The Wintergreen Gorge is a 3,980-foot-long, 250-foot-wide chasm on the edge of the campus of Penn State Behrend. The gorge is estimated to have been formed more than 11,000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age, when rushing water below the melting iceberg carved through shale and sandstone on its meandering path to Lake Erie.
Today, the gorge is a popular destination for hikers, birders, naturalists, fossil-hunters, and waders who want to cool off in the creek.
The Early Learning Center at Penn State Behrend has maintained its accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Only 8 percent of all preschool programs earn the distinction.
Psychology students at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, visited Erie Day School for six weeks this spring to teach children how to best handle peer aggression. Their work was based on a three-year study by Charisse Nixon, associate professor of psychology at Penn State Behrend.
Kimberly Cook, a 2013 graduate of Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, works with students at Erie Day School. Penn State Behrend psychology majors visited the school for six weeks this spring, teaching students how to most effectively handle bullies.
