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.
Four student-athletes on the Penn State Altoona women’s volleyball team received postseason honors from the AMCC on Nov. 10, when the league announced its All-Conference team for the sport.
Mallorie Smith was voted the conference’s Newcomer of the Year while also taking second-team All-AMCC honors. Joining Smith as second-team selections were Sadie McConnell, Sarah Huston, and Haley Chambers, while KK Wolfe was a third-team pick.
Penn State Altoona students, faculty and staff, as well as members of the Blair County community, are invited to create videos of themselves reading literature, poems and speeches by African, African Diaspora and African American writers, poets and more.
