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Best of the Valley Art and Poetry Competition winners announced

4/27/05

Penn State Lehigh Valley announced the winners of the annual Best of the Valley Art and Poetry Competition for 10th- and 11th-grade students in the Lehigh Valley. A reception and award presentation ceremony was held recently at the campus in Fogelsville for all participants, their families and teachers.

Penn State program offers school nurses Act 48 credits

4/27/05

Nurses can satisfy Act 48 requirements, earn college credits for advanced-level nursing courses and acquire skills that can be applied to their jobs by attending Penn State Lehigh Valley's Professional Development Series for School Nurses, beginning in July. Led by Penn State-approved instructors, the courses will be delivered in condensed formats at times designed to minimize the impact on summer vacation plans. Participants can earn three or six credits within a single, two-week period.

Lebanese scholar promotes understanding of Islam

4/27/05

Lebanese scholar Oussama Arabi is spending eight weeks at Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley teaching classes and leading public seminars to promote a deeper understanding of Muslim cultures. He will give a free public presentation, "Islamic Faith and Law, A View from the Center," at noon Thursday, April 28, at Penn State Lehigh Valley, and at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, at Perkins Student Center Auditorium, Penn State Berks.

Penn State Lehigh Valley offers summer youth writing camps

4/12/05

The Lehigh Valley Writing Project is sponsoring a summer youth camp program through Penn State Lehigh Valley for children interested in exploring creative writing. To participate, students need to be advancing to grades two to 12 in the fall.

Chapter 6 brings a cappella to Penn State Lehigh Valley and Penn State Berks

4/12/05

As part of Penn State University's Unity Day celebration, Penn State Berks and Penn State Lehigh Valley will present the a cappella sounds of Chapter 6 beginning at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, in the Atrium at Penn State Lehigh Valley, and at 7:30 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium at Penn State Berks. Unity Day is a Penn State event sponsored by the Campus Commonwealth Student Government's Diversity Committee. Its purpose is to create an atmosphere of appreciation of cultural differences and to unite the campus community. The event is free to the public.

Penn State Lehigh Valley Student Receives William W. Asbury Award

4/12/05

Jacqui Kromer of Walnutport was recently presented with the William W. Asbury Award for Student Organizational Leadership. The award recognizes students who have excelled in dedication to community service, academic excellence, promotion of diversity, responsible citizenship and creative programming. A total of eight recipients will receive the award from September through April and are chosen by a committee of students and staff members.

National History Day winners announced

4/12/05

The 2005 National History Day district competition for Lehigh and Northampton County students was held March 19 and 26 at Penn State Lehigh Valley. Students in grades six through 12 competed with a variety of history projects based on this year's theme, "Communication in History: The Key to Understanding." Outstanding entries from schools throughout the Lehigh Valley were offered in the categories of: Individual Historical Papers, Individual Exhibits, Group Exhibits, Individual Performances, Group Performances, Individual Documentaries and Group Documentaries. The winners will proceed on to the state competition at University Park in May.

Rendell to deliver keynote commencement address

4/12/05

Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell will deliver the keynote address at the final commencement ceremony for the Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley College at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 14, in the Beaver Community Center on the Penn State Berks campus. "It has taken almost two years to get the governor here," said Susan Phillips Speece, dean and campus executive officer of the college. "What a great way to send our graduates off and to end the highly successful relationship between the Berks and the Lehigh Valley campuses." Attendance at the ceremony will be restricted to the nearly 190 graduates and their guests as well as faculty and staff of the college.

Application Day scheduled for prospective Penn State students

2/11/05

Students interested in applying to Penn State are invited to an Application Day beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 12, at Penn State Lehigh Valley. In addition to explaining the application process, the workshop will focus on the nuances of the Penn State process: major selection, campus choices and timelines. A question-and-answer session will follow. The program is free, but seating is limited. To reserve a space, call (610) 285-5000.

17-foot outdoor sculpture installed at Penn State Berks

2/11/05

As part of the first phase of an ongoing sculpture project -- an initiative to beautify Penn State Berks campus with permanent outdoor sculpture -- the first commissioned outdoor piece was installed on Monday, Feb. 7. Milan "Skip" Kralik's work was selected after a nationwide search for artists to submit proposals for sculpture that reflects Penn State's educational integrity and vision for the future.

Workshop at Berks will educate parents of college-bound kids

2/11/05

The Penn State Berks campus is offering "Just for Parents; Preparing for College" from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. The program has been specifically designed for the parents of college-bound ninth-, 10th- and 11th-graders. It will cover such topics as the admissions process, the new SAT, student aid and the transitional issues students face moving from high school to college. Representatives will be on hand to to respond during a question-and-answer period.

Best-selling author to speak at Penn State Berks

2/11/05

Augusten Burroughs, satirist and memoirist, will speak at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium, Penn State Berks campus. His presentation is part of the 2004-2005 College Lecture Series presented by Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley College. Burroughs' books, "Magical Thinking," "Running with Scissors" and "Dry," are New York Times best sellers. "Dry" chronicles his life in New York City as an out-of-the-closet adult dealing with drug and alcohol addiction. He has been named one of the "25 Funniest People in America" by Entertainment Weekly.

Penn State Berks welcomes poet Mark Doty

2/11/05

Penn State Berks welcomes poet Mark Doty, who will do a reading at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, in 5 Luerssen Building. The event is part of the 2005 Literary Arts Series. Doty's seven books of poems and three books of nonfiction prose have been honored by the National Book Critics Circle Award, the T. S. Eliot Prize, a Whiting Writers Award and the PEN Martha Albrand Award for Nonfiction. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim and Ingram-Merrill Foundations, and from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Kyler to perform at Penn State Berks

2/11/05

Singer-songwriter Kyler will take the stage at at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, March, 30, in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium, Penn State Berks. With her acoustic guitar, Kyler takes aim at pop melodies. Born and raised in North Carolina, Kyler took top honors in the 2003 Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Contest for "Something So Beautiful" and in 2004 performed at the Toronto Film Festival.

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