Upcoming school and company events in the Lehigh Valley

FROM THE MORNING CALL

SATURDAYFEB. 25

THE MBA PROGRAM at DeSales University will hold information sessions at various locations through March 3. Info: http://www.desales.edu/mba and click on the Information Session link on the left to get the schedule of locations, dates and times. For more information about the school's six locations and nine concentrations, contact the MBA office at mba@desales.edu.

BUCKS COUNTY SCORE will host a seminar on starting and growing a small business. The seminar will include: writing a business plan, financing the business, sales and marketing and legal business structure, 9:15 a.m. to noon, Doylestown Library, 150 S. Pine St., Doylestown. Free. Register by calling the SCORE office at 215-943-8850. Walk-ins are welcome.


TUESDAYFEB. 28

ANTHONY HYDE, owner of Saving Green Energy Audits in Easton, will discuss residential energy audits at the Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Association's monthly public meeting, 7 p.m., TEK Park, 9999 Hamilton Blvd., Breinigsville. Free. To watch the presentation live from a home computer, go online to http://viewer.dacast.com/broadcaster/5807. Info: Vera Cole, 215-258-0526 or veracole@comcast.net.

MONDAYMARCH 5

LIVE, LEARN, LEAD ... SUCCEED: Join Power of Women at Cedar Crest College with personal and professional development seminars from experts in their field, as well as networking, browsing and sharing the presentation of the 2012 Woman of Influence award, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Tompkins Center, Cedar Crest College campus, Allentown. Cost: $45. Info: http://www.powerofwomen.net/events.

TUESDAYMARCH 6

PENN STATE EXTENSION of Carbon and Monroe counties is offering a pesticides update meeting. Those attending will be able to get two core points and two category-specific points awarded by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture toward recertification of their pesticide applicator's license. Penn State educators will cover topics relating to insect damage to fruit, vegetable and field crops and what was learned from diseases in field crops last year. Also covered will be topics on pesticide labeling and what's new at the state Department of Agriculture. The meeting will be 6:30-9 p.m. at Polk Township Fire Hall, Route 209, Kresgeville. Cost: $10. RSVP: Monroe County Extension office at 570-421-6430 or email MonroeExt@psu.edu.

WEDNESDAYMARCH 7

THE LEHIGH VALLEY MILITARY AFFAIRS COUNCIL is offering its Job One: Veterans Employment (JOVE) program to veterans willing to invest time to hone their job-seeking skills. Priority will go to those returning from the recent conflicts because they are less likely to have the job-hunting skills needed. The council's program will offer a continuing series of free Wednesday night, one-hour training sessions — a complete cycle requiring nine weeks — in south Bethlehem. Veterans who wish to enroll may call 484-602-JOB1 or 610-349-5856, or send an email to JOVE@lvmac.org. Applications are being accepted.

HOW TO START A BUSINESS, sponsored by Lehigh Valley SCORE Chapter, is a basic course that every prospective business owner needs to take: 9 a.m. to noon, Lehigh Carbon Community College, Rothrock Library Conference Center, Route 309, Schnecksville. Cost: $20. Register at http://www.lehighvalleyscore.org (click on Local Workshop on home page). Walks-ins welcomed. For additional information, call Mike Willency at 484-264-2014 or email mikewillency@gmail.com.

MONDAYMARCH 12

LEARN YOUR RIGHTS under Pennsylvania's landlord-tenant law. A brief presentation will be given by John Walder, an attorney with Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania. Questions from the audience will be welcome. If you are having a problem as a landlord or a tenant and have some questions about your rights and the legal processes of complaint or eviction, plan to attend this session, 10 a.m., PEAK Center, 315 W. Main St., Lansdale. Free. Info: call the PEAK Center to register 215-362-7432.

THURSDAYMARCH 15

PENN STATE EXTENSION'S "Offer Food for Profit" class will take participants step-by-step through the entrepreneurial process, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Room 291, Rauch Business Center, 621 Taylor St., Bethlehem. Cost: $40 per person, includes all materials and lunch. To learn more or to register for the session, go online to: http://www.cvent.com/d/kcqmg9 or call 877-489-1398. For more information about content or format of the session, contact course instructor Winifred McGee, wwm1@psu.edu or call 717-270-4391. Deadline to register is March 1.

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