Penn State Brandywine's annual Spring Soiree will be held on Friday, April 12 at the Phoenixville Foundry in Phoenixville. This formal event is from 7-11 p.m. and is open to the public. The Spring Soiree brings friends, alumni and the community together for an exciting night of celebration and entertainment. All proceeds benefit Penn State Brandywine students. Last year's Soiree raised more than $40,000 for student scholarships.
The Diversity Action Committee of Penn State Great Valley welcomes performers from the Huaxia Chinese School at Great Valley, 2 to 6 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 23, The Conference Center Building at Penn State Great Valley, 30 E. Swedesford Rd., Malvern. This free event will feature singing and dancing, piano and guitar performances, martial arts demonstrations and exhibits of Chinese crafts. Refreshments representing various international cuisines will be provided. Visit http://www.sgps.psu.edu/DAC/index.html to register.
Distinguished Professor of the Ceramic Arts and 2012-13 Penn State Laureate Christopher Staley will visit Penn State Brandywine on Thursday, Feb. 21, at 11:30 a.m. to present "Art & Life: Where They Intersect." Students, faculty, staff and community members are welcome to join Staley in room 113 of the Main Building as he discusses how people relate to objects and each other in a world of remarkable change.
One Book, One Philadelphia promotes literacy and encourages the Philadelphia area to come together through reading and discussing a single book. Penn State Abington is a new community partner in One Book and will host a series of events this week focusing on the 2013 selection, Julie Otsuka's "The Buddha in the Attic."
The award-winning book tells the inspiring and emotional stories of Japanese mail-order brides who came to California in the early 1900s.
This semester Penn State Brandywine has begun using software that allows students to share their skills, achievements and experience with the virtual world. Readabout.me acts as an online resume, helping students and alumni communicate their successes to potential employers and graduate schools through a personalized profile.
Former Chester High School standout Learon Pray became the second Penn State Brandywine student to reach the 1,000-point mark this season Jan. 22, in a home game against Valley Forge Christian College.
Pray needed only one point going into the Tuesday night contest to accomplish the scoring breakthrough that only four other men's Brandywine basketball players have achieved. His 1,000th point came three minutes into the game when he stepped up to the foul line and made a free throw.
"In my head I knew I would get it on the foul line," Pray said. "I am very proud and happy that I did something I can look back on in the future when I'm done with my basketball career."
Penn State engineering and visual arts faculty and staff will discuss their work on developing origami structures that fold to achieve artistic creations and applications for solving engineering problems as Penn State Great Valley presents "Folding it Together: Art and Engineering-based Active Origami," from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Feb. 27, at The Conference Center, Penn State Great Valley, 30 E. Swedesford Road, Malvern. The evening will include clips from the film "Between the Folds," a description of how the team of engineers and artists came together, and a hands-on origami activity. This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. To register visit http://www.sgps.psu.edu/origami/default.ashx.
Author Carrie Hagen will visit Penn State Abington on Feb. 1 to discuss and sign copies of her first book, "We Is Got Him: The Kidnapping That Changed America."
Hagen's fast-paced, critically acclaimed book recounts the true story of the 1874 abduction of young Charley Ross from his family's yard in Philadelphia. It was the first recorded kidnapping for ransom in the nation, and it plunged the city and much of the country into hysteria.
Penn State Abington students celebrated the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Jan. 21.
"Penn State University Brandywine The Vagina Monologues" will be held on campus at 6:30 p.m. March 22 and at 2 p.m. March 23, in the Main Building Auditorium, Room 101.
Faculty, staff, students and Penn State alumni will serve as actors and volunteers for the performance, which aims to educate the campus and local community about sexual violence against women and girls while raising funds for the cause. Brandywine is one of 5,800 organizations worldwide to host a performance of "The Vagina Monologues."
Penn State Brandywine's fifth annual "A Night with the Pride" Beef 'n' Beverage event will be held at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 22, at the Ballrooms at Boothwyn. Funds raised at the event will directly support Brandywine student athletes.
As part of a series of art documentaries focused on art masters, Penn State Great Valley presents "Don't Know, We'll See: The Work of Karen Karnes," from 7 to 8 p.m. Feb. 7, in The Conference Center, Musser Auditorium, 30 E. Swedesford Road, Malvern. This intimate study of Karnes' work and life takes the viewer deep into the evolution of her work over a lifetime. The film is an essential experience for artists of all kinds, for teachers of art and for anyone with an interest in art. This free event is open to the public, but registration is required. For more details or to register visit http://www.sgps.psu.edu/karnes/default.ashx.
During large-scale changes to new information technology (IT) system implementation, employees may be apprehensive while adapting to the new system and its accompanying business.
Denise Potosky, professor, management and organization at Penn State Great Valley, will present her research on leadership roles and behaviors critical to the development and implementation of IT advancements within organizations. "How to Lead Your Organization Out of the Valley of Despair: Guidelines for Large-scale IT Systems Change" is part of the school's management research showcase series and will be held noon to 1 p.m. Feb. 13, Room 230, Main Building, 30 E. Swedesford Road, Malvern. This event is free and open to the public. To learn more or register, visit http://www.sgps.psu.edu/Feb2013MRS/.
Penn State Abington invites the local community to the campus' inaugural Empty Bowls Dinner beginning at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 25, in the Lares Building. Abington students organized the event to raise money for people still struggling in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The proceeds from the dinner will benefit the Food Banks of Monmouth and Ocean Counties in New Jersey, one of the areas hardest hit by the superstorm.
Marple Newtown High School basketball prodigy Bobbi Caprice reached a career landmark on Jan. 11 when she scored her 1,000th point for Penn State Brandywine.
The four-year starting guard was 5 points away from reaching the milestone before Friday night's game but reached her goal a mere 10 minutes into the first half to help Brandywine in a 65-48 home win over Penn State Schuylkill.
"It was a bit nerve wracking going into the game because all my family and friends were there, but I felt confident having 5 points to go," Caprice said. "Once I hit my first shot it was a relief to know I only needed one more basket." She becomes only the fifth women's basketball player to reach this goal in campus history.
