Penn State Berks Startup Week features entrepreneurial workshops; networking events; a student pitch competition on WPSU’s “The Investment”; and presentations from startup founders and corporate innovators, including many Penn State alumni.
Ethan Adams, a Penn State Berks junior with a double major in information sciences and technology, and security and risk analysis, is the first recipient of the Simplr Artificial Intelligence Technology Scholarship.
On Wednesday, March 13, Penn State Berks hosted the Berks County STEM Network Meeting, which brought high school and middle school teachers and STEM coordinators together to discuss best practices to generate interest for STEM.
Three Penn State Berks University Police officers have joined Blue CARES, a collaborative community policing program between Berks County law enforcement officers and the Council on Chemical Abuse.
NASA astronaut Eileen Collins, the first female to pilot a U.S. spacecraft with the Discovery shuttle flight in 1995, will reveal encouraging perspectives and insights on the leadership skills needed to break barriers and become a successful pioneer in any field when she speaks at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium at Penn State Berks.
The Flemming CEED Center will hold a Creativity and Entrepreneurship Workshop for Reading School District middle school students enrolled in the Penn State Educational Partnership Program (PEPP) on Wednesday, March 27.
Theodore Ogaldez will give a presentation on Belize with assistance from Sharon Pitterson-Ogaldez, coordinator of Diversity and International Programs at Penn State Berks. The event will be held at 5 p.m. on Friday, March 22.
This year, a group of Penn State Berks students will visit Jamaica over spring break, but not for fun in the sun. Rather, they will go off the beaten path with the Penn State Berks Alternative Spring Break program.
Penn State Berks student and women's basketball player Kylie Herman has been rewarded for her strong play this past season by being named to the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Third Team.
Latrell Carroll was named the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Rookie of the Year and was joined by teammate Matt Seip on the All-NEAC Third Team, as announced by the league office on Thursday afternoon.
