Renowned education author Alfie Kohn will give a lecture titled "The Standards-and-Testing Juggernaut: Rescuing Education from 'School Reform'" on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Penn State Berks International Klub will hold an international dinner with musical entertainment on Tuesday Nov. 19, 2013, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Multipurpose Room. This event is open to Penn State Berks students, faculty, and staff, but attendees must have a ticket. Tickets are $5 for Penn State Berks students; $10 for staff and faculty.
An additional film will be presented as part of the Global Studies degree program's African Film Series. Living with Hunger will be shown on Monday, December 9th at 1 p.m. in room 308 of the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building. This event is free and open to the public.
Dr. Wah-Kwan Ku, Lecturer of Mathematics at Penn State Berks, will be the featured speaker at the next Science Colloquium on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, at 1 pm in room 5, Luerssen Building. "Finite Blocking Property of Geodesics" is the title of Ku's talk. This presentation is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served.
The 2013 Fall Entrepreneurship Speaker Series Panel Discussion will be held on Friday, Nov. 22, 2013, 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.
The Penn State Berks Alumni Office will hold a Nittany Lion and Santa Sighting for children of Penn State alumni and University employees on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, from 5-8 p.m. in the Janssen Conference Center. The cost is $5 per child, and the event will include crafts, coloring, and photos with the Nittany Lion and/or Santa for children, while adults enjoy light refreshments and socialize with other Penn State alumni and friends. Each child will also receive a gift from Santa.
The Penn State Berks Multicultural Office will hold a Thanksgiving Dinner to introduce international students to this traditional holiday on Thursday, November 14, 2013, 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.
In honor of National Veterans Week, Penn State Berks will host two events: a Veterans Recognition Program on Monday, November 11, 2013, beginning at 1 p.m. in the Lion's Den of the Perkins Student Center, and a Veterans Discussion Panel on Wednesday, November 13, 2013, beginning at 1 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium.
The Penn State Berks Theatre department will present "Danny and the Deep Blue Sea," written by John Patrick Shanley. This play will be co-directed by a student, Julia Elberfeld, a junior theatre major, and Radhica Ganapathy, Assistant Professor of Theatre. Shows are scheduled for November 11-15, 2013 at 8 p.m., in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium.
Elberfeld was selected to co-direct the play when her directing style was observed in a theatre course and it was deemed to be a good fit for the production.