When Kimberly Grinberg, an alumna of Penn State Berks, heard her mother tell a story about a man she met in the Dominican Republic who was pushing himself with his hands to move down a road on a wooden block, she wanted to help.
Penn State Berks students enrolled in the American Studies course “The Vietnam War in History and in Memory” had a unique assignment: to interview local veterans and compile their memories into a book, "The Vietnam War through the Eyes of Berks County Veterans."
Most people have bought the sets and watched the movie, but it’s unlikely that they have ever programmed with Lego pieces to perform a series of complex tasks. Well, that’s exactly what’s going to take place during the FIRST Lego League Challenge, and Penn State Berks is jumping right in to be a part of this exciting competition.
As part of Penn State Berks’ ongoing sustainability efforts, student, faculty, and staff joined forces to reduce paper usage during the 2015-16 academic year.
The Berks County Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association will hold its 29th annual Alumni and Friends Golf Outing on July 18 at Golden Oaks Golf Club. All proceeds from the outing will benefit the chapter’s scholarship fundraising drive.
Students who will be high school seniors and their families are invited to attend the Penn State Berks Spend a Summer Morning program on July 16. Faculty, staff and current Berks students will provide important information to students who are considering admission for the fall of 2017.
While some students will be traveling to the shore or the mountains this summer, Penn State junior Caleb Kitchen will spend July 29 to Aug. 12 in China as part of Huawei Seeds for the Future Program 2016. Kitchen, who has a double major in security and risk analysis and Chinese, is one of 20 students participating in the all-expense-paid, two-week program in China for students majoring in STEM fields.
In an effort to improve recycling efforts at Penn State Berks, the campus' Sustainability Team sought the assistance of the Media Commons to develop a student written and produced video focusing on the PepsiCo Dream Machine, a convenient and rewarding way to recycle bottles and cans on the go in a kiosk in Tully’s cafeteria in the Perkins Student Center.
Penn State continues to adapt to emerging technologies to improve the student experience through Project LionPATH, a multi-year initiative to replace Penn State’s existing student information system (ISIS) designed in the early 1980s. The initiative, which began in fall 2015, is scheduled to be fully functional this fall.
