Penn State Behrend
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1948 |
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Parent institution
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Pennsylvania State University |
| Chancellor | Ralph Ford |
| President | Eric J. Barron |
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Academic staff
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207 full-time 61 part-time |
| Students | 5,050 |
| Location | Erie, PA, USA |
| Campus | 854 acres (3.46 km2) |
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Dark Royal Blue White |
| Nickname | Behrend Lions |
| Mascot | Nittany Lion |
| Affiliations | AMCC (NCAA Division III) |
| Website | behrend |
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Penn State Behrend is a state-related public university institution and a Commonwealth campus of Pennsylvania State University located in Erie, Pennsylvania. The college in recent years has added a number of facilities, including an athletics and recreation center (Junker Center), chapel and carillon (Smith Chapel), astronomy observatory, planetarium (Yahn Planetarium at Penn State Behrend), large residence halls (Ohio and Almy Halls), Knowledge Park at Penn State Behrend, a baseball and softball complex, and a soccer and lacrosse complex. The $30 million, 160,000-square-foot (15,000 m2) Jack Burke Research and Economic Development Center that houses the School of Engineering and the Sam and Irene Black School of Business opened in 2006. It features teaching and research labs, including the largest academic plastics lab in the United States. In 2010, the $4 million Robert and Sally Metzgar Admissions and Alumni Center opened.
In 1948, Mary Behrend, the widow of Hammermill Paper co-founder Otto Behrend, donated her 400-acre estate to Penn State for a freshman center. In 1953, it began offering two-year associate programs in engineering—the first degree programs of any sort that could be completed at a Penn State campus other than the main campus in State College. In 1959, Penn State founded the Commonwealth Campus system, and the Behrend Center became the Behrend Campus. In 1971, it became the first Commonwealth campus to offer four-year degrees. Two years later, it became an autonomous four-year institution, with its own dean (now titled as chancellor).
Students can complete 35 bachelor's degrees and 27 minors, three pre-professional programs, four master's degrees, four associate degrees, and a number of continuing education programs at Penn State Behrend. It also offers the first two years of more than 160 Penn State bachelor's degrees.
Accounting, B.S.; Arts Administration, B.A.; Biology, B.S.; Business Economics, B.S.; Chemistry, B.S.; Childhood and Early Adolescent Education, B.S., Communication, B.A.; Computer Engineering, B.S.; Computer Science, B.S.; Creative Writing, B.F.A; Economics, B.A.; Electrical Engineering, B.S.; Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology, B.S.; English, B.A.; Environmental Science, B.S.; Finance, B.S.; General Arts and Sciences, B.A.; History, B.A.; Industrial Engineering, B.S.; Interdisciplinary Business with Engineering Studies, B.S.; International Business, B.S.; Management Information Systems, B.S.; Marketing, B.S.; Mathematics, B.S.; Mechanical Engineering, B.S.; Mechanical Engineering Technology, B.S.; Nursing, B.S., R.N. to B.S.; Physics, B.S.; Plastics Engineering Technology, B.S.; Political Science, B.A.; Project and Supply Chain Management, B.S.; Psychology, B.A., B.S.; Science, B.S.; Secondary Education Mathematics, B.S.; Software Engineering, B.S.
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