• Michael Czyzniejewski and ‘The Amnesiac in the Maze’

      By Samhita Chitturi On Thursday, October 5, 2023, at 6 P.M., Michael “Mike C.” Czyzniejewski gave a reading of three short stories from his latest collection “The Amnesiac in the Maze” as part of the Fall 2023 Smith Reading Series. He read the following three stories in this order: “The Hemophiliac Engages the Glass Eater”,…

    • Glenn Taylor speaks at Smith Creative Writers Series

      Samhi C. – Staff Writer skc5908@psu.edu “If I could turn my writing into music, I would.” These words were said by Glenn Taylor, the featured writer for the third installment of the Smith Creative Writers Reading Series. On Thursday, April 20, at 6:00 p.m., Taylor took his place at the podium in the Metzgar Lobby…

    • Behrend students organize fundraiser for local animal shelter

      Yan Pan – Contributing Writer yzp5225@PSU.EDU A group of Penn State Behrend students recently organized a fundraiser to benefit the Erie County Humane Society, a local animal shelter that is a nonprofit, and which relies on donations and volunteers for its upkeep. The rescue takes animals from across the county and provides them shelter, food…

    • Behrend Professor George Looney

      Samhi C. – Staff Writer skc5908@psu.edu Who is Professor George Looney?  You know that one professor who runs a lecture-style class, and yet you never get bored once? The kind of class where every word has you hooked. Each class is filled with semi-serious jokes that beget life lessons, connecting the curriculum to real life…

    • PSU launches PSU Go web version for World Campus

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief  Mvk5945@psu.edu Penn state launched the ‘all-in-one’ mobile app PSU Go in Jan. of 2020, just prior to when the covid-19 pandemic hit and made a functional online presence all that more important. The mobile app aimed to provide students with campus-specific information, as well as convenient access to all of their…

    • Michael Czyzniejewski and ‘The Amnesiac in the Maze’

      By Samhita Chitturi On Thursday, October 5, 2023, at 6 P.M., Michael “Mike C.” Czyzniejewski gave a reading of three short stories from his latest collection “The Amnesiac in the Maze” as part of the Fall 2023 Smith Reading Series. He read the following three stories in this order: “The Hemophiliac Engages the Glass Eater”,…

    • Glenn Taylor speaks at Smith Creative Writers Series

      Samhi C. – Staff Writer skc5908@psu.edu “If I could turn my writing into music, I would.” These words were said by Glenn Taylor, the featured writer for the third installment of the Smith Creative Writers Reading Series. On Thursday, April 20, at 6:00 p.m., Taylor took his place at the podium in the Metzgar Lobby…

    • Behrend students organize fundraiser for local animal shelter

      Yan Pan – Contributing Writer yzp5225@PSU.EDU A group of Penn State Behrend students recently organized a fundraiser to benefit the Erie County Humane Society, a local animal shelter that is a nonprofit, and which relies on donations and volunteers for its upkeep. The rescue takes animals from across the county and provides them shelter, food…

    • Behrend Professor George Looney

      Samhi C. – Staff Writer skc5908@psu.edu Who is Professor George Looney?  You know that one professor who runs a lecture-style class, and yet you never get bored once? The kind of class where every word has you hooked. Each class is filled with semi-serious jokes that beget life lessons, connecting the curriculum to real life…

    • PSU launches PSU Go web version for World Campus

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief  Mvk5945@psu.edu Penn state launched the ‘all-in-one’ mobile app PSU Go in Jan. of 2020, just prior to when the covid-19 pandemic hit and made a functional online presence all that more important. The mobile app aimed to provide students with campus-specific information, as well as convenient access to all of their…

    • Michael Czyzniejewski and ‘The Amnesiac in the Maze’

      By Samhita Chitturi On Thursday, October 5, 2023, at 6 P.M., Michael “Mike C.” Czyzniejewski gave a reading of three short stories from his latest collection “The Amnesiac in the Maze” as part of the Fall 2023 Smith Reading Series. He read the following three stories in this order: “The Hemophiliac Engages the Glass Eater”,…

    • Glenn Taylor speaks at Smith Creative Writers Series

      Samhi C. – Staff Writer skc5908@psu.edu “If I could turn my writing into music, I would.” These words were said by Glenn Taylor, the featured writer for the third installment of the Smith Creative Writers Reading Series. On Thursday, April 20, at 6:00 p.m., Taylor took his place at the podium in the Metzgar Lobby…

