Students enrolled in the Teaching Health Education to the Elementary School Child course will learn ways to integrate field trip experiences into various areas of the curriculum through an interdisciplinary field trip to Hawk Mountain on Tuesday, October 15, 2013.
Penn State Berks is currently taking orders for the University's famous Berkey Creamery ice cream. Orders will be accepted through Oct. 28, 2013, with all ice cream available for pickup on Nov. 20, from 5:00-6:30 p.m. in the pole building at Peiffer Farm, on the corner of Broadcasting and Tulpehocken Roads. Ice cream that is not picked up that evening cannot be held and is non-refundable.
Due to overwhelming community response, the Penn State Berks Freyberger Gallery exhibition BLUE MARSH: Landscape Lost, which explores the story of the Blue Marsh Dam project and the subsequent changes for the families who lived and worked in the area, will be extended through November 21, 2013. The exhibition will than be moved to a temporary home at the Berks County Agricultural Center in Leesport, Pa., until its permanent home at Old Dry Road Farm is prepared. This event is free and open to the public.
Penn State Berks students are getting real-world marketing experience, working with the Reading Public Library on creating a new marketing plan to help the nonprofit organization meet the evolving needs of its customers.
As part of the college's commitment to sustainability, Penn State Berks has added a course in Sustainability Writing for the fall semester. This course will help students in a variety of majors to prepare for careers in professional and technical writing in the "green" industry.
Unity Day, an annual Penn State event that helps bring students, faculty, staff, and the community together to celebrate diversity, will be held on Wednesday, October 2, 2013, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Activities will take place on the Perkins Plaza, weather permitting. All Unity Day activities are free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
The Office of Career Services will hold a graduate school information session for currently enrolled students on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013, at 1 p.m. in room 3 (Forum Room) of the Perkins Student Center. Attendees will be presented with an overview of the graduate school application process, learn the benefits of pursuing a graduate education, and acquire information about specific graduate school examinations and requirements.
The Fire House German Band will bring "Oktoberfest" to Penn State Berks on Wednesday, October 30, 2013, at 8 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public.
Prospective students and their families are invited to a visitation program at Penn State Berks on Saturday, October 19, 2013, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Perkins Student Center, located just off Broadcasting Road in Reading. The event is part of the University's "Penn State Day" in which Penn State campuses throughout the state host visitation programs on the same day. Students will have an opportunity to complete their application during the program and the college will waive the application fee.
Cyclic facility layout problems will be the subject of the first lecture of the fall Penn State Berks Engineering, Business, and Computing Research Interest Group Speaker Series. Dr. Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Professor of Management Information Systems and the coordinator of Engineering Entrepreneurship at Penn State Berks Berks, will present her research on cyclic facility layout problems on Friday, October 4, 2013, from 1:00-2:15 pm in room 244 of the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building.