Under the Arch

GANNON'S ERIE TECHNOLOGY INCUBATOR AWARDED $150,000 GRANT

Gannon University’s planned Erie Technology Incubator has been awarded a $150,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission.

With the ARC grant, Gannon to date has received a total of $915,000 in funding for the incubator project.

Said Gannon University President Antoine M. Garibaldi, Ph.D., “This additional grant moves Gannon closer to realizing its goal of establishing the Erie Technology Incubator, which will create jobs and boost economic development opportunities in the city and nearby counties.”

The ETI will be housed in the former Boys & Girls Club of Erie building, located within the Gannon campus at 130 West 8^th Street. The university acquired the property after the club relocated to a new facility on East Lake Road, across from the former International Paper plant.

The former Boys & Girls Club building has approximately 28,000 square feet. The facility will undergo a complete renovation so as to house early-stage and start-up technology-based companies. The facility will be equipped with multimedia conference rooms, high-tech training labs, and shared servers.

The incubator will focus on helping its tenant companies grow and mature in an environment designed to foster innovation and collaboration. The ETI is expected to house companies in three primary areas:

Information technology – including software development, networking and telecommunications, and consulting/services/support/education.
Engineering – including embedded systems and integrated circuit design.
Scientific – including nanotechnology and bio-medical.

The project, while continuing Gannon’s investment in downtown Erie, also is seen as being an important catalyst for economic development and entrepreneurial growth in northwestern Pennsylvania. In addition, Gannon students will benefit from the incubator’s presence by being able to work in internship and other positions with tenant companies.

Partners collaborating in the project include the Gannon Small Business Development Center (SBDC), Gannon’s Dahlkemper School of Business Administration as well as the science, engineering, and computer science departments, the City of Erie, Erie County, the Urban Erie Community Development Corporation, and the Economic Development Corporation of Erie County.

Previous grants for the project have come from local and federal sources, including $405,000 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The university commissioned a Columbus, Ohio, firm, Strategic Development Services, to undertake a comprehensive feasibility study of the project. The firm did determine that the project was viable and enjoys considerable support locally.

OUR FOLKS

Please remember all in your prayers as regretfully we announce the deaths of:

Mr. McKevitt, father-in-law of Scott Mahle, assistant director of Student Living and student conduct officer.
Viola M.Gustafson, mother of David J. Gustafson, associate professor and chairperson of the biology department.

OUR EVENTS

Thursday, October 21 – Gathering in Praise “Celebrating Work”: 11 a.m. in the Old Main Board Room.
Thursday, October 21 – Washabaugh Lecture: Featuring Dr. Karin L. Dahl. Offered at 7:30 p.m. in Zurn room 104. Dahl will discuss the recent decline in literary reading.
Friday, October 22 – Gannon University’s Erie Chamber Orchestra: The concert will feature as soloist Wildy Zumwalt, saxophone. Performance at 7:30 p.m. at the Mary, Seat of Wisdom Chapel.
Sunday-Thursday, Oct. 24-28 – Busy Person's Retreat: Call ext. 7334 for more information.
Tuesday-Wednesday, Oct. 26-27 – Nash Library book sale: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. Proceeds support the library.
Thursday, October 28 – Lecture by Catherine Baker Knoll: Part II of the Gannon symposium. Offered at 7:30 p.m. in Zurn 104.
Monday, November 1 – All Saints Day Masses: 8 a.m., 12:15 p.m., and 4:35 p.m. in the Chapel.
Thursday, November 4 – Mass of Remembrance: 11 a.m. in the Chapel.
Sunday, November 7 – Gannon Fall Open House: A full day of events and activities is planned.
“Our Events” is intended to serve as a random sample of campus events. For a more complete listing, refer to Eventcal.

CURRENT BIRTHDAYS

Barbara Roberts. Robert Rawding. Nick Pronko. Nicholas Madjerick. Tim Laher. Mary Draghi. Michael Latzer. Christine Rudzinski. Patricia Marshall. Janet Goetz. William Colt. Judy Davis. Dick Sukitsch. Kenneth McCurdy. Don Henry. Matthew Yucha. Sharon Dugan. David Hemenger. Matthew Clark. Lori Jasinski. Bryan Morse.

THE PRESIDENT'S SCHEDULE

Tuesday, October 19 – WQLN Collegiate Challenge. Wednesday-Thursday, Oct. 20-21 – University of St. Thomas (Minn.) Board of Trustees meeting. Friday, October 22 – Elk County Catholic High School visit; Gannon University Ambassadors’ Reception. Sunday-Monday, Oct. 24-25 – American Council on Education Commission on Leadership and Institutional Effectiveness.

HEARD ON CAMPUS

Nine Gannon respiratory care students recently visited the sleep center at WCA Hospital in Jamestown, N.Y. The students attended a presentation on sleep medicine during the visit. During their visit, the students also learned about new programs in sleep diagnostics. The visit by the students and Robert Tarkowski, Ph.D., assistant professor and director of clinical education, respiratory care program, was chronicled in the Post-Journal newspaper in Jamestown.
You are invited to see the new offices for Cashier’s, Registrar’s, Financial Aid, Admissions, Center for Adult Learning and Graduate Admissions. The new offices are located at 150 and 162 West Sixth Street. On Friday, Oct. 29, from 3-4:30 p.m., both buildings will be hosting Open Houses with Halloween refreshments and treats on all six floors. Stop by these haunted houses for this “spook”tacular event. Costumes are optional.
Gannon will host Fall Open House on Sunday, Nov. 7. A full day of events and activities is being planned for prospective students and their families. The day will begin with biology, chemistry, English, engineering and foreign language Scholarship Contests at 10 a.m. An optional mass will be held in the Mary, Seat of Wisdom Chapel at 11 a.m. Registration will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in the lobby of the Waldron Campus Center and will be followed by a welcome presentation from Dr. Garibaldi at 12:30 p.m. From 1 to 3 p.m., students and their families will have the opportunity to meet with faculty, administrators, and athletic coaches. They can also tour the campus or take trolley tours of downtown Erie.