Penn State alumna Ann Karmazon Scott, community outreach manager for Erie Insurance, gave the commencement address at Penn State Behrend’s fall 2018 commencement ceremony on Dec. 14.
For their PLASTCar project, the Diehl Elementary School team of Samira Babiker, Laila Abdirahman, Inihya Vaughn and Julie Lauris created the unicorn ice cream truck.
Pictured left to right, Matt Krause, Julie Lauris, Laila Abdirahman, Inihya Vaughn and Samira Babiker cheer on the unicorn ice cream truck during the 13th annual PLASTCar competition, held Dec. 11 at Penn State Behrend.
Penn State Behrend students Ryan Bauer, right, and Logan Luzier recently took first place in the Blow Molded Parts Competition at the 34th annual Blow Molding Conference, held earlier this semester in Pittsburgh. For the project, the two re-designed how a calf hutch could be molded and manufactured through blow molding.
Students assemble LEGO cars during a manufacturing simulation at Penn State Behrend. New funding from the National Science Foundation will support a study of group dynamics and problem-solving within engineering teams at the college.
Tuba Christmas concerts are an opportunity for low-brass musicians to show the full range of their instruments, says Gary Viebranz, who coordinates the annual holiday concert at Penn State Behrend. "For this one concert," he said, "everybody gets to play the melody. Everybody gets to play harmony. And the players rise to that."
