In a Sept. 27 talk at Erie’s Jefferson Educational Society, Penn State Behrend Chancellor Ralph Ford laid out the vision for an innovation ecosystem, an active network of innovators and entrepreneurs backed by educational, industry and government partners. In addition to guiding start-up companies, which often falter as they move from prototypes to full commercialization, such networks benefit the communities that host them, Ford said.
Seven former student-athletes have earned places in Penn State Behrend’s Athletics Hall of Fame. They were honored at a Sept. 27 banquet in McGarvey Commons.
Jordan Mushrush sat quietly in the prep room prior to the start of the fall Career and Internship Fair at Penn State Behrend, scanning the list of companies in attendance.