrate how to print 3D models of various objects on a miniature scale. Announcements will also be made about future projects coming soon to the CEED. For more information, contact Dr.
Penn State Berks has recently received approval from the University to offer both the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice, beginning in the fall semester of 2014.
The seeds of the idea were sown in the form of a class assignment: Penn State Berks student teachers were asked to develop a project that they could give their elementary school students to make a difference in their elementary school. Senior Childhood and Early Elementary Education majors Melissa Sauer and April Moore put their heads together and the idea of creating a garden at Glenside Elementary School took root.
The next Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) Colloquium will include two presentations: "Embracing Commonplace: Creating Ground for a Life of Rhetorically Engaged Civic Action" by Dr. Jill Burk, Instructor of Communication Arts and Sciences, and "Hiding in Closets: Troubling Identity in Medical Humanities Research" by Dr. Holly Ryan, Assistant Professor of English. It will be held on Wednesday, April 30, 2014, from 1:00-2:20 p.m. in room 104 of the Franco Building.
Penn State Berks will hold two events to raise awareness of contemporary issues surrounding the LGBTA community: the Noise event on April 17, 2014, and Day of Silence on April 18. Both events are open to students, faculty, and staff of the college.
The Sundance Institute is coming to Berks County in April, and Penn State Berks alumnus Ben Sneeringer, an American Studies major with an interest in film who once worked at the Exeter Community library, will moderate discussions held after each presentation.
The Exeter Community Library is one of 21 in Pennsylvania that is participating in the "Film Forward: Advancing Cultural Dialogue" program that seeks to engage in communication through documentary and narrative film with other cultures.
Two math faculty members from Penn State Berks, along with staff members from the Center for Learning & Teaching (CLT), shared details of their team project at a regional event held on March 28, 2014, at Penn State Lehigh Valley titled Teaching and Learning with Technology 101. The workshop was attended by faculty and staff from University Park and the eastern campuses who share an interest in innovation in teaching and learning.