Members of the Penn State Behrend community contributed to the “Long Night of the Digital Memorial,” an international effort on Nov. 9 to upload the names of Holocaust victims who were sent to the Dachau concentration camp. “All of us can become historians,” said Amy Carney, associate professor of history, who is coordinating the Behrend effort.
Rod Troester, associate professor emeritus of speech communication, has retired after a 35-year career at Penn State Behrend. “I never thought I’d be here this long,” he said, “but it became our home.”
The lights are back on at Penn State Behrend’s Studio Theatre, which will host a two-week production of “Bright Star,” by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, beginning Nov. 4.
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, will discuss the development and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, the resistance to vaccine mandates and the precautions that can best prepare the nation for the next pandemic when he visits Penn State Behrend on Nov. 11 as part of the college's Speaker Series.
Penn State Behrend’s cross country teams won the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championships on Oct. 30. Olivia Nola, a freshman from Erie, won the individual women’s title.
All employees, as well as undergraduate and graduate students supported on wage payroll, who have a disability or medical condition that they believe prevents them from receiving a COVID-19 vaccine can now request accommodations by completing an online request form on or before Friday, Nov. 12.
Individuals covered by the federal vaccination mandate currently impacting nine Penn State campuses who believe that their sincerely held religious beliefs, practices or observances prevent them from receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, may complete an online accommodation request form on or before Nov. 5.
Students in Penn State Behrend's Innovation Commons lab — a product design and rapid-prototyping lab that serves as the Erie hub of the Invent Penn State network — recently helped design a new line of rubber chew toys for dogs. “We got to work with a real company, and a real CEO, and help them out,” said one student.
An album recorded by two Penn State Behrend students –- and engineered by a Behrend faculty member –- is now available on Apple, Spotify and other platforms. It was released in partnership with The Cross, an Erie church where the students are parishioners.