    • Behrend students organize fundraiser for local animal shelter

      Yan Pan – Contributing Writer yzp5225@PSU.EDU A group of Penn State Behrend students recently organized a fundraiser to benefit the Erie County Humane Society, a local animal shelter that is a nonprofit, and which relies on donations and volunteers for its upkeep. The rescue takes animals from across the county and provides them shelter, food…

    • Behrend Professor George Looney

      Samhi C. – Staff Writer skc5908@psu.edu Who is Professor George Looney?  You know that one professor who runs a lecture-style class, and yet you never get bored once? The kind of class where every word has you hooked. Each class is filled with semi-serious jokes that beget life lessons, connecting the curriculum to real life…

    • PSU launches PSU Go web version for World Campus

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief  Mvk5945@psu.edu Penn state launched the ‘all-in-one’ mobile app PSU Go in Jan. of 2020, just prior to when the covid-19 pandemic hit and made a functional online presence all that more important. The mobile app aimed to provide students with campus-specific information, as well as convenient access to all of their…

    • Michael Czyzniejewski and ‘The Amnesiac in the Maze’

      By Samhita Chitturi On Thursday, October 5, 2023, at 6 P.M., Michael “Mike C.” Czyzniejewski gave a reading of three short stories from his latest collection “The Amnesiac in the Maze” as part of the Fall 2023 Smith Reading Series. He read the following three stories in this order: “The Hemophiliac Engages the Glass Eater”,…

    • Glenn Taylor speaks at Smith Creative Writers Series

      Samhi C. – Staff Writer skc5908@psu.edu “If I could turn my writing into music, I would.” These words were said by Glenn Taylor, the featured writer for the third installment of the Smith Creative Writers Reading Series. On Thursday, April 20, at 6:00 p.m., Taylor took his place at the podium in the Metzgar Lobby…

    • Behrend students organize fundraiser for local animal shelter

      Yan Pan – Contributing Writer yzp5225@PSU.EDU A group of Penn State Behrend students recently organized a fundraiser to benefit the Erie County Humane Society, a local animal shelter that is a nonprofit, and which relies on donations and volunteers for its upkeep. The rescue takes animals from across the county and provides them shelter, food…

    • Behrend Professor George Looney

      Samhi C. – Staff Writer skc5908@psu.edu Who is Professor George Looney?  You know that one professor who runs a lecture-style class, and yet you never get bored once? The kind of class where every word has you hooked. Each class is filled with semi-serious jokes that beget life lessons, connecting the curriculum to real life…

    • PSU launches PSU Go web version for World Campus

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief  Mvk5945@psu.edu Penn state launched the ‘all-in-one’ mobile app PSU Go in Jan. of 2020, just prior to when the covid-19 pandemic hit and made a functional online presence all that more important. The mobile app aimed to provide students with campus-specific information, as well as convenient access to all of their…

    • Michael Czyzniejewski and ‘The Amnesiac in the Maze’

      By Samhita Chitturi On Thursday, October 5, 2023, at 6 P.M., Michael “Mike C.” Czyzniejewski gave a reading of three short stories from his latest collection “The Amnesiac in the Maze” as part of the Fall 2023 Smith Reading Series. He read the following three stories in this order: “The Hemophiliac Engages the Glass Eater”,…

    • Glenn Taylor speaks at Smith Creative Writers Series

      Samhi C. – Staff Writer skc5908@psu.edu “If I could turn my writing into music, I would.” These words were said by Glenn Taylor, the featured writer for the third installment of the Smith Creative Writers Reading Series. On Thursday, April 20, at 6:00 p.m., Taylor took his place at the podium in the Metzgar Lobby…

    • Behrend students organize fundraiser for local animal shelter

      Yan Pan – Contributing Writer yzp5225@PSU.EDU A group of Penn State Behrend students recently organized a fundraiser to benefit the Erie County Humane Society, a local animal shelter that is a nonprofit, and which relies on donations and volunteers for its upkeep. The rescue takes animals from across the county and provides them shelter, food…

    • Behrend Professor George Looney

      Samhi C. – Staff Writer skc5908@psu.edu Who is Professor George Looney?  You know that one professor who runs a lecture-style class, and yet you never get bored once? The kind of class where every word has you hooked. Each class is filled with semi-serious jokes that beget life lessons, connecting the curriculum to real life…

    • PSU launches PSU Go web version for World Campus

      Madison Kwiecinski – Editor-in-Chief  Mvk5945@psu.edu Penn state launched the ‘all-in-one’ mobile app PSU Go in Jan. of 2020, just prior to when the covid-19 pandemic hit and made a functional online presence all that more important. The mobile app aimed to provide students with campus-specific information, as well as convenient access to all of their…

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