The Berks County Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association has rescheduled its 27th Annual Golf Outing and Dinner for Monday, June 23, 2014, at Golden Oaks Golf Club. The outing was originally scheduled for Friday, May 16, but was postponed due to rain. The golf tournament is a scramble format with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. and the registration fee is $105 per person.
The Committee on Institutional Cooperation's Academic Leadership Program has gained five additional fellows from the Penn State ranks. The CIC is the academic consortium of the Big Ten universities plus the University of Chicago. Through its leadership program, participants who have demonstrated exceptional ability and administrative promise are aided in further developing their leadership and managerial skills.
Student teachers from Penn State Berks and elementary school students at Glenside Elementary School will see the fruit of their labors this Saturday, May 3, 2014, when the garden project they have worked so hard to revitalize is unveiled during a special Garden Party from 2-4 p.m. at the elementary school. This event is free and open to the public.
This summer, approximately 1,000 first-year students who will begin their studies in the fall semester at Penn State Berks will get a preview of what college life will be like through the New Student Orientation Part 1: Advising & Scheduling (NSO1) program, which runs from mid-June to early-July.
Penn State Berks will hold an online information session for its Accelerated Business degree program on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, from noon - 1:00 p.m. Attendees will learn more about how to complete 60+ business credits toward the bachelor's degree in Business in a 20-month, accelerated Saturday program.
The second summer sessions at Penn State Berks will begin on June 23, 2014. The six-week session runs from June 23-July 31. Courses are offered in biology, chemistry, English, geology, history, mathematics, psychology, Spanish, and other disciplines. For more information or to register, call 610-396-6225 or visit the summer sessions web page at: www.bk.psu.edu/CE/summer.htm.
Two students have launched their first mobile app, a game called Bubble Barrage, at the Google Play Store. Christian Nimako-Boateng and Kosho Hoshitsuki, both members of the Penn State Berks Entrepreneurship Club, developed MisMatchedDev Studio as an experimental venture to create applications for mobile devices. Bubble Barrage is the MisMatchedDev Studio's first project.
Graduating Student teachers build a garden at Glenside
Two graduating Childhood and Early Adolescent Education majors, Melissa Sauer and Bethany Connors, who is also one of the college's student marshals, were instrumental in building a garden at Glenside Elementary School this semester.
Melissa Sauer
