Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Fourteen flavors of Penn State's famous Berkey Creamery ice cream will be available for local pick up this summer.
Half-gallons of the treat so fresh that it "mooves" from cow to cone in four days can be ordered online with a credit card at behrend.psu.edu/creameryicecream, or by calling the Office of Development and Alumni Relations at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College at 814-898-6159. (more)
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The Penn State Lehigh Valley Alumni Society is now taking orders for its spring Berkey Creamery ice cream sale. Orders are being accepted through March 12 and ice cream will be available for pick up from 5-7 p.m. on March 29 at the campus in Center Valley. Proceeds from the ice cream sale benefit the Alumni Society's First-Year Scholarship fund for Penn State Lehigh Valley students.
To download an order form, or for more information, visit www.psulvalumni.org online. (more)
Thursday, October 13, 2011
"Pride, Strength, Unity/Three Words, Two Colors, One Body" is the theme for Penn State York's homecoming set for Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21 and 22. Events take place beginning Friday with art shows, reunions, and an evening program, "Ice Cream with the Coaches," where people can enjoy Penn State Berkey Creamery ice cream and meet the coaches of Penn State York's athletic teams.
Beginning in the afternoon on Oct. 21, visitors can check out the artwork of Penn State York students on the lower level of the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center (The Pullo Center) and enjoy the photographs of Victoria Weaver's exhibit, "A Photographic Narrative of Mohegan Island, Maine," inside the Lee R. Glatfelter Library. Both exhibits can be viewed from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Friday and then all day Saturday, Oct. 22.
Two reunions are set to take place from 5-7 p.m. Alumni who graduated in engineering will have the chance to network and tour the new Ralph G. and Madeline B. Swenson Engineering Center that opened in campus in August . Members of the Information Sciences and Technology Affiliated Society, will includes computer science and information sciences and technology graduates, will also gather and have the opportunity to make new friends and visit with old ones. (more)
Monday, October 03, 2011
Bob Hay is the delivery driver for the Penn State Berkey Creamery and has provided a steady supply of fresh milk, ice cream, yogurt and more to the Penn State community for 15 years. Visit http://live.psu.edu/flickrset/72157627766118902 to view photos of Hay as he starts his day checking his order list and loading his truck with a variety of dairy products from the Creamery. (more)
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
The Penn State Lehigh Valley Alumni Society is accepting orders through Oct. 24 for its annual Berkey Creamery ice cream sale. Ice cream orders will be available for pick up from 5-7 p.m. on Nov. 10. Proceeds from the sale benefit the Alumni Society First Year Scholarship Fund. Those interested can choose from 14 flavors including Peachy Paterno, Bittersweet Mint and WPSU Coffee Break.
Order forms may be obtained by visiting http://psulvalumni.org/ online. (more)
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Penn State Berkey Creamery manager Tom Palchak played host to PCN senior videographer/producer Paul Padelsky on Tuesday, May 24, to tape a "PCN Tours" show featuring a behind-the-scenes tour of the Creamery's processing operation. The program about the University Park campus facility is tentatively scheduled to air on Sunday, June 26. To see photos of the PCN taping, visit http://live.psu.edu/flickrset/72157626803758830 online. (more)
Friday, October 29, 2010
When you sink your teeth (or tongue, for those more sensitive to the cold) into a creamy, silky-smooth scoop of Peachy Paterno, the taste in your mouth is not the result of an epiphany. Long before Joe Paterno coached his way onto the menu at Penn State's world-famous Berkey Creamery, University researchers were hard at work mastering the many aspects of food and dairy science which, combined, deliver that scoop of ice cream from the cow to your cone in spectacular fashion. (more)
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
I scream, you scream, we all scream for Penn State ice cream! A short video following the Berkey Creamery's history and daily operations highlights the contributions of Penn State staff (and cows, of course), from the University's dairy barns through the Creamery production line. Watch how Creamery ice cream is made "from cow to cone." (more)
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Penn State's Berkey Creamery hand-delivered a total of 120 gallons of three specially named ice cream flavors to Washington, D.C., for presidential inauguration festivities. BaRocky Road, Obama White House and BidenBerry will be scooped for attendees of the 2009 Pennsylvania Inaugural Gala, and potentially to their namesakes themselves, as Barack Obama and Joe Biden make their way around the nation's capital to celebrate at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. (more)
Monday, April 14, 2008
Penn State students are invited to visit the Berkey Creamery on Wednesday morning, April 16, between 6 a.m. and 11 a.m., when CN8, the Comcast television network, will broadcast live segments during two of its morning shows. Students who come to the Creamery during those hours may have the chance to be interviewed live on the topic of the Youth Vote. (more)