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Behrend economist sees good times ahead -- if we avoid 'fiscal cliff'

12/12/12

The Erie-region economy has continued to expand, even as employers cut jobs in August, September and October, according to the latest Erie Leading Index, which was released Dec. 12. The local data shows no evidence of another recession in the months ahead.

The job losses are likely a temporary setback, said Jim Kurre, an associate professor of economics at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, and director of the Economic Research Institute of Erie. Previous job growth was so strong - 1,300 positions were added in June alone and 1,300 more opened in July - that total job numbers are still higher than at the same time in 2011.

Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, scoreboard: Dec. 2 to 9

12/11/12

Saturday, Dec. 8

Men's basketball: Mt. Aloysius 99, Penn State Behrend 97 (2nd OT)
Women's basketball: Mt. Aloysius 66, Penn State Behrend 62
Men's swimming and diving: Westminster 176.5, Penn State Behrend 108.5
Women's swimming and diving: Westminster 139, Penn State Behrend 112

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Jan. 29: Cantus' vocalists can't help but please Behrend music lovers

12/10/12

Cantus, nine musicians hailed as "the premier men's vocal ensemble in the United States" by Fanfare magazine and the winner of Chorus America's prestigious Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence, will perform on Tuesday, Jan. 29, at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.

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Ford elected vice president of technical professional organization

12/5/12

Ralph Ford, director of the School of Engineering at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, was elected 2013 Vice President of Member and Geographic Activities of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). The IEEE Assembly annually elects five corporate officers to serve on its Board of Directors.

The world's largest technical professional organization, IEEE has 400,000 members in 160 countries and nearly $400 million in annual revenue. IEEE has 38 technical societies, more than 1,500 technical standards, and more than 3 million documents in its Xplore Digital Library that are downloaded 8 million times a month. IEEE publishes 148 transactions, journals and magazines, and sponsors 1,300 conferences annually.

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IRS simulation gives desk-bound accounting students more options

12/4/12

John Wells is first through the door, his gun drawn, his badge out, his adrenaline up. He has a warrant. He wants the receptionist to move away from her computer. But he's laughing. It could be the gun, which is plastic and pink. It does sort of ruin the effect. It could be that he's new to this - not an actual police agent, but a student. An accounting major, of all things.

"This whole exercise definitely opened my eyes," he will say later, during a debriefing with the real agents. "All the stereotypes against accountants have just totally been proven wrong."

That was the real purpose of the Internal Revenue Service Project at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, a daylong simulation coordinated by the Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigation division. The 19 students who participated got to try the CI life: They questioned suspects, examined financial records and arrested two actors - agents who volunteered for the handcuffs - after a surveillance exercise on the Burke Center loading dock.

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Behrend teams take lead in AMCC standings

12/4/12

Fall championships in four sports have put Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, at the top of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) standings.

Rankings are determined by the order of finish in regular-season competitions. The top-performing college across 15 sports is awarded the AMCC President's Cup.

Penn State Behrend has won the cup in 11 of the last 12 years.

Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, scoreboard: Nov. 26 to Dec. 2

12/4/12

Wednesday, Nov. 28
Men's basketball: Penn State Behrend 58, Pitt-Bradford 41
Women's basketball: Penn State Behrend 63, Pitt-Bradford 55

Saturday, Dec. 1
Men's basketball: Penn State Behrend 71, Pitt Greensburg 68 (OT)
Women's basketball: Penn State Behrend 82, Pitt-Greensburg 75

Sunday, Dec. 2
Men's swimming and diving: First (of 8 teams) at Fredonia State Blue Devil Invitational
Women's swimming and diving: Seventh (of 8 teams) at Fredonia State Blue Devil Invitational

Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, scoreboard: Nov. 19 to 25

11/26/12

Tuesday, Nov. 20
Men's basketball: Thiel 72, Penn State Behrend 70 (OT)
Women's basketball: Thiel 80, Penn State Behrend 70
Men's swimming and diving: Gannon 146, Penn State Behrend 134
Women's swimming and diving: Gannon 220, Penn State Behrend 52

Saturday, Nov. 24
Women's basketball: Fredonia State 67, Penn State Behrend 44

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Jet bottles, pingpong cannons? It must be Physics Day

11/26/12

As master of ceremonies for the Physics Day program, Jerry Magraw, senior laboratory technician in the School of Science, has a lot to accomplish: in the next half-hour, he'll launch a Pringles can, freeze a racquetball, fire a pingpong cannon and lie on a bed of nails as a student hammers into a block of wood on his chest.

