Penn State Behrend students already have raised $14,000 for this
year’s THON, which begins Feb. 16. To contribute, go to www.thon.org,
click “Donate Now,” and select Behrend as your organization of
choice.
The four games created by students at Penn State Erie, The Behrend
College, last week were inspired by the sound of a heartbeat – the
assigned theme for this year’s Global Game Jam, an annual hacker
marathon – and by a ticking clock: The teams had just 48 hours to
create, code and upload their games, which anyone can now play.
Seventeen students are currently eligible, said Amy Carney,
assistant professor of history and the chapter’s adviser. She plans to
schedule guest speakers and career-development seminars for the
group.
“We’d like our students to learn more about what it means to be a
historian,” she said.
The first chapter of Phi Alpha Theta was formed in Arkansas in 1921.
The society now has more than 350,000 members.
