The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference announced Player of the Week honors on Monday, April 8, including three Penn State Altoona student-athletes. Brianna Bone, of Morrisdale, was named pitcher of the week in women’s softball; men’s volleyball’s outside hitter Avery Farabaugh, of Ebensburg, was named Offensive Player of the Week; and Casey Hess, of Annville, was named Player of the Week in men’s tennis.
Students are invited to relax, have a cup of coffee and a snack, color, play games, and study for finals during the Writing Commons’ end-of-semester “Chillax” event, set for April 15-25. Lounge hours will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday in Room 127 of the Eiche Library.
Penn State Altoona’s Ivyside Pride choral group will offer its spring performance, “Sunrise Over Broadway,” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, April 18 and 19, in the Wolf Kuhn Theatre of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. Both performances are free and open to the public.
Kerrie Coleman, assistant teaching professor in nursing at Penn State Altoona, has written the book “Nursing Theory, a Practical Tool for the Advanced Practice Nurse in the Post-Pandemic Era.”
A number of Penn State campuses hosted watch events and educational activities surrounding the solar eclipse on April 8. One campus — Penn State Behrend — fell within 100% totality of solar eclipse.
Penn State Altoona Athletics announced on Friday, April 5, that Tom Koehle, the head coach of its NCAA Division III men’s golf program, had been named the head coach of the department’s new women’s golf team.
Penn State Altoona's University Jazz Band will perform at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, in the Wolf Kuhn Theatre of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. The performance is free and open to the public.
Penn State Altoona will hold an autism panel discussion from noon to 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16, in the Titelman Study of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.
John Eicher, associate professor of history at Penn State Altoona and current United States National Endowment for Humanities Fellow, will present his lecture “Postmodernity” on Wednesday, April 10, at 6:30 p.m. at the Hollidaysburg Library.
The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference released its 2023-24 Academic All-Conference team on Thursday, April 4, including 94 Penn State Altoona student-athletes.
