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Penn State Altoona professors host podcast focused on 'Alien' film

Penn State Altoona faculty members Jeff Stoyanoff, assistant professor of English and women's, gender, and sexuality studies, and Brian Onishi, associate professor of philosophy, released a new episode of their podcast, “Horror Joy,” titled “’Alien’ (1979): An Uncanny Political Fable.”
Nursing students in the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing at Penn State Altoona took part in the Anyone Can Help Awareness Fair on Thursday, Nov. 14, at the Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School.

Altoona nursing students participate in ‘Anyone Can Help Awareness Fair’

The 22 nursing majors included members of the Altoona chapter of Student Nurses Association of Pennsylvania and students enrolled in the Community and Family nursing course. They conducted blood pressure screenings and provided interactive game for attendees to test their knowledge of CPR, AED use and other life-saving measures.
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Penn State Altoona’s Eugene Heyman tabbed as AMCC Men’s Swimmer of the Week

Penn State Altoona student-athlete Eugene Heyman, of Boiling Springs, was selected as the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Men’s Swimmer of the Week on Monday, Nov. 11, when the league office announced its weekly awards. Heyman had two individual first-place finishes and also was part of a relay first place in the Lions’ sweep of conference opponents Alfred State College and Pitt-Bradford.