Penn State Berks is one of four Penn State campuses to receive funding through the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a summer bridge program to enhance the retention rate of racially underrepresented and first-generation engineering students.
Pradip Bandyopadhyay, professor of physics and head of science at Penn State Berks, is co-leading a new collaborative program to increase the number and diversity of graduating engineering students at Penn State.
As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, Penn State Berks is hosting seniors from local area high schools to participate in the third annual Latino Forum on Monday, September 28, 2015, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium.
As part of the college's and University's commitment to sustainability, Betsy Scarpaci, Assistant Director for Student Affairs / Residence Life at Penn State Berks, recently helped to lead a trip to Jamaica for a group of incoming Penn State University students through the LEAP in Jamaica: Sustainability Research Abroad program.
Dr. Henry G. Ansell, Assistant Professor of Engineering at Penn State Berks, officially retired on June 30, 2015, after 28 years of service to the college.
Prospective students are invited to an Application Workshop at Penn State Berks on Saturday, September 26, 2015, beginning at 10 a.m. and ending at 12 noon, in the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building, located just off Broadcasting Road in Wyomissing. Admissions counselors will assist students with the application process during the program and the college will waive the application fee for Berks.
Carol Toomey, Instructor in Communication Arts and Sciences, officially retired on June 20, 2015, after a total of 16 years of service to the college.
Toomey taught Effective Speech and a performing Arts class, which she designed for students in the Childhood and Early Adolescent Education major. Her teaching experience includes college public speaking courses, as well as high school speech and English, and private and public communication disorders diagnosis and therapy.
The Penn State Berks Communication Arts & Sciences (CAS) program is blazing a trail toward an initiative in higher education by adopting a free online textbook, which can also be downloaded and printed, for all sections of the course Effective Speech (CAS100A). This online textbook, The Public Speaking Project, will be used in the University Open Educational Resources (OER) textbook pilot initiative.
Families of Penn State Berks students will experience life on campus, while alumni will reconnect when the college hosts its annual Family and Homecoming Weekend, from Friday, September 25-Sunday, September 27, 2015. This year's event has a 1960s theme. The program will include activities for the entire family, including social and athletic events that showcase the campus. Most events are open to all attendees, but preregistration is required for the Picnic Lunch and the Alumni Reunion Dinner.
