Dr. Lena Surzhko Harned, associate teaching professor of political science, delivers the faculty address during Penn State Behrend's Fall 2024 Commencement ceremony on December 20, 2024.
Penn State Behrend's "Women in Engineering" program featured volunteers from Wabtec, Zurn, Parker LORD and National Fuel. "They really just want to give back and encourage this generation to explore STEM as a career," said Melanie Ford, who coordinates the program.
Nearly 175 area high-school students attended Penn State Behrend’s “Women in Engineering” program. They built model pipelines and marble machines and analyzed the DNA of strawberries.