Penn State Altoona will host a performance by storyteller Odd Rod at 7 p.m. Feb. 13 in the Pond View Lounge of the Slep Student Center. Odd Rod is a perseverance speaker who survived childhood traumas dealing with addiction, death and neglect. He has been voted five times as APCA's Spokenword Artist of the Year, and his use of authenticity in poetry, storytelling and multimedia provides a dynamically engaging performance of inspiration.
“Animating Autotheory: Personal Essay Films,” a body of work by John Summerson, will run from Feb. 15 through March 21 in the Sheetz Gallery of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.
Penn State Altoona will host “Local Mythos,” a juried exhibition organized by Penn State Altoona students currently enrolled in Art 365 and Art 496, from Feb. 15 through March 21, in the McLanahan Gallery of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. The exhibition is free and open to the public. A reception will take place Wednesday, Feb. 28, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Penn State Altoona will host a kickoff event for the college’s new Belonging Center from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 15. The center is located in room C112 of the Smith Building.
As part of the annual crowdsourcing transcription project, volunteers will transcribe items from the general correspondence of Frederick Douglass from the Library of Congress. Volunteers can drop in the Eiche Library at any time during the event or join via Zoom.
Erin Murphy, professor of English, has signed publication contracts for two new books: the anthology "I Witness: An Anthology of Documentary Poetry" and a collection of poetry titled "Fluent in Blue."
For the second time this season, Penn State Altoona forward Dwayne Jones, of Philadelphia, was named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Player of the Week in men’s basketball.
Penn State Altoona outside hitter Avery Farabaugh, of Ebensburg, was named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Offensive Player of the Week in men’s volleyball for the second week in a row.
Thanks to a $10,000 grant secured by Professor of Music Bonnie Cutsforth-Huber, members of Penn State Altoona's Ivyside Pride choral group will perform at Carnegia Hall in New York City in March at a Masterworks Festival Chorus event.
