Behrend runner Carter Tobin won the 200-meter and 100-meter sprints at the Westminster Invitational. He finished the 200 in 21.68 seconds and the 100 in 10.75 seconds.
Jacqueline O’Connor, professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering and Ihab Ragai, professor of engineering at Penn State Behrend, are the recipients of the 2025 Milton S. Eisenhower Award for Distinguished Teaching.
A group of 17 academic leaders from across Penn State recently completed the 2025 Excellence in Academic Leadership program — an experience designed to strengthen leadership effectiveness and support ongoing professional growth.
Craig H. Palmer earned an MBA at Penn State Behrend. Today, he leads Erie Water Works, which provides safe drinking water to 220,000 customers. “I use most of what I learned at Behrend every day,” he said.
The Penn State Behrend men’s 4x100 relay team won at Slippery Rock’s Dave Labor Invitational, finishing in 42.07. Ryan Visosky, a sophomore from Erie, won the discus event.
Tyler Stickles, a senior majoring in environmental science and biology at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, has been named recipient of the 2025 Ralph Dorn Hetzel Memorial Award. Named for Penn State’s 10th president, the Hetzel Award recognizes a combination of high scholastic attainment together with good citizenship and participation and leadership in student activities.
Emmanuel Kraft, who is earning consecutive undergraduate degrees in political science and communication arts and sciences, as well as a master’s degree in public policy at Penn State University Park, and Sean Martin, a junior majoring in digital media, arts, and technology at Penn State Behrend, are the recipients of the 2025 Jackson Lethbridge Tolerance Award.
Two researchers at the Virtual/Augmented Reality Lab at Penn State Behrend will attempt to set a Guinness World Record by watching 55 hours of uninterrupted content in VR headsets.
