March 8, 2013 – It was television, so he wore a helmet: a spike-topped Viking cap. He also brought a baseball bat.
David Artuso, a 2011 Penn State Behrend alumnus, swung that bat hard, smashing it into an iPhone. He was hoping to impress the A-list investors on ABC’s “Shark Tank.”
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.