The Penn State Beaver Brodhead Cultural Center continues its summer performances with a free concert by the Pittsburgh Banjo Club, 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 17, at the J. P. Giusti Amphitheater on campus. The Beaver Valley Area Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association will sell concessions prior to and during the show. In addition, the group will sell Penn State Berkey Creamery ice cream in cups from 6-7:30 p.m. prior to the concert. For information, contact the Brodhead Cultural Center at 724-773-3610 or br-bcc@psu.edu, call the Events Hotline at 724-773-3600, or visit www.beaver.psu.edu/Brodhead.

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.

Making ice cream in January may seem counter-intuitive -- with highs averaging 32 degrees and lows averaging just 18 in Happy Valley -- but it's tradition. In 1892, the Pennsylvania State College offered a dairy manufacturing class during the winter "when farm work is least pressing and the boys can best be spared." The ice cream section of that original dairy manufacturing class became so popular that it was spun off in 1925 -- the original Ice Cream Short Course. Over the 119 years of ice cream programs, more than 4,500 students from 49 states in the union and every continent (except Antarctica) have studied at Penn State.