Penn State’s Office of Planning, Assessment, and Institutional Research (OPAIR) has designated its second annual cohort of Assessment Champions for 2025-26. The program awards individuals committed to improving the student learning experience through assessment efforts.
The Penn State Alumni Association celebrated some of its best and brightest during the Alumni Fellow Awards ceremony on Sept. 17, where 12 Penn State alumni received the Alumni Association’s most prestigious honor. Learn more about this year's honorees, see photos from the event, and view the full 2025 Alumni Fellow Awards Ceremony via the Alumni Association’s official recording.
Penn State Behrend will roll out a blue-and-white welcome mat at this year’s Parents, Families, and Alumni Weekend, on Oct. 17-19. The program, which includes a carnival, a picnic lunch and tours of the historic Glenhill Farmhouse, is a fall tradition at Behrend.
The Penn State Behrend women’s tennis team swept Baldwin Wallace and La Roche on Sept. 28. The team is undefeated in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference action.
National Coffee with a Cop Day is Wednesday, Oct. 1, and Penn State police officers are celebrating by giving away coffee and snacks at 22 Penn State campuses across Pennsylvania.
Three teams from Penn State Behrend swept the Student Design Division at the annual Society of Plastics Engineers Blow Molding Conference in Pittsburgh.
The Penn State Behrend men’s soccer team defeated Franciscan, 2-1, in non-conference action on Sept. 20. Bryce Large, a sophomore from Charleroi, and Reilly Nickles, a senior from Pittsburgh, each scored.
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 19 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
The Women’s Engagement Council at Penn State Behrend will host a Wellness Fest featuring puppy yoga, sound meditation and hands-on crafts in McGarvey Commons on Sept. 22.
