Courtney Balcombe

News Editor

clb6264@psu.edu

For those who do not know why Penn State Behrend is also known as Penn State Erie – The Behrend College, it is because the Behrend family used to own the 500+ acres of land where our school now sits.

Most of our campus is named after something to do with the Behrend family. Otto Behrend Science Building is named after Otto Behrend, husband to Mary Behrend who sold Penn State the land. Hammermill is named after the Hammermill Printing Press that Otto owned with his family. Then there is Bruno’s, one of the dining halls, which is named after the German Shepherd the Behrend family had for many years.

While Bruno’s headstone is located in the Lilley Library, some believe that he is buried somewhere on campus. There are rumors that student’s in the 1990s would dig him up and the campus had to keep burying him every so often.

However, Bruno is still somewhere on campus. Penn State Behrend shared to their Facebook page for National Dog Week in 2013, “In honor of National Dog Week, we salute Bruno … He has quite a presence on campus: … and his final resting place is over near Wilson Picnic Grove.”

Some have said if you go to the Wilson Picnic Grove at night, Bruno will bark or whine to keep you from stepping on his grave. If you don’t believe me, feel free to sit at the picnic grove and listen to Bruno keep you away from his grave.