Alan Kipping-Ruane, a Penn State Berks student and Navy veteran, has been named to the "Top 40 Under 40 Military Class of 2014" by CivilianJobs.com's worldwide military base newspaper, Military Transition News (MTN), and the winners are being released this week in honor of Veterans Day.
Penn State Berks will hold a Degree Fair for currently enrolled students on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, from 1-2:30 p.m. in Tully's. Students attending the fair will receive a coupon for a free lunch on the day they attend and they will be able to enter their names in a drawing for a grand prize.
Two Penn State Berks Global Studies majors had the experience of a lifetime when they completed an internship at Social Change and Development (SCAD), a nonprofit non-governmental organization dedicated to empowering the marginalized communities in Tamil Nadu, India during the spring semester of 2014.
The Penn State Berks Veterans Advisory Council, in collaboration with the Penn State Berks Admissions Office, is hosting an information session for student veterans and their dependents to learn more about the benefits of the GI College Bill ® and Penn State Berks on Wednesday, November 12, 2014, beginning at 5 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Multipurpose Room. This event is free and open to current, prospective, and new active-duty, reserve, and military veteran students and their dependents.
Routing and scheduling the delivery of goods in an environmentally friendly manner is the topic of the next Engineering, Business, and Computing (EBC) Division Speaker Series Presentation on Monday, November 3, 2014, at 1 p.m. in room 244 of the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building. Dr. Yiyong Xiao and Dr. Abdullah Konak will present: "Minimizing C02 Emissions for the Time-Dependent, Heterogeneous Vehicle Routing and Scheduling Problem Using Dynamic Programming and Genetic Algorithms." This presentation is free and open to the public.
Penn State Berks students will be "lending their paws for a good cause" as they volunteer at a variety of nonprofit organizations during the academic year. The following is a list of community service initiatives in November.
The Penn State Berks Multicultural Office will hold a Thanksgiving Dinner to introduce international students to this traditional holiday on Thursday, November 13, 2014, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Multipurpose Room. This event is open to Penn State Berks students, faculty, and staff, and attendees must have a ticket for the event.
Penn State Berks will host a Veterans Day Program on Tuesday, November 11, 2014, at 5 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Multipurpose Room. This event is free and open to the campus community, and includes dinner. Attendees must respond to Joe Web via e-mail at JJW26@psu.edu no later than Thursday, November 6.
The 2014 Fall Entrepreneurship Speaker Series Panel Discussion will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, from 1 to 2:15 p.m. in room 121 of the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building. This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
Three entrepreneurs from area companies will share their experiences with our campus community. The panelists include Ms. Saskia Foley, CEO of RADIUS, Mr. James D. Kurtz, President of RER Energy Group, and Mr. Joseph M. Sinclair, President of Solid Dynamics.
Penn State Berks students in the Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ENTI) Minor will hold two workshops for middle school Reading School District students in the Penn State Educational Partnership Program (PEPP) on October 29, 2014. The PEPP students will learn about entrepreneurship, self-assessment, and starting a business plan.