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Sarah Petry

Sarah Petry

Penn State Altoona student-athlete Sarah Petry, of St. Benedict, earned second-team All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) status in the 200 Yard Freestyle swim, as the league office announced its postseason awards on Wednesday, Feb. 29.

Sarah Petry

Sarah Petry

Penn State Altoona student-athlete Sarah Petry, of St. Benedict, earned second-team All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) status in the 200 Yard Freestyle swim, as the league office announced its postseason awards on Wednesday, Feb. 29.

Gerry LaFemina

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A poetry reading by Gerry LaFemina will take place at Penn State Altoona from 12:05 to 1:20 p.m. on Thursday, March 14, in the Titelman Study of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.

An old farmhouse in the middle of a field

An old farm house

Penn State Altoona’s spring theatre production, “The Wake of Jamey Foster” by Beth Henley, will run Thursday and Friday, March 21 and 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Wolf Kuhn Theatre of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.

An eccentric Mississippi family gathers for the obligatory wake of their not-so-dearly-beloved relative. Through moments of laughter and absurdity, “The Wake of Jamey Foster” explores how our behavior changes in stressful situations and just how differently we process the deaths of our loved ones.

Harriett Gaston

Penn State Altoona employee featured in recent WPSU story

Harriett Gaston, an undergraduate studies adviser at Penn State Altoona, was interviewed for a recent WPSU story. The story focuses on the United States Army restoring the record of wrongfully executed Black World War I soldiers, including one from Altoona.
Gerry LaFemina

lafemina-4x3.jpg

A poetry reading by Gerry LaFemina will take place at Penn State Altoona from 12:05 to 1:20 p.m. on Thursday, March 14, in the Titelman Study of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.

An old farmhouse in the middle of a field

An old farm house

Penn State Altoona’s spring theatre production, “The Wake of Jamey Foster” by Beth Henley, will run Thursday and Friday, March 21 and 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Wolf Kuhn Theatre of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.

An eccentric Mississippi family gathers for the obligatory wake of their not-so-dearly-beloved relative. Through moments of laughter and absurdity, “The Wake of Jamey Foster” explores how our behavior changes in stressful situations and just how differently we process the deaths of our loved ones.