Activities and Traditions

Penn State Berks celebrates Global Entrepreneurship Week

As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, Penn State Berks will hold a variety of events from Nov. 11–15 including a Meetup, a speaker series, and a Creativity and Entrepreneurship Workshop.

Smart Software team members Ryan Avram and Caylyn Hauser present their robot during the tournament.

Berks gears up for FIRST LEGO League Challenge on Jan. 26

The innovators of tomorrow will be practicing imaginative thinking and teamwork at the FIRST LEGO League Challenge set for January 26, 2019.

Vibrant campus life awaits students at Berks

At Penn State Berks, students have the opportunity to create a college experience unlike any other.

A student at Opportunity House carrying a tray of appetizers

Students turn emergency shelter into five-star restaurant

Penn State Berks students turned Opportunity House, the Reading emergency shelter, into a five-star restaurant for its clients on the evening of Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017.

Orientation Leaders with the Nittany Lion Shrine

Caution: Bright Futures Ahead

Berks orientation leaders ease transition to college life

Penn State Berks students formed an assembly line to make as many sandwiches for the homeless as possible between sessions.

Berks Alternative Spring Break travels to Belfast

Penn State Berks students and staff traveled to Belfast, Ireland to work on initiatives related to youth, hunger, and homelessness–all major issues facing citizens of Northern Ireland.