Penn State Altoona contributed $137.8 million to the Pennsylvania economy in FY 2017, and supported, directly and indirectly, 1,724 Pennsylvania jobs, according to a new study measuring the University's impact across the Commonwealth.
In 2016, Jordan Christian graduated from Cristo Rey High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and began studying civil engineering at Penn State Harrisburg with the help of a scholarship from his high school. Never forgetting those who had helped him succeed, a few years later, Christian made a commitment to pay it forward by creating a scholarship of his own.
Adu is an alumnus of the university and is also currently a Fulbright Scholar there where he is working in the department of physics to develop and teach a new undergraduate/graduate degree program in nanoscience and nanotechnology.
The senior shortstop from Howard, PA was voted the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s 2019 Preseason Player of the Year, headlining the conference’s Preseason Coaches’ Poll that was released on Wednesday, February 20, 2019.
Sophomore Danielle Bye was officially awarded All-Conference status in three events, when the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference released its postseason awards on February 20, 2019.
