The Screaming Orphans, a pop-rock band composed of four talented sisters who were raised in County Donegal, Ireland, will perform at Penn State Berks on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. This presentation is free and open to the public.
The Penn State Berks Office of Health Services and the Health and Wellness Committee are hosting a health fair for all students, faculty, and staff on Tuesday, February 19, 2013, from 11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Multipurpose Room.
The next Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) Colloquium event, which includes presentations by Dr. Samantha Kavky, Associate Professor of Art History, and Marilyn Fox, Director of the Freyberger Gallery, will be held on Monday, Feb. 18, 2013, at 1 p.m. in room 104, Franco Building. This event is open to the campus community and light refreshments will be served.
The next Engineering, Business, and Computing (EBC) Division Speaker Series Presentation will feature Khaled Abdou, Associate Professor of Financial Services at Penn State Berks, along with a panel of six students, who will present "An International Real-World Learning Experience: A Trip to London" on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, at 1 pm in room 121, Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building. This presentation is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
Dr. Toby C. Rider, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology at Penn State Berks will be featured at the next Science Colloquium on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, at 1 pm in room 5, Luerssen Building. "Sport, the Cold War, and the State-Private Network" is the title of Dr. Rider's talk. This presentation is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
In "Project Brainwash: Why Reality TV is Bad for Women," Jennifer Pozner takes a fierce, funny, and in-depth look at how reality TV affects our beliefs, our behavior, and our culture. She will give her presentation at Penn State Berks on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. in Perkins Student Center Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public.
The theme of February's "Get Some" program is "Sexual Violence Education." This program is presented as part of the college's compliance with Pennsylvania House Bill 101, which requires all colleges and universities to provide specific information in programs for students, including a discussion of sexual violence, consent, where to go for help after an attack, and how to file a police report after an incident occurs. All these topics will be covered in the show, which will be filmed live at Penn State Berks on Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at 6 p.m.
Dr. Bertrand Eardly, Professor of Biology at Penn State Berks, has been awarded the Penn State Research Collaboration Fellowship for the summer of 2013. Eardly will collaborate with Dr. Mary Ann Bruns, Professor of Soil Sciences and Microbial Ecology at the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences. The title of Eardly's project is "The Pitch Pine (Pinus rigida) microbiome in metalliferous soils of eastern Pennsylvania."
Dr. Michael Bartolacci, Associate Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State Berks, loves to cook, so it seemed only natural for him to share meals with the other faculty and staff members in the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building at Penn State Berks. Another faculty member in the same building, Tom Gavigan, Assistant Professor of Engineering, wanted to start a collection to reimburse Bartolacci for his expenses, but Bartolacci would not hear of it.
The Penn State Berks third annual Alternative Spring Break will take a group of 20 Penn State Berks students, along with Chancellor R. Keith Hillkirk and his wife, Suzanne Hillkirk, to Belize where they will spend the week of March 1-8, 2013, helping to complete the St. Benedict Primary School in the Toledo District of Belize. The group will join ProWorld Service in the revitalization project.