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Stacking wooden blocks that represent different aspects of health professions

Stacking health blocks

Penn State Altoona will hold an informational meeting for first-year students interested in various health professions from 12:10 to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 12, in Room 150 of the Hawthorn Building.

Rainn Wilson

Rainn Wilson

As part of the Penn State Altoona Distinguished Speaker Series, Rainn Wilson will speak on campus at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 18, in the Arena of the Adler Athletic Complex.

Best known for playing Dwight Schrute on NBC’s sitcom “The Office,” Wilson is an award-winning actor, comedian, and “New York Times” best-selling author.

a close-up of a nurse holding a stethoscope behind her back

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Penn State Altoona’s Career Services will hold informational tabling events for nursing students throughout the fall 2023 semester.

An illustration featuring four knights on horseback reaching a castle, where a woman appears in a tower window, from Perceforest.

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Knights on horseback reaching a castle, from the medieval French narrative text "Perceforest." A new approach to reading the text suggests that gender identity 600 years ago was just as complex as it is today, according to a Penn State researcher.