In honor of National STD Awareness month in April, the theme of the upcoming episode of "Get Some" program is "OMG. GYT" (Get Yourself Tested). GYT (Visit Get Yourself Tested Website) is part of It's Your (Sex) Life, a public information partnership of MTV, CDC, Planned Parenthood, and American College Health Association, along with other organizations.
The Kenya Safari Acrobats, an awe-inspiring and dynamic dance troupe, will take acrobatics to exhilarating extremes in their performance at Penn State Berks on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at 8 p.m. in Perkins Student Center Auditorium. This presentation is free and open to the public.
The Penn State Berks Christian Student Fellowship (CSF), a student group, spent their spring break in Washington D.C., working with the Center for Student Mission. The group of eleven students from Penn State Berks departed on Sunday, March 3, 2013, and returned on Saturday, March 9.
During their week, students worked in soup kitchens to prepare breakfast and/or lunch each day and then worked at an after-school program in the afternoon.
Kihurani receives Dr. Susan R. Rankin Award for Leadership, Integrity, and Outstanding Contributions
Karen Kihurani, Multicultural/International Counselor for Penn State Berks, is the 2013 recipient of the Susan R. Rankin Award for Leadership, Integrity, and Outstanding Contributions to Penn State University.
Joey Kramer, drummer for the legendary rock band Aerosmith, will discuss his memoir, "Hit Hard: A Story of Hitting Rock Bottom at the Top" on Monday, March 25, 2013, at 9 p.m. in Perkins Student Center Auditorium. This is a ticketed event, and while there is no cost for tickets, they are required.
In the second annual George J. Losoncy Lecture in Physics and Astronomy, Dr. Leonard Gamberg, Associate Professor of Physics at Penn State Berks, will give a lecture titled "At the Frontier of Particle Physics: The Discovery of the Higgs Particle-What Does it Mean?" on Thursday, March 21, 2013, at 5:00 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public, and it will be preceded by a reception in the Freyberger Gallery at 4:30 p.m., where light refreshments will be served.
The Miller-Keystone Bloodmobile will make a stop at Penn State Berks on Thursday, March 21, 2013, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the first floor lobby of the Perkins Student Center.
"Participation in the drive is valuable and has a direct effect on the stability of the area's blood supply," commented Penn State Berks Health Services Supervisor Alice Holland.
For information or to make an appointment, visit Health Services in room 8 of the Perkins Student Center or call 610-396-6075.
Author Lisa Cron will speak about the importance of story-telling on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at 3 p.m., in room 145 of Thun Library. Interested faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend. Light refreshments will be served. In addition to her 3:00 p.m. talk, Cron will meet with students in the Introduction to Fiction class and talking with some of the graduating Professional Writing majors.
The next Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS)
Colloquium event, which includes presentations by Dr. Mahsa Kazempour , Assistant Professor of
Science Education, Dr. Jayne Leh, Assistant
Professor of Special Education, Dr. Dave
Bender, Associate Professor of Education, and Dr. John Guiseppe , Economics Instructor, will be held on
Friday, March 22, from 1:00-2:15 p.m. in room 104 of the Franco Building.
As part of the Global Studies degree program's African Film Series, Penn
State Berks will present four films this spring: Festival in the Desert on Wednesday, March 20 and The Battle for Souls on Wednesday, March
27, both at 1:00 p.m. in room 308 of the Gaige Building; The Devil Came on Horseback on Wednesday, March 27, at 6:00 p.m. in
room 101 of the Franco Building; and Children
of War on Wednesday, April 3, at 1:00 p.m. in room 308 of the Gaige
Building. All four films are free and open to the public.