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Black School of Business Maintains AACSB Accreditation

AACSB logoThe Sam and Irene Black School of Business at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, has maintained its accreditation by AACSB International – the highest standard of achievement in business education.

The school was first accredited in 2003. No other program in the Erie region has met the standards of AACSB, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

Water polo team tests geographical and physical limits for love of the game

Water polo team tests geographical and physical limits for love of the game

Asked to explain water polo to a person with no concept of the sport, head coach Joe Tristan puts it in terms any native Northerner can understand: “It’s like hockey in the water.”

Ah, now that makes sense. Hockey we Northerners understand. Water polo? Not so much. It’s time we broaden our athletic horizons, though, because while it has traditionally been a California thing, the sport of water polo is spreading to the northeastern states.

Penn State Behrend Hosts 400 Young Scientists in NWPA Science Olympiad

More than 400 young scientists from 33 middle and high schools competed in the Northwestern Pennsylvania Regional of the Science Olympiad at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College on March 5. The Science Olympiad offers a wide range of events designed to challenge students both intellectually and creatively.

Penn State Behrend Alumnus Appears on ABC’s “Shark Tank”

Shark TankMarch 8, 2013 – It was television, so he wore a helmet: a spike-topped Viking cap. He also brought a baseball bat.

David Artuso, a 2011 Penn State Behrend alumnus, swung that bat hard, smashing it into an iPhone. He was hoping to impress the A-list investors on ABC’s “Shark Tank.”