As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 15 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
Penn State Brandywine’s and Penn State Berks’ LaunchBoxes, powered by Penn State, collaborated with Penn State Great Valley to hold the fall 2024 Idea TestLab Pitch Competition on Nov. 4. Six startup entrepreneurs participated in the competition, which was held at Great Valley.
On Oct. 12, Penn State Global hosted a multi-campus synchronous Day of Service aimed at getting students involved in sustainability work in their communities. More than 80 students from five campuses – Abington, Berks, Brandywine, Great Valley and University Park – participated in four service experiences, which conclude with the Global Sustainable Action Conference on Nov. 16-17.
Penn State Berks will host a variety of events during Global Entrepreneurship Week 2024, set for Monday, Nov. 18, to Friday, Nov. 22. Events are sponsored by the college’s Flemming Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development Center and the Berks LaunchBox in downtown Reading.
“8 at Eight” is a collection of eight light-hearted, eight-minute plays, starting at 8 p.m. Nov. 13-16 in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium at Penn State Berks.
Senior Madeline Marous, a student in the “Taylor Swift, Gender and Communication” course, opened for the band with two covers of Swift’s songs and a few of her own original tunes.
Students translated what they have learned in the course to an audience with a wide age range by creating poster presentations, guiding audience members through each era and album of Swift’s musical career.
Photographs by the artist Juliana Delgado that document the people and places of Reading, Pennsylvania, will be part of the exhibit "“People, Place, and Things” at Penn State Berks.
