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A painting of a duck, submitted to the Penn State Behrend art show.

Artwork by Kellie Jircitano

This painting by Kellie Jircitano, an assistant teaching professor of chemistry at Penn State Behrend, is on display in the Reed Union Building as part of the college's 2021 art show.

 

Four Penn State Behrend students pose next to a thongophone, a custom-built intstrument they constructed from used cardboard tubes.

Penn State Behrend students build a thongophone

Four Penn State Behrend students -- Mackenzie Sloan, Alex Croll, Jake Lehotsky and Deeja Vital -- built a thongophone -- a sort of digital player-piano -- from an assortment of cardboard tubes. The instrument has been installed in Lilley Library.

Four officials stand near the new sign for the Samuel P. Black III and Sumi James-Black Knowledge Center

Dedication of the Samuel P. Black III and Sumi James-Black Knowledge Center

Knowledge Center at Penn State Behrend has been renamed the Samuel P. Black III and Sumi James-Black Knowledge Center. The Sept. 9 announcement was celebrated by Amy Bridger, senior director of corporate strategy and external engagement at Penn State Behrend; Sumi James-Black, interim CEO of Erie Management Group; Samuel P. “Pat” Black III, founder of Erie Management Group; and Ralph Ford, chancellor of Penn State Behrend.