Penn State Behrend students Dalia Tenda Batuuka, Ava Bosco, Isis Duncan, Chantel Drake and Constantijn van der Wegen, pictured left to right, participated in Howard University’s 15th annual National Model African Union Summit. Sponsored by the African Union Mission and Member State Embassies in Washington, D.C., the four-day summit is a simulation of the proceedings of the African Union.
The Penn State Behrend Concert Band’s annual spring performance will be held Tuesday, April 18, at 8 p.m. in McGarvey Commons at the college. The program, titled “Journeys,” is intended to be a musical travelogue across several continents.
Purple Martins nest almost exclusively in or on man-made structures. That should help draw a colony to the Penn State Behrend campus, says Beth Potter, an associate professor of microbiology at the college.
Beth Potter, an associate professor of microbiology at Penn State Behrend, studies the microflora on bird eggs. To get the eggs, she is trying to lure a colony of Purple Martins to the college.
Purple Martins were hatched at Penn State Behrend in 2015 and again in 2016. Beth Potter, an associate professor of microbiology at the college, studies the microflora that coats the birds' eggs.
Mickie MacNicol, a junior nursing major at Penn State Behrend, will combine her passions for humanitarianism and photography this spring. From now until the end of the semester, she invites all graduating seniors to contact her to set up a senior photo shoot. In exchange for the photos, participating students are asked to donate only what they can afford, and MacNicol will give all proceeds from the photo shoots to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania.
