Nearly 60 high school students from five school districts attended the second-annual High School Model United Nations Conference, held Friday, April 12, at Penn State Behrend. The event was sponsored by the college’s Model UN Club.
Social activist Tarana Burke will discuss the "Me Too" movement and society's shifting response to sexual violence and workplace harassment when Penn State Behrend's 2018-19 Speaker Series concludes on April 17.
Penn State Behrend will renovate and repurpose the historic Federal House, the oldest brick structure in Harborcreek Township, to create a new home for the Susan Hirt Hagen Center for Community Outreach, Research, and Evaluation (CORE). The $6.3 million project will be funded by private support and by the University.
“For the Beauty of the Earth,” the annual spring concert from YPC Erie, will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, May 10, at Luther Memorial Church, 225 W. 10th Street, Erie, Pennsylvania. Tickets are now available.
Heather Cole got an early peek at “Where the Bees Make Honey,” Penn State student Brian Wilson’s dreamlike and emotionally resonant indie video game. Wilson, a senior in Penn State Behrend’s Digital Media, Arts, and Technology program, built one of the game’s puzzle levels for his final project in Cole’s Art 168 course.
Ryan Smith provides financial assistance to families who struggle after premature births. "I never want someone to miss out on seeing their child in the NICU because he or she has to work," he said.
Deb Olin Unferth will read selections from her short story collection, “Wait Till You See Me Dance: Stories,” on Thursday, April 18, when the 2018-19 edition of the Creative Writers Reading Series returns to Penn State Behrend. Her 6 p.m. reading and the reception preceding it are free and open to the public. Both events will be held in the Larry and Kathryn Smith Chapel.
