• Poet Elizabeth Hazen Visits Behrend

    Maddy Jewell

    Poet Elizabeth Hazen begins the Smith Creative Writers Reading series featuring excerpts from her most recent collection The Sky WIll Hold (2025).

  • Student Government Gives Culinary Arts Club and Behrend Communal Kitchen Recommendation for Approval

    Maddy Jewell

    Student Government reconvened Thursday, Sept. the 17th, and began with roll call. The previous week’s minutes were approved by a vote of general consent, as was the current week’s agenda. During the first open forum period of the meeting, President Napierski reminded senators that Jefferson Educational Society events are free for all students. This year,…

  • Erie Seawolves Lose Pitcher’s Duel, Fall to Reading 1-0 in First Game of Eastern League Championship

    Brayden Byham

    In a battle that saw both starting pitchers put together a remarkably resilient performance, the Erie Seawolves were silenced yesterday at UPMC Park in a 1-0 loss to the Reading Fightin Phils (Philadelphia’s AA affiliate), whose lone run in the top of the ninth inning broke a scoreless deadlock in Game 1 of the best-of-three…

  • Behrend Connects with Erie Literary Community at Erie Lit Fest

    Sadie Groner

    Penn State Behrend attends Erie Lit Festival to advertise student and faculty-led magazine Lake Effect and support the local literary community.

  • Robert’s Rules, Elections and Aspiring Clubs: A Student Government Report

    Maddy Jewell

    The student government meeting on Thursday, Sept. 10 began with a roll call; all officers were in attendance. Approval of last week’s meeting minutes passed with a vote of general consensus. Similarly, the approval of the current week’s agenda also passed with a vote of general consensus. The fall election packets were sent out to…

  • Erie SeaWolves, Luke Shilger Make History, Dominate Richmond 16-8 in Playoff Opener 

    Brayden Byham

    The Erie SeaWolves, Detroit’s AA affiliate, opened up the 2026 Eastern League Southwest Division Series yesterday with an offensive explosion at UPMC Park, tallying a postseason franchise record of 18 runs and 17 hits in a dominant 18-6 victory over the Richmond Flying Squirrels, San Francisco’s AA affiliate.

  • Student Government starts semester off strong

    Maddy Jewell

    President Abby Napierski called her first student government meeting to order Thursday, Sept. 3. The meeting began with roll call; all officers were in attendance. As it was the first meeting of the semester, the organization had no old business to attend to. New business consisted of President Napierski’s goals for the semester; this included…

  • The Miguel Zenón Quartet plays at Behrend

    Sadie Groner

    Music at Noon series kicks off with Miguel Zenón Quartet on Wednesday, Sept 2nd to resounding success.

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