Each year, Penn State recognizes outstanding faculty and staff with annual awards in teaching and excellence. These awards highlight many of the faculty and staff who go above and beyond.
Fred Fonseca, associate professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology; Marinda Harrell-Levy, associate professor of human development and family studies at Penn State Brandywine and Jessica Schocker, associate professor in social studies education and women's studies at Penn State Berks; have received the Alumni/Student Award for Excellence in Teaching and have been named 2022 Penn State Teaching Fellows.
The Student Enterprise Award Contest is the Penn State Berks Flemming Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development (CEED) Center’s version of "Shark Tank." During the contest, students presented their ideas for a business startup, followed by a question-and-answer session with the committee.
Each spring, Penn State Startup Week powered by PNC brings together the best and brightest Penn State student and alumni entrepreneurs and innovators for a weeklong celebration of what happens when Penn State’s inspired doers put their ideas into action.
From teacher-in-training in Cambodia and Thailand, to social worker, to earning a master’s degree in school advising, to kindergarten teacher in China, to author, to voice talent for an education app –– there’s (virtually) nothing that Charlie Suero is afraid to try.
The Penn State Berks Human Movement Research Center will host the college’s fifth annual National Biomechanics Day from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6.
First-year engineering students at Penn State Berks recently competed to design a residential charging solution for electric vehicles that is sourced by renewable energy.
Camryn Hicks, a senior business major at Penn State Berks from Harleysville, Pennsylvania, was a member of one of only 10 global teams to win the X-Culture Program competition, a large-scale international experiential learning project in which students work together to solve real-world business challenges.
Penn State Berks is celebrating its history while preparing students for the future through National Engineers Week events and activities, to be held Feb. 21 to 26. Penn State Berks’ roots in engineering date back to 1927, and Penn State has offered engineering degrees for more than 125 years.