Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
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| Established: | 1948 |
| Type: | Land-Grant, State-related |
| Chancellor: | Jack Burke |
| Faculty: | 207 full-time 61 part-time |
| Students: | 4,046 students[1] 1,645 residents |
| Location: | Erie, PA |
| Campus: | 725 acres |
| Colors: | Blue and white |
| Nickname: | Behrend |
| Mascot: | Behrend Lion |
| Affiliations: | AMCC, NCAA |
| Website: | www.pennstatebehrend.edu |
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College is a state-related public university institution and a Commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University located in Erie, Pennsylvania.
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[edit] General Information
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At Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, over 4,400 students benefit from the opportunities and prestige of the Pennsylvania State University while set in an atmosphere of a small college setting. Students can choose from thirty-two baccalaureate majors, nineteen minors, six associate degree programs, and three graduate programs. The 725-acre campus is located only minutes from the City of Erie in Harborcreek Township. As a land grant and sea grant institution, the college's mission includes advancing Northwestern Pennsylvania's economic and social welfare.
The college in recent years has added a number of facilities, including an athletics and recreation center, chapel and carillon, astronomy observatory, large residence halls, Knowledge Park at Penn State Erie, and a baseball and softball complex. The newest construction is a $30 million research and economic development center (REDC) that houses the School of Engineering and the Sam and Irene Black School of Business. The 160,000 square foot REDC includes state-of-the art teaching and research labs, including the largest plastics lab in the United States.
[edit] Student Life
There are three on-campus dining facilities: the Gazebo at Dobbins, Bruno's Café in the Reed Union Building, and the Clark Cafe in the REDC. Dobbins is a cafeteria with a large variety of foods and drinks available as a buffet. The cafeteria will be expanding in the future as well. It is said that it will also include a "Panera-like" area for food-pick up. Bruno's is an on-campus cafe where students can get all types of food and drinks for dine-in or to-go. It is located in the Reed Union Building and has wireless internet access for students. It tends to be open longer and later than Dobbins: till about 11 PM on weekdays and midnight on weekends. There is often live entertainment on weekends at Bruno’s Café. The Cybercafe offers a variety of sandwiches, wraps, salads, and drinks, and it provides students with wireless internet access.
Behrend has its own Greek life but it is not nearly as prevalent as the University Park campus. There are four social fraternities: Delta Chi, Kappa Delta Rho, Sigma Tau Gamma. There are three sororities: Alpha Sigma Alpha, Alpha Sigma Tau and Theta Phi Alpha.
Residential facilities have been recently renovated and all rooms have relatively new furniture in good condition with wall-to-wall carpeting and a microfridge (microwave/refrigerator) in all of the dorm rooms. Most freshman live in Lawrence, Niagara and Perry Halls. Some students may also get housing in the recently constructed Senat Hall; a freshman-only hall reserved for those who join a "FIG" or Freshman Interest Group. Senat hall is the newest residential hall, it is suite-style, located centrally on the campus and as such, is often revered to be the best place to live on campus. Honors students live in Almy Hall. Sophomores, juniors and seniors often opt to live in 8 person/4 bedroom suites in Tiffany, Tigress and Porcupine Halls. Others may prefer to live in smaller 4 person/2 bedroom suite styles in Ohio Hall. On campus apartments are available too. Off-campus apartments have recently been built right across the street from campus and will be opening up in the fall of 2006.
The student:teacher ratio is 15:1 at Penn State Behrend. During the first two semesters, many students may find themselves in bigger classes for some popular intro courses but classes decrease in size in their sophomore year. [1]
[edit] Athletics
Known as the Behrend Lions, Penn State Behrend men can compete in 10 Varsity sports while women can compete in 11. Penn State Behrend is a member of the NCAA Division III, Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) and Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). Men's Varsity include: baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, indoor and outdoor track and field, soccer, swimming, tennis and water polo. Women's sports include: basketball, cross country, golf, indoor and outdoor track, soccer, softball, swimming, volleyball and water polo.
[edit] Changing Assignment to University Park
The vast majority of students at Penn State Behrend stay at the college and do not change assignment to another Penn State campus. However, only 20% of incoming freshmen eventually change assignment to University Park at the end of their second year in order to complete a program that Behrend College does not offer.[2] In order to change assignment, a person must 1) declare a major by the end of their sophomore year 2) satisfy a few required classes for that major and 3) maintain a sufficient GPA. In most popular majors, about 5-9 specific courses need to be completed (usually a few introductory courses relevant to the major) and roughly a 3.0 GPA needs to be maintained. It is recommended that the student know what their major will be, what classes (if any) are required before changing assignment for their major and if they meet minimum GPA requirements by about third semester or earlier. This is beneficial because if a student is missing any courses or needs to boost their GPA, they can do so in their fourth semester and change assignment to the University Park campus easily and successfully.
Students who declare certain majors (architecture, agricultural business) can change assignment to University Park after their freshman year (instead of after their sophomore year which is more common) because the majors aren't offered at Behrend at all, or as in-depth as it is offered in University Park.
It should be noted that while many majors are offered in University Park and not Behrend, five majors are offered only at Behrend and not University Park: International Business (offered only as a minor at UP), Plastics Engineering Technology, Software Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology, and a BFA in Creative Writing. This is a major contributing reason as to why some students do not change campuses.
[edit] Knowledge Park
Knowledge Park is a 200-acre research and development area located on the campus of Penn State Behrend in a park-like setting. The park enables knowledge-based organizations to take advantage of the college's intellectual and physical resources as well as the resources of other colleges and universities in the region.
[edit] Points of interest
[edit] References
- ^ PSU Erie Student Numbers
- ^ Chancellor Jack Burke, "Newswatch Insider" on WSEE TV, June 17, 2007.
[edit] External links
- Penn State Erie
- Knowledge Park at Penn State Erie
- Penn State Behrend, Residence Hall Help Desk
- USNews Statistics on Behrend
- Behrend Greek Organizations
- Pennsylvania Mentor: Penn State Erie-The Behrend College
- Behrend Dining and Meal Plans
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