Jeff Kochel grew up on the grounds of Penn State Behrend. He and his wife, Pam, have endowed an undergraduate research fund that will support students in the Biology major at the college.
As big brands backed away, Super Bowl advertising looked a bit different this year, said Arpan Yagnik, assistant professor of advertising at Penn State Behrend.
The Erie screening of “The Gene: An Intimate History,” a two-part PBS documentary by Ken Burns, will include a panel discussion featuring three Penn State Behrend faculty members. The discussion will be livestreamed, beginning at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 3.
New rankings by U.S. News & World Report place Penn State’s online programs – including programs developed and taught by faculty members at Penn State Behrend – among the best in the nation. Six programs earned top-10 rankings, including the online MBA.
When the markets close, Penn State Behrend's WPSE radio pivots from business news to live, local, play-by-play sports. This year, the station will broadcast more than 100 Erie County high school football and basketball games.
Winning the Reuben Award — the top prize for comic-strip authors — wasn’t part of the plan for Dave Blazek, who attended Penn State Behrend before earning a journalism degree at University Park in 1979. “I don’t really have a plan,” he said.
On Tuesday, Jan. 12, Penn State Scranton Instructional Designer Griff Lewis and colleagues from other campuses held Commonwealth Connections: Instructor Day, an all-day virtual faculty development event featuring engaging Zoom sessions devoted to various facets of online course delivery.
Three families with ties to Penn State Behrend have created scholarships that will support educational equity at the college. Their endowed gifts will directly support students whose gender, race or cultural background contributes to the diversity of Behrend’s student body.
Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, discussed her work in the social-justice movement during an online forum that opened Penn State Behrend's celebration of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
