Activities and Traditions

a student holding a flag on unity day.

Penn State Berks Unity Day slated for Sept. 27

Penn State Berks will hold its Unity Day celebration, an annual Penn State event that helps bring students, faculty, staff and community members together to celebrate diversity, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27.
Students preview college life through New Student Orientation

Students preview college life through NSO

This summer, approximately 800 first-year students who will begin their studies in the fall semester at Penn State Berks will get a preview of what college life will be like through the New Student Orientation program.
Spring Commencement 2019

Berks holds two commencement ceremonies May 4

On Saturday, May 4, the first commencement ceremony will be held for students graduating from the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences and the Science divisions at 10 a.m. The second ceremony for students graduating from the Engineering, Business and Computing division will be held at 2 p.m.
Exercise Is Medicine

'Exercise Is Medicine' receives gold-level status

The "Exercise is Medicine on Campus" program at Penn State Berks has been recognized as a gold-level program by the American College of Sports Medicine, the organization that originated the Exercise is Medicine global initiative.