Penn State Berks Benefiting THON, a student organization, is inviting the community to take the “Polar Plunge” to raise funds for THON. This year's event will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26, at the beach at Blue Marsh Lake.

"The Great DuBois', Masters of Variety" a fast-paced variety show including incredible feats of juggling, hula hoops, unicycle, aerial and audience interaction — all wrapped in a blanket of comedy — will come to Penn State Berks on Thursday, Jan. 31.

Penn State Berks will be expanding its entrepreneurship programming with a new innovation hub located within the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading, Pennsylvania.

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 21, Penn State Berks students will volunteer in the local community and complete community service activities on campus.

For the last four decades, Harold “Hal” Kremser has played the organ during Berks commencement ceremonies. He recently announced that his performance at the fall commencement on December 14th will be his last.

Ryan Morris, a first-generation college student who was a race car driver before attending Penn State Berks, has won a Schwarzman Scholarship, which will enable him to pursue a master’s degree in global affairs from the Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University in Beijing.