A Jan. 8 ribbon-cutting opened the Innovation Commons lab at Penn State Behrend, one of six new entrepreneurship centers funded by the Invent Penn State initiative. Participating were, from left: Samuel P. "Pat" Black III, chairman of Erie Management Group and a longtime supporter of Penn State Behrend; Penn State Vice President for Research Neil Sharkey; Penn State Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses Madlyn Hanes; Penn State President Eric Barron; Penn State Behrend Chancellor Ralph Ford; Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper; Perry Wood, executive director of the Erie County Gaming Revenue Authority; and Scott McCain, chairman of the Penn State Behrend Council of Fellows.
Eleven Penn State engineering graduates will be honored on April 4 at the College of Engineering’s Outstanding Engineering Alumni Awards ceremony at Hyatt Place State College.
Penn State Behrend’s track and field teams opened the outdoor season at Carnegie Mellon on March 26. Three members of the men’s team qualified for the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Championships.
Nearly 30 Penn State Behrend faculty members and alumni will join Sherri "Sam" Mason, director of sustainability at the college, for the Worldwide Teach-In on Climate and Justice on Wednesday, March 30.
