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Luxury in a Residence Hall? Stay On Campus during Reunion
Behrend Pioneers Celebrate 60 Years in Style … Picnic Style With Joe Benacci ’57 and Bill Roberge ’61 at the helm of the Pioneer Reunion Committee, Behrend memories have not faded. They are inviting all Pioneer Alumni (people who attended Behrend from 1948-1958) to come back for a special celebratory dinner and reception. On Friday, July 25 on the Glenhill Farmhouse lawn, with special guest Mrs. Ethel Kochel, Pioneers are invited to share pictures and memories of Behrend’s first 10 years. Only a Month to Order Creamery Ice Cream in Erie
 For $8 per half gallon (or $7 a piece, if you order 3 or more half gallons), you can savor Death by Chocolate, Bittersweet Mint, Somerset Shortcake, and many other flavors. The deadline to order your favorite flavors of Creamery ice cream is Wednesday, July 9. All orders must be picked up Sunday, July 27 between Noon and 3 p.m. at Bruno’s Cafe in the Reed Union Building. Proceeds from this Penn State Behrend Alumni Society sale support the Alumni Scholarship Fund. For all the flavors, details, and to order, visit online. Grill your Own Steak with Penn Staters
The Lake Erie Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association annual Steak Fry is Saturday, August 2 at 5 pm at the Wilson Picnic Grove at Behrend. This year’s speaker is Dr. Leigh-Ann Bedal, lecturer in anthropology at Behrend. For $19 you will get a 10 oz. strip steak, tossed salad, corn on the cob, baked potato, dinner rolls, beverages, and strawberry shortcake. Proceeds benefit the Chapter’s scholarship fund. Contact Phil Mobilia '77 to register. Behrend and Harvard … Together Again
Students enrolled in the new SCALE-UP introductory physics courses scored only slightly lower on a standardized exam than Harvard University honors students. Instruction in SCALE-UP, or Student-Centered Activities for Large Enrollment Undergraduate Programs, is in labs all the time, eliminating the old-school lecture-to-lab format. Our SCALE-UP classroom opened last spring; it was built from scratch at a cost of nearly $225,000. Behrend Legacy Created the Same Year
 A mother-daughter duo walked across the stage to receive bachelor’s degrees during our spring 2008 commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 17. Although ending at the same place, Lisa and Amy Burns’ journeys toward four-year degrees were very different. Lisa, with an associate’s degree from Behrend, took one or two core classes each semester since 1997. Amy’s more traditional approach began in fall 2004 and chose Behrend since it was the same school her mother and brother were attending. Read the full story. Penn State Behrend Legacies happen every year. Find out more on how your son or daughter can attend Behrend. Recruit Behrend Students for your Company
Our annual career fair October 1st draws more than 100 employers. Shouldn’t your company be one of them? More than 600 talented students will be looking for jobs, internships, co-ops, or summer employment. Help your company access great talent by letting your corporate recruiter know about our great students. For more information contact the Career Development Center’s Assistant Director Carol Caplan or visit our career services online.  Track & Field Conclude Strong Season at Championships
Our track & field teams finished off another successful season by sending 15 team members to the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships in Springfield, Massachusetts. The 15 Behrend Lions competing was the most ever qualified for the ECAC Championships. Read about our five athletes named All-ECAC in their respective events and who broke Behrend records. National Plastics Conference Held at Behrend
After the success of last year’s Society of Plastics Engineers conference, we held another injection molding conference, Innovation and Emerging Technologies, on June 10-12. This unique conference, held for plastic engineering professionals from across the country (including many alums), consisted of technical presentations and hands-on tutorials by our faculty showcasing our Plastics Research and Instructional Labs. If you want to hold a conference here, please contact us. Professor Launched as Editor-in-Chief of New Sailing Engineering Journal
 William C. Lasher, associate professor and chair of the mechanical engineering program, has been named the first editor-in-chief of the newly launched Journal of Sailboat Technology. The journal will be an online, peer-reviewed publication of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and its Small Craft Technical Panel. It is intended to cover fundamental and analytical studies and the results and analysis of full-scale experiments. Read the full story.  Children Attend Behrend too Summer at Behrend definitely has a different look because no matter where you go on campus, you will see children ages 5 to 18 having fun and learning. Whether you son or daughter is an athlete, artist, or scientist, we have a camp for them. College for Kids and the Athletic sports camps have just started and registration for the camps is ongoing until filled. Bring your children back to experience Behrend. Sincerely,
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