Penn State Altoona middle blocker Connor Ebersole, of Altoona, was chosen as the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s (AMCC) Defensive Player of the Week in men’s volleyball on Monday, March 18.
On Tuesday, March 12, 60 students, faculty, staff, and community members gathered in the Titelman Study of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts for the spring 2024 Hard Freight Café open mic event.
Students from Penn State Altoona's Biology Club and from Tribeta, the college’s biology honor society, participated in Office Madness, a fundraising event, on March 1.
Jared Frederick, assistant teaching professor of history, will offer the lecture “The Unfinished Work: The Hidden History of Gettysburg and the Second World War” at 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, March 21, in the Fireside Lounge of the Slep Student Center.
Penn State Altoona will offer “Destination Unknown: Mapping Career Pathways in the 21st Century” at 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, March 21, online via Zoom. A panel of three Penn State graduates who have built professional expertise from different academic disciplines will answer questions from current students.
“Something About the Sky” by 2023-24 Penn State Laureate Lori Hepner will be exhibited in the McLanahan and Sheetz Galleries of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts March 28 through April 27. The exhibit features a new series of cloud drawings and skyscape light paintings featuring movement created through Hepner’s performances in the studio using wearable LEDs.
Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, the inaugural Poet Laureate for the Republic of Liberia and professor of English at Penn State Altoona, will present at Penn State Shenango at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 21.
Penn State Altoona infielder Corey Chamberlain, of Claysburg, was chosen as the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s (AMCC) Player of the Week on March 11.
Penn State Altoona softball’s utility player Cameryn Feathers, of Martinsburg, and right-handed pitcher Josselyn Nau, of Bellefonte, were both awarded by the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) on March 11, for their performances on the field last week.
A poem by Erin Murphy, professor of English, was selected for “Rattle” magazine’s "Poets Respond" series, a weekly feature that highlights a poem written in response to a news story from the previous week. Murphy also joined the magazine’s editor, Timothy Green, on his podcast, Rattlecast, on March 11 to discuss the poem and the writing process.