In a unique collaboration this fall, Penn State Berks engineering students in the college’s Futures in Engineering: Role-models Can Empower student organization worked with the Berks County Intermediate Unit and area high school students to make toys more accessible for local special needs children.
Penn State Berks Benefitting THON student organization will host its seventh annual "Inspire the Night" Benefit Dinner from 6 to 10 p.m., Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Reading.
Ten new Penn State Berks craft-brewing certificate program students will graduate as the first cohort in December 2023 following completion of their final Brew Practicum course. The students will host a tasting of their new brew from 2 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 16, at Broken Goblet Brewing in Bensalem.
“In the Aspiring Scholars Program, I became comfortable with myself. I was able to have a fresh start and have people accept me for who I am. It’s why I decided to stay at Berks, and it impacted me so much that I wanted to have the same impact and inspire other foster youth to come to college,” said senior hospitality management major Amy Yu.
Eighteen new Penn State Berks practical nursing program graduates will cross the stage during the Penn State Berks fall commencement on Saturday, Dec. 16, at the Santander Arena. The students earned their certificates in practical nursing and are eligible for the National Council Licensure Examination-Practical Nurse, or NCLEX-PN.
The Berks LaunchBox powered by Penn State recently announced the winners of its Idea TestLab accelerator pitch competition. Mike Aman earned first place, Stacey Murrell of Master the Pieces took second place. Co-founders Vera Hempel and Kuba Kerner of Kiss UX took third place in the competition.
“I just want to say ‘thanks’ to all the students, faculty and staff that I met at Penn State Berks. I have so much gratitude for the campus and where it’s led me," said Berks student Arizona Shreck, who will be student marshal for the commencement ceremony on Dec. 16.
Abdullah Konak, distinguished professor of information sciences and technology at Penn State Berks, was recently named the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology Statewide Faculty Member of the Year. He was presented with the award at the fall IST faculty meeting on Oct. 27.
Penn State Berks and Reading High School alumni and sisters Cory Varona-Corniel and Nicol Varona Cancelmo, co-founders of OCOA Beauty, will together deliver the commencement address for the Berks campus commencement ceremony on Dec. 16.
As part of the "Global Oscars Comes to Berks" series, Penn State Berks will present the film “Argentina, 1985” at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 5, in room 5 of the Luerssen Science Building. The presentation is free and open to the public.
