quickly in the 1960s and early 1970s. On January 20, 1973, the Penn State Board of Trustees granted four-year college and graduate status to Penn State Behrend, making it the first Penn State location outside University Park to achieve such status. At that time, the school was renamed as the Behrend College of the Pennsylvania State University.
The school took on its current name, the Pennsylvania State University at Erie, The Behrend College, in 1987. Since then, the college continues to grow, and features an active residential campus, more than $8 million of sponsored faculty research, and more than two dozen outreach initiatives to benefit business and industry, area K-12 students, and the Erie, Pennsylvania community.
== Campus ==
Penn State Behrend's 854-acre campus includes more than fifty buildings, a recognized arboretum, and the scenic Wintergreen Gorge, a six-mile canyon.
The college is also home to Knowledge Park, a 100-acre research and development complex on campus, with 21 businesses employing …
