“A Musical Travelogue,” will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27, in the McGarvey Commons of Penn State Behrend’s Reed Union Building. The highlight of the program will be “Presque Isle,” a piece that is based on Erie’s picturesque peninsula, written for the Concert Band by composer and pianist Beata Moon.
Still in its alpha test stage, Professor Nittany is a question-answering chatbot designed to help students with World Campus advising questions. The concept was first developed by Meng Su, associate professor of computer science and software engineering, and a team of students at Penn State Behrend.
The Penn State Alumni Association will honor 10 prominent young alumni at the Alumni Achievement Awards on March 23. Alumni Achievement Award recipients are nominated by an academic college or campus and invited by the president of the University to return to Penn State to share their expertise with students and the University community. Honorees demonstrate to students that Penn State alumni succeed in exceptional fashion at an early age.
The Penn State Behrend men’s swimming and diving team won the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championships by a margin of 340 points. The Lions set 10 records on the final day of competition. The women’s team placed second.
Bob Light, former associate dean for research and outreach and chief operating officer at Penn State Behrend, died Feb. 13 at age 64. "There is virtually no aspect of the college or our neighboring community where his impact was not felt," Chancellor Ralph Ford said.
Penn State Behrend runners took the top four spots in the men’s 1,000-meter run at the Tiffin Grand Prix. Chris Drozynski, a sophomore from Stoneboro, finished first, with a time of 2:39.80. The women's team won three events.
With the help of Karen Rizzo, assistant professor of special education, Penn State Behrend first-year student Morgan Yelverton planned the Valentine’s Day Extravaganza, held Saturday, Feb. 10, at North East School District’s Earle C. Davis Primary school. This free, carnival-type event was open to all in the Erie region and featured games designed for inclusion.
A Penn State Behrend student investment team will compete at the CFA Institute Research Challenge in Pittsburgh. The college won the regional event in 2016 and again in 2017.
Five of the eight measures in the Erie Leading Index, an economic forecasting tool developed at Penn State Behrend's Black School of Business, showed growth between June and September. "The economy is adjusting," says Ken Louie, associate professor of economics at the college.