Shaheed Nick Mohammed, professor of communications at Penn State Altoona, published an analysis of YouTube content created by Anglo-Caribbeans in the Journal of Latin American Communication Research.
Penn State Altoona’s Anna Batrus, of Altoona, who graduated in May after a four-year career with the women’s volleyball team, became the first student-athlete in school history to be named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Woman of the Year.
Students participate in activities to learn about brainstorming ideas, selecting the best ideas, prototyping, implementing engineering analysis for product design, project management, and economic analysis. They then apply their knowledge of engineering design processes and project management to create their designs.
Six Penn State Commonwealth Campuses recently named faculty members as Open Champions, recognizing their work with open education in the fourth year of Penn State’s Open and Affordable Educational Resources Champion Awards.
Penn State DuBois and Penn State Altoona will each offer in-person sessions of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 10-Hour Class for General Industry this August, providing essential training for workers across a wide range of industries.
The "Varsity A Club" at Penn State Altoona aims to connect with stakeholders to build a better future for student-athletes, while celebrating their success in and out of the classroom. Additionally, the club seeks to enhance the visibility of and provide support for the college's 18 NCAA Division III athletics programs.
Two Penn State Altoona faculty have returned to Ghana, Africa, this summer as part of a group conducting research on dragonflies. This is the second year for the research, which takes place through the Department of Conservation Biology and Entomology of the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Cape Coast (UCC).
Penn State Altoona is offering jazz dance classes for adults 6 to 7 p.m. Thursdays, July 10, 17, 24 and 31 and Aug. 7 and 14. Classes will be held in the dance studio, Room 148 of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.
An exhibition of work by graduates of Penn State Altoona's Visual Art Studies program is on display through Sept. 21 in the McLanahan and Sheetz Galleries of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.
Postseason academic recognition continued to roll in on June 17 when four Penn State Altoona student-athletes earned places in the College Sports Communicators’ At-Large category of its NCAA Division III All-District honors.
