Kevin Moore has been named director of development and alumni relations at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. He brings to the position nearly 30 years of fundraising and alumni-relations experience.
Kevin Moore has been named director of development and alumni relations at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. He had served as interim director since January.
A $50,000 gift from Nancy Anderson, former chief information officer and Digital Thread leader for GE Transportation, will provide scholarships for students with financial need at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. A $50,000 match from GE will double the gift’s impact.
Nancy Anderson, former chief information officer and Digital Thread leader for GE Transportation, has created a $100,000 scholarship endowment for students at Penn State Behrend.
As executive director of the University Faculty Senate, Dawn Blasko will be responsible for overseeing all functions of the Faculty Senate office and for supporting the senate in the performance of its duties as a representative body of Penn State faculty members.
Dawn Blasko, associate professor of psychology at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, has been appointed executive director of the University Faculty Senate. Blasko, who will begin her new role on July 1, has been a member of the Faculty Senate for nearly 17 years and is a past chair.
Penn State is moving toward a University-wide health insurance requirement for the 2018-19 academic school year. In preparation for the new requirement, University Health Services (UHS) will begin collecting student health insurance information in May 2017.
“Enhancing Health” will be the topic of the last in a series of public forums focused on implementing the University’s long-range Strategic Plan. The forum will take place 1-2:30 p.m. April 7 in the Morrison Gallery in the library at Penn State Harrisburg. Faculty, staff and students from across the University are invited to participate, either in person or via livestream.
Penn State Behrend's Innovation Commons — an idea laboratory, maker space, technology playground, legal office, marketing agency and entrepreneurs’ gathering spot rolled under one roof — has opened to support small businesses and startups. The facility was funded in part by the Invent Penn State initiative.
