Engaging Possibilities


This LionSide Chat is part of our “Majorly Prepared Series.” At Penn State Berks, there are many ways to engage with the community in topics you are passionate about—from social justice to the environment. Join us as members of CACE (Center for Academic Community Engagement), PePP (Penn State Educational Partnership Program), the Sustainability Committee, the Coordinator of the Civic and Community Engagement Minor and the Social Justice Collaborative talk about how you can get involved in the community.  Interact with students who will discuss their personal experience with community engagement. Learn how these projects complement your major, build your confidence and communication skills, and build invaluable community networks. Learn also how your participation in these projects can potentially lead to grants, internships, graduate school acceptance, and employment opportunities.

Majors: Community Engagement applies to all majors! For more information, visit https://sites.psu.edu/berkshasscareers/

Careers in the Humanities: How to be a critical thinker, problem-solver and developer of new ideas.


This LionSide Chat is part of our “Majorly Prepared Series.” Do you enjoy reading, writing, and thinking about the world’s big problems? Students in humanities-based majors do. To put it simply, majors in the humanities investigate human society and culture. This presentation will discuss the humanities-oriented majors at Penn State Berks and careers in the humanities. Please join us in learning how majors in the humanities teach you to think critically, communicate effectively, and influence your world.

Majors: Communication Arts & Sciences, Global Studies, Writing and Digital Media, Composition courses. For more information, visit https://sites.psu.edu/berkshasscareers/

This LionSide Chat will be hosted by:
Dr. Jill Burk
Associate Teaching Professor, Communication Arts & Sciences
Penn State Berks

“Are You Smiling Behind that Mask?” Human Communication in the Age of COVID


Participants will be introduced to the dynamics of verbal and nonverbal communication and discuss some new communication phenomenon; such as why it’s hard to communicate while wearing a mask and why we have communication-related Zoom fatigue. The chat will end by providing tips for thoughtful communication in our new pandemic-related communication contexts.

This LionSide Chat will be presented by:

Dr. Jill Burk, Associate Teaching Professor Communication Arts & Sciences
Dr. Kesha Morant Williams, Associate Professor Communication Arts & Sciences
Penn State Berks