The Penn State Berks Feministic Club will hold a "Take Back The Night" event on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at 6 p.m. at the Franco Building outdoor amphitheater. This event will include an address by Take Back the Night Executive Director Katherine Koestner, a rally, and a march on campus. In addition, representatives from Berks Women in Crisis will be in attendance. This event is free and open to the public.
Dr. Daniel Gil'Adi, director of INTEGRA Consulting Team, LLC, will discuss emotional intelligence as it relates to management, specifically in team building, on Friday, April 19, 2013, from 1:00-2:15 pm in room 121 of the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building. This event is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be served.
Bill O'Brien to Headline Caravan's 12 Stops This Spring in Pennsylvania and Mid-Atlantic
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., March 15, 2013 - Building on Penn State's "One Team" inaugural year momentum, highlighting the highly successful first season under football Coach Bill O'Brien and looking ahead to 2013, the Penn State Coaches Caravan tour begins another road trip April 30 with visits to 12 locations during two weeks this spring.
Dr. Julia A. Phillips, Chief of Risk and Resilience Section in the Infrastructure Assurance Center (IAC) at Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, will speak at Penn State Berks on Wednesday, April 3, 2013, from 3:30-4:30 pm, in room 121 of the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building at Penn State Berks. This event is free and open to the Penn State Berks students, faculty, and staff. Light refreshments will be served.
The Penn State Berks Theatre department will present "Treasure Island," written by Ken Ludwig and directed by Associate Professor of Theatre Arts Cleo House Jr. Shows are scheduled for April 11-13 and 18-20 at 8 p.m., and Sunday matinees on April 14 and 21 at 2 p.m., in Perkins Student Center Auditorium.
This semester's Entrepreneurship Speaker Series panel discussion will be on Monday, April 15, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. in room 121 of the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building.
In honor of National STD Awareness month in April, the theme of the upcoming episode of "Get Some" program is "OMG. GYT" (Get Yourself Tested). GYT (Visit Get Yourself Tested Website) is part of It's Your (Sex) Life, a public information partnership of MTV, CDC, Planned Parenthood, and American College Health Association, along with other organizations.
The Kenya Safari Acrobats, an awe-inspiring and dynamic dance troupe, will take acrobatics to exhilarating extremes in their performance at Penn State Berks on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at 8 p.m. in Perkins Student Center Auditorium. This presentation is free and open to the public.
The Penn State Berks Christian Student Fellowship (CSF), a student group, spent their spring break in Washington D.C., working with the Center for Student Mission. The group of eleven students from Penn State Berks departed on Sunday, March 3, 2013, and returned on Saturday, March 9.
During their week, students worked in soup kitchens to prepare breakfast and/or lunch each day and then worked at an after-school program in the afternoon.
Kihurani receives Dr. Susan R. Rankin Award for Leadership, Integrity, and Outstanding Contributions
Karen Kihurani, Multicultural/International Counselor for Penn State Berks, is the 2013 recipient of the Susan R. Rankin Award for Leadership, Integrity, and Outstanding Contributions to Penn State University.