Dr. Maureen Dunbar, associate professor of biology, was awarded the Outstanding Full-Time Teacher Award. Dunbar teaches various levels of biology courses. The committee cited Dunbar’s breadth of courses taught, her thoughtful statement of teaching philosophy, her scholarship in teaching and learning, her commitment to and engagement with students inside and outside the classroom, mauand evaluations by her students.

Students attending Penn State Berks Discovery High School Youth Camps will learn about different career fields, the world around them and themselves. The camps are for students entering ninth- through 12th-grades in fall 2013. Camps run from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday.

Penn State Berks Middle School Youth Camps provide a fun, educational experience for middle school students. Camps run from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday.

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), which runs from mid-May to mid-June.

Chris Brendel, a junior majoring in Communication Arts and Sciences at Penn State Berks, recently was awarded the prestigious Beinecke Scholarship. He was selected as the University’s sole student nominee for 2013 and is only the second Penn State student to receive the award in the 22-year history of the Beinecke Scholarship. He is the first Penn State student to receive the award from a campus outside University Park.

For Alison Rutter, graduating from Penn State Berks on May 4 was another leg on her journey to success. She already has been offered a position where she completed her internship, VF Outlet in West Reading, Pa.

It is incredible enough that Diana Livingston is graduating from Penn State Berks at the age of 20 with a bachelor of science in elementary and kindergarten education along with her twin sister, Krisandra, on May 4. It is astonishing that she was able to graduate two years before her peers despite having cerebral palsy and financial obstacles.

The Penn State Berks fourth annual Camp Out for Hunger event was a huge success, raising a total of $1,679.45 and collecting 333.6 pounds of nonperishable goods for the Berks Coalition to End Homelessness. The event, held on Friday, April 19, was designed to bring awareness to homelessness in Berks County.

Noreen Cioffi, a Penn State Berks senior majoring in business with a concentration in finance, will complete an international internship at B. Braun’s corporate headquarters in Melsungen, Germany from June 1–Aug 31. Cioffi will be the first U.S. intern for B. Braun, one of the world´s leading health care suppliers.