The end-of-semester Trash to Treasure indoor yard sale at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, will again benefit bargain-hunters, the environment and United Way of Erie County. The sale will be held in Erie Hall on Saturday, May 13.

For the second consecutive year, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, has earned Tree Campus USA recognition. Penn State Behrend is one of just nine colleges or universities in Pennsylvania to be recognized and the only school in northwestern Pennsylvania to earn the distinction.

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.

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.

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.

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.