Named as “Players to Watch” in the poll for Penn State Altoona this year were middle Jared Kish, of Columbus, Ohio, and outside hitter Avery Farabaugh, of Ebensburg.
Ainissa Ramirez's presentation, “Igniting Curiosity: Empowering Future Leaders and Global Citizens,” will be livestreamed at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 22, in Room 150 of the Hawthorn Building.
Todd Davis, professor of English and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, was interviewed for “Water~Stone Review” at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Penn State Altoona's Health and Wellness Center and the human development and family studies degree program are offering a peer advocate program during the spring 2024 semester. Trained students will serve as peer advocates to offer a supportive listening environment with drop-in hours.
Betsy Keene, museum curator of the National Parks of Western Pennsylvania, has been working with Penn State Altoona students on the Flight 93 National Memorial Oral History Project for more than 10 years. Her Jan. 18 presentation, “Preserving Stories in Our National Parks,” will explain the project and talk about plans to make it more widely accessible.
The 24th annual African American Read-In at Penn State Altoona will take place Feb. 18-19. This year’s theme, “Black Ecologies,” celebrates environmental writing by Black authors who examine the human relationship with the more-than-human world.
Penn State Altoona will display student artwork from Jan. 11 through Feb. 8, 2024, in the McLanahan Gallery of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. This exhibition, titled “Workout,” is free and open to the public.
Penn State students working with Penn State Sustainability are making an impact in communities across the state and gaining hands-on experience in the field with Sustainable Communities Collaborative projects. These efforts were on display during a recent Campus and Community Sustainability Expo that was co-hosted by State College Borough and Penn State Sustainability.
Brad Doliveira, director of consumer digital at Sheetz, Inc. will help participants learn the basics of AI and how to utilize AI technology to achieve business goals during the Altoona LaunchBox webinar on Jan. 9.
