Myron Jones, a pioneer in Erie’s radio and television broadcasting industry and a longtime friend and supporter of Penn State Behrend, died June 28 in Erie. He was 92.
A total of 50 seventh- and eighth-grade female students attended GE Girls @ Penn State Behrend in late June. The program — one of just 20 in the world — is a weeklong science, technology, engineering and math camp where attendees are paired with female mentors from GE Transportation.
This summer, four planets — Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars — will be visible after sunset. To commemorate the occasion, the School of Science at Penn State Behrend invites guests to visit the college for three special Telescopic Observing Nights.
Richard Vann, an assistant professor of marketing at Penn State Behrend, is the lead author of “When consumers struggle: Action crisis and its effects on problematic goal pursuit,” published early online in the journal Psychology & Marketing. The research in the article focuses on understanding how goal-derailing obstacles can impact a person's ability to achieve his or her goal.
Intercollegiate athletics programs at Penn State’s 19 Commonwealth Campuses have entered into a four-year partnership with Nike through BSN Sports for sports apparel and equipment.
This year's edition of the Erie Reader's "40 Under 40," an annual showcase of the region's most dynamic and impactful young professionals, includes five faculty and staff members from Penn State Behrend. Ten alumni also made the list.
As part of the embedded course NURS 499: Foreign Study, 13 students from Penn State Behrend, University Park and Hershey traveled to Havana, Cuba, to tour several health clinics and learn about the Cuban health care delivery system.
Penn State Behrend soccer coach Dan Perritano went for a walk with his daughter. They went all the way to Pittsburgh. "We walk, and we talk, and Emma points me where to go," he said.
Natalie Splinter traveled more than 1,000 miles to participate in Penn State Behrend's commencement ceremony. Splinter, a World Campus graduate with a degree in finance, had never before been to Pennsylvania.
