Earning a degree may help you to achieve career advancement and enhance your professional skills; however, it can be difficult for adults to juggle their family responsibilities and careers. The Office of Continuing Education will hold an adult student information session beginning at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 25, in room 101, Franco Building. Attendees must register in advance.
It was a long and winding road for Maxime “Max” Boudeau, originally from Haiti, to Penn State Berks. He will earn his baccalaureate degree in mechanical engineering at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 7, during the college’s commencement ceremony at the Santander Arena.
Penn State Berks students traveled to Mexico City during Spring Break from March 5 to March 12, but it wasn’t for fun in the sun. The trip was embedded in the Modern Latin American History honors course in which the students were enrolled.
Penn State Berks recently received a $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics program. The grant will be used to create the Penn State Berks Leveraging Innovation and Optimizing Nurturing STEM Scholars Program, which will provide support in the form of a four-year renewable $6,250 scholarship to talented engineering students with demonstrated financial need. Students who meet the requirements will receive $25,000 over four years.
The Penn State Berks Campus Activities Board received multiple awards at the National Association for Campus Activities Mid Atlantic Virtual Awards Recognition ceremony on Nov. 18.
When College of Education Dean Kimberly A. Lawless tells people, “We are changing education by educating for change,” she means it. More than words, this mantra has launched a new vision within the college to identify the needs in communities across the commonwealth and then work to meet them. This drive has led to the design of the Teacher-in-Residence Program, a pilot program nearing launch in the Reading School District.
As part of the "Global Oscars Comes to Berks," Penn State Berks will present the film "Quo Vadis, Aida?" at 6:15 p.m. on Nov. 16, in room 5 Luerssen Building. The presentation is free and open to the public.
In recognition of International Education Week, Nov. 15-19, Penn State Berks will host a series of events designed to build bridges across the many different cultures represented at the college.
A group of Penn State Berks veterans have organized an appreciation and recognition event that will be held on Nov. 11, noon–1 p.m. in the Perkins Plaza. In the event of rain, the location will move to the Perkins Student Center lobby.
