In honor of Black History Month, the Penn State Berks Black Student Union will hold an event titled ‘Being Black at Berks’ from 5 to 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, in the Perkins Student Center Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be provided. During the event, students will share their experiences and history, culture and fashion. There will also be student performances.
Penn State Berks alumni Cory Dahlia Varona Corniel and Nicol Varona Cancelmo participated in an entrepreneurship panel discussion titled “Leveraging Entrepreneurial Experience to Maximize Professional Success,” a virtual event, on Nov. 10.
The key to understanding people is to understand their perspective. What Sharon Pitterson-Ogaldez brings to her role as the coordinator of diversity and international programs at Penn State Berks is not only a passion for the work, but that necessary understanding.
In recognition of International Education Week, Nov. 15-19, Penn State Berks will host a series of events designed to build bridges across the many different cultures represented at the college.
In celebration of LGBTQ+ Month and National Coming Out Day, Penn State Berks held a student art competition. Students were invited to submit their original artwork inspired by an LGBTQ+ cultural or historical figure.
Penn State alumni Victor and Dena Hammel have committed $450,000 to support the University’s Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Education Initiative.
A professor in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences will lend her expertise in gender studies to an interdisciplinary, multi-university team of researchers as they explore methods to advance fruit and vegetable production in Africa, South/Southeast Asia and Central America.
As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, Penn State Berks will host its ninth annual Latino Forum for students from all Berks County high schools, as well as members of the local Latinx community, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 15.
Penn State Berks will hold its annual Unity Day celebration, the largest diversity, equity and inclusion event at the college, from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. on Oct. 13.
