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Programs at Penn State Altoona and the larger University will benefit from a $1 million gift from the late Gerald “Jerry” Getz, of Toledo, Ohio.

Honors Program student Sierra Binduga writes about a recent trip to the Flight 93 National Memorial.

Sophomore golfer Katie Pupillo finished in first place to win the AMCC Women’s Invitational/Penn State Behrend Invitational at Lawrence Park Golf Club.

Tulay Girard, professor of marketing; Lori Lysiak, reference and instruction librarian; and student Ashley Conte, all at Penn State Altoona, recently presented at the 2019 Atlantic Marketing Association Conference.

Brian Brodeur, winner of the Akron Poetry Prize and the Autumn House Poetry Prize, will give a reading from his new book, "Every Hour Is Late," at 12:10 p.m. Oct. 22 in the Titelman Study of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.

Junior Sophia Girol was named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Player of the Week in women’s tennis on Monday, Oct. 7.

Penn State Altoona offers scores and highlights from varsity athletics Oct. 1-6.

Penn State Altoona will host an open house at the Thoreau Cabin, located in the Seminar Forest, from 11:30 to 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10. The Thoreau Cabin is a replica of Henry David Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond.

The walk-in clinic for students will take place from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, at the Health and Wellness Center, located in the Sheetz Family Health Center.

Carolyn Mahan, professor of biology and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, is spending part of her sabbatical in Italy, where she is collaborating with researchers at the University of Rome and the University of Molise.