Forget the Saturday nap: With a day off from classes, Nicole Overby, a senior at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, headed to the lecture hall. She’d spend the afternoon assembling coloring books, which would be given to patients at the Shriner’s Hospital for Children.
Teresa Milbrodt will read excerpts from her fantastical short stories when the Creative Writers Reading Series returns to Penn State Erie, The Behrend College on March 30. Her 6 p.m. reading and the reception that will precede it are free and open to the public. Both events will be held in the Larry and Kathryn Smith Chapel.
The Penn State Behrend men’s basketball team secured the No. 2 seed in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference playoffs with a 90-78 win over Penn State Altoona. The women’s team has the No. 5 seed. Penn State Behrend’s volleyball, tennis and track and field teams also were in action last week. Here are the highlights.
At the close of its 2016 employee campaign, which raised $54,000 for United Way of Erie County, Penn State Behrend reached an important milestone: More than $1 million in total giving to United Way and its programs.
The Penn State Behrend men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams won the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championships, which were held at Junker Center. The men claimed their seventh-consecutive conference title, finishing 363 points ahead of Alfred State. The women won their third-straight title. The campus' basketball, volleyball, track and tennis teams also were in action last week. Here are the highlights:
Multi-platinum “Dirty South” hip-hop artist Ludacris will travel north this April to headline the spring concert at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College on Friday, April 7. Public tickets, which cost $35, will be available starting March 9.
FBI Director James Comey's disclosure in the final days of the 2016 election that the bureau had revived its investigation of Hillary Clinton's emails was "unethical and unprecedented," said Douglas Charles, associate professor of history at Penn State Greater Allegheny, during a program Feb. 6 at Penn State Behrend in which he discussed his study of the FBI and its handling of sensitive information.
The Penn State Behrend men's basketball team forced 20 turnovers in an 82-46 rout of Pitt-Greensburg. The Lions shot 50 percent from the floor, including nine three-pointers. The campus' volleyball and track and field teams also were in action last week. Here are the highlights.
A coach with more than a decade of Division I experience will lead the revived wrestling program at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, when competition resumes this fall.
