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Spanish course offers language tips and a look at Latino culture

5/18/18

Penn State York is offering a 20-hour Spanish course designed to help prepare students to talk with members of the Spanish-speaking community. This noncredit course begins Wednesday, June 6, and continues each Wednesday through Aug. 15, from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

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Penn State Berks holds fable workshop for Glenside Elementary students

2/21/18

Fifty-five third graders from Glenside Elementary School in Reading will visit Penn State Berks on Feb. 27 for a fable workshop beginning at 9:45 a.m. in the Perkins Student Center Multipurpose Room. The workshop is a joint initiative of the college’s elementary and early childhood education and theatre degree programs, and coordinated by David Bender, associate professor of educational psychology.

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Undergraduates awarded inaugural PepsiCo Urban Sustainability Fellowships

9/8/17

Erifili "Lily" Draklellis, a third-year student majoring in Earth and science policy, and Anthony Mitchell, a fourth-year student majoring in political science, have been awarded PepsiCo Urban Sustainability Fellowships. Mitchell and Draklellis are enrolled in Penn State’s new Study Away Pittsburgh program, a semester-long, transformative, urban, educational experience for third- and fourth-year Penn State students.

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High school students get a hands on look at STEM at Harrisburg summer camp

8/11/17

Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Science, Engineering, and Technology (SSET) hosted the second STEM Summer Enrichment Program, a free summer camp for high school juniors and seniors, from June 12 through 23. Thirty-three students from 18 different Pennsylvania schools attended the program.

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Public invited to become fans of research at Blue-White Science Expo

4/10/17

Blue-White Weekend attendees and the general public are invited to the Penn State Blue-White Science Expo, from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 22, in the HUB. The expo offers the community a chance to show their support for research while learning about the newest work from 17 of Penn State’s research faculty. A complete schedule and registration form for tickets is available at http://research.psu.edu/expo.

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Students volunteer in the community

2/17/16

Penn State Berks students will be “lending their paws for a good cause” as they volunteer at a variety of nonprofit organizations during the academic year. The following is a list of community service initiatives in March 2016.

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Penn State Berks sending a record six dancers to THON

2/12/16

For the first time in the history of participating in THON, short for the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, Penn State Berks has been invited to send six student “dancers” to represent the campus in the 46-hour, no-sitting, no-sleeping dance marathon to benefit the Four Diamonds Fund, which supports families battling pediatric cancer.

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