Penn State Altoona will hold its annual Day of Dance from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 17. Dancers ages 10 to 18 will learn about various dance styles and topics, including choreography, weight sharing, Scottish Highland, belly dance, and ballet. The tap and music duo Relative Rhythm will also offer workshops for all levels of tap dancers.
Penn State Altoona will host an open dance class with the Allied Motion Dance Company from 1 to 2:15 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 20, in Room 148 of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.
Five student teams from Penn State’s Engineering Leadership Development program in the School of Engineering Design and Innovation earned recognition in the 17th annual University Design Competition for Addressing Airport Needs, sponsored by the Transportation Research Board’s Airport Cooperative Research Program.
The deadline for fall 2023 submissions to “Hard Freight,” Penn State Altoona’s online student literary magazine, is Tuesday, Oct. 24 at midnight. Up to three entries per student in the categories of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, drama, visual art, and multimedia work may be submitted online.
Penn State Altoona's Health and Wellness Center and the human development and family studies degree program are offering a peer advocate program during the fall 2023 semester. Trained students will serve as peer advocates to offer a supportive listening environment with drop-in hours.
The dean's list recognizes the academic excellence of undergraduate students who have met credit load requirements, as outlined by University policy, and who have earned a GPA of 3.50 or higher.
John Eicher, associate professor of history at Penn State Altoona, will offer the lecture series “Modern Western Civilization (1500–Present): From Dawn, to Decadence, to Disillusionment” at the Hollidaysburg Area Public Library.
Through the Age-Friendly Care, PA initiative, the Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing will again offer its “Living with Dementia” series to provide practical tools, realistic tips and community resources to assist caregivers. Registration is now open for the four-part series will take place in person on Tuesdays in Altoona and Wednesdays in Palmyra, beginning in late August, with an optional "Memory Café" for people living with dementia to enjoy activities in a safe, supervised environment.
Penn State Altoona softball first baseman Gianna Hoppel, of Lewistown, was among the 2,369 Division III softball student-athletes recognized by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association for academic success in 2022-23.
