Analyzing how a company operates is an important part of any MBA program. Penn State’s online Intercollege MBA (iMBA) takes this educational analysis a step further by involving iMBA students in real-world learning.
After six months of trading, the Intrieri Family Student-Managed Fund at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, has posted a $12,000 profit. That matches the performance of the S&P 500 over the same period.
“I’m impressed,” said Hunter Holzhauer, assistant professor of finance and a member of the fund’s advisory board. “They’re right with the benchmark. They’re doing as well as the professionals.”
A NASA-led team of astronomers has discovered five new planets, two of which are a habitable distance from their star.
“It’s the system that most resembles the Earth’s,” said Justin R. Crepp, assistant professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame and a 2003 alumnus of Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. “These are the smallest planets we have found so far in a habitable zone.”
The Penn State Behrend supermileage team has again won the Society of Automotive Engineers' International Supermileage Challenge. The team's carbon-fiber test car got 1,290 miles from a single gallon of gas during the competition, which was held Thursday and Friday at the Eaton Corporation's test track in Marshall, Mich.
Penn State Behrend has again won the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Presidents Cup, which honors the best overall athletic program. The college has won the award every year since 2005.
The Presidents Cup is presented to the institution that accumulates the most points in conference competition among the 15 sponsored sports. Rankings are based on regular-season order of finish and performance at conference tournaments.
Penn State Behrend graduates earn, on average, $46,900 in their first year of work – the second-highest rate in the state, according to a new study by the Online College Database.
The site ranks colleges and universities in all 50 states, helping students and parents find the right fit. The new study ranks institutions according to return on investment, weighing the amount students pay to attend against their average salaries after graduation.
Rhonda L. Reynolds of Millcreek Township, a Housing & Foods Services employee at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, was honored by the Penn State Commission for Women with a 2013 Achieving Women Award.
The Penn State Behrend supermileage team has again won the Society of Automotive Engineers' International Supermileage Challenge. The team's carbon-fiber test car got 1,290 miles from a single gallon of gas during the competition, which was held Thursday and Friday at the Eaton Corporation's test track in Marshall, Mich.
Penn State has claimed Ethel Kochel as one of its own. To honor Kochel’s support of Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, and its students, faculty and staff over 50-plus years, she has been named an Honorary Alumna of Penn State. The designation is given to an average of four or fewer people a year to recognize individuals who are not graduates of the university but have made significant contributions to Penn State’s welfare, reputation and prestige.
Rhonda L. Reynolds of Millcreek Township, a Housing & Foods Services employee at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, was honored by the Penn State Commission for Women with a 2013 Achieving Women Award.
Penn State has claimed Ethel Kochel as one of its own.