Penn State has launched an integrated effort to remind faculty, staff and students at all campuses and in adjacent communities of the importance of doing their part to limit the spread of COVID-19. “Mask Up or Pack Up” is a research-based campaign that is also launched in State College to create a seamless message for students and other members of the community.
The Black School of Business at Penn State Behrend has awarded 10 scholarships to students in the finance programs at the Black School and at Penn State World Campus. The scholarships reduce the cost of the CFA Institute's Level I exam and related study materials.
Twelve Penn State Behrend faculty members have been promoted and will begin the fall semester with a new academic rank. The promotions reflect their success in the classroom and in their other work at the college.
John Gamble was the first faculty member at Penn State Behrend to reach the rank of full professor, and the first to publish a book. Now, after 44 years at the college, he's beginning a new chapter.
Melanie Hetzel-Riggin, a professor of psychology at Penn State Behrend, was teaching a course on trauma and resiliency when COVID-19 plunged the class into a real-life case study. “We are by nature pack animals,” she said. “We form social groups as a means of survival, and we literally cannot do that right now.”
Some people make it a goal to visit every state or capital. Steven Miller, associate director of Housing and Food Services at Penn State Behrend, is working on a more unique challenge: He's visiting the private residence of every U.S. president.
The 31st season of Music at Noon: The Logan Series will be postponed until Penn State Behrend’s spring semester, due to the coronavirus and state and University restrictions on indoor gatherings. A revised schedule of performances will be released as soon as details are available.
The College of Nursing simulation faculty presented a timely webinar titled "Simulation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Maintaining Safety and Quality" in response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on teaching and learning with simulation. The purpose of the webinar was to highlight key safety and infection control considerations for faculty and students when returning to and reopening simulation laboratories.
Ed Auslander, the retired president and chief executive officer of LORD Corporation, has endowed an early career professorship at Penn State Behrend. The gift will honor the late faculty member Chester "Chet" L. Wolford.
Penn State Behrend's Yahn Planetarium is closed due to COVID-19, but director Jim Gavio is offering free public programs online. Up next: NASA's launch of a Mars rover with a helicopter drone.
