On the Cover:
Rebecca Olanrewaju, a sophomore Plastics Engineering Technology major, is representative of the students who will benefit from a new partnership between Penn State Behrend and Erie Insurance to expand the college’s Pathways to Success: Summer Start Program, or PaSSS, with scholarship funding for nearly fifty additional students. The six-week PaSSS program, which began in 2017, allows students to begin their classes early, with a minimum of $2,000 in scholarship funding in each of their first two summers of study. Students who complete the two-year program are eighteen credits ahead of schedule by the start of the fall semester of their sophomore year. Learn more about the Erie Insurance-Penn State Behrend partnership, called Excelerate, on page 6.
From this Issue:
- Chancellor's Message
- Briefs
- 2018 research activity totals more than $4 million
- Silver honored for journal work
- Jana Goodrich ’95 named a Penn State Alumni Fellow
- Behrend's Ihab Ragai named ASME fellow
- High school poetry contest draws 1,500 entries
- Winner of the 2017 Lake Effect National Poetry Competition
- Sustainable Food Systems Program expands to Behrend
- School of Business accolades and achievements
- Features
- Scholarships to "Excelerate"
- Social Media Shapes Marketing Career
- A Widening Gulf in Washington
- Global Boarders Live and Learn
- Inspiring Young Minds
- Student Success
- When You Give an Engineer a Problem…
- Students Set a Place for Women in History
- Tools of the Trade
- One Short Life Has Long-Lasting Impact
- Athletics Season Report
- Pride of the Lions
- Alumni News
- Parting Pix
- 70 Years and Growing
- The Impact of Giving
- Investing in a growth opportunity
- Every gift makes a difference
- Open Doors Program Generates $7 Million in New Scholarship Funding
- Open Doors
- Let Us Be Your Memory Keeper
- Impact the world
- Hirtzel Foundation Supports Nursing Facilities Enhancements
- Software Gifts Advance Student Learning
- Create transformative experiences
- Schlaudecker Scholarship Helps Adult Learners
- Rees Foundation Gifts Provide Support Two Ways
Vol. 36 No. 1 Penn State Behrend Magazine is published twice a year and provided free to alumni and friends of Penn State Behrend by the Office of Strategic Communications. Executive Editor: William Gonda [email protected]. Editor: Heather Cass [email protected]. Contributors: Robb Frederick ‘92, Steve Orbanek, Christine Palattella. Photos: Rob Frank ‘06, Matt Kleck, Tim Rohrbach. Change of address/Unsubscribe: Development and Alumni Relations at 814-898-6089 or [email protected]. Correspondence: Behrend Magazine, 207 Glenhill Farmhouse, 4701 College Drive, Erie PA 16563-1902. Phone 814-898-6419. Copyright ©2019 Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. This publication is available in alternative media on request.