Feature Stories

We Are Friends members Chalk the Walk at Penn State Altoona.

We Are! Friends!

Penn State Altoona students are experiencing pure joy by spending time with community members with disabilities.
Cover artwork for Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon

A Great Gig

To celebrate the 50th-anniversary release of the iconic album “Dark Side of the Moon” by Pink Floyd, Penn State Altoona will offer tribute performances, immersing audiences in the psychedelic world of the 1970s through music, movement, and light.
John Hay Library with the H. P. Lovecraft Memorial Plaque to the Right

Call of the Eco-Weird

Assistant Professor of Philosophy Brian Onishi digs into the work of H. P. Lovecraft as he researches "weird fiction" and its "eco-weird" subgenre.
Neya (second from left) at THON 2023

Full Circle

From a little girl supported by THON to a college student now supporting the organization, Neya Kratzer is happy to have come full circle.
Calvin Spector (front) and Garret Blum (background) work in the caboose at the Altoona Railroader’s Memorial Museum

Working the Rails

Students in Penn State Altoona’s AREMA chapter are getting back as much as they’re giving through their volunteer experiences.