The American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) has recently announced that Sadan Kulturel-Konak, professor of management information systems at Penn State Berks, has been elected chair of Zone I, which represents the Northeast region, and a member of the ASEE board of directors following a nationwide vote in the 2025 ASEE election. She will begin her three-year term at the end of June.
In 2025, 93 students successfully completed a variety of noncredit professional and workforce development certificate programs at Penn State Berks. Noncredit programs are designed to provide practical, industry-relevant training that supports career growth, upskilling and lifelong learning.
As the 2025-26 Penn State Laureate, filmmaker and associate professor Pearl Gluck is traveling across the commonwealth to share her films and examine how storytelling lives within communities — not only in places, but through the people who care for them: archivists, artists, educators, librarians, museum guides and local historians who serve as keepers of cultural memory.
Penn State Berks will hold a Lunar New Year celebration with a live performance by the Chinese Cultural Art Institute from 1 to 4 p.m., with the performance beginning at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, in the Perkins Student Center. The event will also include activities like face painting, story telling, arts and crafts, and light refreshments. This free event is open to the public and attendees are asked to reserve their seat advance.
Penn State Berks is celebrating its history while preparing students for the future through National Engineers Week events and activities, to be held Feb. 23 to 27. The college’s roots in engineering date back to 1927, and the University has offered engineering degrees for more than 125 years. Events demonstrations, hands-on activities, panels with alumni and industry leaders, visits for high school learners, and so much more.
Applications are now being accepted for the Steve A. Garban Grant-In-Aid, for children of Penn State technical service or staff employees. This grant-in-aid, awarded to one new first-year student, is intended to assist with room and board charges for two years, provided the student continues full-time enrollment at Penn State or Pennsylvania College of Technology, incurs on-campus room and board charges, and demonstrates academic success.
Penn State Berks is showing support for the members of Berks Benefitting THON who are representing the college at THON, the University’s dance marathon which benefits families battling pediatric cancer. From 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, in Perkins Student Center Lion’s Den, the campus community will gather to wish the dancers well. The send-off is open to the public.
Prospective and admitted students will get a sampling of what classes are like at the college during the "Academic Experience at Penn State Berks" event on Monday, Feb. 16, from 9:30 a.m. to noon. This event begins in the Franco Building, room 101. Attendees are asked to register in advance.
Penn State Berks recently honored Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy with on- and off-campus service projects and an award dinner, held during the late civil rights leader’s birthday week.
