The LiveOn Student Success Grant provides need-based recipients at Penn State approximately $12,000 across four years to help bridge the cost of campus room and board.
Clydesdales and flag-waving patriotism are common in Super Bowl commercials, said Arpan Yagnik, assistant professor of advertising at Penn State Behrend. Ads that twist or subvert those approaches often stick with us long after the big game.
The Penn State Behrend men’s volleyball team competed in nonconference tri-matches Feb. 5-6, winning four times without dropping a set. The team is now 5-4.
A new series of on-campus and online events will offer prospective graduate students information about Penn State Behrend’s five master’s degree programs, which include courses in Erie and at the Regional Learning Alliance in Cranberry Township.
Faculty members in Penn State Behrend's Black School of Business have published 32 books and book chapters since 2017. “Publishing is an important aspect of our faculty’s work,” said Greg Filbeck, the school's director. “It amplifies their expertise, extending the benefits of their research and perspective beyond our students, to the broader business community.”
The Penn State Behrend men’s swimming team set 12 school records in a Jan. 29 dual meet at Nazareth. The women’s team set eight records. The teams will return to the pool Saturday for a Senior Night dual meet against Gannon.
Penn State Behrend’s spring Music at Noon concert series begins Feb. 8 with a performance by Boyd Meets Girl, whose repertoire stretches from Bach to Beyonce. Two additional concerts will follow.
The spring schedule for the Smith Creative Writers Reading Series at Penn State Behrend will feature poets, prose writers and students in the college’s Bachelor of Fine Arts program. The readings, which begin Jan. 27, are open to the public.
Broadcaster Ovilee May discussed her career in esports during a Jan. 24 Speaker Series program at Penn State Behrend. “I’m a grinder,” she said. “I go hard all day. I’m a workaholic gremlin who wants to do everything.”
