All faculty and staff at Penn State locations where work is being conducted under federal contracts are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 8 under President Joe Biden’s recent executive order requiring vaccination for federal contractors, Penn State has determined.
Across the University, Penn State offers various resources to help students with food and housing insecurity, financial issues and basic needs. Among these efforts, Penn State's campus food pantries are helping to support students and alleviate everyday stressors such as figuring out what food to put on the table.
The Oct. 19 Music at Noon concert at Penn State Behrend was a full-circle moment for Dominic Shodekeh Talifero. The Maryland-based beatboxer, who uses the stage name Shodekeh, first performed in public as an undergraduate at Penn State.
Recruiters from nearly 100 companies attended Penn State Behrend’s Oct. 7 Career and Internship Fair – the college’s first large, in-person career program since the start of the pandemic.
Penn State Behrend's 2021-22 Speaker Series begins Oct. 18 with a program featuring Moogega "Moo" Cooper, a NASA engineer who worked on the Mars rover Perseverance mission.
Penn State Behrend has presented the Behrend Medallion, the college’s highest award, to Erie-area business owners and philanthropists Joe and Isabel Prischak. "They bring entrepreneurial thinking not only to their business, but to their philanthropy as well — using their generosity to advance opportunities that improve lives,” said Penn State Behrend Chancellor Ralph Ford.
Matthew Totzke, chief executive officer of Larson Texts Inc. and a 1996 graduate of Penn State Behrend, has been named one of 22 Penn State Alumni Fellows for 2021.
Penn State Behrend’s 2021-22 Speaker Series will feature a former U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner, the first female National Football League official and others who are shaping our culture. The talks, which are free and open to the public, begin Oct. 18.
