In an effort to better serve its adult student learners, Penn State Berks has launched the Adult Learner Peer Mentor Program in the fall 2022 semester. The program seeks to enhance and enrich adult education by pairing seasoned and academically successful adult learners with incoming adult students.
Two Penn State Berks professors are working to help students in STEM majors garner the core skills and knowledge offered in the humanities in an effort to gain a more complex understanding of how their disciplines and careers relate to humanity and the fast-paced global economy. A $350,000 grant will help them implement the Keystone Certificate at several campuses.
The 2022 Summer Institute for Equity in the Academic Experience held in June saw 16 teams across Penn State colleges and campuses, as well as seven teams from regional colleges and universities, gather in person at Penn State Harrisburg and virtually to focus on expanding access and advancing academic equity at their institutions.
The Penn State Berks Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee and the Campus Activities Board will hold a Spring Festival on Monday, April 25, from noon to 1:30 p.m. on the Perkins Student Center lawn.
"The Long Road to LGBTQ+ Equality in Pennsylvania," a traveling history exhibit that chronicles the efforts that activists have undertaken in Pennsylvania to achieve full equality for LGBTQ+ people, will be on view in the Penn State Berks Thun Library April 11–22. It is free and open to the public.
In honor of Black History Month, the Penn State Berks Black Student Union will hold an event titled ‘Being Black at Berks’ from 5 to 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be provided. During the event, students will share their experiences and history, culture and fashion. There will also be student performances.
Penn State Berks alumni Cory Dahlia Varona Corniel and Nicol Varona Cancelmo participated in an entrepreneurship panel discussion titled “Leveraging Entrepreneurial Experience to Maximize Professional Success,” a virtual event, on Nov. 10.
The key to understanding people is to understand their perspective. What Sharon Pitterson-Ogaldez brings to her role as the coordinator of diversity and international programs at Penn State Berks is not only a passion for the work, but that necessary understanding.
In recognition of International Education Week, Nov. 15-19, Penn State Berks will host a series of events designed to build bridges across the many different cultures represented at the college.
