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Penn State Altoona softball student-athlete Hanna Lauck at bat during a game

Altoona Softball Hanna Lauck

Six student-athletes from the Penn State Altoona softball team, including Hanna Lauck (pictured), were chosen to the All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference squad and Lions head coach Bill Graham was selected the league’s Co-Coach of the Year, as the conference office released its postseason softball awards on Tuesday, May 13.

Penn State Altoona baseball player Tyreke Green at bat during a game

Altoona baseball

Three Penn State Altoona baseball student-athletes, including Tyreke Green (pictured), were voted by league coaches to the All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference team, as the league office revealed its postseason baseball awards on Tuesday, May 13.

Penn State Altoona softball student-athlete Hanna Lauck at bat during a game

Altoona Softball Hanna Lauck

Six student-athletes from the Penn State Altoona softball team, including Hanna Lauck (pictured), were chosen to the All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference squad and Lions head coach Bill Graham was selected the league’s Co-Coach of the Year, as the conference office released its postseason softball awards on Tuesday, May 13.

John Eicher

In brief: Did Europeans know the 1918 flu was a pandemic in 1918?

John Eicher, associate professor of history at Penn State Altoona, published an article on the 1918 influenza pandemic in the journal Contemporary European History. The article concludes that the average Europeans who endured the 1918 influenza pandemic had no idea it was a pandemic in real time.
Penn State Altoona students Ally Black (first row, second from left), Devlin Glenn (first row, third from left), Abigail Hayes (first row, fourth from left), and Katelyn Kurtz (first row, fifth from left) join their mentor Dr. Nathan E. Kruis, (last row, first from left) and representatives from Penn State Health and the Pennsylvania State Police at the Keystone Model of Crisis Management workshop held at Penn State Great Valley on April 28, 2025.

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Penn State Altoona students Ally Black (first row, second from left), Devlin Glenn (first row, third from left), Abigail Hayes (first row, fourth from left), and Katelyn Kurtz (first row, fifth from left) join their mentor Dr. Nathan E. Kruis, (last row, first from left) and representatives from Penn State Health and the Pennsylvania State Police at the Keystone Model of Crisis Management workshop held at Penn State Great Valley on April 28, 2025.