In honor of Black History Month, Penn State Berks will hold the following events in February 2019. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
Penn State Berks students will be volunteering in the local community throughout the month of February, including a Super Bowl tailgate party for the residents of Country Meadows of Wyomissing from 1 to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 3.
Chantale Lussier, assistant professor in the School of Counselling, Psychotherapy, and Spirituality at Saint Paul University in Ontario, Canada, will present “Inspiring Sustainable Excellence: Stories from Sport, Academia, and Life” from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Feb. 4 in Room 5 of the Luerssen Building at Penn State Berks.
Lorena Tribe, professor of chemistry at Penn State Berks, was named chair of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry (COLL) on Jan. 1.
A new monthly program at Berks titled “Berks Community Connections” is opening the door to various cultures around the world. Cheryl Nicholas will give a presentation on Malaysian ghost stories.
Berks’ newly expanded Berks LaunchBox hosted several troops of Girl Scout Cadettes for a Robotics Workshop in December. Girl Scout Troops 134, 1221 and 1628 participated in the event at the Berks LaunchBox.
Penn State Berks Benefiting THON, a student organization, is inviting the community to take the “Polar Plunge” to raise funds for THON. This year's event will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26, at the beach at Blue Marsh Lake.
"The Great DuBois', Masters of Variety" a fast-paced variety show including incredible feats of juggling, hula hoops, unicycle, aerial and audience interaction — all wrapped in a blanket of comedy — will come to Penn State Berks on Thursday, Jan. 31.
Roy Waterman, project manager for the Jewish Council for Public Affairs’ Criminal Justice Initiative, will speak at Penn State Berks at 12:15 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 18, in room 150 of the Franco Building.
Penn State Berks will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day by hosting a banquet on Monday, Jan. 21. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will begin at 6 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Multipurpose Room.