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Penn State Altoona will host an Education Abroad Fair from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 26, in the Slep Student Center.

Promotion & Tenure 2023

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Recently tenured and promoted faculty across the University were honored Oct. 2 through Penn State's 2023 Promotion and Tenure Recognition Program. Each newly tenured or promoted faculty member was asked to select a book title for the University Libraries’ permanent collection, which will be affixed with a bookplate recognizing the faculty member’s achievement.

 

Promotion & Tenure 2023

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Recently tenured and promoted faculty across the University were honored Oct. 2 through Penn State's 2023 Promotion and Tenure Recognition Program. Each newly tenured or promoted faculty member was asked to select a book title for the University Libraries’ permanent collection, which will be affixed with a bookplate recognizing the faculty member’s achievement.

 

Artwork by Boryana Rusenova-Ina

Artwork by Boryana Rusenova-Ina

“I Sang You A Song Though I Didn't Know the Words,” a body of work by Ivyside Juried Art Exhibition winner Boryana Rusenova-Ina, will be on display Oct. 12 through Dec. 9 in the Sheetz Gallery of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.

Penn State Altoona's 2023 champion golf team

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The Penn State Altoona men’s golf team won the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championship for the third consecutive season and eighth time overall when the Lions finished in first place out of nine teams at the conclusion of the second and final round of the tournament at Indiana Country Club.

Book Cover: Motorcycles, Minotaurs, and Banjos: A Modest Odyssey

Motorcycles, Minotaurs, and Banjos: A Modest Odyssey

Steve Sherrill, professor of English and Integrative Arts at Penn State Altoona, will read from his new nonfiction book, "Motorcycles, Minotaurs, and Banjos: A Modest Odyssey," on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. in the Titelman Study of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. The reading will kick off the fall Hard Freight Café open mic event.

Lacee Barnhart

Lacee Barnhart

A member of the Penn State Altoona women’s volleyball team earned another Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference weekly award on Monday, Oct. 9, when Lions’ outside hitter Lacee Barnhart, of Bellefonte, was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Week. Barnhart led the Lions in digs last week in 3-0 wins over AMCC opponents Pitt-Greensburg and Hilbert College.