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It was named after Tom Ridge, an Erie native and the first Secretary of Homeland Security. [2] For a dozen years before the opening of the institute, then Mercyhurst College offered an undergraduate degree in intelligence studies as part of its ground-breaking Research/Intelligence Analyst Program (RIAP, or R/iap).
Erie [a] is a city on the south shore of Lake Erie and the county seat of Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the fifth-most populous city in Pennsylvania and the most populous in Northwestern Pennsylvania with a population of 94,831 at the 2020 census .
Erie Bluffs State Park is a 587-acre (238 ha) [2] Pennsylvania state park in Girard and Springfield Townships, Erie County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is the largest undeveloped stretch of land overlooking Lake Erie in Pennsylvania.
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine has the largest class of medical students in the country. [1] Penn State Erie is the largest Penn-State branch college. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The longest-operating Higher Education provider in the City of Erie is the Erie Business Center , which is a private campus offering 2-year Associate Degrees.
Gannon University was first established in 1933 as the two-year Cathedral College by the Diocese of Erie under the leadership of Joseph J. "Doc" Wehrle. [2] In 1944, the school became the four-year men's school Gannon College of Arts and Sciences, named in honor of the then-Bishop of Erie, John Mark Gannon, the driving force behind its opening and development.
Elk Creek Township is in southern Erie County and is bordered to the south by Crawford County. The borough of Cranesville , a separate municipality, is on the western edge of the township. According to the United States Census Bureau , the township has a total area of 34.8 square miles (90.2 km 2 ), of which 34.7 square miles (90.0 km 2 ) is ...
The Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy (abbreviated NPCA), or just Collegiate Academy or Academy High School, is located in midtown Erie, Pennsylvania. The school is housed in the former Academy High School building, which reopened in September 1997 as Collegiate Academy. The school boasts a 100% college acceptance rate among recent ...
Erie County was established on March 12, 1800, from part of Allegheny County, which absorbed the lands of the disputed Erie Triangle in 1792. Prior to 1792, the region was claimed by both New York and Pennsylvania and so no county demarcations were made until the federal government intervened.