Amari Eaddy, right, and David Burdak participate in an Interactive Watershed Game at the Children's Water Festival, held May 17 at Penn State Behrend. More than 1,000 Erie County fifth-grade students attended the festival, which is modeled after the national Children’s Groundwater Festival.
Victoria Alcorn, pictured in the center, curated "The Many Threads of Quilting" with the work of regional quilters. She reached out to family friends and to contacts at the North East Crazy Quilters guild.
“The Many Threads of Quilting,” a quilt exhibition that opened April 28 at the Erie Art Gallery, served as the senior capstone project for Victoria Alcorn, who graduated this month from Penn State Behrend with a degree in arts administration. For the project, Alcorn curated the exhibition with the work of regional quilters.
Thomas B. Hagen, chairman of the board of Erie Insurance Group and owner and chairman of Erie-based Custom Group Industries, received the Behrend Medallion at the Glenhill Appreciation Dinner at Penn State Behrend on May 23.
The past four leaders of Penn State Behrend gathered to honor Thomas B. Hagen, chairman of the board of Erie Insurance Group, at the Glenhill Appreciation Dinner on May 23. Joining Hagen, center, were Jack Burke, Ralph Ford, John M. Lilley and Don Birx.
The Behrend Medallion was presented to Thomas B. Hagen, chairman of the board of Erie Insurance Group and owner and chairman of Erie-based Custom Group Industries, on May 23. The medallion is the college's foremost recognition of an individual who has brought honor to his or her profession and community.
The Behrend Medallion -- Penn State Behrend's foremost recognition of an individual who has brought honor to his or her profession and community -- was presented on May 23 to Thomas B. Hagen, chairman of the board of Erie Insurance Group. Joining Hagen, center, were the last four Penn State Behrend leaders: from left, Jack Burke, Ralph Ford, John M. Lilley and Don Birx.
