The next Engineering, Business, and Computing (EBC) Division Speaker Series Presentation will feature Dr. Paul Esqueda, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Penn State Berks. He will present his seminar on "Research and Teaching in Writing Case Studies: The Case of Negotiations" on Monday November 4, 2013, from 1:00 to 2:15 p.m. in room 121, Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building. This presentation is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served.
As part of the Central Pennsylvania African American Museum's fifteenth anniversary celebration on Saturday, October 26, 2013, Penn State Berks students will present research that they conducted on local African American history as part of their English coursework. The celebration will take place from 1-4 p.m., and the students will present their research from approximately 3-3:40 pm.
Students and their research presentations are as follows:
Penn State Berks will hold a Degree Fair for currently enrolled students on Monday, Nov. 11, 2013, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in Tully's. Students attending the fair will receive a coupon for a free lunch on the day they attend. The fair will showcase the college's baccalaureate degree programs. Each degree program will have a display table of information, and faculty and current students enrolled in the major will be available to discuss the various aspects of the degree program and answer students' questions.
Dr. Kirwin R. Shaffer, Associate Professor of Latin American Studies at Penn State Berks, has recently published a book on radicalism in Puerto Rico titled Black Flag Boricuas: Anarchism, Antiauthoritarianism, and the Left in Puerto Rico, 1897-1921. The book was published by University of Illinois Press.
Penn State Berks students enrolled in three Communication Arts and Sciences (CAS) courses recently visited the Newseum in Washington D.C. to explore the ways in which museums depict history and shape public memory.
Penn State Berks professors and students were awarded for their research at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Waterbird Society in Wilhelshaven Germany this September. Dr. Jennifer Arnold, Associate Professor of Biology, Dr. Stephen Oswald, Instructor in Biology, and three students, Amy Rutter, Christy Wails, and Brittany Morey, were all recognized for their work.
Penn State Berks students in the Entrepreneurship Club and Minor will hold two workshops for middle and high school Reading School District students in the Penn State Educational Partnership Program (PEPP) on Wednesday, October 23, and Wednesday, November 20, 2013, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Office of Career Services will host an Etiquette Lunch for all students on Monday, November 4, 2013 from 1-2:30 pm in the Perkins Student Center Multipurpose Room.
Joseph FireCrow weaves transcendent flute with Native American storytelling and traditional drumming, taking audiences on a journey into true American history as part of the cultural events portion of the Penn State Berks Arts and Lecture series on Monday, November 11, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Multipurpose Room. This event is free and open to the public.
Penn State Berks benefitting THON raised a record $13,050.83 during its first canning weekend for the 2014 IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, exceeding all previous canning weekend fundraising efforts.
THON is the largest student-run philanthropy in the world, providing emotional and financial support to pediatric cancer patients, their families, researchers and staff at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital through the Four Diamonds Fund.