Eco-Coins are used at Penn State campuses as an incentive for customers to refuse plastic bags. The Eco-coins are given to philanthropic organizations to be redeemed for cash to further their efforts in support of a cause. At Penn State Behrend, the Behrend Bookstore exclusively donates the Eco-Coins to the Alternative Spring Break trip, coordinated by Reality Check, a student service organization, and Civic and Community Engagement.
Penn State Behrend's swimming and diving teams won the 2019 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championships. The men won their 13th-consecutive title; the women won their 11th overall.
Model UN team visits French Embassy in Washington for a foreign policy briefing to prepare for Model NATO conference in February 2019. The team won a Superior School Delegation award at the conference.
