Penn State Behrend will host the 2019 International Advanced Manufacturing Research Conference — the foremost international forum for applied research and manufacturing innovation — from June 10 to 14 at Erie’s Bayfront Convention Center.
A total of 215 seventh-and eighth-grade girls from 32 school districts attended Math Options Career Day, held May 7 at Penn State Behrend. The daylong program, now in its 23rd year, is designed to introduce young girls to careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics — fields that generally are dominated by men.
In first grade, Jakob Cole made up a story about how cats get their colors. Now, with help from his mother, an assistant teaching professor of digital arts at Penn State Behrend, it has been published as a book.
James Schlaudecker worked in an auto garage for $1 an hour. Then he enrolled at Penn State Behrend. He and his wife recently created a new scholarship for adult learners at the college.
Penn State Behrend’s track and field teams competed in the All-Atlantic Region Outdoor Track and Field Championships at SUNY Cortland. The women’s team placed 10th; the men were 11th.
Ben Lane served as dean of students and director of admissions at Penn State Behrend. New scholarships created by his family will support students who are experiencing hardship.
The high-fidelity patient mannequins in Penn State Behrend's nursing labs can mimic almost any medical emergency. Instructors use wigs, crushed leaves and tissue-paper chicken pox to make the scenarios even more realistic.
Penn State Behrend’s baseball team exited the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference tournament after losses to La Roche and Penn State Altoona. The team will host the Eastern College Athletic Conference championships, beginning with the semifinals on May 18.
The Sustainability Institute hosted the first of three forums at Penn State Beaver on May 7. Faculty, staff, students, and other leaders gathered to learn about the variety of activities, events, research and other programs taking place throughout the Commonwealth Campuses to advance the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals and the University's strategic plan.
Michael Rutter, associate professor of statistics at Penn State Behrend, gave the faculty address at the college's 2019 spring commencement ceremony, held Friday, May 3, at Erie Insurance Arena. He titled his address "Three (Plus or Minus One) Hopes for the Class of 2019."
