Behrend Alumna Honored With Award

Nicole (Frisbee) Gailey ’10 was chosen to receive one of seven Penn State Alumni Achievement Awards for 2023 The award recognizes alumni thirty-five years of age and younger for outstanding professional accomplishments.

Gailey is the director of R&D and Innovation PMO Americas for Trivium Packaging, focusing on the next generation of metal packaging solutions. She and her team are charged with discovering, evaluating, and designing new technologies, materials and graphics that can lead to developing new products, improving existing products, and furthering product differentiation.

Before working in the packaging industry, Gailey held roles in engineering design, measurement and integrity, technical project management, operational excellence, and quality for TechnipFMC (formerly FMC Technologies).

“We are proud to see Nicole recognized for her achievements,” said Behrend Chancellor Ralph Ford. “She epitomizes everything we envision in a Behrend graduate—not only successful and passionate in her career, but also committed to lifelong learning and giving back to her community.”

Gailey graduated from Penn State Behrend with a degree in mechanical engineering and a minor in operations and supply chain management. She earned a master’s degree in engineering management from Gannon University, where she is currently pursuing a doctorate in organizational learning and leadership. A standout soccer player at Behrend, she was inducted into the Penn State Behrend Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019.

Since 2005, about 100 accomplished young alumni—ten of them Penn State Behrend graduates—have received the Alumni Achievement Award.

New public shows at Yahn Planetarium

Yahn Planetarium in Penn State Behrend’s Science Complex has new public show hours on Saturdays: a 10:00 a.m. childrens’ show, and an 11:30 a.m. show for general audiences. Admission fees are $5 for adults, $3 for kids ages 12 and under. Penn State employees, students, and all children under age 2 are free.

Have a group—school, hobby, social—that wants to visit the planetarium? You can schedule a private showing and choose from a large catalog of presentations.

Visit behrend.psu.edu/yahnplanetarium or call 814-8987268 for show descriptions and ticket information.