Students from Penn State Berks and Penn State Mont Alto traveled to Eagle Butte, South Dakota, to spend their spring break volunteering with the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Lakota Nation as part of the University’s Alternative Spring Break trips.
The Penn State Berks Sustainability Council will host an Earth Day celebration on Monday, April 22, from 10 a.m.–2:30 p.m. outside the Perkins Student Center. The celebration will include community organizations, educational presentations and stations, giveaways, prizes and light refreshments. This event is free and open to the community.
The Berks LaunchBox powered by Penn State will host a “Rolling in Safety Family Helmet Decorating” workshop from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 18, and Tuesday, April 30. Both events are free and open to the public.
Penn State Berks will present its spring mainstage theatre production of select one-act plays from "All in the Timing" by David Ives and “Love Kills” at 8 p.m., Wednesday, April 10, through Saturday, April 13, in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. Tickets can be purchased at the door and are $10 for the general public and $5 for the campus community with a Penn State ID.
In honor of Penn State’s Campus Pride Month, Penn State Berks will host its first Pride Prom beginning at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 21, 2024, in Multipurpose Room 2 of the Perkins Student Center. The event is open to the public (18 and older).
The Penn State Berks global studies program will host a global forum titled “Asking the World: Public Opinion Surveying in Developing Countries” from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. on Monday, April 8, 2024 in Room 121 of the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building. The event is free and open to the public.
Streamline Charging LLC has received national and University-wide awards and recognition for its flexible and affordable electric vehicle (EV) charging solution. Most recently, VentureWell Accelerator’s E-Teams Program awarded the team a $20,000 grant. The team also received a $10,000 award at the Invent Penn State Inc.U Competition.
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 13 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
Penn State Berks is offering 70 great ways for students to spend their summer and get a jump on their fall semester, with courses will be offered in a wide variety of formats, schedules and subjects.
We don’t know how it gets better than this. The Penn State Berks Office of Continuing Education will offer two sections of the non-credit course “Taylor Swift, Gender, and Communication” during the Maymester sessions. One section will be held in-person on from 6 to 9 p.m. on Wednesdays, from May 1 through May 29, while the other section will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays, from April 30 through May 28, in a hybrid format.
