This semester, students at three Penn State campuses — Altoona, Hazleton and Behrend — are enjoying more than just Penn State Berkey Creamery ice cream at campus dining halls and convenience stores.
The Innovative Teaching at Penn State (ITAP) Brown Bag Lunch Series: will host “An Interdisciplinary Collaboration that Improves Writing Support for Engineering Students” from 12:05 to 1:20 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 12, in the Mann Assembly Room in the Paterno Library.
Diplomas from Penn State, University-wide, are now recognized by the Ministry of Education in China, which recently changed Penn State’s listing on their website of American universities to read, “The Pennsylvania State University.” Prior to a few weeks ago, Penn State’s entry read, “The Pennsylvania State University (University Park).”
The Penn State Behrend men’s swimming and diving team won the three-day Oberlin Invitational, leading the next-best team by 182.5 points. The women’s team finished seventh.
Penn State Behrend's Tuba Christmas is a showcase for low-brass musicians -- some of whom perform while wearing their pajamas. This year's concert is Dec. 7 in McGarvey Commons.
The Penn State Behrend chapter of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) will host the 2020 Northeast Regional IISE conference, which will feature speakers from FedEx, Boeing, IBM, Disney and Amazon.
Penn State Behrend runner Savanna Carr qualified for the NCAA national championship race after placing eighth in a field of 349 runners at the NCAA Division III Mid-East Regional in Bethlehem. Carr, a junior from Franklin, finished the 6K race in 21:52.7. Penn State Behrend’s soccer, volleyball, basketball and wrestling teams also were in action last week. Here are the highlights.
Penn State Behrend alumnus Bill Eberlein collects ancient Megalodon teeth while scuba diving in Georgia and South Carolina. "The Megalodon wasn't just a shark," he said, "but a dinosaur shark. It was thought to be one of the largest and most powerful predators in the sea."
Penn State Behrend's soccer teams have earned bids to the NCAA and ECAC post-season tournaments. The men's team plays Kenyon College on Nov. 16; the women face McDaniel College that same day.
The Penn State Behrend women’s volleyball team won the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championship in straight sets, defeating Pitt-Bradford in Junker Center. The win gives the team its fifth AMCC title.
