Three students who worked in Penn State Behrend's Innovation Commons lab have launched their own companies. John Nowakowski, front left, co-founded Bayfront Glass. Michael Gibilterra, at rear in center, and Michael Paul, front right, co-founded M2 Additive Manufacturing.
Penn State Behrend alumnus Justin R. Bloyd and his company, RB Sigma, LLC, have donated $25,000 to the college's Student Hardship Fund. Bloyd gave another $10,000 to the Black School of Business, where he has served as an Executive in Residence.
Directors of the Intrieri Family Student Managed Fund at Penn State Behrend weathered a significant downturn in the financial markets at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the weeks since, they have recovered half of the portfolio's losses.
