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.
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, ended its 2012-2013 academic year with a commencement ceremony at Erie Insurance Arena on Friday, May 3. The college conferred 671 degrees.
Forty students earned graduate degrees. Sixty earned associate degrees. Another 571 earned bachelor’s degrees.
“Yes!” said Michele Chereson, of Erie, clutching her nursing degree. “This feels so good!”
Penn State iMBA students analyzed the operation of Godiva in Reading, Pa., during a residency that brings online students together for a week of hands-on learning. From left, are Kathryn Palmer, Dana Mather, John Hausman, Ted Delgado and Manoj Pagnis.
Penn State Behrend has again won the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Presidents Cup, which honors the best overall athletic program. The college has won the award every year since 2005.
An assistant professor of chemistry at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, has received a $243,462 grant from the National Science Foundation to fund research that may eventually lead to new methods for monitoring brain and heart health.
Two students from Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, were ranked among the nation’s best student investors when Institutional Investor magazine reviewed their stock portfolios after five months of simulated trading.
Nearly 700 students participated in the magazine’s All-America Student Analyst Competition. They represented 34 U.S. colleges and universities, including Drexel, Cornell, Loyola Marymount and the University of California at Berkeley.