More than 1,100 students attended Penn State Behrend’s fall Career and Internship Fair on Sept. 21. They met with recruiters from more than 160 companies, including Toyota, ExxonMobil and Bausch & Lomb.
The fiction writer Chinelo Okparanta, winner of the O. Henry Prize and a finalist for the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award, will open the Smith Creative Writers Reading Series at Penn State Behrend on Oct. 6.
Students reflect on the teaching style of Courtney Nagle, associate professor of mathematics education at Penn State Behrend and a recipient of the 2022 Milton S. Eisenhower Award for Distinguished Teaching.
In observance of the American National Standard Institute’s World Standards Week in October, Penn State University Libraries is planning an afternoon of activities Oct. 12 with the theme “Imagine a World Without Standards.” The event will focus on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which project to address social imbalances, develop a sustainable economy and slow the rate of climate change.
Fifty middle-school students attended Penn State Behrend’s weeklong STEAM camp, which offered hands-on science, technology and engineering workshops. The program, a partnership with Wabtec Corp., is being replicated across the country.
The Penn State Behrend women’s tennis team swept Mt. Aloysius on Sept. 24, earning a second Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference victory. The team hosts La Roche on Friday, Sept. 30.
After a pause for the pandemic, which limited international travel, Penn State’s study abroad programs have resumed. More than 40 Penn State Behrend students have traveled abroad to study in the last year.
Fourteen Penn State alumni will receive the Alumni Fellow Award, the most prestigious award given by the Penn State Alumni Association, during a ceremony Sept. 28 at the State Theatre in downtown State College. This year’s award ceremony will be livestreamed for remote viewing.
The Penn State Behrend men’s soccer team has built a 3-0-3 record with a stingy defense and solid goalkeeping by Sam York, who already has five shutouts on the season. The Lions host Geneva on Sept. 21.
