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Students Make a Splash with Market Research Project

Students Make a Splash with Market Research Project

It’s not easy getting strangers in their bathing suits to feel comfortable enough to sit down and chat with you, but it was a task quickly mastered by four Black School of Business students enrolled in MGMT 432: Small Business Field Study who completed a semester-long market research project for Splash Lagoon, an indoor water park and resort in Erie.

TubaChristmas returns Saturday, December 13

It’s large, loud and a tad bit impractical, but for one day every year, the stage belongs to the tuba.

The 13th annual Erie presentation of TubaChristmas will be held Saturday, Dec. 13, in the McGarvey Commons of the Reed Union Building at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. The performance begins at 1 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

Google Glass a Good Fit for Black School of Business Class

No doubt you're familiar with Google Glass. People have been talking about wearable technology for years, but there is still no product available for the mass market. Odd?

Not in today's world, where innovation starts with designing a product minimally and tossing it out into the market to see what customers have to say. Smart companies then modify the original idea until the product suits the customers' needs.

Yahn Planetarium at Penn State Behrend is now open

Yahn Planetarium at Penn State Behrend is now open

The Yahn Planetarium at Penn State Behrend, a 55-seat astronomy theater, opened earlier this month, after more than a year of renovations and improvements. The facility, housed in the School of Science at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, expands the original mission of the planetarium, a fixture in Erie since 1959.

Yahn Planetarium at Penn State Behrend Now Open

The Yahn Planetarium at Penn State Behrend, a 55-seat astronomy theater, opens Thursday, Nov. 6, after more than a year of renovations and improvements. The facility, housed in the School of Science at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, expands the original mission of the planetarium, a fixture in Erie since 1959.