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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.

"How World War I ushered in the century of oil", an article written by Brian Black, has been published in "The Conversation."

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.

Penn State Altoona offers scores and results of varsity athletics from March 18-30.

"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.

Students Advocating for Disability Awareness at Penn State Altoona held a “Spread the Word to End the Word” banner-signing event March 1 in the Hawthorn Building to kick off intellectual disability awareness month. SADA's primary mission is to create inclusive environments on campus and in local communities for people with disabilities.

From April 24-28, visit the Stress-Free Zone in room 128H of the Learning Resources Center and take some time for yourself.

An article written by Robert Trumpbour, associate professor of communications, has been published in "The Conversation."

Penn State Altoona's Alumni Society presented Altoona Benefitting THON a check for $18,500, raised at their annual Winter Plunge event.