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A Penn State Behrend volleyball player spikes the ball.

Behrend volleyball team wins first AMCC title

The men’s volleyball team at Penn State Behrend won its first Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championship after posting a 3-1 conference record during the regular season. The team’s only defeat in the conference was a five-set loss to Medaille.

Six faculty members receive 2018 Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching

Six Penn State faculty members have received the 2018 George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching — Fred Aebli, information sciences and technology program co-coordinator and lecturer at Penn State Worthington Scranton; Elaine S. Barry, associate professor of human development and family studies at Penn State Fayette; Mary Connerty, senior lecturer in English at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Dennis Decoteau, professor of horticulture and plant system health in the College of Agricultural Sciences; Fred Fonseca, associate professor of information sciences and technology in the College of Information Sciences and Technology; and Michael Janik, professor of chemical engineering in the College of Engineering.
Two Penn State Behrend runners race on an outdoor track.

Behrend track athletes qualify for ECAC championships

Seventeen members of Penn State Behrend's outdoor track and field teams qualified for the Eastern College Athletic Conference championships after the Carnegie Mellon Quad Meet. Grant Rodgers, a sophomore from Oil City, set a school record in the 400-meter run, finishing in 49.04.
A professor works with a student in the Penn State Behrend MBA program.

U.S. News ranks Penn State Behrend part-time MBA program among nation's best

Recent rankings by U.S. News & World Report place the part-time MBA program at the Black School of Business at Penn State Behrend among the top 150 programs in the nation. The school offers a 30-credit MBA in three formats: Full- or part-time study in Erie, or part-time study at the Regional Learning Alliance in Cranberry Township.