Feature Stories

People wait in line to get flu masks to avoid the spread of Spanish influenza on Montgomery Street in San Francisco in 1918

Letters from a Pandemic

Assistant Professor of History John Eicher studies survivors of the 1918 pandemic, exploring how they felt about what happened to them.
A plate created by ceramic artist Michelle Ettrick

Shaping Clay into a Pot

Influenced by instructors and inspired by memories, ceramic artist Michelle Ettrick followed an unconventional path that brought her artwork and her expertise to Penn State Altoona.
Header image: Rebecca Strzelec and her artwork

To Put it Right

Rebecca Strzelec uses voting rights and the current election to make a statement in the virtual AMEND exhibition.
Participants in the Young Scholars of Liberia (YSL) program

The Mind of the Poem

Faced with a global pandemic, Patricia Jabbeh Wesley reconfigured her Young Scholars of Liberia program to offer a virtual learning experience.