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No sign of 'double-dip' recession, Penn State Behrend economist says

A strong money supply and a spike in the hours worked by factory employees have helped the Erie-region economy avoid a dreaded “double-dip” recession, says Jim Kurre, director of the Economic Research Institute of Erie and an associate professor of economics at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.
Veteran’s Day of particular significance for Behrend freshman.

Veteran’s Day of particular significance for Behrend freshman.

Papers and exams can be a point of stress for first-year students, but it’s not the kind of stress that Mike Wehrer knows.

Wehrer, a freshman communications major and current managing editor of the Behrend Beacon, is a member of the United States Air Force Reserves. The 23-year-old Girard, Pa., native spent a half year deployed in Afghanistan in 2011, and it’s safe to say college exams pale in comparison to some of the things that Wehrer experienced.

Penn State Behrend Students Build 'Cardboard City'

When she woke that morning, in the cardboard house with the cardboard roof, topped with the box from the pizza they’d bought, Charissa Ford did the sensible thing: She fled to a friend’s dorm room.

“My back hurt so bad,” she said.

Cancer Foundation Thanks Penn State Behrend Staff

Mark Neidig was wearing a pink tie when he arrived for breakfast at Dobbins Dining Hall on Oct. 30. As the executive director of the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation, the Erie-based nonprofit that funds testing of radio-wave cancer treatments, he wore pink on every day of October, which was Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Cancer foundation thanks Penn State Behrend staff.

Cancer foundation thanks Penn State Behrend staff.

Mark Neidig was wearing a pink tie when he arrived for breakfast at Dobbins Dining Hall on Oct. 30. As the executive director of the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation, the Erie-based nonprofit that funds testing of radio-wave cancer treatments, he wore pink on every day of October, which was Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Penn State Behrend MBA program ranked among nation's best.

Penn State Behrend MBA Program Ranked Among Nation's Best

The Sam and Irene Black School of Business at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, is featured in “The Best 295 Business Schools: 2014 Edition.” The guide, published by the Princeton Review, calls the college’s MBA program “the best value for a working student in the local area.”

Penn State Behrend MBA Program Ranked Among Nation's Best

The Sam and Irene Black School of Business at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, is featured in “The Best 295 Business Schools: 2014 Edition.” The guide, published by the Princeton Review, calls the college’s MBA program “the best value for a working student in the local area.”

More Than 200 Attend College's First 'Business Day'

A stock market simulation and mock business classes highlighted the activities that more than 200 Erie, Crawford and Allegheny county high school students participated in Thursday, Oct. 24, at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.

Engineering students create better bubble experience for children's museum.

Engineering students create better bubble experience for children's museum.

The bubble machine at the ExpERIEnce Children’s Museum wasn’t as much fun this summer. The bubbles are supposed to be big – a gerbil-ball version of the Dawn-and-water mix we blew across the lawn as kids. But the humidity pops them.

The setup has other problems: The pulley rope keeps breaking. There’s rust on the frame. The bubble solution spills out, making a mess of the museum’s floor.