Although the recent 2021 FIS Snowboard World Championship in Rogla, Slovenia, took place during a global pandemic, Penn State Berks junior Kaiya Kizuka emerged victorious -- finishing second among American women and emerging as the fastest American female on the red course in the Giant Slalom event. She also took third place among American female snowboarders in the Parallel Slalom.
The Flemming CEED Center at Penn State Berks will present a webinar titled “Innovation and Intrapreneurship (I2) in the 21st Century,” in which innovators will share their experiences and challenges, from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 23, via Zoom.
Four Penn State University Libraries faculty librarians — Alexandria Chisholm, Sarah Hartman-Caverly, Hailley Fargo and Helen Smith — have been named 2021 co-recipients among three honors conferred by the Association of College & Research Libraries’ 2021 Achievement and Distinguished Service Awards.
Ebonie Cunningham Stringer, assistant professor of criminal justice at Penn State Berks, recently spoke at a conference sponsored by the Center for Public Service and Social Justice at Yale University.
Ryan Hassler, associate teaching professor of mathematics, and Sonia Delaquito, learning center coordinator, were invited to present at the Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience, which was held virtually Feb. 15–19.
Penn State DuBois, in partnership with Penn State Berks, will offer an SAT preparatory course for high school students this spring. This virtual program will meet weekly, Thursday evenings from 7 to 8:30 p.m. from April 22, through June 3, via Zoom.
Penn State is planning a phased return over the summer semester to a full on-campus learning environment for fall 2021. The University’s priorities continue to be the health and well-being of its students, faculty, staff and local communities, and the plans for expanded in-person classes have the flexibility built in to quickly respond to changing pandemic conditions, if necessary.
Penn State Berks junior Ja’nique Jules received the 2021 Fannie Lou Hamer and W.E.B. DuBois Service Scholarship award during Penn State’s Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Celebration on Jan. 15, 2021.
