Lori J. Bechtel-Wherry, chancellor and dean of Penn State Altoona, and her husband, Timothy L. Wherry, have made a $30,000 gift commitment to endow the Lori J. Bechtel-Wherry and Timothy Lee Wherry Open Doors Scholarship.
The Eastern College Athletic Conference released its Academic and President's Honor Roll lists June 21, highlighting standout academic achievements by student-athletes during the Spring 2018 semester.
A series of interactive City Lights events will showcase Invent Penn State next month, as the annual series will visit Harrisburg; Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia and Pittsburgh from June 18-21.
Penn State Altoona sophomores Tanner Yaw and Lauren Diller have each garnered a pair of awards from Penn State Altoona and the AMCC for their performances in the realm of athletics and their prowess in the classroom since the end of the 2017-18 season.
Penn State Altoona's Eiche Library will share excerpts from its World War II Letters archive on its social media channels during the week of June 4 to commemorate D-Day, June 6, 1944.
"Assisted Living," winner of the 2016 Brick Road Poetry Press Prize, is comprised of 72 demi-sonnets, a seven-line poetic form that Murphy devised. The poems encompass the life span experience, ranging from childhood to aging and caregiving.