Erie is suddenly flush with economic development efforts: Erie Refocused, Emerge 2040, the Erie Downtown Development Corp., and the Innovation Beehive Network, among others. This year's ERIE conference at Penn State Behrend looked at what's working, and where community planners still need to focus.
Nearly 30 students were enrolled in the “Engineer and Build Your Dream Home” class, held as part of Penn State Behrend’s College for Kids program. More than 100 courses were offered this summer as part of the youth outreach program, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.
Ethel S. Kochel, widow of longtime Behrend leader Irvin H. Kochel and an influential campus presence in the college’s early years, died Thursday, July 19, at the age of 94.
More than 70 percent of the participants in Penn State Behrend's Talent Search program go on to college. For some, the journey begins in a cardboard boat.
Ralph Colby has partnered with two other Penn State researchers, Alicyn Rhoades and Scott Milner, to get a better basic understanding of how plastics cool from a liquid to solid shape in injection molding. Their work, which involves some new techniques, is already helping industry partners.
AACSB International has extended its accreditation of the Black School of Business at Penn State Behrend through 2022. Just 5 percent of the world's bachelor-level degree programs earn the AACSB distinction.
William "Bill" Lasher, a founding faculty member of Penn State Behrend's engineering program, has created an estate gift to support new programs and initiatives of the school. He retired in 2017.
Penn State Behrend’s Knowledge Park will have a new occupant this fall when Erie Insurance relocates more than 200 employees of its commercial and personal lines processing departments.
Nearly 30 young people were enrolled in the Young People's Chorus (YPC) of Erie Camp, which was held in late June as one of more than 100 courses offered this summer as part of College for Kids at Penn State Behrend. This was the first time YPC Erie offered a course through College for Kids.
The "Escape Room” was one of more than 100 courses offered as part of Penn State Behrend's College for Kids, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. It also happens to be the largest year yet for the program; nearly 1,400 children between the ages of 6 and 14 are participating.
