A new monthly program at Berks titled “Berks Community Connections” is opening the door to various cultures around the world. Cheryl Nicholas will give a presentation on Malaysian ghost stories.

Berks’ newly expanded Berks LaunchBox hosted several troops of Girl Scout Cadettes for a Robotics Workshop in December. Girl Scout Troops 134, 1221 and 1628 participated in the event at the Berks LaunchBox.

Penn State Berks Benefiting THON, a student organization, is inviting the community to take the “Polar Plunge” to raise funds for THON. This year's event will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26, at the beach at Blue Marsh Lake.

"The Great DuBois', Masters of Variety" a fast-paced variety show including incredible feats of juggling, hula hoops, unicycle, aerial and audience interaction — all wrapped in a blanket of comedy — will come to Penn State Berks on Thursday, Jan. 31.

Roy Waterman, project manager for the Jewish Council for Public Affairs’ Criminal Justice Initiative, will speak at Penn State Berks at 12:15 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 18, in room 150 of the Franco Building.

Penn State Berks will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day by hosting a banquet on Monday, Jan. 21. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will begin at 6 p.m. in the Perkins Student Center Multipurpose Room.

Penn State Berks will be expanding its entrepreneurship programming with a new innovation hub located within the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading, Pennsylvania.

The innovators of tomorrow will be practicing imaginative thinking and teamwork at the FIRST LEGO League Challenge, set to run from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26, with a snow date of Saturday, Feb. 9, at Penn State Berks.

SafeBerks will present "The Escalation Workshop," at Penn State Berks, 3 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 22, in the Perkins Student Center Multipurpose Room. This event is free and open to the public.

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 21, Penn State Berks students will volunteer in the local community and complete community service activities on campus.