Penn State Behrend pitcher Abby Tingley earned her 250th career strikeout in a win over Mt. Aloysius on April 3. Tingley, a senior from Union City, threw a complete game, allowing just two hits. She struck out nine batters.
Day 6 — expected in early April — of NASA’s Artemis II mission should carry the Orion spacecraft past the dark side of the moon, roughly 250,000 miles from Earth. The Yahn Planetarium at Penn State Behrend previewed the mission with Artemis-related programming that will continue for the foreseeable future.
Melanie Ford leads K-12 outreach efforts at Penn State Behrend, coordinating programs that have served more than 30,000 local students. The Mercy Center for Women recently honored her with a “Women Making History” Award.
Penn State Behrend track and field athlete Jessica Park set a school record in the hammer throw at Carnegie Mellon University on March 28. Park, a senior from East Meadow, New York, recorded a 42.26-meter throw in her first attempt.
Nine accomplished young alumni recently were honored with the prestigious Alumni Achievement Award during a ceremony hosted by the Penn State Alumni Association on March 20 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center. The event brought together the nine honorees, their families, University leadership, and Penn State faculty and staff to celebrate some of the University’s brightest and boldest rising alumni.
Anisha Tiwari, majoring in chemistry and biology at Penn State Behrend; Emma Duffy, majoring in recreation, park, and tourism management in the College of Health and Human Development; and Valeria Miraballes, majoring in global and international studies in the College of the Liberal Arts, have been named recipients of the 2026 Ralph Dorn Hetzel Memorial Award.
An early experience at THON set Mya McElhinney on a path to Penn State, and into a career in oncology nursing. She has accepted a position at UPMC Shadyside, in Pittsburgh.
Professors at the Beaver, Behrend and Greater Allegheny campuses are focusing not only on teaching students how to use AI, but on teaching AI literacy that incorporates ethical and critical use of the emerging technology.
The Penn State Behrend baseball team built a 6-3 record during spring break play in Fort Pierce, Florida. The Lions swept double-headers against Northwestern and Marywood.
