The Penn State Behrend women’s volleyball team opened its 2023 season with three wins at the Morrisville Tournament. Hannah Phillips, a senior from Pittsburgh, led the team with 40 kills, 37 digs and two aces across the three matches.
The 2023-24 season of Music at Noon: The Logan Series at Penn State Behrend will use a new, $1 million endowment to extend its commitment to professional chamber music programming, with concerts in Behrend’s McGarvey Commons and artist residencies at Erie’s Diehl Elementary School.
With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations on the rise in Pennsylvania and across the nation, Penn State is urging its community to continue to take health precautions and follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to keep themselves and others healthy.
Penn State Behrend’s second annual Run for Women included a 3.1-mile loop of the college’s Knowledge Park. A total of 180 people registered for the event.
Approximately 1,200 students attended Penn State Behrend’s Welcome Week concert, which featured the rapper Waka Flocka Flame and DJ Climax. The concert was free for Behrend students.
Penn State Behrend has earned a silver rating from STARS, the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System. The designation, which is valid for three years, is a measure of the college’s work toward environmental, social and economic sustainability.
Three faculty members at Penn State Behrend are experimenting with “ungrading,” an alternative assessment approach that can help students focus on their learning without obsessing about their grades.
Students in the Pathways to Success: Summer Start Program at Penn State Behrend studied myths, legends, fairy tales and fables as part of their first-year seminar in English.
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize eight Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
Penn State Auxiliary and Business Services is transitioning all of Penn State's residence halls, University-wide, to digital key entry, a three-year project that will continue through 2025.
