Former Penn State Behrend pitcher Chad Zurat has signed with Major League Baseball’s Colorado Rockies organization. He is playing for the Tri-City Dust Devils, a Single-A team based in Pasco, Washington.
“Every baseball player wants a chance to play professionally,” head coach Paul Benim said. “Chad earned it. We are all really excited for him.”
Zurat, a Clearfield native, is a 2014 graduate of Penn State Behrend. He earned a degree in accounting.
Author Heather A. Slomski ‘03, a Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, alumna, always knew that she wanted to write.
She’s been drawn to stories—both reading and writing them—ever since she was a child, and so it makes sense that her son, 19-month-old Oscar, is turning out to be a voracious reader himself.
It often takes years for people to figure out what to do for a living.
Niyokindi Thiery is off to a nice start.
“I want to be a scientist,” the 11-year-old Diehl Elementary School student said while closely observing a rain garden on the campus of Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.
A new PBS series about a research team that uses laser technology to examine key archeological sites, including the Egyptian pyramids, features the work of Leigh-Ann Bedal, associate professor of anthropology at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.
A new PBS series about a research team that uses laser technology to examine key archeological sites, including the Egyptian pyramids, features the work of Leigh-Ann Bedal, associate professor of anthropology at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.
James Hodge '09 says stereotypes aren't always a bad thing.
“Stereotypes are an adaptive mechanism that allow us to see the world with less effort,” Hodge said. “If you had to go through life categorizing every single thing you saw or experienced, it would be exhausting. Luckily, the brain developed a shortcut.”
The problem, Hodge says, is when we use stereotypes about a particular group to categorize one person.
The Young People’s Chorus of Erie will hold its annual Summer Choir Camp on Monday, August 4 through Friday, August 8.
The camp, which will be held at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Paul, 134 West Seventh Street, focuses on developing singers’ voices through interactive workshops and expert instruction. The day camp is open to all children, ages 7 to 13, and it meets from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with morning drop-off at 8:30 a.m.
They say there’s no such thing as an original idea, but sometimes looking at old ideas in a new way can result in exciting new hybrids—just ask graduate Crystal Velasquez ’97.
Ah…summer. Time to kick back with a good book. We asked some of the faculty and staff members at Penn State Behrend to share their suggestions for summer reading.
If, like me, you always forget which books you want to read in the future, try one of these strategies.
1. Make a list using the “note” feature on your smart phone or tablet, and you’ll always have your list with you when you’re browsing at the Lilley Library or out shopping.
Francesca DiSanti has been styling hair for nearly forty years. For thirty of them, she has been lamenting the loss of a special tool—a flexible plastic brush/comb combo—that made unsnarling curly or tangled hair easy and painless. DiSanti lost the tool early in her career and was never able to find another like it.
She mentioned her dilemma to a client who suggested that DiSanti make her own tool. “I laughed and said, ‘Me? How would I ever do that?,’” she said.
Author Heather A. Slomski ‘03, a Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, alumna, always knew that she wanted to write.
It often takes years for people to figure out what to do for a living.
