This year, the Penn State Berks Alternative Spring Break took a group of six students and two staff advisers to Petersfield, Jamaica, where they worked with early education and elementary school children.
The Penn State Berks Human Movement and Research Center will host the college’s third annual National Biomechanics Day from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10. This year, approximately 250 high school students are registered for the program.
David Tuck, a survivor of the Holocaust, will visit Penn State Berks at 12:15 p.m. Monday, April 1, and speak about his experiences in the Multipurpose Room of the Perkins Student Center. This event is free and open to the public.
As Penn State University Libraries launches into its third University-wide Libraries Short Stories writing contest, previous Penn State authors’ winning works now have twice the potential to be printed and read across Pennsylvania, with the University Libraries’ installation of new Short Edition story dispensers at five of its Commonwealth Campus libraries.
Ethan Munoz uses Nintento Labo for the first time at THON 2019. Teaching and Learning Technology and the THON Engagement and Empowerment Network (TEENetwork) helped kids experience emerging education technology during THON weekend.
NASA astronaut Eileen Collins, the first female to pilot a U.S. spacecraft with the Discovery shuttle flight in 1995, will reveal encouraging perspectives and insights on the leadership skills needed to break barriers and become a successful pioneer in any field when she speaks at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium at Penn State Berks.
Penn State Berks is celebrating its history while preparing students for the future through National Engineers Week events and activities, to be held Feb. 18–22.
The Berks County Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association will present a check to the Berks Benefiting THON student organization at their dancer send-off at 11:15 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, in the Perkins Student Center at Penn State Berks.
Nearly 400 students from across the region visited Penn State Berks on Saturday, Jan. 26, to compete in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) LEGO League competition.
In honor of Black History Month, Penn State Berks will hold the following events in February 2019. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
