Mary Fitzpatrick, manager of Human Resources compliance and records management, and Erin Morton, Human Resources strategic partner supporting five Commonwealth Campuses, are the recipients of the 2026 Ray T. Fortunato Award for Excellence in Human Resources for their outstanding contributions to Penn State HR.
Thirty-one students earned Discovery Grants to help fund their summer research and projects, gaining the opportunity for valuable experience in the field, in the lab and abroad.
Visiting a college campus is the best way for students to determine whether it’s the right place for them. High school seniors and their families can do just that through the Penn State Berks Spend a Summer Morning Information Session from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Aug. 1.
Nearly 700 students earned a place on the Dean’s List at Penn State Berks for the spring semester. To earn a dean’s list designation, students must end the semester with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher.
Penn State Berks is helping create pathways to higher education and career success for Latino students in the Greater Reading community through partnerships, early intervention programs and ongoing student support.
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 20 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
Penn State Berks Athletics will expand its varsity sports with the addition of men's and women's indoor track and field beginning with the 2026-27 academic year, bringing the college’s NCAA Division III teams from 12 to 14.
Penn State Berks students recently honored veterans by sharing their stories of service and sacrifice as part of a technical writing course. Stories ranged from an officer who had a battleship named after him, to a young man born during the Great Depression who enlisted to support his family, to a young woman who became an intensive care unit nurse in the Vietnam War, for which she received a bronze star.
Visiting a college campus is the best way for students to get a feel for whether it’s the right place for them. High school seniors and their families can do just that through Penn State Berks summer admissions events: Spend a Summer Evening from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 8, or Spend a Summer Morning Information Session from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Aug. 1.
At Penn State Berks, students are conducting research that makes an impact, from emotional regulation in children to microbial life in the Blue Marsh Watershed. This past year, more than 100 Penn State Berks students conducted undergraduate research beyond the classroom, mentored by more than one quarter of the college’s faculty.
