Student Success

Arizona Shreck

Shreck receives Student Engagement Grant for research

Arizona Shreck, a first-year student majoring in kinesiology at Penn State Berks, was recently awarded the Penn State Student Engagement Remote Innovation Grant in support of her research on heart rate variability (HRV), measured by the Oura Ring.
Brianna Mora

Senior Spotlight: Brianna Mora

Brianna Mora, a senior at Penn State Berks, has put her passion for global studies, politics, and the Spanish language to work. As a result, she has recently been awarded the Penn State Student Engagement Remote Innovation Grant.
Caitlin Morris

Senior Spotlight: Caitlin Morris

When Penn State Berks senior Caitlin Morris walks across the stage to receive her diploma on May 8, she will already know what the next two years hold for her.
Greglynn Gibbs, chemistry research support technician and lab manager at Penn State Berks.

Gibbs leads after-school chemistry program

The Penn State Berks Student Chapter of the American Chemical Society has partnered with the Lehigh Valley Section of the American Chemical Society to offer a virtual after-school chemistry enrichment program for middle and high school students via Zoom.
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Entrepreneurs share strategies during Startup Week

Each spring, Penn State Startup Week powered by PNC brings together the best and brightest Penn State student and alumni entrepreneurs and innovators for a weeklong celebration of what happens when Penn State’s inspired doers put their ideas into action.
Kaiya Kizuki

Penn State Berks snowboarder emerges victorious

Although the recent 2021 FIS Snowboard World Championship in Rogla, Slovenia, took place during a global pandemic, Penn State Berks junior Kaiya Kizuka emerged victorious -- finishing second among American women and emerging as the fastest American female on the red course in the Giant Slalom event. She also took third place among American female snowboarders in the Parallel Slalom.
Ja'nique Jules

Jules awarded Service scholarship

Penn State Berks junior Ja’nique Jules received the 2021 Fannie Lou Hamer and W.E.B. DuBois Service Scholarship award during Penn State’s Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Celebration on Jan. 15, 2021.