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Audience members listen in at the Hard Freight Cafe event

Penn State Altoona to host open mic night Oct. 24

Hard Freight Café, an open mic event, will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 24, in the Titelman Study of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. Attendees are invited to read or perform their own work or music or share a favorite piece of poetry or prose. Participants will be invited to sign up at the beginning of the program.
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Altoona 'Meet the English Faculty' event scheduled for Oct. 24

English faculty will be on hand to chat from 6:30 to 7 p.m. and after the open mic that begins at 7 p.m. to share information about course offerings; the new, more flexible version of the English major and its minors; and its concentrations in creative writing and global narratives.
Book Cover: Motorcycles, Minotaurs, and Banjos: A Modest Odyssey

Steve Sherrill reading to kick off Altoona's 'Hard Freight' open mic event

Steve Sherrill, professor of English and integrative arts at Penn State Altoona, will read from his new nonfiction book, “Motorcycles, Minotaurs, and Banjos: A Modest Odyssey," at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 24, in the Titelman Study of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. The reading will kick off the fall Hard Freight Café open mic event.
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Penn State Altoona to host ADHD discussion panel Oct. 17

Penn State Altoona will hold an ADHD panel discussion from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 17, in the Slep Student Center. The event is designed to raise awareness of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and its co-morbidity with other mental health conditions, such as autism, anxiety and depression.
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Article by Altoona professor featured in French publication

Translated into French, an essay by Brian Black, distinguished professor of history and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, is used as the conclusion of the book “Vivre et Lutter dans un Monde Toxique: Violence Environnmentale et Sante a l’age du Petrole.”