"It does keep them interested," he said.

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TubaChristmas brings songs of the season Dec. 8

11/21/12

The 11th annual TubaChristmas takes place at 1 p.m. Dec. 8, in the McGarvey Commons of the Reed Union Building at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. The performance is free and open to the public.

As its name implies, TubaChristmas is songs of the season interpreted by a choir of student, amateur and professional low-brass musicians performing under guest directors Gary Viebranz of Penn State Behrend, Daniel Burdick of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and Lowell Hepler of Allegheny College.

Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, scoreboard: Nov. 12 to 18

11/20/12

Friday, Nov. 16
Men's basketball: Penn State Behrend 77, Wells College 43

Saturday, Nov. 17
Men's basketball: Penn State Behrend 71, John Carroll 69
Women's basketball: Penn State Behrend 80, Cazenovia 43
Men's swimming and diving: Penn State Behrend 182, Baldwin-Wallace 106
Women's swimming and diving: Baldwin-Wallace 172, Penn State Behrend 83

Sunday, Nov. 18
Women's basketball: Washington & Jefferson 63, Penn State Behrend 62

Penn State Behrend choirs plan two holiday concerts

11/13/12

"My Dancing Day," the Penn State Behrend Concert Choir and Chamber Singers' holiday concert, will be performed at 2 p.m. Dec. 2 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7 in the Larry and Kathryn Smith Chapel at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.

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World Campus iMBA student residency

Penn State online MBA students meet for real-world learning experience

5/7/13

Analyzing how a company operates is an important part of any MBA program. Penn State’s online Intercollege MBA (iMBA) takes this educational analysis a step further by involving iMBA students in real-world learning. From May 12 to 17, the 54 students who have been working together online met in person to study at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

the letter W as logo for the Commission for Women

2013 Commission for Women Award recipients announced, lauded for achievements

5/2/13

Each year, the Commission for Women honors women who have shown notable leadership and who are accomplished in their fields, have supported the Penn State's diversity efforts and promoted equal opportunity, and/or have contributed to human causes and public service activities. The 2013 Rosemary Schraer Mentoring Award and the Achieving Women Awards acknowledge and exemplify the achievements and contributions among Penn Staters, reflecting the University’s mission of mentorship, leadership, service and promoting diversity.

A portrait of Tracy Halmi, senior lecturer in chemistry at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.

Pingpong ball science lightens tone before finals

5/1/13

Want to understand Gay-Lussac's law? Just give Tracy Halmi, senior lecturer in chemistry at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, a 2-liter bottle, a bit of liquid nitrogen and 4,000 pingpong balls.

Engineering conference showcases Behrend students' best work

4/29/13

A timing system for an autocross race course and a gearbox that allows someone to steer a wheelchair with just one hand were among the senior design projects that students at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, presented April 27 at the Richard J. Fasenmyer Engineering Design Conference.

A Penn State Behrend professor helps two students wire a circuit board.

Behrend class asks students to build a better grocery bag

4/23/13

The door to Rob Weissbach’s dollhouse is wired with a buzzer and a bright LED light – protection against any Weebles that might wobble in. On April 18, Weissbach, an associate professor of engineering at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, used the dollhouse to teach basic circuitry to some seventh-graders from Warren County’s Eisenhower Middle School, on campus for the annual 21st Century Kids program.

Wireless networks coming to residence halls on multiple campuses

4/23/13

Housing will begin providing wireless networks this May that will eventually service all Penn State student rooms and apartments. Information Technology Services (ITS) will install and manage the large network for housing that will cover all residence hall buildings at University Park as well as the Altoona, Beaver, Berks, Erie, Greater Allegheny, Harrisburg, Hazleton and Mont Alto campuses. The project will install approximately one access point radio in every three-student room to ensure robust network coverage. The estimated 4,200 access point radios will broadcast both the psu (authenticated) and attwifi (guest network) network IDs.