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Computer Engineering Professor Urges Graduates to be "Agents of Change"
It is a Penn State Behrend tradition to have a faculty member give the commencement address; Dr. Christopher Coulston, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and chair of the computer science and software engineering degree programs, spoke to the spring 2012 graduates at the May 4 ceremony held in downtown Erie’s Louis J. Tullio Arena.
Math Options Program Shows 'Book Math' in Practice
Can a Popsicle-stick bridge help a middle-school girl cross the engineering and mathematics gender gap? Organizers of the Math Options Career Day at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, believe it can.
Creative Writing Faculty Member Tom Noyes Wins Sustainable Arts Foundation Grant
Dr. Thomas Noyes, an associate professor of creative writing at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, was one of five artists honored with a $6,000 grant from the Sustainable Arts Foundation, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that offers financial support to writers and visual artists who also are parents.
Two Players Break Penn State Behrend Softball Record in Same Game
The first game of an April 25 double-header at Medaille College was all offense for the Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, softball team: The first four batters scored.
Engineering Design Conference to Showcase Student Work
A sensor that will be launched on a NASA rocket and a GPS collar that will correct a wandering dog are among the senior design projects that students at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, will present Saturday at the Richard J. Fasenmyer Engineering Design Conference.
Hockey Coach Joins May 16 Caravan to Penn State Behrend
Penn State men’s hockey coach Guy Gadowsky will join football coach Bill O’Brien for the final week of the Coaches Caravan, which stops at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, on Wednesday, May 16.
Penn State Behrend Announces New MBA Program in Cranberry
A Penn State MBA soon will be available to busy Pittsburgh-area professionals: The Sam and Irene Black School of Business at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, will offer courses for its master’s degree in business administration beginning this fall at the Regional Learning Alliance in Cranberry.
Team Behrend Makes Splash at Quad Swim
It took just 59.08 seconds for Team Behrend to have an impact on the 2012 Highmark Quad games, which started with a 100-yard swim Sunday. Jen Wallace, the Penn State Behrend swim coach, finished with that time – the third-fastest of any woman in the water.
BayHawks President Matthew Bresee '00 Is 2012 Alumni Achievement Award Winner
Matthew T. Bresee ’00, president of the Erie BayHawks, the NBA Development League team affiliated with the New York Knicks, was one of eleven young alumni honored for outstanding professional accomplishment at the Penn State Alumni Association’s recent Alumni Achievement Award ceremony.
Not Too Proud to BEG: April 15 Concert Backed by Three Colleges
The organizers of an April 15 concert by The Fray, Jack's Mannequin and Andy Grammer had to negotiate not only with the bands, but with students on three campuses.
Undergraduate Research Conference to Showcase Student Work
Think changing your car battery is a hassle? Try replacing a battery attached to the International Space Station.
Up And Down? That's How Economics Students Roll
“Who said economics is boring?” Dr. James Kurre, associate professor of economics at Penn State Behrend, yells from the front car of the Ravine Flyer II roller coaster at Erie’s Waldameer Park, the perfect photo-op for illustrating an economy's characteristic uncertainties.
Thinking About Returning to School? Attend Our Adult Admissions Open House
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, invites adults who are considering starting college or returning to their studies to attend an adult student undergraduate admissions open house on Wednesday, April 11.
Students, Software Rescue Draft Horses From Slaughter
Engineers don’t normally find themselves being drooled on at work, but it comes with the territory when your “client” is a 1,900-pound draft horse with a sweet tooth. The horse, Fargo, thought Joseph Hirn, the software engineering student standing next to him, might have a peppermint in his hand; Fargo reached down to find out.
"The Caucasian Chalk Circle" Opens Thursday In The Studio Theatre
“The Caucasian Chalk Circle,” German playwright Bertolt Brecht’s allegorical meditation on law and justice, will be the spring Studio Theatre production at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.
Missives From Mission, Texas: The Alternative Spring Break Blog
Twenty-three Penn State Behrend students are spending their spring break in Mission, Texas, helping to rebuild hurricane-damaged homes and tutor school children. Follow their adventures on the blog "Penn State Behrend Gives Back."
Center for Financial and Consumer Outreach Has New Education Partner
The Center for Financial and Consumer Outreach, a program of the Sam and Irene Black School of Business at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, has partnered with the California-based National Financial Educators Council (NFEC) to promote financial literacy through the distribution of free personal-finance resources to schools and nonprofit organizations.
Communication Students to Cover NFL Combine for BVZ Radio
Penn State Behrend communication students and BVZ sports radio hosts Spencer Pascuzzi and Cody Bupp secured media passes to this weekend's NFL Combine. Follow their Indianapolis adventures at behrendbvz.org.
Weekend's 30 Hour Famine Supports Erie City Mission, Wesleyville Interfaith Food Pantry
Poverty and hunger aren’t issues that can be resolved in a day, but that doesn’t mean that 25 students from Penn State Behrend won’t give it the old college try.
