The Penn State Berks Office of Health Services will be collecting old cell phones to benefit Berks Women in Crisis during the month of April in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM).
Berks Women in Crisis collects the phones and recycles them for a profit through a Florida organization called Shelter Alliance. The phones will be refurbished or responsibly recycled.
Students in the college's Environmental Science course formed teams and conducted research on environmental issues in order to address environmental problems and educate the public as part of their Environmental Awareness and Community Action Projects (EACAP).
Penn State Berks students in Dr. Mahsa Kazempour's sections of BiSC3: Environmental Science course are planning a series of activities for Environmental Education Awareness Week (April 15-21, 2013) and Earth Day (April 22, 2013) and invite the entire campus community to join them in these or similar efforts.
Penn State Berks has received requests from professionals in the Greater Reading area for a Master of Business Administration (MBA) program. In response to this demand, Penn State Great Valley is collaborating with Penn State Berks and is offering its MBA program at the Berks campus. There will be an information session for the MBA program on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, from 6-7 p.m. in room 112, Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building, Penn State Berks. ?
Two Penn State Berks students, Chris Brendel and Amy Rutter, were recently awarded highly competitive internships in the Research Training Program (RTP) at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
Modesto Fiume, President of Opportunity House, will be the keynote speaker at the Penn State Berks spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 4, 2013, at 10 a.m. Weather permitting, the ceremony will be held outdoors on Soccer Field (behind the Beaver Community Center). 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 from Reading High School (RHS) will visit Penn State Berks for the fifth annual "Be a Penn Stater for a Day" program on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. The program is designed to encourage high school students to pursue higher education.
Students majoring in Engineering and Occupational Therapy have collaborated to create devices to meet the needs of individuals with physical challenges as part of the Adaptive Equipment Project (ADEP). They will present their designs in two separate sessions: the first on Monday, April 22, 2013, and the second on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, both at 1:00 p.m. in room 121, Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building. The presentations are free and open to the public.
In an ongoing effort to bring greater awareness to sexual violence and child abuse, several Penn State events are being held during the month of April, which has been designated Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month.
