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OUTREACH
Outreach Programs
Through its outreach programs, Penn State Erie offers:
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Continuing Education, which develops and delivers credit and noncredit education and training programs for business and industry, education, and others, and provides assistance for companies seeking grants to defer training costs.
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Knowledge
Park at Penn State Erie, a 200-acre area of campus reserved
for knowledge-based organizations, allowing them to locate near
and take full advantage of the college’s intellectual and physical
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The Pennsylvania Sea Grant program, which provides extension services in support of environmental and economic issues related to Pennsylvania's coastlines—Lake Erie and the Delaware River.
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Outreach centers that offer support to business and industry, entrepreneurs, government and social service agencies, and others. Support ranges from organizational and program evaluation to engineering design and economic analysis.
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The Plastics Technology Center an affiliate of the Northwest Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center and the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Manufacturing Extension Partnership that provides plastics-related technical and part/product commercialization assistance to plastics processors, mold builders, and OEMs.
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A regional Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program (PENNTAP) office which provides business, scientific, and technological assistance to manufacturers.
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The Center for eBusiness and Advanced Information Technology which was developed to establish Pennsylvania as a regional center in e-business and advanced information technologies and to accelerate economic development throughout the Commonwealth. By providing opportunities and expertise in the latest e-business and information technology techniques, businesses will get the help they need to enter the digital economy and better compete.
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Educational outreach programs, such as College for Kids, Minority College Experience, Women in Science and Engineering, Penn State Educational Partnership Program, and Math Options.
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WP$E AM 1450, a 1,000-watt commercially licensed radio station serving Erie County, Pennsylvania. The WP$E Partners for BusinessÔ interview series is a unique, ongoing schedule of commentary by northwest Pennsylvania CEOs and entrepreneurs.
Through its academic programs, Penn State Erie offers business and industry:
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Educational programs offered through the School of Engineering, including mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, computer engineering, and software engineering; and two- and four-year plastics, mechanical, and electrical engineering technology. There are over 1,100 students enrolled, and more than 240 students graduate annually.
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One of only three accredited baccalaureate programs nationwide in plastics engineering technology.
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Educational programs offered through the Sam and Irene Black School of Business, including an associate degree program in general business; baccalaureate degree programs in accounting, business economics, economics, finance, international business, management, management information systems, and marketing; a regional AACSB-accredited MBA program that has produced more than 250 graduates since 1987; a graduate certificate in Project Management, and a Web-based master's degree in Project Management.
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Educational programs offered through the School of Science and School of Humanities and Social Sciences, including baccalaureate degree programs in chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, computer science, and psychology.
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More than 150 student
senior projects annually,
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Nearly 150 student internships established with business and industry annually.
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Annual Penn State Behrend Career Fair, which brings students, faculty, and staff together with company representatives from a variety of companies. With over 100 companies participating annually, the programs have grown from regional hiring events to full-service career fairs that involve local, regional, national, and international employers.