Penn State Behrend’s fall Career and Internship Fair will be a virtual event, with video conferencing links to more than 80 companies and government agencies. The Sept. 23 program, which is coordinated by the college’s Academic and Career Planning Center, is open to students and alumni from all Penn State campuses.
Statistics professor Dave Hunter’s vision of creating an inclusive, University-wide data science community became a reality with help from a Teaching and Learning with Technology Faculty Fellowship. Now, the community continues to grow as the University Libraries and Institute for Computational and Data Sciences join to help organize activities.
Penn State released its preliminary coronavirus testing results for the period of Sept. 11 to 17 on its COVID-19 dashboard today (Sept. 18). Among students tested at the University Park campus whose test results have been received, Penn State received 306 positive results from its on-demand testing and 14 positive results from its random testing program.
Robert and Terri Price have created the Victoria N. Price Penn State Memorial Scholarship Fund, an annually funded scholarship that honors their recently deceased daughter.
Penn State has updated its public COVID-19 dashboard with the University's on-demand testing and random testing results from the period of Sept. 11-14, as well as new University testing results from the prior week. These numbers are evolving as many test results are still pending, which will then be validated and uploaded.
A new partnership between Penn State and the Peace Corps will include a preparatory program for students who are interested in volunteering. “The Peace Corps is a great opportunity to learn about another culture, to develop one’s talents, and to be of service to people in a developing nation,” said Jonathan Hall, an associate teaching professor of physics at Penn State Behrend.
New rankings by U.S. News & World Report place the engineering programs at Penn State Behrend among the top 50 undergraduate engineering programs in the nation. Behrend is at No. 46 on the list, which was released Sept. 14.
In an era of remote teaching and learning, PaSSS program leaders have translated the robust, multi-faceted experience into a format which students could complete from home, and the results have been inspiring.
Penn State Behrend has earned a bronze rating from STARS, the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System. “This tells us where we are, in terms of sustainability, and what steps we need to take next,” said Sherri “Sam” Mason, the college’s sustainability coordinator. “It will help us prioritize the work ahead."
Prospective graduate students will have an opportunity to learn about Penn State Behrend's master's degree programs when a series of free online information sessions begins Sept. 14.
