A competitive academic program, the Sheetz Fellows Program offers unique opportunities that ignite and inspire the entrepreneurial mindset of students at Penn State Altoona by fostering critical thinking, ingenuity, leadership and problem-solving skills.
Opposite hitter Caleb Fries, of Altoona, was tabbed as the AMCC’s Offensive Player of the Week, while libero Adam Chan, of Framingham, Ma., was named the league's Defensive Player of the Week. Fries and Chan helped the Penn State Altoona men’s volleyball team to a 1-1 week of conference play.
For the second week in a row, Penn State Altoona student-athlete Nick Beard, of Manns Choice, was chosen as the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Player of the Week in men’s tennis, as the league office announced its weekly slate of awards on March 23.
Penn State Altoona will host a ScholarSphere workshop from 12:15 to 1:10 p.m. on Thursday, March 26, in Room 202 of the Eiche Library. ScholarSphere is an institutional repository managed by Penn State University Libraries that allows users to securely store and share their work in one place, from research papers and data to creative projects and media.
Penn State Altoona faculty members Brian Onishi and Jeff Stoyanoff have released a new episode of their "Horror Joy" podcast, kicking off a mini-series on haunted and haunting houses with a discussion about Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Shining” and the Overlook Hotel as a possibly sentient space.
“Tethers and Ties,” a body of work by visual arts studies (VAST) student, Sophie Replogle, will be on display April 2–10 in the Sheetz Gallery of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. A reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m.on Thursday, April 2, in the Center’s Titelman Study.
“Creating: Whispering Pines,” a body of work by visual arts studies student Taylor Wheeler, will be on display April 2–10 in the McLanahan Gallery of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. A reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 2, in the center’s Titelman Study.
The Pennsylvania Governor's Advisory Commission on Women is hosting a statewide listening tour and will make a stop at Penn State Altoona on Thursday, April 2, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. Beth Seymour, a teaching professor at the college, will moderate the session.
Penn State Altoona has earned Level I Arboretum accreditation from ArbNet, recognizing the campus’ extensive tree inventory and participation in the University’s Commonwealth Arboreta Network.
A group of students from the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing, representing Penn State Altoona, University Park and World Campus, spent spring break in Athens, Greece, exploring care of underserved communities and the refugee population in urban clinics.
