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To see the Penn State Behrend commencement program, or to read the faculty and commencement address, visit https://behrend.psu.edu/spring-2023-commencement

“Our students have worked hard to get to this point,” Chancellor Ralph Ford said. “They’re going out into the world, and they’re going to do well.”

It is a Behrend tradition for new graduates to be greeted by faculty members as they exit the stage.

The new Behrend graduates were led onto the arena floor by student marshals – the students with the highest grade-point averages. Zoe Mouchantaf represented the Schreyer Honors College.

Penn State Behrend awarded 632 degrees at the college’s spring commencement ceremony, held May 5 at Erie Insurance Arena.

Penn State Behrend awarded 632 degrees at the college’s spring commencement ceremony, held May 5 at Erie Insurance Arena.

The Penn State Behrend softball team lost to Penn State Altoona in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championship series, falling 10-2 and 9-4.

Seventy-two student teams presented their work at Penn State Behrend’s Fasenmyer Engineering Design Conference, which was held in the Burke Center on April 29.

A new training program offered by Penn State Behrend's Office of Community and Workforce Programs will prepare drivers for a Class A Commercial Driver's License, or CDL. Classes begin June 5.

A $544,000 trail-improvement project in Wintergreen Gorge will reduce erosion and make the trail system accessible to more people.