Penn State Berks, one of seven founding members of the Commonwealth Arboreta Network, boasts a rich variety of trees, thanks to its location on the former Janssen family estate. Approximately 30 acres have been designated as the Center for Agriculture and a Sustainable Environment, serving as a hub for a four-acre plant collection geared towards teaching.
The Penn State Schuylkill campus, one of seven founding members of the Commonwealth Arboreta Network, earned the first step of accreditation, a Level I, from the Interactive Community of Arboreta (ArbNet), the international accreditation program for arboreta, in April 2023.
Seven Penn State campuses have created the Commonwealth Arboreta Network, a network that will inventory trees and plant life while sharing research and teaching resources, with the eventual goal of creating an arboretum at each of the University's 24 campuses.
Penn State Abington student athletes were joined by their coaches to raise money to purchase gifts and other necessities for a family struggling with a cancer diagnosis.
Penn State Abington student singers and musicians, led by lecturer in music Kim Robson, brightened the season with their winter concert performance last week. The chamber singers, the pop a cappella Soul Harmony, the campus choir, and the concert band performed songs ranging from the Pentatonix favorite "That's Christmas to Me," Michael Horvit's "Even When God Is Silent," and Jerry Brubaker's arrangement of songs from ThePolar Express.
