Impact

Inspire the Night

Inspire the Night dinner to raise funds for THON

Berks Benefiting THON, a Penn State Berks student organization, will host a benefit dinner and a night of fun—all for a good cause. The third annual "Inspire the Night" benefit dinner will be held from from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17.
LaunchBox-Busldea

Develop viable business ideas at the Berks LaunchBox

Through the series of courses listed below, participants will be able to brainstorm, design, develop and test an idea for a new startup, or a new direction to improve an existing business, by identifying your assets and considering the opportunities around you.
Students participate in First Lego League

Berks gears up for FIRST LEGO League Challenge

The innovators of tomorrow will practice imaginative thinking and teamwork at the FIRST LEGO League Challenge, set to run from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25. This is the fourth consecutive year that the event will be held at Penn State Berks.
Criminal Justice Students works with youth on painting skills.

A picture of social justice in the City of Reading

Berks criminal justice students and youth from the RIZE program recently met at the GoggleWorks Center in Reading. The purpose of the meeting was to have an open discussion -- through artistic media -- about social justice issues in the city of Reading.

Berks technical staff organize holiday food drive

Penn State Berks technical staff and Teamsters Local Union 8 have organized a holiday food drive on campus, which will run through Wednesday, Dec. 11. All items will be donated to the Berks County food bank Helping Harvest.
Opportunity House

Penn State Berks students serve the community

Penn State Berks students will hold two important community service events in November. They will transform Opportunity House, the Reading emergency shelter, into a five-star restaurant on the evening of Thursday, Nov. 7, and assist with the breakfast for veterans at Country Meadows of Wyomissing on Monday, Nov. 11.