On Saturday, April 21, Long Island rapper Hoodie Allen will headline the spring concert at Penn State Behrend. Public tickets cost $10 and tickets for Penn State Behrend students are $5.
More than 750 students attended the Spring Career and Internship Fair, held Thursday, March 15, at Penn State Behrend. A record 176 companies were represented at this spring's fair.
On Thursday, March 29, Melissa Fraterrigo will read excerpts from her new novel “Glory Days” as part of Penn State Behrend's Creative Writers Reading Series. Her 6 p.m. reading and the reception preceding it are free and open to the public.
Omar Johnson will discuss the changing marketing and advertising fields on Thursday, March 22, when he visits Penn State Behrend as part of its Speaker Series. His presentation, “Experience is the New Marketing,” begins at 7:30 p.m. in McGarvey Commons, in the college’s Reed Union Building. The program is free and open to the public.
Larry V. Smith, a steadfast friend and supporter of Penn State Behrend, died March 9 at Saint Vincent Hospital in Erie. He and his wife, Kathryn, funded construction of the Larry and Kathryn Smith Chapel at Penn State Behrend. They also funded scholarships and donated property to the college.
More than 100 students from six Penn State campuses spent spring break in Texas, cleaning out homes that were damaged by Hurricane Harvey. "It's easy to repair a house," one said. "It's not as easy to put a home back together."
The Master of Manufacturing Management (M.M.M.) in Quality and Manufacturing Management degree at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, now can be pursued primarily online.
Wilson Jermaine Heredia, the actor who portrayed Angel in the original Broadway performance of "Rent," will lead a master class and perform scenes with students at Penn State Behrend on March 29.
A walk-off base hit in the 11th inning gave the Penn State Behrend baseball team a win over Maritime. The teams met during a week of spring break play in Fort Pierce, Fla.
