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Niyokindi Thiery, an 11-year-old Diehl Elementary School student, was one of 11 students who visited Penn State Behrend last week.

Penn State Behrend, UECDC partner to educate students about rain gardens

7/18/14

Eleven students from the Urban Erie Community Development Corp. (UECDC) visited the college on July 16 as part of a six-week course being taught by Ann Quinn, lecturer in biology and faculty adviser for Greener Behrend. Quinn is teaching the students about rain gardens; they plan to plant their own rain garden later this summer on the campus of UECDC, 2046 E. 19th St., Erie.

Ann Quinn, left, and Gabi Quiggle assist a customer at the third annual Trash to Treasure sale.

Trash to Treasure sale at Penn State Behrend raises $1,800 for United Way

5/27/14

The May 17 Trash to Treasure sale, which was held in Erie Hall, at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, raised $1,800 for the United Way of Erie County, the highest total in its three-year history. Purchased items included shoes, suitcases, clothes, televisions, furniture, appliances, bicycles and other miscellaneous items donated by Penn State Behrend faculty members, staff and students.

More than 7,219 pounds of electronics were collected at the first Electronic Recycling Event.

Penn State Behrend recycles 7,219 pounds of electronics

5/13/14

The Electronic Recycling Event, co-sponsored by the Greener Behrend Task Force and Lion Surplus, allowed Penn State Behrend faculty members, staff, and students an opportunity to dispose of used electronics in an environmentally friendly way on May 8. Television sets, monitors, hard drives, printers and DVD players were among the most collected items.

The third annual Trash to Treasure Sale will be held Saturday, May 17, at Penn State Behrend.

Trash to Treasure Sale to be held May 17 at Penn State Behrend

5/6/14

Trash to Treasure is a Penn State initiative to keep the university communities’ unwanted but still useful items out of the waste cycle. The local Trash to Treasure sale will be held in Penn State Behrend’s Erie Hall on Saturday, May 17. The event opens at 7:30 a.m.; admission is $5 per person between opening and 9 a.m. Free admission will be offered from 9 until the sale’s end at noon.

Penn State Behrend to host its first Electronic Recycling Event

4/29/14

Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, will host its first Electronic Recycling Event on May 8. The event, co-sponsored by the Greener Behrend Task Force and Lion Surplus, allows Penn State Behrend faculty members, staff and students an opportunity to dispose of used electronics.

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Penn State Behrend crew assists with International Coastal Cleanup

9/18/12

The Erie portion of the 2012 International Coastal Cleanup started far from the beach: A team of more than 150 students, faculty and staff at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, cleaned Fourmile Creek, a key tributary. They pulled out more than 1,400 pounds of trash.

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'Trash to Treasure' proceeds donated to United Way of Erie County

8/6/12

The college's first "Trash to Treasure" event raised more than $900 for the United Way of Erie County. The May 26 sale, which was held in Erie Hall, made good use of the shoes, suitcases, coats and bicycles that students left behind when the semester ended.

Behrend cleanup team to gather for no-waste Earth Week dinner

4/24/12

A campus cleanup team will celebrate Earth Week with a no-plate, no-waste dinner Thursday at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. The meal, which begins at 5 p.m. in the Dobbins Hall Special Events Room, will follow the college's Post-Thaw Cleanup, which begins at the Reed Union Building at 3 p.m.