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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.

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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.