Wednesday, February 12, 2025 

Learn about the next student trustee; read about John Benhart’s love of his constantly changing field; and more

Baseball season is set to open next week. Relive the program’s turnaround that sparked a championship run last spring. Read “A Season to Remember,” from the Fall 2024 edition of IUP Magazine.

RUSSIA FREES ’84 IUP GRADUATE MARC FOGEL. A FORMER IUP ASSISTANT LEADS THE EAGLES TO THE SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP. FIND THESE STORIES AND MORE ON THE IUP NOW WEBSITE.

The State System Board of Governors has approved Jackson White, a student in the Cook Honors College and the Economics Honors and Political Science programs, as the next student member of the IUP Council of Trustees. He’ll start his term after current student trustee Shagufta Haque graduates in May. Learn more about him.

There are laws of science, for sure, but true science changes all the time. That’s what excites John Benhart, a professor of regional planning. He loves learning what’s new and sharing it with his students. Learn more about him in this Meet Our Faculty feature.

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