Women's Engagement Council board members Melanie Ford, left, and Priscilla Hamilton, right, present the Mary Behrend Impact Award to Paula J. Dombrowski, the Engineer of Record for the Burke Center at Penn State Behrend.
These Weeping Japanese Cherry trees stand near an entrance to Penn State Behrend’s Reed Union Building. The trees bloom with clusters of pink, five-petal flowers.
Penn State Behrend has invested more than $1.2 million to prevent erosion and improve trails in Wintergreen Gorge, a Natural Heritage Area on and adjacent to the campus.
The Penn State Behrend campus was designated as an arboretum in 2003. The campus is home to more than 200 species of trees, including Eastern Hophornbeams and Littleleaf Lindens.
“Having access to natural spaces affects us in so many ways,” said Sherri “Sam” Mason, director of sustainability at Penn State Behrend. “When we feel that connection, we want to protect the place.”
Penn State Behrend College Democrats met with U.S. Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania at the opening of Biden-Harris campaign headquarters in downtown Erie in March 2024.
