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Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts

Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts

The Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts contains the 400-seat Paul R. and Margery Wolf-Kuhn Theatre, a dance studio, two visual art studies studios, faculty offices, a Macintosh computer lab, and three conference rooms. The lobby area of the building also houses the McLanahan and Sheetz Art Galleries, the Titelman Study, and the box office. The Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts hosts cultural and performing art series and theater productions, as well as special events throughout the year.

Christina Fitzgerald

Christina Fitzgerald

Christina Fitzgerald will offer the lecture “Reinterpreting Women in Medieval Biblical Plays” on Monday, Feb. 6, at 4 p.m. via Zoom.

Dr. Tiffany M. Nyachae

Dr. Tiffany M. Nyachae

Dr. Tiffany M. Nyachae will present “Refusing Book Banning/Anti-Truth Movements: Actively Protecting the Storying of Black Folx’s Lived Realities for Justice” on Monday, Feb. 20, as part of Penn State Altoona's African American Read-In.

Chloe Mazza doing work in a biology lab

Chloe Mazza photo

Biology major Chloe Mazza will spend this summer doing research for L’Oreal, the world’s leading beauty company.

Image of a female turning the pages of an enormous book

Image of a female turning the pages of an enormous book

Penn State Altoona is now offering The Writing and Literature in Context option, providing students with more choices in the courses they take and allowing them to focus on areas that interest them most, such as professional writing, creative writing, literature, rhetoric, or a combination.

Image of a female turning the pages of an enormous book

Image of a female turning the pages of an enormous book

Penn State Altoona is now offering The Writing and Literature in Context option, providing students with more choices in the courses they take and allowing them to focus on areas that interest them most, such as professional writing, creative writing, literature, rhetoric, or a combination.