Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, is funding nearly $58,000 in undergraduate research this summer. Forty-nine students will participate in the studies, working directly with faculty mentors.
Psychology students will continue a pilot program with the Cleveland Clinic, working with college athletes and a Wii gaming console to measure the long-term effects on memory and balance as athletes recover from concussions.
The inaugural class of Penn State Behrend's Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree program in Pittsburgh held its graduation ceremony at the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, 4215 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh.
Ralph Ford, director of the School of Engineering and associate dean for industry and external relations at Penn State Behrend, has been appointed interim chancellor of the college, effective July 1.
Ford will be the college’s chief academic and administrative officer. He assumes the top leadership post left open by the departure of Chancellor Don Birx, who in May was named president of Plymouth State University in New Hampshire.
The layers of chopped ice, sprinkles, ice cream and Sierra Mist might have been a stretch as replacements for porous rock, sand, gravel and groundwater, but they sure tasted good.
Just ask John Quigley. The acting secretary for Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection could not help but smile as he sipped from his edible aquifer.
The layers of chopped ice, sprinkles, ice cream and Sierra Mist might have been a stretch as replacements for porous rock, sand, gravel and groundwater, but they sure tasted good.
Don Birx, chancellor of Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, will leave the top post at the college effective July 31 to become president of Plymouth State University, a campus of the University System of New Hampshire.
An interim chancellor for the college will be named by July 1. A national search to fill the position is expected to begin with the start of the academic school year in late summer.
Penn State Behrend faculty member Jonathan Hall, a senior lecturer in physics, urged the Class of 2015 to seek opportunities for service to others in “Breaking Good,” his address to graduates and their guests at the college’s spring commencement. The ceremony was held Friday, May 8, at Erie Insurance Arena.
Read a transcript of his commencement address here.
With just 30 seconds left in the Physics of Rollercoasters competition, Sydney Schuster, Gabriella Haines and Maryah Jones made their final preparations.
Penn State Behrend faculty member Jonathan Hall, a senior lecturer in physics, urged the Class of 2015 to seek opportunities for service to others in “Breaking Good,” his address to graduates and their guests at the college’s spring commencement. The ceremony was held Friday, May 8, at Erie Insurance Arena.
Greetings everyone, especially our graduates and their families.
The inaugural class of Penn State Behrend's Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree program in Pittsburgh held its graduation ceremony at the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, 4215 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh.
The layers of chopped ice, sprinkles, ice cream and Sierra Mist might have been a stretch as replacements for porous rock, sand, gravel and groundwater, but they sure tasted good.
With just 30 seconds left in the Physics of Rollercoasters competition, Sydney Schuster, Gabriella Haines and Maryah Jones made their final preparations.