Nicholas Rowland, associate professor of sociology at Penn State Altoona, received the 2016 University-wide George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching. Each year, Penn State honors several members of its faculty and staff for the highest levels of academic excellence, outstanding leadership and meritorious service.
Yanki Kalfa, left, Nicholas Rowland's longtime research assistant who started at Penn State Altoona and is now graduating from University Park, poses with Rowland, center, and Jeff Knapp, University Park communications librarian, during the Faculty and Staff Awards ceremony April 21 at University Park.
Penn State Altoona has received gift commitments from local businesses to purchase flowers that will line 11th and 12th Avenues, helping to create a beautiful and vibrant downtown.
Partners of the downtown flower project meet in front of Christie Jordan’s soon-to-open snack bar, Zoe Café. From left to right: Rebecca Sinclair, assistant office manager at Mountain View Eye Associates; Jordan, president of Building Future Bridges Foundation; Lori J. Bechtel-Wherry, chancellor and dean of Penn State Altoona; and Pat Miller, executive vice president of ABCD Corporation
A relatively new course at Penn State Altoona and the President's Council "I Can Do It, You Can Do It" program provides students with a unique opportunity for engaged learning.
A gift agreement through FANUC America and Allegheny Educational Systems has enabled Penn State Altoona to purchase four industrial grade automation robots to support the EMET program.
