Explorer Jean-Michel Cousteau, a performance by the University's oldest a cappella group and Ludacris' Penn State Behrend concert highlight events happening April 7-13.
Rebecca Strzelec, professor of visual arts, program coordinator of visual arts studies, and the University's 2016-17 laureate, will offer a lecture April 18, 7 p.m. in the Eve Chapel on campus.
On day two of NCAA Division III Week, the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference announced its 2016-2017 Peak Performer awards for academic excellence by teams, and three Penn State Altoona varsity sports teams were recognized: men's swimming, women's swimming, and men's tennis.
Professor Tulay Girard and student Luke Hallman recently received a Top Paper in Track Award at the 2017 Association of Marketing Theory and Practice Conference in South Carolina.
Ashley Schroeder, a 2005 Penn State Altoona graduate, was among the nine recipients of the Penn State Alumni Association’s 2017 Alumni Achievement Award honored during an award ceremony March 31 at the University Park campus.
"The Eighth Wonder of the World: The Life of Houston's Iconic Astrodome," written by Robert Trumpbour, associate professor of communications at Penn State Altoona, and Kenneth Womack, has received the 2017 Dr. Harold and Dorothy Seymour Medal, which honors the best book of baseball history or biography published during the preceding calendar year.
