One Berks alumna — Corina Piller, class of 2016 — took advantage of the state’s shutdown to pursue a new hobby — creating soy wax candles, which has blossomed into a full-time business.
In order to bring new and existing groups together in a pandemic world and fulfill the need of professionals to connect with one another, the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence recently awarded 19 grants through a new program called The Garden Project: Cultivating Communities of Practice.
The Freyberger Gallery is providing art for the community featuring timely issues, such as the coronavirus pandemic and politics, through a series of virtual exhibitions this fall.
Penn State has updated its public COVID-19 dashboard with the University's on-demand testing and random testing results from tests administered during the period of Nov. 6 to 8, as well as new University testing results from the prior week.
In preparation for the departure from campuses after in-person instruction ends on Nov. 20, Penn State has announced an aggressive fall departure plan offering all students COVID-19 testing, at no cost to students. Penn State is partnering with Vault Health for departure testing, which will be conducted either in person at predetermined testing sites on certain campuses or via self-administered test kits. Students can now book their appointment to receive an administered test or to pick up a self-test by using the Return Home Event on the Penn State Go App or by visiting virusinfo.psu.edu/departure-testing.
Penn State Berks will host its annual Veterans Day program at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11. The virtual event is free and open to the campus community.
The coronavirus pandemic has made it difficult for first-year students to make connections and form friendships. Berks is working to remedy that with a new program, titled Speed Friending.
Azar Eslam-Panah, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, recently tested the effectiveness of face masks in the college’s Fluid Discovery Lab, the only such lab in the Penn State system.
