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Image: Penn State Behrend May 11, 2021 Penn State Behrend awarded 669 undergraduate and graduate degrees at two outdoor ceremonies on Saturday, May 8. The ceremonies were held at the Behrend soccer stadium, with COVID safety protocols in place for the duration of each program. The graduates also were honored during Penn State’s virtual commencement program. A recording of that program can be viewed at https://virtual.commencement.psu.edu/. At Behrend, in chairs spaced six feet apart, the graduates heard from Chancellor Ralph Ford, who discussed the unique circumstances of this ac...

Penn State Behrend’s spring theatre production will be outdoors and socially distanced. Performances began April 22. Art imitates life, right? Penn State Behrend’s fall theatre production, like much of the country at that time, was locked down: The cast gathered on Zoom, performing from individual rooms in the college’s Perry Hall. “They made the most of it,” said Emily Cassano, assistant teaching professor of music, theatre and visual arts, “but they never had an opportunity to fully bond as a group. They were always in different rooms.” The spring production, which runs April ...

Image: Penn State Behrend April 22, 2021 ERIE, Pa. — Art imitates life, right? Penn State Behrend’s fall theater production, like much of the country at that time, was locked down: The cast gathered on Zoom, performing from individual rooms in the college’s Perry Hall. “They made the most of it,” said Emily Cassano, assistant teaching professor of music, theater and visual arts, “but they never had an opportunity to fully bond as a group. They were always in different rooms.” The spring production, which runs April 22-25, reflects the later stages of the pandemic. The...

April 13, 2021 When faculty members in the School of Science at Penn State Behrend had to re-imagine their courses for the remote-learning COVID environment, they did what scientists do: They experimented until they got it right. “It’s been hard for students and faculty members alike,” said Lynne Beaty, assistant professor of biology, “but I think the pandemic has pushed faculty members to be more creative in how we present information.” She found a solution on her phone – which she mounted to an elastic headband. That freed her hands while giving students a first-person point...

Image: Contributed photo April 5, 2021 Jeremy O’Mard, a 2013 Penn State Behrend graduate, will be honored as one of 16 Penn State Alumni Achievement Award recipients in a virtual ceremony on April 13. The 7 p.m. program is open to the public, but registration is required. The Alumni Achievement Award recognizes alumni 35 years of age and younger for their extraordinary professional accomplishments. About 100 alumni – eight of them graduates from Penn State Behrend – have been honored since the award was established in 2005. As a managing consultant and systems engineer with I...