Penn State Behrend senior Allyson Maloney spent the fall semester in Tanzania, studying butterflies and the impact of elephant herds in Tarangire Natonal Park. "It's hard to believe how beautiful one place can be," she says.
More than 20 students recently completed Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) general industry training at Penn State Behrend. The 10-hour training educates individuals to identify and prevent or remove common worksite hazards.
“We are the ones we've been waiting for,” the spring concert from the Choirs of Penn State Behrend, will be held at 5 p.m. April 15 in the McGarvey Commons, located inside the college’s Reed Union Building.
Recent rankings by U.S. News & World Report place the part-time MBA program at the Black School of Business at Penn State Behrend among the top 150 programs in the nation. The school offers a 30-credit MBA in three formats: Full- or part-time study in Erie, or part-time study at the Regional Learning Alliance in Cranberry Township.
Seventeen members of Penn State Behrend's outdoor track and field teams qualified for the Eastern College Athletic Conference championships after the Carnegie Mellon Quad Meet. Grant Rodgers, a sophomore from Oil City, set a school record in the 400-meter run, finishing in 49.04.
The FirstEnergy Foundation, solely funded by FirstEnergy Corp., has donated $175,000 to support the Penn State College of Engineering’s Learning Factory Senior Capstone Design Projects at the University Park, Behrend and Berks campuses.
Each year, Penn State recognizes outstanding faculty and staff with annual awards in teaching and excellence. The invitation-only ceremony for the 2018 awards was Tuesday, April 3, at University Park.
Six Penn State faculty members have received the 2018 George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching — Fred Aebli, information sciences and technology program co-coordinator and lecturer at Penn State Worthington Scranton; Elaine S. Barry, associate professor of human development and family studies at Penn State Fayette; Mary Connerty, senior lecturer in English at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College; Dennis Decoteau, professor of horticulture and plant system health in the College of Agricultural Sciences; Fred Fonseca, associate professor of information sciences and technology in the College of Information Sciences and Technology; and Michael Janik, professor of chemical engineering in the College of Engineering.
Andrew Byrnes, the former chief of staff at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, will discuss his career path and innovation April 3 when he visits Penn State Behrend as part of the college’s Speaker Series.
