• PSU COVID Relief Funding

      Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu Penn State University has awarded many students in financial need funding through the American Relief Plan, ARP, which originally provided nearly $40 billion for colleges and universities through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, HEERF. For the 2022 spring semester, PSU will award $17.35 million in their COVID-19 emergency relief…

    • Historic Supreme Court Nominee

      Madison Kwiecinski  News Editor  Mvk5945@psu.edu  On Friday, February 25 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman nominated to serve on the United State’s highest court. Jackson was previously a federal appeals court Judge and is now selected to serve as a Supreme Court Justice.  When introducing Jackson at…

    • Texas Governor Greg Abbott is now demanding that citizens report parents of transgender minors who receive gender-affirming medical care

      Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu According to The New York Times, Abbott told state health agencies in Texas on February 22 that medical treatments provided to transgender adolescents, widely considered to be the standard of care in medicine, should be classified as “child abuse” under existing state law. His statements, made in a letter to…

    • Fashion Show

      Spencer Finley Politics Editor sjf5814@psu.edu On Friday, February 25, as part of Behrend’s Black History Month commemorations, the Organization of African and Caribbean Students, the National Society of Black Engineers, and the Association of Black Collegians hosted a fashion show, which was accompanied by remarks from a guest speaker, Gary Horton, who is a community…

    • Economics Scholarship

      Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu Current Penn State Behrend lecturer for economics, Larry Neizmik, alongside his wife, Charlotte A. Neizmik, have donated $250,000 to a scholarship for economics majors with financial need at PSB. According to Penn State News, Neizmik believes scholarships can serve as an incentive, not only easing the financial burden for today’s…

    • PSU COVID Relief Funding

      Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu Penn State University has awarded many students in financial need funding through the American Relief Plan, ARP, which originally provided nearly $40 billion for colleges and universities through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, HEERF. For the 2022 spring semester, PSU will award $17.35 million in their COVID-19 emergency relief…

    • Historic Supreme Court Nominee

      Madison Kwiecinski  News Editor  Mvk5945@psu.edu  On Friday, February 25 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman nominated to serve on the United State’s highest court. Jackson was previously a federal appeals court Judge and is now selected to serve as a Supreme Court Justice.  When introducing Jackson at…

    • Texas Governor Greg Abbott is now demanding that citizens report parents of transgender minors who receive gender-affirming medical care

      Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu According to The New York Times, Abbott told state health agencies in Texas on February 22 that medical treatments provided to transgender adolescents, widely considered to be the standard of care in medicine, should be classified as “child abuse” under existing state law. His statements, made in a letter to…

    • Fashion Show

      Spencer Finley Politics Editor sjf5814@psu.edu On Friday, February 25, as part of Behrend’s Black History Month commemorations, the Organization of African and Caribbean Students, the National Society of Black Engineers, and the Association of Black Collegians hosted a fashion show, which was accompanied by remarks from a guest speaker, Gary Horton, who is a community…

    • Economics Scholarship

      Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu Current Penn State Behrend lecturer for economics, Larry Neizmik, alongside his wife, Charlotte A. Neizmik, have donated $250,000 to a scholarship for economics majors with financial need at PSB. According to Penn State News, Neizmik believes scholarships can serve as an incentive, not only easing the financial burden for today’s…

    • PSU COVID Relief Funding

      Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu Penn State University has awarded many students in financial need funding through the American Relief Plan, ARP, which originally provided nearly $40 billion for colleges and universities through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, HEERF. For the 2022 spring semester, PSU will award $17.35 million in their COVID-19 emergency relief…

    • Historic Supreme Court Nominee

      Madison Kwiecinski  News Editor  Mvk5945@psu.edu  On Friday, February 25 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman nominated to serve on the United State’s highest court. Jackson was previously a federal appeals court Judge and is now selected to serve as a Supreme Court Justice.  When introducing Jackson at…

    • Texas Governor Greg Abbott is now demanding that citizens report parents of transgender minors who receive gender-affirming medical care

      Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu According to The New York Times, Abbott told state health agencies in Texas on February 22 that medical treatments provided to transgender adolescents, widely considered to be the standard of care in medicine, should be classified as “child abuse” under existing state law. His statements, made in a letter to…

