High school students and their families can meet with faculty from Penn State Behrend's four schools to learn more about the college's 40 undergraduate degrees and 50 minors and certificates. A student information fair, admissions and financial aid information sessions, and tours of campus, residence halls and labs also will be offered.
Lena Surzhko-Harned, associate teaching professor of political science and associate director of the Public Policy Initiative at Penn State Behrend, has received the 2024 Outreach and Online Education Emerging Faculty Award for Engaged Scholarship. The award recognizes early-career tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty members whose work has significant potential to advance engaged scholarship through teaching, research and/or service.
Carol Putman, associate teaching professor in management at Penn State Behrend, and Liz Agler, academic adviser in the College of Arts and Architecture, have been selected to receive the 2024 Penn State Excellence in Advising Award.
Penn State Behrend’s baseball team overpowered Franciscan in a March 20 doubleheader, winning 13-1 and 25-3. In the nightcap, the Lions scored 10 runs on 10 hits in two innings.
Penn State Behrend’s spring Career and Internship Fair featured recruiters from 155 companies, including local foundries and forges. Metal-casters will benefit from the college’s Project RESOLVE, which will shift local manufacturing to a new, circular economic model.
The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded $850,000 to faculty members at Penn State Behrend and two other institutions to support the development of game-based 3D learning modules that will immerse students in adaptable virtual manufacturing environments.
The Penn State Behrend baseball team swept a doubleheader against Waynesburg University on March 17. The team, which has built a 7-3 record, will travel to Franciscan on Wednesday.
Grace Mumo, a junior majoring in elementary and early childhood education at Penn State Behrend, is the recipient of the 2024 Jackson Lethbridge Tolerance Award. The award recognizes a junior, senior or graduate student for outstanding efforts to enhance the understanding of diverse cultures and create a community where all individuals are accepted and valued equally.
Samiha Choudhury, a senior majoring in political science at Penn State Behrend, has been named the recipient of the 2024 Ralph Dorn Hetzel Memorial Award. Named for Penn State’s 10th president, the Hetzel Award recognizes a combination of high scholastic attainment together with good citizenship and participation and leadership in student activities.
“Unissued Diplomas,” a new display at Penn State Behrend’s John M. Lilley Library, highlights the hopes, dreams and unmet goals of college-age Ukrainians who have died in the war.
