The Penn State Berks Christian Student Fellowship (CSF), a student group, spent their spring break in Crisfield, Maryland, helping to rebuild homes damaged by Hurricane Sandy. The group of 17 students departed on Saturday, March 7, 2015, and returned on Saturday, March 14.
The Penn State Berks Freyberger Gallery will present the group exhibition Paper Trails from March 26-April 23, 2015. There will be an opening reception on Thursday, March 26, at 6 p.m. Mark Mahosky, one of the artists featured in the exhibition and Assistant Professor of Painting at Kutztown University, will provide an informal talk at the reception. This event is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served.
Prominent folk musician and vocalist Mr. Joe Jencks will perform twice at Penn State Berks on Tuesday, March 17, 2015. He will give a musical demonstration and presentation from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Lion's Den for Penn State Berks students, faculty, and staff. Then from 7:00 to 8:30 that evening he will give a concert across the hall in Tully's. The 7:00 p.m. performance is open to the public.
For Belén Rodríguez Mourelo, author of "Encounters in Exile: Themes in the Narrative of the Cuban Diaspora," writing about Cuba is personal. The introduction to her book describes her grandfather’s experience in Cuba over a 40-year span, from 1912–1952.
Dr. Bonnie J. Dow, Associate Professor and Chair of Communication Studies at Vanderbilt University, will present a lecture based on her new book, Watching Women's Liberation, 1970: Feminism's Pivotal Year on the Network News on April 13, 2015, at 7 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. (Originally scheduled for February, the lecture was rescheduled due to inclement weather.) This event is free and Dow will be available after the lecture to sign copies of her books.
JoAnne Pumariega, Instructor in Mathematics and Spanish at Penn State Berks, will be inducted into the 2015 Hall of Fame at Immaculata-LaSalle High School in Miami, FL. She will receive the Saint John Bosco Alumni Award during the Hall of Fame Induction Dinner on May 2, 2015, at Immaculata-LaSalle High School.
Penn State Berks students will receive recognition at the University Scholastic Awards Ceremony on April 2, 2015, in the Multipurpose Room of the Perkins Student Center. The awards presented included the President's Freshman Award, the President Sparks Award, and the Evan Pugh Scholars Award.
