Students and staff from three Penn State campuses — Beaver, Behrend and University Park — raised a high tunnel at Penn State Beaver in August. The tunnel, funded by a Penn State Strategic Plan seed grant, will allow the campus to grow fresh produce year-round to supply campus-supported agriculture subscriptions and the Salvation Army.
Students work on severed pig’s feet at a two-hour suturing seminar offered by the Army Health Care Recruiting office in Pittsburgh and held at Penn State Behrend.
Penn State president Eric Barron, center left, and Penn State Behrend chancellor Ralph Ford, center right, cut the ribbon on Innovation Commons. They were joined by, from left, Samuel P. “Pat” Black III, chairman of Erie Managmeent Group and longtime supporter of Penn State Behrend; Neil Sharkey, vice president for research at Penn State; Madlyn Hanes, vice president for commonwealth campuses at Penn State; Kathy Dahlkemper, Erie County executive; Perry Wood, executive director of the Erie County Gaming Revenue Authority; and Scott McCain, chairman of the Penn State Behrend Council of Fellows.
Visitors at Ag Progress Days 2018 can learn about the invasive spotted lanternfly in the College of Agricultural Sciences Exhibits Building and Theatre.
