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Three Altoona student-athletes voted to All-AMCC men’s volleyball team

Three student-athletes from the Penn State Altoona men’s volleyball team were voted to the All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference squad as the league announced its postseason awards on April 16. Outside hitter Avery Farabaugh, of Ebensburg, was a first-team all-conference selection, middle blocker Connor Ebersole, of Altoona, was a second-team pick, and middle blocker Jared Kish, of Columbus, Ohio, received third-team honors.
Penn State Altoona students Jazzmine McCauley, Ziwei (Will) Lin, Ray Ncube, Lam Vo, and Katelyn Kurtz standing next to their first-place poster, “Building Bridges with Pennsylvania State Police: An Assessment of Community Outreach,” and Trooper Joe Dunsmore, keynote speaker of the 2024 PACJE conference.

Penn State Altoona hosts successful state criminal justice conference

The Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Justice Educators (PACJE) held its annual conference at Penn State Altoona from April 5 through 6. Hosted by the college’s criminal justice department, the event was planned by Nathan E. Kruis, assistant professor of criminal justice and vice president of PACJE.