Each spring, the Athletics department at Penn State Behrend honors the college’s best student-athletes for their performances on and off the field. This year, because of the transition to the remote-learning environment, the awards were announced on video by Senior Director of Athletics Brian Streeter.
Many of Penn State Behrend's student clubs and organizations have moved online due to COVID-19 restrictions. One benefit of the new model: It's easier to bring in guest speakers.
We're living through a moment that will be written about in history books. Personal journals, blogs and oral histories could help shape the narrative, according to historians at Penn State Behrend.
Penn State Behrend celebrated its student leaders during the recent annual Excellence in Student Leadership and Service Awards. More than 25 students and clubs were honored.
Penn State Behrend faculty members are using custom Zoom backgrounds to better engage with students during this period of remote learning. "If it lightens the mood a bit, then it served its purpose," said Dean Lewis, assistant teaching professor of mechanical engineering.
At 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 9, Penn State will host its first virtual commencement. The ceremony will be livestreamed, and available internationally, at https://spring2020.commencement.psu.edu/.
Given the continuing challenge and uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic and to protect the health of students, faculty and staff, Penn State has made the decision to extend virtual delivery of courses into the summer. Further, the University will adjust tuition for the summer sessions in light of the ongoing pandemic and the persistent fiscal strain it is causing across Pennsylvania and the country.
This year's college graduates will enter the most challenging job market since the peak of the Great Recession, in 2009. Penn State Behrend's career counselors can help.
"This pandemic is going to change many things about the way we do business," said Rod Troester, associate professor of speech communication at Penn State Behrend. Many companies, for example, likely will continue to use Zoom and other video conferencing software.
A virtual "spirit week" is lightening the mood for students in Penn State Behrend's secondary math education program. But it's also a teaching technique.
