The Penn State Behrend softball team won its ninth Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championship with a sweep of Mt. Aloysius on May 15. The Lions (28-6) will face Rochester in the first round of the NCAA Division III Regional on Friday, May 21.
Penn State Behrend graduate Katie Woodworth balances a nursing career and a commitment to the Pennsylvania National Guard. “You have to go into it knowing that it’s going to be hard, and it will take a sacrifice, but you can do it,” she said.
Choristers at Penn State Behrend couldn’t practice or perform in-person during the pandemic, so they took a new approach: The singers combined their voices for an eight-song virtual year-end concert, which has been posted on YouTube.
Penn State Behrend pitcher Thomas Zbezinski, a junior from Gibsonia, threw his first collegiate no-hitter — the first at Behrend since 2013 — in the opener against Pitt-Bradford on May 8. He struck out nine batters.
Penn State Behrend’s annual Trash 2 Treasure sale is a bargain for yard-sale shoppers and a boon to United Way of Erie County, which receives all proceeds from the sale. This year’s sale is Saturday, May 15.
The COVID-19 pandemic forced many of Penn State Behrend’s international students to rethink their approach to their coursework. “We thought it would be a few weeks,” said Laura Gil, who is from Colombia. “We had no idea.”
Penn State Behrend awarded 669 undergraduate and graduate degrees at two outdoor ceremonies on Saturday, May 8. The ceremonies were held at the Behrend soccer stadium, with COVID safety protocols in place for the duration of each program.
As part of Penn State’s continued commitment to student access and affordability, Housing and Food Services, a University auxiliary service, is piloting a LiveOn Student Success Grant to support need-based students residing on campuses across the commonwealth for the 2021-22 academic year.
A new website developed by Penn State Behrend’s Black School of Business offers video and podcast content and K-12 classroom activities themed to different business topics, from accounting and economics to finance, management and marketing.
Penn State Behrend will offer a free college-prep summer program for high school students with financial need or interest in a field of study where they are underrepresented. Participants will earn college credit and have access to field trips, workshops and mentoring opportunities.
