Penn State aerospace engineering alumnus David Maynard built a career by solving problems no one had faced before. One early project: Keeping NASA’s astronauts alive.
Abhirath Baiju is a Penn State Behrend-based financial literacy ambassador for the Sokolov-Miller Family Financial and Life Skills Center. “Many students don’t focus on money management until problems come up,” he said. “That can lead to financial trouble they don’t see coming.”
Barb Anderson helped launch the Math Options Career Day at Penn State Behrend. "We wanted to encourage girls to think about math and science in a different way," she said.
Penn State Behrend recognized more than 150 students for excellence in scholastic achievement and campus engagement at the college’s Honors and Awards Convocation.
Three members of the Penn State Behrend men’s track-and-field team competed in the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
New giving has enhanced two endowed scholarships at Penn State Behrend, making funding available to more students. The scholarships will directly benefit students while reinforcing Penn State’s commitment to access, affordability and student success.
The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Department Executive Officers program has gained five additional fellows from the Penn State ranks. The BTAA is the academic consortium of the Big Ten universities and the United States’ pre-eminent model for effective collaboration among research universities.
Penn State Behrend track-and-field athlete Charlie Motter won the javelin event at the recently held All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference championships in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Motter, a sophomore from Oil City, won the event with his final throw — a personal-best distance of 61.26 meters.
As part of our regular “We Are!” feature, we recognize 22 Penn Staters who have gone above and beyond what’s asked of them in their work at the University.
