Erie native Dave Blazek created the comic strip "Loose Parts," which won the Reuben Award — the top prize for comic-strip artists — in 2019, and again in 2020. He attended Penn State Behrend before earning a journalism degree at University Park in 1979.
: Penn State Scranton Instructional Designer Griff Lewis, top screen, and Lecturer in Chemistry Theresa Black, second screen from top, give a presentation on the usefulness of Microsoft Teams at the Commonwealth Connections: Instructor Day event on Tuesday, Jan. 12. Campuses from across the commonwealth came together at the all-day event to provide faculty with a host of innovative ways to use technology in the classroom.
Robert “Bob” Simoneau created the Simoneau Family Educational Equity Scholarship at Penn State Behrend to honor his late wife, Donna, a teacher and social worker who focused on children with special needs. Bob Simoneau is a former director of the School of Engineering and Engineering Technology at Behrend.
Nishi Gupta, a 1982 graduate of Penn State Behrend, has created the Gupta Family Educational Equity Scholarship, which will benefit students at Behrend. She retired from IBM in 2016.
Zabrina and Sam Epps have created the Zabrina and Sam Epps Educational Equity Scholarship, which will benefit students at Penn State Behrend. Sam Epps is a 1995 graduate of the college; he is the political director of UNITE HERE Local 25, the union of hotel, restaurant and casino workers in the Washington, D.C., metro area.
Zabrina and Sam Epps have created the Zabrina and Sam Epps Educational Equity Scholarship, which will benefit students at Penn State Behrend. Sam Epps is a 1995 graduate of the college; he is the political director of UNITE HERE Local 25, the union of hotel, restaurant and casino workers in the Washington, D.C., metro area. He also serves on the Alumni Council, the governing board of the Penn State Alumni Association.
Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin (at right) discussed her work in the social-justice movement during a Jan. 18 online forum hosted by Penn State Behrend's Office of Educational Equity and Diversity Programs.
