Still Life
University Park Airport Emergency Response Exercise
Commencement across Penn State: Spring 2012
Spring commencement 2012 under way
Penn State, Moroccan students problem-solve together
Finals Week Spring Semester 2012
Painting the Lines at Beaver Stadium
Did They Get It Right? - RedTails
Iconic Penn State elm taken down over spring break 2012
We ... are Penn State (December 19, 2011)
Disease stricken matching elm tree slated for removal
Penn State's creamery, from the cow to the cone
Two weeks ago, Penn State Berks business students Eric Augustine, Xin Yu Bi, Scott Caldwell and Chia Y. Wu participated in the Center for Retailing Solutions-Collegiate Challenge at Kutztown University. Ada Leung, assistant professor of marketing, and James Shankweiler, lecturer in business, served as faculty advisers for the event, which required students to complete three tasks: a store visit, integrating a Retailing Management Plan (IRM), and a presentation to the judges. The competition, which is in its first year, was held on April 18 and focused on improving customer experience at Walmart. (more)
The Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building at Penn State Berks has been awarded LEED gold level certification, established by the U.S. Green Building Council and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI). LEED is the nation's preeminent program for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings. (more)
The Penn State Berks Chemical Society, a student chapter of the American Chemical Society (ACS), received an honorable mention from the Society Committee on Education (SOCED), an ACS committee. The Berks Chemical Society was represented by Heather Young (president), Heather Schmale (vice president), and Meserret Zekarias (treasurer and student government representative) at the Student Chapter Awards Ceremony on March 25, in San Diego, Calif. (more)
Students in the Penn State Berks Honors Program traveled to Taiwan this spring to act as teaching aides to Christine James, a Berks alumna who was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship last year to teaching English to elementary school students.
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Penn State Berks will hold an Off-Campus Housing Fair on Saturday, May 12, for students who have accepted admission to the campus. Registration begins at 9 a.m. in the Perkins Student Center lobby. (more)
Penn State Berks students are displaying jewelry that they created at the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts during the week of April 22-28. But this is no ordinary jewelry -- rather, it is jewelry created from electronic waste to benefit youth in Kenya. (more)
When the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building opened its doors at Penn State Berks last fall, everyone knew the college was planning to pursue Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for the new facility, but it was not clear which aspects of the building demonstrated the campus' commitment to sustainability. The need for signage identifying the green aspects of the building was quickly identified. (more)
Krystle Lee Morales and Catherine Soto, both Penn State Berks students, won first place in the Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce & Industry's 2012 Business Idea Challenge. (more)
David H. Monk, professor of educational administration and dean of the College of Education at Penn State, will be the keynote speaker at the Penn State Berks spring commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 5, in the Beaver Community Center. A new class of more than 150 Penn State Berks students will participate in the ceremony, receiving their baccalaureate and associate degrees. More than 200 students will earn their degrees from Penn State Berks this May. (more)
The Penn State Berks Chamber Choir Club has started singing with a community chorus from the Heritage of Green Hills, a retirement community located to the south of Reading. The Heritage chorus will be guest artists and sing four songs with the Berks Chamber Choir at a concert at 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 29, in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public. (more)
