It is a Penn State Behrend tradition to have a faculty member give the commencement address; Dr. Christopher Coulston, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and chair of the computer science and software engineering degree programs, spoke to the spring 2012 graduates at the May 4 ceremony held in downtown Erie’s Louis J. Tullio Arena.
“The Caucasian Chalk Circle,” German playwright Bertolt Brecht’s allegorical meditation on law and justice, will be the spring Studio Theatre production at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.
Family members and former colleagues gathered Oct. 6 to dedicate the Ben Lane Plaza, an outdoor seating area at the south entrance to the Reed Union Building.
Matthew T. Bresee ’00, president of the Erie BayHawks, the NBA Development League team affiliated with the New York Knicks, was one of eleven young alumni honored for outstanding professional accomplishment at the Penn State Alumni Association’s recent Alumni Achievement Award ceremony.
The first game of an April 25 double-header at Medaille College was all offense for the Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, softball team: The first four batters scored.