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.
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.
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.”
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.”
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.
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.
For the overachievers who compete there – William Barfee, with his clogged nostril; or Marcy Park, the prodigy from Our Lady of Intermittent Sorrows – “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” the fall production of the Studio Theatre at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, is a high-pressure P-A-L-A-E-S-T-R-A: a place to learn combat, described by one writer as “‛Survivor’ for nerds.”
For the overachievers who compete there – William Barfee, with his clogged nostril; or Marcy Park, the prodigy from Our Lady of Intermittent Sorrows – “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” the fall production of the Studio Theatre at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, is a high-pressure P-A-L-A-E-S-T-R-A: a place to learn combat, described by one writer as “‛Survivor’ for nerds.”
Chelsea Monroe, a Williamsport native, has always been good at math. She also knew she wanted to work in the medical field. When she learned that Penn State Behrend’s accelerated optometry program would allow her to spend one less year in school, she knew it added up to a smart career choice.
Eighteen years, 1,875 interviews and one life-altering event later, the goal remains the same for Daniel Hernandez Jr.: helping people.
That was the prevailing message from the motivational speaker’s lunchtime presentation in front of 40 students, staff and faculty members in the lobby of Metzgar Center at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.
