The University Libraries, as part of the LibWell initiative, is currently piloting three sensory rooms, located within Penn State Berks’ Thun Library, Penn State Brandywine’s Vairo Library, and in Pattee Library on the University Park campus, to assist students with sensory impairments and neurodiversity.
Penn State Berks will host motivational speaker and activist Autumn Rose Miskweminanocsqua Williams for a lecture on self-love and empowerment at 7 p.m. on Nov. 6 in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium.
The Penn State Berks theater program will present “Brainstorm” by Ned Glasier, Emily Lim, and Company Three from Nov. 1 to 4, at 8 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. Tickets can be purchased at the door and are $10 for the general public and $5 for the campus community with a Penn State ID.
Penn State Berks will host the “Algorithms and Social Justice” presentation from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 10, in room 121, Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building. The event is free and open to the public, but attendees must register in advance to reserve a seat.
As part of the "Global Oscars Comes to Berks" series, Penn State Berks will present the film “Close” at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 7, in room 5 of the Luerssen Science Building. The presentation is free and open to the public.
The Penn State Berks International Klub will host its first-ever Garba Night from 6 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 27, in the Perkins Student Center Multipurpose Room. The event is free for Penn State Berks faculty, staff and students. Tickets are also available for non-Penn State students.
A new book edited by two Penn State librarians, Sarah Hartman-Caverly and Alexandria Chisholm, collects practical ways for academic librarians to incorporate privacy literacy into their instruction and practice.
The annual Penn State Berks pop-up, fine-dining restaurant event is currently taking reservations for its annual dinner, set for 5 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 3, in the first-floor lobby of the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building on the Berks campus.
Prospective students and their families are invited to a special day of campus tours at Penn State Berks on Saturday, Nov. 4, starting at 10 a.m. at the Perkins Student Center, located just off Broadcasting Road in Wyomissing. Tours are approximately one-hour long. Attendees must register in advance.
Senior citizens are often frequent targets of online scams and phishing attacks. A group of Penn State Berks students, under the moniker “Cyber Lions,” aim to raise awareness of cybercrimes and scams targeting seniors and to help protect them from scammers and criminals.
