Penn State Altoona student-athlete Madison Coleman was named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Women’s Swimmer of the Week on Monday, Jan. 15. Coleman recorded two individual first-place finishes while being part of one relay first place to help the Lions defeat Division II opponent Lock Haven University 118-117 on the road this past Saturday, Jan. 13.
Penn State Altoona will host an art faculty and staff exhibition from Jan. 11 through Feb. 8 in the Sheetz Gallery of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
Students, faculty and staff across all Penn State campuses will now have free access to virtual technology programming provided by the Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania (TCCP), thanks to a newly expanded partnership with TCCP spearheaded by Penn State Harrisburg, a longtime member of the council.
Named as “Players to Watch” in the poll for Penn State Altoona this year were middle Jared Kish, of Columbus, Ohio, and outside hitter Avery Farabaugh, of Ebensburg.
Ainissa Ramirez's presentation, “Igniting Curiosity: Empowering Future Leaders and Global Citizens,” will be livestreamed at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 22, in Room 150 of the Hawthorn Building.
Todd Davis, professor of English and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, was interviewed for “Water~Stone Review” at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Penn State Altoona's Health and Wellness Center and the human development and family studies degree program are offering a peer advocate program during the spring 2024 semester. Trained students will serve as peer advocates to offer a supportive listening environment with drop-in hours.
Betsy Keene, museum curator of the National Parks of Western Pennsylvania, has been working with Penn State Altoona students on the Flight 93 National Memorial Oral History Project for more than 10 years. Her Jan. 18 presentation, “Preserving Stories in Our National Parks,” will explain the project and talk about plans to make it more widely accessible.
