Penn State Berks will hold an educational event for students titled “Cherry Wine” at 12:15 p.m. Friday, April 14, in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium.
Penn State Berks is working with SafeBerks, formerly know as Berks Women in Crisis, to host a viewing and subsequent discussion of "The Hunting Ground" at 6 p.m. on March 20 in the Perkins Student Center Multipurpose Room. This event is free and open to the public.
Penn State Berks Police Service will sponsor a screening of "Finding Jenn's Voice," followed by a discussion with the filmmaker, Tracy Schott, at 7 p.m. on Feb. 23 in the Perkins Student Center Multipurpose Room. The screening is part of the University’s “Stand for State” program.
Penn State Berks will continue the Stand for State program, a University-wide initiative aimed at empowering Penn Staters by providing bystander intervention training to students, faculty and staff. These training sessions will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 22 and from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 5 in the Penn State Room, Perkins Student Center, and from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7 in the Multipurpose Room, Perkins Student Center.
Penn State is marking Sexual Assault Awareness month this April with a range of events and initiatives across the Commonwealth that offer educational opportunities, focus attention on the issue and bring the community together to stop sexual misconduct.
Kat Valero, left, a freshman from York; the Nittany Lion; and Eden Tesfay, a freshman from Lancaster; flexed their muscles during Penn State York's Stand for State launch on Jan. 28.
Stand for State, an initiative aimed at empowering Penn Staters to stand up for one another, kicked off this week with University-wide events. Many of the decorations and giveaways were inspired by Green Dot, a national leader in violence prevention education.
