In honor of Black History Month, Penn State Berks will host Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network, on February 16, at 7 p.m. This presentation will be virtual and it is free and open to the public.
The Penn State Berks Freyberger Gallery presents the Social Justice Quilt Collaboration Project, a virtual exhibition which showcases a collection of quilts created by incarcerated men.
In honor of Black History Month, Penn State Berks will hold the following events in February 2021. All events will be virtual and are free and open to the public.
Penn State Berks will host its annual Veterans Day program at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11. The virtual event is free and open to the campus community.
Penn State Berks is working to enhance the cultural competency of its campus community. A college-wide program to increase cultural competency among faculty, staff and students included a recent study of student-teachers.
In the second of a three-part series of roundtable discussions titled “Toward Racial Equity at Penn State: Social Difference, Social Equity and Social Change,” faculty members, staff, University leaders and students of color shared their experiences within a predominately white university setting and their visions for the future of diversity, equity and inclusion at Penn State.
The Penn State Berks Social Justice Collaborative will host a series of webinars, titled “Critical Conversations,” that will serve as a model on how to discuss difficult social issues.
Penn State University Police and Public Safety has appointed Iris Richardson as the department’s first director of diversity, equity and inclusion, following a national search that began in 2019.
Joseph Webb, director of student affairs at Penn State Berks, was recently honored with Penn State’s John Romano Faculty/Staff Diversity Recognition Award. The award recognizes Webb’s commitment to supporting diversity.
