The Penn State Behrend women’s tennis team is 4-0 when playing on the road this year. The team will close out the 2021 season with three home matches, beginning Oct. 6 against Westminster.
Penn State Laureate Shara McCallum will visit Penn State Behrend to read from her poetry on Wednesday, Oct. 6. The program, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 6 p.m. in Metzgar Center.
Tesha Nesbit, a 1993 graduate of Penn State Behrend, has been named the first recipient of the newly created Behrend Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award.
A new portrait of Bob and Sally Metzgar, longtime supporters of Penn State Behrend, has been hung in the lobby of Metzgar Center, which houses the college’s admissions, alumni and financial aid offices.
The Penn State Behrend women’s volleyball team won matches against Oberlin, Fredonia and Pitt-Greensburg last week. The Lions hit a season-high .380 against Pitt-Greensburg, earning their first Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference win of the season.
Parents, Families & Alumni Weekend, to be held Oct. 1-3 at Penn State Behrend, will be a celebration of the college’s past, present and future, with activities for both alumni and current students and their families.
The Penn State Alumni Association will honor 22 Penn Staters on Oct. 6 with the Alumni Fellow Award, the highest award given by the Alumni Association.
A new art installation at Penn State Behrend’s School of Science uses sculpture, augmented reality and “zombie ants” to explain how an organism – in this case, a parasitic fungus – can spread.
Penn State Behrend’s cross country teams won the Behrend Invitational on Sept. 17, defeating teams from Alfred and Westminster. The men took the top four spots in the 8K race. The women, running a 6K, placed six runners in the top 10.
