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A portrait of Arpan Yagnik

Arpan Yagnik

Arpan Yagnik is an assistant professor of advertising at Penn State Behrend. He was included in the Erie Reader's "40 Under 40" feature for 2018.

A portrait of Sara Stahlman

Sara Stahlman

Sara Stahlman is an extension director at Pennsylvania Sea Grant. She was included in the Erie Reader's "40 Under 40" feature for 2018.

A portrait of Jessica Resig

Jessica Resig

Jessica Resig is the director of the Center for eLearning initiatives at Penn State Behrend. She was included in the Erie Reader's "40 Under 40" feature for 2018.

A portrait of Caitlin Handerhan

Caitlin Handerhan

Caitlin Handerhan is the executive director of the Public Policy Fund at Penn State Behrend. She was included in the Erie Reader's "40 Under 40" feature for 2018.

A portrait of Walaa Ahmad

Walaa Ahmad

Walaa Ahmad is the assistant director of educational equity and diversity programs at Penn State Behrend. She was included in the Erie Reader's "40 Under 40" feature for 2018.

Students and faculty members show off their Penn State pride during a visit to Havana, Cuba, as part of the embedded course NURS 499: Foreign Study.

Cuba Nursing

Students and faculty members show off their Penn State pride during a visit to Havana, Cuba, as part of the embedded course NURS 499: Foreign Study. The course was held during spring break and gave students a chance to tour several health clinics and learn about the Cuban health care delivery system.

Dan Perritano pushes his daughter in a wheelchair on the side of a road.

Dan and Emma in DuBois (WS crop)

Penn State Behrend soccer coach Dan Perritano and his daughter Emma walked from Erie to Pittsburgh to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The 130-mile journey took them two weeks.

Dan Perritano pushes his daughter Emma in a wheelchair on a charity walk.

Dan and Emma Perritano (DuBois 2017)

Penn State Behrend soccer coach Dan Perritano pushes his daughter Emma during a fundraising walk. The pair traveled from Erie to Pittsburgh in May, raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

A portrait of AmeriCorps VISTA member Will Taylor

Will Taylor at Penn State Behrend

Erie native Will Taylor was the first AmeriCorps VISTA member at Penn State Behrend. He helped manage the campus garden and food pantry and the Waste Not program, which donates food to the Erie City Mission.

A Penn State Behrend graduate poses on the commencement stage.

Natalie Splinter at Penn State Behrend

Natalie Splinter earned a bachelor of science in finance through Penn State World Campus. She traveled to Pennsylvania for the first time to participate in the commencement ceremony at Penn State Behrend. "I worked hard for this," she said. "I wouldn't miss it for the world."