    • Fashion Show

      Spencer Finley Politics Editor sjf5814@psu.edu On Friday, February 25, as part of Behrend’s Black History Month commemorations, the Organization of African and Caribbean Students, the National Society of Black Engineers, and the Association of Black Collegians hosted a fashion show, which was accompanied by remarks from a guest speaker, Gary Horton, who is a community…

    • Economics Scholarship

      Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu Current Penn State Behrend lecturer for economics, Larry Neizmik, alongside his wife, Charlotte A. Neizmik, have donated $250,000 to a scholarship for economics majors with financial need at PSB. According to Penn State News, Neizmik believes scholarships can serve as an incentive, not only easing the financial burden for today’s…

    • PSU COVID Relief Funding

      Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu Penn State University has awarded many students in financial need funding through the American Relief Plan, ARP, which originally provided nearly $40 billion for colleges and universities through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, HEERF. For the 2022 spring semester, PSU will award $17.35 million in their COVID-19 emergency relief…

    • Historic Supreme Court Nominee

      Madison Kwiecinski  News Editor  Mvk5945@psu.edu  On Friday, February 25 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman nominated to serve on the United State’s highest court. Jackson was previously a federal appeals court Judge and is now selected to serve as a Supreme Court Justice.  When introducing Jackson at…

    • Texas Governor Greg Abbott is now demanding that citizens report parents of transgender minors who receive gender-affirming medical care

      Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu According to The New York Times, Abbott told state health agencies in Texas on February 22 that medical treatments provided to transgender adolescents, widely considered to be the standard of care in medicine, should be classified as “child abuse” under existing state law. His statements, made in a letter to…

    • Fashion Show

      Spencer Finley Politics Editor sjf5814@psu.edu On Friday, February 25, as part of Behrend’s Black History Month commemorations, the Organization of African and Caribbean Students, the National Society of Black Engineers, and the Association of Black Collegians hosted a fashion show, which was accompanied by remarks from a guest speaker, Gary Horton, who is a community…

    • Economics Scholarship

      Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu Current Penn State Behrend lecturer for economics, Larry Neizmik, alongside his wife, Charlotte A. Neizmik, have donated $250,000 to a scholarship for economics majors with financial need at PSB. According to Penn State News, Neizmik believes scholarships can serve as an incentive, not only easing the financial burden for today’s…

    • PSU COVID Relief Funding

      Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu Penn State University has awarded many students in financial need funding through the American Relief Plan, ARP, which originally provided nearly $40 billion for colleges and universities through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, HEERF. For the 2022 spring semester, PSU will award $17.35 million in their COVID-19 emergency relief…

    • Historic Supreme Court Nominee

      Madison Kwiecinski  News Editor  Mvk5945@psu.edu  On Friday, February 25 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman nominated to serve on the United State’s highest court. Jackson was previously a federal appeals court Judge and is now selected to serve as a Supreme Court Justice.  When introducing Jackson at…

    • Texas Governor Greg Abbott is now demanding that citizens report parents of transgender minors who receive gender-affirming medical care

      Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu According to The New York Times, Abbott told state health agencies in Texas on February 22 that medical treatments provided to transgender adolescents, widely considered to be the standard of care in medicine, should be classified as “child abuse” under existing state law. His statements, made in a letter to…

    • Fashion Show

      Spencer Finley Politics Editor sjf5814@psu.edu On Friday, February 25, as part of Behrend’s Black History Month commemorations, the Organization of African and Caribbean Students, the National Society of Black Engineers, and the Association of Black Collegians hosted a fashion show, which was accompanied by remarks from a guest speaker, Gary Horton, who is a community…

    • Economics Scholarship

      Courtney Balcombe Creative Editor clb6264@psu.edu Current Penn State Behrend lecturer for economics, Larry Neizmik, alongside his wife, Charlotte A. Neizmik, have donated $250,000 to a scholarship for economics majors with financial need at PSB. According to Penn State News, Neizmik believes scholarships can serve as an incentive, not only easing the financial burden for today’s…

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