The Penn State Altoona World Languages program held a semester-end celebration honoring its best students in French, German and Spanish with certificates for outstanding achievement based on faculty nomination. The program also celebrated the sixth iteration of its Global Conversations initiative, connecting students with native speakers around the globe.
The Penn State Altoona Police Department was one of eight local departments honored this month for its outstanding efforts to increase road safety for all motorists.
Status as an accredited organization means that the Penn State Altoona Health and Wellness Center has, once again, passed a series of rigorous and nationally recognized standards for the provision of quality health care, set by the Accreditation Association.
Student marshals are chosen based on academic achievement and represent their academic division by leading graduating students from their division during the commencement procession.
Professor Carolyn Mahan worked collaboratively with the Italian Forestry Carabinieri, Re-Wildling Apennines and the U.S. Embassy to Italy to create the international forum "Coexistence Between Humans and Large Carnivores."
Four Penn State Altoona women’s volleyball student-athletes were recognized for their success in the classroom on Tuesday, Dec. 12, when the College Sports Communicators (CSC) organization announced its Academic All-District women’s volleyball teams.
Three Penn State Altoona English majors presented their senior seminar projects on Dec. 7 as part of English 487W, the capstone course for the program.
Seven Penn State campuses have created the Commonwealth Arboreta Network, a network that will inventory trees and plant life while sharing research and teaching resources, with the eventual goal of creating an arboretum at each of the University's 24 campuses.
The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference is participating in Jordyn's Kindness Banner Project, where member institutions pass around a banner that reads "Be the 'I' in Kind" and spread kindness throughout their campuses and communities.