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On Dec. 3, Penn State Altoona will participate in #GivingTuesday by advancing the college’s Future Fund.

Penn State Altoona will host an Engineering Mini-Symposium, featuring rail professionals Edwin Kraft, Peter Swan, and Walter Simpson from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, Nov. 15, in room 321 of the Penn Building.

For the third time this season, freshman Grace Dangelo has been named the AMCC Women’s Swimmer of the Week.

Penn State Altoona freshman Isaac Swanson was named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Men’s Swimmer of the Week on Monday, Nov. 11.

Lacey Wallace came in as the top female and 11th overall at the Harrisburg Marathon held Sunday, Nov. 10.

Penn State Altoona offers scores and highlights from varsity athletics Oct. 29 - Nov. 11.

Jerry Zolten's film "How They Got Over: Gospel Quartets and the Road to Rock 'n' Roll," will be screened Nov. 24 at the museum in Nashville, Tennessee.

Award-winning poet Todd Davis, known for his lyric meditations on the natural beauty of his Pennsylvania home ground, will offer a reading as part of the Mary E. Rolling Reading Series. Davis is a professor of English and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona. The free public reading will be held at 7:30 pm. on Thursday, Nov. 14, in Paterno Library’s Foster Auditorium.

Penn State Altoona will hold auditions for the spring 2020 production of “The 39 Steps” from 6-8 p.m Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 13 and 14, in Rooms 101-103 of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.

Penn State Altoona’s Campus Activities Board will host their annual Friendsgiving event Wednesday, Nov. 20 at 7 p.m. in the Pond View Lounge of the Slep Student Center.