Penn State Berks will present its fall mainstage theater production, "Proof," at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, to Sunday Dec. 5, in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. Admission is $5 for Penn State students, faculty and staff with a Penn State ID, and $10 for general admission.
Belén Rodríguez Mourelo, division head for humanities, arts, and social sciences, speaks during the memorial ceremony held for the late David Bender at Penn State Berks on Friday, Nov. 5. Bender worked at Penn State Berks for 43 years, most recently as associate professor of educational psychology and registrar. The mosaic installation, depicting Bender at his whiteboard working on class schedules, was created by local artist Beverly Leviner and it can be viewed in the Franco Building on campus.
Successful entrepreneurs create products and services that solve problems and challenges. Penn State Berks student Eric Schraud is one of those entrepreneurs. With the help of the Berks LaunchBox, Schraud has launched a startup focused on making green fuel using renewable energy instead of fossil fuels.
The annual Penn State Berks pop-up, fine-dining restaurant event is currently taking reservations for its annual dinner, 5–9 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 5, in the first floor lobby of the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building.
As part of the "Global Oscars Comes to Berks," Penn State Berks will present the 2019 film "Les Misérables," at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 21, in room 5 of the Luerssen Building. The presentation is free and open to the public.
Nicole Heker explains that it was a ‘journey of unlearning’ that originally took her from Penn State Berks to Thailand. From there she moved on to Indonesia, to India, and back to Thailand — where she began 15-month solo bicycle excursion that ended in Portugal, passing through several other countries. "Within your family and within society, there are whispers about who you are. You only become aware of them when you step outside your comfort zone.”
Penn State Berks has added a new certificate program in Spanish for Healthcare this fall. The program is offered in response to community needs. It will benefit students who want to enhance their Spanish speaking, reading, writing and translating skills in various health care and human services fields.
When sisters Cory Dahlia Varona Corniel and Nicol Varona Cancelmo were growing up in the Dominican Republic, they were taught that their natural curly hair was considered messy and unprofessional. Now, using the marketing and business acumen they gained at Penn State Berks, they've launched a company that aims to empower women.
