The 14th class of Sheetz Fellows was inducted during a formal ceremony on March 1. A competitive academic program, the Sheetz Fellows offers unique opportunities that aim to ignite and inspire the entrepreneurial mindset of students at Penn State Altoona by fostering critical thinking, ingenuity, leadership and problem-solving skills.
Penn State Altoona’s spring theatre production, “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again]” by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield, directed by Mary Beth Geppert, will run March 20–21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Wolf Kuhn Theatre of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.
Penn State Altoona softball swept the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s weekly awards on Monday, March 10, when middle infielder Alyssa Fisher, of Lock Haven, was named the league’s Player of the Week and right-handed pitcher Josselyn Nau, of Bellefonte, was selected its Pitcher of the Week.
Penn State Altoona's history and honors programs will host a bus trip to Washington, D.C., on Thursday, April 10. Participants will have a full day to themselves to visit the many museums and memorials on the National Mall, as well as check out the blooming cherry blossom trees.
Penn State Altoona’s history and nursing programs will host a trip to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick, Maryland, on Saturday, April 12. Participants will tour the museum as well as historic field hospital landmarks with an expert guide. There will be free time for exploring, dining and shopping along Frederick's river walk.
Brian Onishi, associate professor of philosophy at Penn State Altoona, has published a new book. “The Call of the Eco-Weird in Fiction, Film, and Games” is the first volume to identify the eco-weird as an umbrella term for the intersection of environmental thought and weird fiction.
Penn State Altoona women’s basketball forward Avana Sayles, of Venetia, and guard/forward Jaidyn McCracken, of Bellwood, were both voted to the All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference team, as the league office announced its postseason awards in the sport on Tuesday, March 4.
Penn State Altoona men’s basketball forward Dwayne Jones, of Philadelphia, and guard Kal-El Gentles, of Austin, Texas, each received a pair of postseason awards from the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, as the league office released its All-Conference team on Tuesday, March 4.
As one of its strategies to improve student success, retention and persistence to timely graduation, Penn State Altoona today announced its participation in a new grant-funded, peer mentorship project from the Association of Public and Land Universities. This novel program will support six public universities in piloting, refining and establishing peer mentorship models that address barriers to student success.
