Kate Harley will graduate with not only a B.S. degree in Business, but a full-time Executive Team Leader position at Target.
It all began when Kate met with Target during a Penn State Berks career fair, interviewed with the company, and was accepted for the internship, which she completed the summer of her junior year, working 10 weeks for 40 hours a week.
Mark Dawson, Assistant Director of Business Services at Penn State Berks, will graduate with his daughter, MacKenzy Dawson, this December. Mark will earn an associate degree in Business Administration and MacKenzy will earn a bachelor's degree in Business with a dual concentration in Accounting and Finance and a minor in Entrepreneurship.
Breakfast with Santa and the Nittany Lion will be held on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013, from 8-10 a.m. at the Applebee's in Wyomissing. The cost for this event is $5 for children and $10 for adults.
Chosen Dance Company operates with the mission of making Hip-Hop culture more accessible to a wider audience, regardless of age, race, or gender, while also validating its place in the world as a legitimate art form. They will perform on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, at 8 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public.
Renowned education author Alfie Kohn will give a lecture titled "The Standards-and-Testing Juggernaut: Rescuing Education from 'School Reform'" on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. This lecture is free and open to the public.
The Penn State Berks International Klub will hold an international dinner with musical entertainment on Tuesday Nov. 19, 2013, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Multipurpose Room. This event is open to Penn State Berks students, faculty, and staff, but attendees must have a ticket. Tickets are $5 for Penn State Berks students; $10 for staff and faculty.
An additional film will be presented as part of the Global Studies degree program's African Film Series. Living with Hunger will be shown on Monday, December 9th at 1 p.m. in room 308 of the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building. This event is free and open to the public.
Dr. Wah-Kwan Ku, Lecturer of Mathematics at Penn State Berks, will be the featured speaker at the next Science Colloquium on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, at 1 pm in room 5, Luerssen Building. "Finite Blocking Property of Geodesics" is the title of Ku's talk. This presentation is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served.
The 2013 Fall Entrepreneurship Speaker Series Panel Discussion will be held on Friday, Nov. 22, 2013, from 1 to 2:15 p.m. in room 121 of the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building. This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
The Penn State Berks Alumni Office will hold a Nittany Lion and Santa Sighting for children of Penn State alumni and University employees on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, from 5-8 p.m. in the Janssen Conference Center. The cost is $5 per child, and the event will include crafts, coloring, and photos with the Nittany Lion and/or Santa for children, while adults enjoy light refreshments and socialize with other Penn State alumni and friends. Each child will also receive a gift from Santa.