Penn State Behrend recognized 110 students for outstanding academic achievement at the college’s annual Honors and Awards Convocation, which was presented virtually for the first time in its 71-year history.
Three Penn State Behrend students recently received the University Libraries' Undergraduate Research: Excellence in Information Literacy Award for their work with Behrend faculty members.
Eva Tucker Jr., a longtime faculty member at Penn State Behrend and a leader in the Erie community, died April 30, surrounded by his family. He was 84.
Penn State Behrend awarded 674 undergraduate and graduate degrees as part of the University's spring 2020 commencement program, which was livestreamed on May 9. The college is planning an in-person celebration once public health guidelines again permit large gatherings.
The Penn State alumni family grew by more than 15,000 this past weekend as the University recognized its spring 2020 graduates in a livestreamed commencement ceremony, which took place on Saturday, May 9.
With Gov. Tom Wolf’s easing of stay-at-home restrictions in 24 Pennsylvania counties on May 8 and his plan to reopen 13 additional counties starting on May 15, Penn State students from areas not currently under travel restrictions who have personal belongings remaining in on-campus housing may begin scheduling times for moving out of their residence halls at campuses where restrictions have also eased, the University announced today (May 9).
The final phase of a $690,000 trail-improvement project will limit access to the Cooper Road trailhead for Wintergreen Gorge over the next two weeks. The 14-mile trail system will still be accessible from locations at Penn State Behrend.
Choral students at Penn State Behrend typically end the semester with a concert. This year, because of COVID-19, they tried something different: a virtual cabaret.
Penn State Behrend graduate Abraham Berhane lived in a refugee camp after fleeing his home in Eritrea. “When we came to Erie, we started our life from zero,” he said.
Students and faculty members at Penn State Behrend's Black School of Business are contributing to and assessing a financial literacy curriculum that is being taught at nearly 400 high schools in eight states.
