A Penn State Strategic Plan seed grant is helping the Beaver campus to expand agriculture and food-related initiatives, including a campus garden, community-supported agriculture, and a 96-foot-long high tunnel.
Shell Pennsylvania Chemicals is building a $6 billion ethane "cracker" plant, similar to this facility, in Beaver County. When it opens in 2020, the plant will shorten the supply chain and reduce production costs for plastics manufacturers in Erie.
Nearly 30 young people were enrolled in the Young People's Chorus of Erie Camp, offered as part of Penn State Behrend’s College for Kids program. During the camp, students participated in fast-paced choral rehearsals and music theory classes geared to beginning/intermediate singers and those new to singing in a choir.
"Escape Room” was one of more than 100 courses offered this summer as part of Penn State Behrend's College for Kids program. Just as with large-scale escape rooms, the students were tasked with solving a series of puzzles and riddles using clues, hints and strategy. Once they had solved one puzzle, another would present itself.
