Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, discussed social justice activism, including the Black Lives Matter movement, in an online forum that will open Penn State Behrend’s 2021 celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. The Jan. 18 program, which was hosted on Zoom, was free and open to the public.
Penn State will impose revised eligibility requirements for students who wish to participate in fraternity and sorority recruitment beginning spring 2021. The new revisions provide clarity to previous requirements and specify that the only conduct sanction that will disqualify students from participation in recruitment is Conduct Probation with a Transcript Notation when it is still active at the time of recruitment.
Distribution of the new COVID-19 vaccines will rely on a supply chain that builds on the logistics of military and humanitarian efforts, says Varun Gupta, associate professor of supply chain management and analytics at Penn State Behrend.
It’s time for current students to think about housing for next year! Eligible Penn State students can request housing and receive an invitation to LiveOn with us next year. Returning students have a variety of on-campus housing options to consider, from traditional residence hall rooms to suites and apartments. Log in to eLiving.psu.edu to request housing today.
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.
