In honor of Nontraditional Student Recognition Week, the Penn State Berks Office of Continuing Education is hosting a weeklong celebration to recognize adult learners from Nov. 4 to 11.
Prospective students and their families are invited to a special day of campus tours at Penn State Berks on Saturday, Nov. 5, starting at 10 a.m. at the Perkins Student Center, located just off Broadcasting Road in Wyomissing.
The annual Penn State Berks pop-up, fine-dining restaurant event is currently taking reservations for its annual dinner, 5:30–9 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 4, in the first-floor lobby of the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building, Penn State Berks
Matika Wilbur, a visual storyteller from the Swinomish and Tulalip Peoples of Coastal Washington, will present her photography, which portrays contemporary narratives of Native Americans across the U.S., on Monday, Nov. 7, in the Penn State Berks Perkins Student Center Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public.
As part of the "Global Oscars Comes to Berks" series, Penn State Berks will present the film "Wild Tales," at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 8, in room 5 of the Luerssen Science Building. The presentation is free and open to the public.
Berks LaunchBox powered by Penn State recently announced the winners of its third pitch competition. DN Organics took first place and Paragon Behavioral Health took second. Both companies received $125 in seed funding from the LaunchBox.
Dr. Scott Glassman, an expert in the field of positive thinking, will speak at Penn State Berks at 12:15 p.m. on Nov. 2 in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public.
Penn State Berks will host its annual “Halloweek” beginning Friday, Oct. 21, with Fall Fest. On Tuesday, Oct. 25, Halloween experts will present “The truth about Halloween” in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. Then, on Wednesday, Oct. 26, Kendall R. Phillips will present a lecture titled “This is how it ends. Everything goes: Heroes and Horrors in an Age without Hope” in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. All three events are free and open to the public.
A new book written by Penn State Berks Professor of Latin American Studies Kirwin Shaffer explores how historical forces, people, and ideas traveled across political borders and bodies of water to shape Caribbean history. Titled "A Transnational History of the Modern Caribbean: Popular Resistance across Borders," the book discusses many of the same issues that are timely today, including same-sex marriage and LGBTQ+ rights.
