Behring is an assistant dean in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences and a 19-year State College resident.
The plans propose a conversion of the current apartment and office building into a 72-room boutique hotel.
After being shelved for more than 15 years because funding was pulled, efforts are moving forward to connect the Seven Mountains area and State College with a four-lane highway.
"She is still in a lot of pain but it is her and our hope that she will regain full mobility."
Jim and Evelyn Piazza have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against 28 former Beta Theta Pi members and reached an undisclosed settlement with the university.
The university has pledged at least $2 million toward the multidisciplinary center's establishment, and a fundraising campaign aims to raise $3 million in private support with $3 million in matching funds from Penn State.