Football, cheerleaders, Berkey Creamery ice cream, tailgating.. all of the traditional elements are lined up for Penn State Abington's homecoming celebration on Saturday, Oct. 15. Participants can meet family and friends at Abington's Nittany Lion shrine and savor a scoop of ice cream from Penn State's creamery while exploring the arts and crafts marketplace on Sutherland Plaza. Participants can have their photo taken with the Nittany Lion mascot, and face painting will be available for youth. (more)
Peachy Paterno --- plus one dozen additional flavors of Penn State's famous Berkey Creamery ice cream --- will be available for local pick up through the Penn State Behrend Alumni Society's annual summer ice cream sale fundraiser. (more)
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)
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)
"Ice Cream U: the Story of the Nation's Most Successful Creamery," an exhibit, will be on display in the main exhibit area of Pattee Library on the first floor. The exhibit, which runs from Sept. 11 to Nov. 7, features images and details from the book of the same name, written by Lee Stout. (more)
Visitors to Penn State's Berkey Creamery for a cone of the university's celebrated ice cream June 17 also got a taste of international diplomacy, as representatives of Poland's Ministry of Agriculture came to the University Park campus for a visit that acknowledged Penn State Cooperative Extension's contributions to that nation's agriculture. (more)
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)
Penn State University Libraries have announced the release of "Ice Cream U: The story of the nation's most successful collegiate creamery," by Lee Stout.
In "Ice Cream U," Stout concentrates on one of Penn State's most popular destinations as well as the nation's oldest and most successful creamery. Librarian Emeritus Stout, who spent 27 years as Penn State University Archivist, adds his intimate knowledge of Penn State history to a wealth of old and new photos to produce a visually spectacular and interesting book. (more)
Penn State Berks is taking orders for the University's famous Creamery ice cream. Orders will be taken now through March 13, with all ice cream available for pickup from 5 to 6 p.m. March 26 in the parking lot behind the Janssen Conference Center. Ice cream that is not picked up that evening cannot be held and is nonrefundable. (more)
Just in time for the first official day of summer on the University Park campus, Penn State's Berkey Creamery and its famous ice cream are in the national cable television spotlight ... twice. (more)