Penn State Behrend presented the college’s highest award, the Behrend Medallion, to former Gov. Tom Ridge, a longtime Congressman from Erie who also served as the first secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Omar Ashour, an associate professor of industrial engineering at Penn State Behrend, is leading an $850,000 U.S. National Science Foundation project that will explore the effectiveness of game-based learning modules.
The Penn State Behrend baseball team swept a double-header against Waynesburg on March 17. The team, which has built a 7-3 record, will travel to Franciscan on Wednesday.
