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Radha Pyati named next chancellor and dean of Penn State Berks

Radha Pyati, former dean of the College of the Sciences and Mathematics at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, has been selected as the new chancellor and dean of Penn State Berks. She will assume her new role on July 1, 2023.

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Penn State Berks holds spring commencement ceremony

A new class of nearly 250 Penn State Berks students will receive their baccalaureate and associate degrees at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 6, at the Santander Arena in downtown Reading, when Berks hosts its spring 2023 commencement ceremony. This semester's keynote speaker will be Brian S. Dreibelbis, Penn State Berks alumnus and senior director of supply chain human resources/labor and employee relations at the Land O’Lakes Corporation.