Construction workers added a 32-foot, 1,200-pound beam to the framework of Penn State Behrend’s new Erie Hall, a $28.2 million fitness and recreation center.
Penn State Behrend celebrated the “topping off” of the new, $28.2 million Erie Hall on March 23 as a white beam signed by hundreds of students, faculty and staff was set into place.
Penn State Behrend celebrated the “topping off” of the new $28.2 million Erie Hall on March 23 as a white beam signed by hundreds of students, faculty and staff was set into place.
George Looney, distinguished professor of English and creative writing, will read from his 16 books of poetry and prose, including his newest collection, “Ode to the Earth in Translation,” when the Smith Creative Writers Reading Series resumes at Penn State Behrend on Thursday, April 7.
Penn State Behrend’s 2021-22 Speaker Series will conclude on Tuesday, April 5, with a talk by Sarah Thomas, the first woman to work on an NFL officiating crew.
A Jan. 8 ribbon-cutting opened the Innovation Commons lab at Penn State Behrend, one of six new entrepreneurship centers funded by the Invent Penn State initiative. Participating were, from left: Samuel P. "Pat" Black III, chairman of Erie Management Group and a longtime supporter of Penn State Behrend; Penn State Vice President for Research Neil Sharkey; Penn State Vice President for Commonwealth Campuses Madlyn Hanes; Penn State President Eric Barron; Penn State Behrend Chancellor Ralph Ford; Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper; Perry Wood, executive director of the Erie County Gaming Revenue Authority; and Scott McCain, chairman of the Penn State Behrend Council of Fellows.
