A new class of 177 Penn State Berks students will receive their baccalaureate and associate degrees at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, in the Santander Arena, located at 700 Penn St. in Reading, when Berks hosts its fall 2019 commencement ceremony.
At Berks, hospitality management students are learning about the principles of food production and service management in a living laboratory through a unique collaboration between the college’s hospitality management program and the Office of Housing and Food Services.
Five students in the Hospitality Management program at Penn State Berks attended HX: The Hotel Experience at Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City from Nov. 10-11.
On Nov. 9, Penn State rehabilitation and human services students will transform the Reading Recreation Commission, located at 320 S. Third St., into a pop-up playground for children ages 5-12 in the city of Reading. The goals of the initiative are to give children in the city of Reading a true ‘free play’ experience and to provide rehabilitation and human services majors an opportunity to create, facilitate and analyze a play experience.
Among her remarkable achievements are a 3.37 GPA; several engineering and robotics research experiences; numerous scholarships and academic awards; mentoring other students; traveling abroad; and completing internships.
Hannah Fassbender, teaching assistant and part-time employee in Thun Library, has been named the Pennsylvania Communication Association (PCA) “Voices of Tomorrow College Communicator of the Year.”
The Cohen Hammel Fellows program is a new scholarship program for outstanding Penn State Berks undergraduates designed to prepare students to become engaged and ethical leaders in the 21st century.
Gabriela “Gabby” Gonzalez Magana is a Penn State senior majoring in computer engineering with a concentration in robotics. She emigrated to the United States from Mexico in 2011 at the age of 13. “Now, I am making plans to graduate with a B.S. in computer engineering from Penn State in December 2020 and want to earn a Ph.D. and work in industry," Magana said.
A comprehensive new scholarship program for academically outstanding Penn State Berks undergraduates, the Cohen-Hammel Fellows Program is designed to prepare students to become engaged and ethical leaders in the 21st century.
