It’s hard to believe, but 2013 will soon be a thing of the past.
The year was a busy one here at Behrend. Most notably, we welcomed the second-largest freshmen class in school history, and our fall athletic teams also achieved unprecedented success.
Penn State Behrend will close for the semester break following the commencement ceremony on Friday, Dec. 20. Campus buildings will be locked and mail service will be halted.
Students who plan to leave vehicles on campus during the break are encouraged to park them in the Wilson Lot on College Drive. Police services will be offered throughout the break; officers can be reached by calling 814-898-6101. Emergency calls should be routed through the Erie County 911 system.
Penn State Behrend swept the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference fall championships, winning titles in soccer, cross country, volleyball, tennis and golf. No school had ever before won all seven titles.
“It’s never been done,” said Brian Streeter, director of athletics. “That shows the dedication of both our student-athletes and our coaches.”
Penn State Behrend swept the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference fall championships, winning titles in soccer, cross country, volleyball, tennis and golf. No school had ever before won all seven titles.
“It’s never been done,” said Brian Streeter, director of athletics. “That shows the dedication of both our student-athletes and our coaches.”
The Intrieri Family Student-Managed Fund at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, posted a $27,000 profit in its first year – a better return than the S&P 500 earned over the same period.
The fund did even better against the S&P when adjusted for risk, said Hunter Holzhauer, assistant professor of finance and a member of the fund’s advisory board. His Portfolio Management and Analysis class selects the 50 stocks that are included in the fund.
The Intrieri Family Student-Managed Fund at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, posted a $27,000 profit in its first year – a better return than the S&P 500 earned over the same period.
The fund did even better against the S&P when adjusted for risk, said Hunter Holzhauer, assistant professor of finance and a member of the fund’s advisory board. His Portfolio Management and Analysis class selects the 50 stocks that are included in the fund.
Eight students in the Sam and Irene Black School of Business have received funding to take the Chartered Financial Analyst exams. The exams are sponsored by the CFA Institute, which has accepted Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, into its University Recognition Program.
Five students received scholarships from the CFA Institute. Three others received awards through the CFA Society of Pittsburgh and the Black School of Business.
The job prospects for MBA graduates continue to look up, according to the Graduate Management Admission Council, which reports 90 percent of 2013 MBA graduates are employed. To make it easier for working adults to earn an MBA for career advancement, Penn State’s online Intercollege MBA (iMBA) program is launching merit-based scholarships.
In December of 1948 – just two months after the dedication of what was then called the Behrend Center – T. Reed Ferguson, the administrator of the new campus, placed a wreath on the doors of a small chapel in Wintergreen Gorge Cemetery.
Knowing your work will be read, dissected, and discussed by dozens of creative writing students and faculty members can give even the most confident writer pause. Clearly, they are a group of people who know good—and bad—writing when they see it.
