Penn State Altoona's Office of Research and Engagement will host an Undergraduate Research Opportunities Database workshop from 12:10 to 1:10 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 30 via Zoom.
Penn State Altoona alumnus Haldan Jacobson used his study of the German language to unlock doors of travel, growth and discovery — and encourages others to do the same through their own language studies. “Do it — do all of it. You will grow so much as a person and learn so much about yourself and the world.”
Todd Davis's poem, "Thoreau Casts a Line in the Merrimack," appears in the new anthology, "Echoes from Walden: Poems Inspired by Thoreau's Life and Work," published by Wayfarer Books.
Erin Murphy, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, published a poem in “The Strategic Poet: Honing the Craft,” an anthology of poetic strategies and poems. Murphy's works were also featured in two literary journals
In alignment with the recent announcement from the White House on federal vaccination requirements, all Penn State employees at all locations are now subject to a federal COVID-19 vaccination requirement. The deadline for employees to receive their final dose of a vaccine is Jan. 4, 2022
Penn State Altoona student Rae V. Griffith won the undergraduate poster competition at the Pennsylvania Sociological Society annual meeting, held virtually Nov. 5-6.
The next installation in Penn State Altoona's Oral History Project is a video featuring C. David Kimmel, focusing on his time as an undergraduate student at Penn State Altoona from 1958 to 1960.
Laurencio C. Ruiz, associate teaching professor of theater arts at Penn State Altoona, will host two puppeteering workshops in the Titelman Study of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.
The deadline for submitting work to "Hard Freight," Penn State Altoona's student literary arts magazine, has been extended to Tuesday, Nov. 16, at midnight.
