Traveling to Comic Con as part of a course sounds like a dream come true, but it was reality for students enrolled in the "Research in Comic Book Culture and Community" course, part of the Communication Arts and Sciences baccalaureate degree program at Penn State Berks. A group of twelve students and two faculty chaperones traveled to New York Comic Con to experience comic book culture and popular arts, and to conduct research from October 9-11, 2015.
Penn State Berks and Penn State Health St. Joseph are joining forces for a worthwhile cause. Students enrolled in the Penn State Berks Theatre baccalaureate degree program will "break a leg" during the Penn State Health St. Joseph Masquerade Gala on Saturday, November 14, 2015. The student thespians are volunteering their time and talent during the fundraising gala, which will be held at the Crowne Plaza Reading.
It all began when Kyle Moyer, Anthony Rothenberger, and Jason King, Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology majors who graduated in December 2014, were enrolled in the same course, Electromechanical Design Project Preparation and Electromechanical Design Project. They were tasked with designing and building a project, so they worked as a team to build a drone.
During the fall of 2009, while designing clothing in Rome as part of a fashion study-abroad program, Camrin Edwards had an epiphany.
"I was going to school for fashion design," said Edwards. "My dream was to design wedding gowns." Suddenly, she realized that all she wanted to do was "get back to working directly with brides."
"I knew I wanted to work directly with brides instead of sitting at a desk designing clothes," she said.
The Penn State Berks women's soccer team won its third straight North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Championship after defeating Penn State Abington, 3-0, to earn another trip to the NCAA Regional Tournament.
The Nittany Lions (16-2-2) tallied the first goal of the game early in the first half and took some momentum into the intermission with a score in the 42nd minute of the opening period. Berks then built a comfortable lead with 6:17 into the second half and were able to drop back and play defensive.
Penn State Berks is the only college in Berks County that has a cadaver laboratory, and the laboratory recently underwent a major renovation and expansion to meet the growing needs of the college and its partnership agreement with Alvernia University.
The Student Veterans of America-Penn State Berks Chapter will sponsor a Veterans Day program on Wednesday, November 11, 2015, at 1 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of the Perkins Student Center, Penn State Berks. This event is free and open to the public but attendees must register by Friday, November 6, 2015 to JJW26@psu.edu.
COBLESKILL, N.Y. - The Penn State Berks women's soccer team closed out the regular season with a 12-0 victory on the road over SUNY Cobleskill in a North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) contest on Saturday afternoon.
The Nittany Lions finish the regular season with an overall record of 14-2-2 and are 12-0 in conference competition. Berks won its fourth straight NEAC Regular-Season Championship and will host the postseason tournament November 7-8, 2015.
Penn State Berks was recently awarded "military friendly" designation due to its commitment to serving veterans. The college received the designation of 2016 Military Friendly® School from Victory Media, publisher of G.I. Jobs magazine.
