Albright College News

Creating jobs is no easy task. And in Berks County, layoffs have spread from the private sector to the public sector.

When Freda Zettlemoyer of Alsace Township attended Albright College in the late 1940s, a 7 p.m. curfew was in effect most nights.

When it comes to keeping the peace, Buddhists might not be the best persons to call on.

Overwhelmed students can get help on local campuses. Going away to college can be stressful.

Reading Eagle Admission to Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site in Union Township will be free on Wednesday in honor of America's veterans on Veterans Day.

Some students at Albright College in Reading are rocking for the Ronald McDonald House.

14 at 9:45 a.m., The Red Oaks School at 21 Cutler St., Morristown, will hold the first of two admissions open houses for admission for the 2010-2011 school year.

Foreclosures in Berks County hit their highest mark in October since the beginning of the recession in late 2007.

In an upset on City Council, Democratic challenger Francis Acosta ousted incumbent Republican Stephen P. Fuhs in Tuesday's election for the District 1 seat that Fuhs had held for four years.

What appeals to you? High school students at the Berks County College Fair at Albright College were asked: "What are you looking for in a college?" "I'm looking for a place where I can get a good education and a good future.

Gossip in the workplace can be a weapon in reputational warfare or an opportunity to enhance someone's reputation, U.S. researchers suggest.

Stephanie Cook has been appointed chief prosecutor in the city of Dayton, Ohio. Cook, who has been the acting chief prosecutor since February, 2009, is a 1985 graduate of Stroudsburg High School and the daughter of James and Bobbie Marsh of Stroudsburg.

Jonathan Schanzer will be the featured speaker for the 30th annual Leo Camp Memorial Lecture at Albright College on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Schanzer's talk, "The Threat of Terror Finance in America," is free and will be in the Memorial Chapel.

High school students and their families flocked to Albright College on Monday night, anxious to meet with college representatives and pick up brochures at the annual Berks County College Fair.

They may not be thought of that way, but Berks County's academic institutions are, to a degree, businesses that provide products for specific markets.

Click on picture to enlarge. Reading Eagle: Tim Leedy Stephanie S. Jacobs, a seventh-grade geography teacher at Schuylkill Valley Middle School, with students Connor Sausser, center, and Keegan Fouse, right.

The first time Loreen Burkett and Charles Jones Jr. walked into a courtroom, they each knew they found their calling as lawyers.

Artist Ellen Nelson will give a talk on the golden mean tonight in Albright College's Klein Lecture Hall.

Eric Susoeff, founder and guitarist of the quintet Salsamba, performing Friday in the Albright College Chapel.

Reading Eagle: Jeremy Drey Richard Walter sits Monday with other members of the Vidocq Society at Albright College, listening and asking questions about the facts in the 2003 death of William "Hoover" Spayd, a Reading 3-year-old. About Vidocq, the society Eugene Francois Vidocq was an 18th-century French crook-turned-cop, a confidant of at least ...