The Pennsylvania Quintet will visit Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, on Sept. 7 to open the 29th season of "Music at Noon: The Logan Series." The performance takes place at noon in McGarvey Commons, in the college’s Reed Union Building.
With the addition of Trippe Hall, Penn State Behrend can now house nearly 2,000 students on campus. That's good news for the Class of 2022, which includes students from 20 foreign countries.
Emmy-nominated actor David Harbour — who plays the character of Chief Hopper on the hit Netflix series "Stranger Things" — will open the 2018-19 Speaker Series at Penn State Behrend. Other speakers for the series include former CIA Director Michael Hayden, former presidential candidate Howard Dean, and Tarana Burke, founder of the #MeToo movement.
The problematic and contradictory relationship between the art of Italian painter, sculptor and muralist Corrado Cagli and the fascist government that supported him will be explored in an upcoming presentation by Penn State Laureate John Champagne.
In 1968-69, the Penn State Behrend men’s basketball team earned a perfect 20-0 regular season record. Earlier this summer, members of the team visited Erie to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the undefeated season.
Ann Scott, community outreach manager for Erie Insurance Group, and George Emanuele, senior director at BNY Mellon Wealth Management and president of the Pittsburgh chapter of the Chartered Financial Analyst Society, have been named Executives in Residence in the Black School of Business at Penn State Behrend.
Penn State Behrend alumna Faith Kindig saw a need for a year-round, indoor farmer's market in downtown Erie. With support from the Northwest Pennsylvania Innovation Beehive Network, she's now planning a grand opening.
Katie Chriest recently joined the University as sustainable food systems program coordinator for Commonwealth Campuses. The position expands the Sustainable Food Systems Program that launched at University Park three years ago and served as the impetus for the University’s student farm.
Penn State Behrend recently renamed the Office of Student Activities as the Office of Student Leadership and Involvement. The name change reflects the emphasis that the office places on the personal growth and leadership development of Penn State students outside of the classroom.
An $800,000 grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will support a two-year effort to control and prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species across Pennsylvania. The project will be led by the Pennsylvania Sea Grant program at Penn State Behrend.
