More than 400 young scientists from 33 middle and high schools competed in the Northwestern Pennsylvania Regional of the Science Olympiad at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College on March 5. The Science Olympiad offers a wide range of events designed to challenge students both intellectually and creatively.
March 22, 2013 - In line for MSA, a $1 billion producer of workplace safety products, Chris Stock practiced his “pleased to meet you” speech. He was hoping for a job, or an interview, or some notes on his resume. Anything.
Asked to explain water polo to a person with no concept of the sport, head coach Joe Tristan puts it in terms any native Northerner can understand: “It’s like hockey in the water.”
Ah, now that makes sense. Hockey we Northerners understand. Water polo? Not so much. It’s time we broaden our athletic horizons, though, because while it has traditionally been a California thing, the sport of water polo is spreading to the northeastern states.
Penn State Behrend mechanical engineering alumnus David W. Boyce ’01, chief executive officer of CMI Industry Americas Inc., will be honored Friday night with a Penn State Alumni Association 2013 Alumni Achievement Award.
The Sam and Irene Black School of Business at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, has maintained its accreditation by AACSB International – the highest standard of achievement in business education.
The school was first accredited in 2003. No other program in the Erie region has met the standards of AACSB, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
Layoffs at GE Transportation, the largest employer in Erie County, could raise the county's unemployment rate by 0.6 percent, said Jim Kurre, professor of economics at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, and director of the Economic Research Institute of Erie.
The “Pride of PA” battalion of the U.S. Army ROTC – a unit that includes students from Penn State Behrend – has won a General Douglas MacArthur Award for excellence. The unit outperformed 40 others to earn the honor.
Enhanced program will replace 2-year associate degree
March 22, 2013 - In line for MSA, a $1 billion producer of workplace safety products, Chris Stock practiced his “pleased to meet you” speech. He was hoping for a job, or an interview, or some notes on his resume. Anything.
Penn State Behrend mechanical engineering alumnus David W. Boyce ’01, chief executive officer of CMI Industry Americas Inc., will be honored Friday night with a Penn State Alumni Association 2013 Alumni Achievement Award.
The Sam and Irene Black School of Business at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, has maintained its accreditation by AACSB International – the highest standard of achievement in business education.
Senior Ryan Jacobs pitched a perfect game on April 14 – the first in the history of Penn State Behrend baseball.