Penn State Altoona women’s basketball student athletes Jess Burns, of South Fayette, and Camryn Figard, of Hollidaysburg, were recognized for their success in the classroom on Tuesday, March 26, when both student athletes were named to the College Sports Communicators’ Division III Academic All-District team.
Show your support for the six finalists of the "Craft It, Pitch It, Win It!" Crafters and Makers Marketing Pitch Competition at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, in room 201 of the Sheetz Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence in downtown Altoona.
John Eicher, associate professor of history at Penn State Altoona and 2023-24 Bechtel Lecturer at the University of Waterloo's Conrad Grebel University College, delivered the lecture "A Plot-Driven People: Mennonite Narratives in the Age of Nationalism (1870-1945)" on March 22 at the college.
Juan Gil, professor of mathematics at Penn State Altoona; Sonia Molloy, associate professor of human development and family studies at Penn State York; and Jacqueline O’Connor, professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering, have received the Alumni/Student Award for Excellence in Teaching and have been named 2024 Penn State Teaching Fellows.
Two nursing faculty at Penn State Altoona partnered with colleagues from Penn State Behrend and Penn State Fayette to offer a presentation at the Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology on Saturday, March 23, at the Smeal College of Business on the University Park campus.
Penn State Altoona cybersecurity student Hans Esteban presented his research project on rogue artificial intelligence at the Pennsylvania Capitol on March 19 as part of the Undergraduate Research at the Capitol Pennsylvania Poster Conference.
Penn State Altoona’s Spotlight on Teaching and Research lecture series continues with a presentation by Professor of Physics Kofi Adu and mathematics student Philip Chamberlin. The pair will present their research, "Estimating Bandgap Energy of Nanoarchitectured Nonconforming Heterostructures for Solar Cell Application," at 12:05 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2, in the Fireside Lounge of the Slep Student Center.
About 40 students, faculty and staff will be among the first inductees during the first induction ceremony into the college’s new Theta Chi Chapter of Alpha Alpha Alpha, the national honor society for first-generation college students, at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 4, in the Slep Student Center.
A Pennsylvania native, Wemple writes frequently about the people and places of the Susquehanna Valley. His work includes three poetry collections: “You Can See It from Here,” selected for the Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award, “The Civil War in Baltimore,” and “Artemas and Ark: the Ridge and Valley poems.” He is also the author of two poetry chapbooks.
VR simulation uses immersive, 3D characteristics to replicate real-life situations. “VR is a way for our students to experience and work through high-stress situations in a supportive learning environment without the fear of harming a patient,” said Victoria Kellogg, assistant teaching professor in nursing.
