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Artwork by Boryana Rusenova-Ina

Artwork by Boryana Rusenova-Ina

“I Sang You A Song Though I Didn't Know the Words,” a body of work by Ivyside Juried Art Exhibition winner Boryana Rusenova-Ina, will be on display Oct. 12 through Dec. 9 in the Sheetz Gallery of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.

Penn State Altoona's 2023 champion golf team

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The Penn State Altoona men’s golf team won the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championship for the third consecutive season and eighth time overall when the Lions finished in first place out of nine teams at the conclusion of the second and final round of the tournament at Indiana Country Club.

Book Cover: Motorcycles, Minotaurs, and Banjos: A Modest Odyssey

Motorcycles, Minotaurs, and Banjos: A Modest Odyssey

Steve Sherrill, professor of English and Integrative Arts at Penn State Altoona, will read from his new nonfiction book, "Motorcycles, Minotaurs, and Banjos: A Modest Odyssey," on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. in the Titelman Study of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. The reading will kick off the fall Hard Freight Café open mic event.

Lacee Barnhart

Lacee Barnhart

A member of the Penn State Altoona women’s volleyball team earned another Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference weekly award on Monday, Oct. 9, when Lions’ outside hitter Lacee Barnhart, of Bellefonte, was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Week. Barnhart led the Lions in digs last week in 3-0 wins over AMCC opponents Pitt-Greensburg and Hilbert College.

Aaron Kuhn

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Aaron Kuhn, a second-year animal science student in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, completed a summer internship on a 1,600-acre cattle ranch in Colorado.

 

A graphic representing engineering

Engineering Graphic

Penn State Altoona will offer an Engineering Networking Reception and an Engineering Career Fair on Oct. 11 and 12.

The Engineering Networking Reception will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 11, in the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. The Engineering Career Fair will take place from noon to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 12, in the Slep Student Center. The events are intended for students enrolled in the college's Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering, and Rail Transportation Engineering programs, as well as first- and second-year students pursuing engineering majors.

Carson and Sydney with their parents and Sydney’s fiancé, Matt, whom she met at Penn State Altoona. The group is at a therapeutic horseback riding event.

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Carson and Sydney with their parents and Sydney’s fiancé, Matt, whom she met at Penn State Altoona. The group is at a therapeutic horseback riding event.