Yaw Agawu-Kakraba, professor of Spanish and African studies at Penn Altoona, recently gave a lecture on the intersections between Afro-Brazilian, Spanish, and African literature at University of Richmond, Virginia.
Penn State Altoona is holding a textbook swap April 28 through May 9 in the Eiche Library. Students are welcome to leave any textbooks or course materials they don't want, take any that they need, or both.
Penn State Altoona men’s volleyball landed a pair of players on the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s all-conference team, which was announced on April 15. Opposite hitter Caleb Fries was voted the AMCC’s Newcomer of the Year and was also a first-team all-conference selection, while libero Adam Chan was a second-team all-conference pick.
The fair offers students a chance to share their research projects and other creative activities with the campus community, friends and family members through oral presentations, poster presentations and performances in categories including arts and humanities, health and life sciences, internships, business, nursing, engineering, information technology and performing arts.
"Ripples of Nostalgia" by Grace Brown and "Greena and Red" by Raena Groner are two of the pieces featured in “Workout,” an exhibition of student artwork on display April 24 through May 5 in the McLanahan Gallery of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.