Recent Penn State first-gen students said that finding their way and pushing to get across the finish line instilled them with a sense of pride and accomplishment. Here are what three Penn State alumni had to say about their experiences as first-generation college graduates.
The Altoona LaunchBox supported by the Hite family and the Sheetz Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence will hold a webinar titled “How to Develop a Logo That Works” from 11 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Nov. 16.
Penn State Altoona student Makaylah Bangura was recently awarded the prestigious Nurse Corps Scholarship and will join the Scholarship Program Class of 2022-23, a competitive program at the national scale sponsored by the Bureau of Health Workforce, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Penn State Altoona student-athletes took both of this week’s AMCC women’s soccer awards, as Dee Dee Abbott was named the Defensive Player of the Week and Mallorie Smith was chosen as the Offensive Player of the Week.
Penn State Altoona women’s volleyball’s libero Erin Lutz, from State College, Pennsylvania, was announced as the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Defensive Player of the Week on Monday afternoon.
Penn State Altoona will hold several virtual events as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week from Nov. 14-18. Global Entrepreneurship Week is the annual celebration of Penn State's year-round commitment to innovation.
The work of Michelle Ettrick, part-time instructor in visual arts at Penn State Altoona, appears in the new book “Contemporary Black American Ceramic Artists.” Ettrick is one of 38 Black ceramists whose work is featured in the collection, demonstrating a diversity of studio practices and ways of using clay.
Brian Black, distinguished professor of history and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, recently delivered a lecture for the Hagley 2022 Fall Conference at the Hagley Museum and Library in Wilmington, Delaware.
Jazzmine McCauley recently published an article in “International Journal for Students as Partners,” an interdisciplinary journal devoted to scholarly research on students, faculty, and staff working in partnership to enhance learning and teaching in higher education.
