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“Giving Thanks for This Moment:” Dr. Joshua Shaw’s Address to Spring Graduates

Joshua ShawPenn 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!”

World Campus iMBA students analyze a company during a one-week residency.

World Campus iMBA student residency

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.

Chemistry Professor Receives NSF Award

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.

Behrend Students Earn National Rankings in Student Analyst Competition

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.