Three Penn State Altoona communications majors were inducted into Lambda Pi Eta, the National Communication Association’s official honor society, during a ceremony on April 25.
Penn State Altoona faculty and staff members were honored for their exemplary work and outstanding contributions during the annual Faculty and Staff Awards Ceremony held May 2 on campus.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, Annie Taylor hopes videos will bring an invaluable experience — an opportunity to learn about sustainability — to everyone, without traveling far from home. Last year, Taylor, senior assistant dean for distance learning in the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, and Kaitlin Farnan, a business instructor at Penn State Altoona, led 20 Penn State students on a trip to New Zealand and Australia to learn about sustainable business practices. Their experiences on that trip were captured on video and are now available online as a collection in the University’s Repository for Open and Affordable Materials.
Penn State Altoona has received a $50,000 commitment from CSX Transportation to create the CSX Rail Transportation Engineering Scholarship, which will support students in the field of rail engineering.
Designed for all levels and abilities for those over 18, this class will provide instruction on classic jazz warm up techniques, stylized movements, and dynamic choreography exercises.
Jared Frederick, assistant teaching professor of history at Penn State Altoona, has worked with John Homan, a World War II veteran, on the memoir “Into the Cold Blue: My World War II Journeys with the Mighty Eighth Air Force.”
"Research Art Collection," is on display in the Office of Senior Vice President for Research on the third floor in Old Main at University Park. The exhibit showcases the art of research and the research of art and is open to the public.
