The Penn State Berks Feministic Club will hold a "Take Back the Night" event on Monday, April 7, 2014. There will be a rally and march beginning at 1 p.m. at the Franco Amphitheater, followed by presentations in the evening beginning at 6 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. The keynote speaker is Katie Koestner, who was featured on the cover of Time Magazine in 1991 when she became the first woman to speak publicly about date rape. This event is free and open to the public.
Dr. Jessica Schocker, assistant professor of social studies education and women's studies at Penn State Berks, was one of six Penn State faculty members to receive the 2014 George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award, named after Penn State's seventh president, honors excellence in teaching at the undergraduate level.
The Penn State University Office of Global Programs will present a program on study abroad opportunities for current students on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, at 1 p.m. in room 5 of the Luerssen Building. This program is for current students, and light refreshments will be served.
Russell Poper, Director of Construction for Habitat for Humanity of Berks County, will present his project connecting the vocational training program in the correction facilities with the rebuilding effort of the City of Reading during the Penn State Berks Entrepreneurship Speaker Series on Friday May 2, 2014, at 1 p.m. in room 247 of the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building. This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
In anticipation of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the Penn State Berks Office of Health Services is holding a program titled "When Alcohol Is the Weapon" on Monday, March 31, 2014, from 1-2:15 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Multipurpose Room. This event is free and open to the campus community, and pre-registration is not required.
Students from Reading High School and will visit Penn State Berks for the fifth annual "Be a Penn Stater for a Day" program on Wednesday, April 2, 2014, from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. The program is designed to encourage high school students to pursue higher education.
The collaborative efforts of an accounting professor and an instructional design team at Penn State Berks resulted in the team being awarded the MERLOT Award for Exemplary Online Learning Resources - MERLOT Classics 2014 in the Business discipline. The group designed and developed a collection of eLearning modules, which support Accounting courses at the campus. The team members include Dr.
John Shank, Instructional Design Librarian at Penn State Berks, has written the first book on interactive open educational resources. An invaluable tool for college faculty and students-as well as high school teachers-the book titled Interactive Open Educational Resources: A Guide to Finding, Choosing, and Using What's Out There to Transform College Teaching was published by JB, a division of Wiley. There will be a book signing event in the college Bookstore on Wednesday, April 9, 2014, from 4-6 p.m.
Dr. Chidi Achebe, physician executive and son of renowned African author Dr. Chinua Achebe, will make two distinct presentations on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. He will discuss "Serving the Underserved: Healthcare Inequality in the United States" at 3:30 p.m. and "The Life and Legacy of Chinua Achebe" at 6:30 p.m. Both presentations will be held in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium, and several of Dr. Chinua Achebe books will be available for purchase. Both events are free and open to the public.
Christopher Aredo, formerly a street-dwelling youth in Kenya, is currently completing an internship at Penn State Berks from Kenya Methodist University. His journey from Kenya to Penn State Berks was a long and winding one, and it brings a long-standing college collaboration full circle. In addition, Aredo is teaching a class on modern society in Kenya based on the writings of Chinua Achebe, author of Things Fall Apart and No Longer At Ease.