Behrend Magazine: Spring 2019

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
    • Paul Hoffman Scholarship
    • William and Wendy Korb Scholarship
    • Myron and Marlene Jones Scholarship
    • Benjamin A. and Carolyn A. Lane Scholarship
  • Open Doors
  • Let Us Be Your Memory Keeper
  • Impact the world
  • Hirtzel Foundation Supports Nursing Facilities Enhancements
  • Software Gifts Advance Student Learning
    • Siemens Tecnomatix suite of software
    • RoboDK simulator platform
    • Riskalyze risk analysis software
  • 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 wvg2@psu.edu. Editor: Heather Cass hjc13@psu.edu. 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 814-898-6367 or kcc146@psu.edu. 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. 

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