Penn State Behrend swimmer Tim Compton, a sophomore from Pittsburgh, set a pool record in the 400 IM at Pitt-Bradford on Nov. 5. He finished in 4:18.55. He also won the 200 freestyle, finishing in 1:50.14.
A team of Penn State Behrend students has developed multilingual safety signage for Port Erie Plastics, a Harborcreek Township injection-molding company that employs a diverse workforce, including new Americans.
Penn State students, faculty and staff with older versions of the id+ card are being asked to submit new photos ahead of re-carding events that will be held University-wide during the spring 2023 semester. There are multiple ways to submit a photo, and photos will be accepted from Nov. 7 through Nov. 23.
Penn State’s Institute for Computational and Data Sciences will host an informational open house focused on how Penn State Behrend researchers can leverage the power of supercomputing. The event will be held in Room 236 in Burke Center on Wednesday, Nov. 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Dr. Ala Stanford, class of 1991 and 1997, a pediatric surgeon and advocate for health-care equity who began her college career at Penn State Behrend, has been named one of 14 Penn State Alumni Fellows for 2022.
Penn State Behrend’s cross country teams won the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championships at Mt. Aloysius on Oct. 29. Kody Klein, a sophomore from North East, won the men’s individual title. Savanna Carr, a senior from Franklin, won the women’s championship.
The Penn State Behrend Speaker Series will continue Nov. 10 with a program featuring Martina Edwards, the first Black woman to hold a seat at the New York Stock Exchange.
The Women’s Engagement Council at Penn State Behrend formed to better recognize the growing importance of women in leadership roles. Two dozen women serve on the council’s board of directors.
The Penn State Behrend men’s soccer team posted its seventh consecutive shutout with a 4-0 win against Pitt-Greensburg on Oct. 22. The Lions, who are tied for first place in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, have scored 30 goals during that stretch.
Joseph Snyder, the founder of Process and Data Automation, an Erie-based industrial control systems integration firm, has been named a Penn State Alumni Fellow. The award is the highest honor given by the Penn State Alumni Association.
