Penn State Behrend awarded 239 undergraduate and graduate degrees as part of the University's fall 2020 commencement program. The Dec. 19 program was virtual, with video messages and interactive tiles for individual graduates.
Penn State has decided to delay the start of in-person classes and transition to a fully remote learning environment for the beginning of the spring 2021 semester at all campus locations. This decision was made following extensive analysis and scenario planning given worsening virus conditions nationally and across the state indicating predictions of rising hospitalization rates in the coming weeks.
Penn State Behrend is now offering a new major in polymer engineering and science. Graduates will be positioned to work in the health-care, aerospace and automotive industries, among others.
Jonathan Hall began his career in a remote area of the Asian island of Borneo, teaching at a plywood chalkboard. This month, as he prepares to retire from Penn State Behrend, he agreed to share some of his accumulated wisdom.
A forestry management project at Penn State Behrend will involve the selective removal of dead or diseased trees on the Behrend campus and in Wintergreen Gorge. The work will be focused near Behrend’s School of Science complex and the Almy and Ohio residence halls.
This year’s Hanging of the Greens — Penn State Behrend's oldest tradition — will be a virtual event, broadcast from the Behrend Chapel in Wintergreen Gorge Cemetery. The Dec. 11 program will be streamed online beginning at 7 p.m.
Penn State has released updated COVID-19 dashboard results for the week of Nov. 27 to Dec. 3 and weekend testing results from Dec. 4 to 6. The dashboard will continue to be updated on Tuesdays and Fridays through the end of the fall semester.
Penn State has released updated COVID-19 dashboard results for the week of Nov. 27 to Dec. 3. The dashboard will continue to be updated on Tuesdays and Fridays through the end of the fall semester with the latest student and employee testing numbers for each campus.
Three leaders of Erie’s health and business communities have been appointed to the Board of Directors for Penn State Behrend’s Council of Fellows, which advises Chancellor Ralph Ford and the campus leadership team on strategic direction for the College.
Penn State Behrend student Jerry App has the perfect hobby for a pandemic lockdown: He recreates historic battles in miniature, using hundreds of hand-painted kriegsmodelle figures.
