Meet Penn State head football coach James Franklin, Director of Athletics Sandy Barbour, and other Penn State head coaches when the Coaches Caravan travels to Altoona Thursday, May 11, 2017.
Penn State Altoona held its spring semester Business, Engineering, and Information Sciences and Technology Student Showcase event Friday, April 28, 2017.
On April 25, 11 undergraduate students representing Penn State campuses throughout Pennsylvania presented their research to an audience of legislators at the Undergraduate Research at the Capitol—Pennsylvania (URC-PA) conference.
Eighty-three students from across Penn State’s campuses will each be awarded a $3,500 Erickson Discovery Grant for summer 2017 through the Office of Undergraduate Education. The students will use the funds to immerse themselves in original research, scholarship, and creative work under the direct supervision of a faculty member.
Penn State Altoona held its spring 2017 commencement ceremony May 6 at the Jaffa Shrine. More than 160 of the graduating 210 students attended the ceremony.
Penn State Altoona Athletics named its 2016-2017 Female and Male Scholar-Athletes of the Year this week: senior Emily Baker of the women's volleyball team and senior Jacob Byers of the men's volleyball team.
A creative nonfiction essay by Erin Murphy is featured in Kept Secret: The Half-Truth in Nonfiction, a new anthology published by Michigan State University Press.
