Seven students from the Integrated Social Sciences Research Lab at Penn State Altoona recently worked with faculty from the Douglas W. Pollock Center at Penn State Harrisburg and representatives from the Pennsylvania State Police, Penn State Health and the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute to provide a free crisis management training workshop to first responders and community members in the Dauphin County region.
Penn State University Libraries will observe Veterans Day with a talk by a local World War II veteran and the Penn State faculty member who co-authored his memoir. Jared Frederick, assistant teaching professor of history at Penn State Altoona, and John Homan, co-authors of “Into the Cold Blue: My World War II Journeys with the Mighty Eighth Air Force,” will speak about Homan’s experiences in the war at 7 p.m. Nov. 11 in Foster Auditorium on the first floor of Paterno Library. A virtual attendance option is also available.
Brian Onishi, associate professor of philosophy, and Jeff Stoyanoff, assistant professor of English and women's, gender and sexuality studies, released a new episode of their "Horror Joy" podcast, titled "The Babadook: Queerness in the Basement with S. Trimble."
Hard Freight Café, an open mic event, will be held at 7 p.m., on Tuesday, Oct. 29, in the Titelman Study of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. Attendees are invited to read or perform their own work or music or share a favorite piece of poetry or prose.
Students interested in Penn State Altoona’s English major or Writing and Digital Media minor are invited to an informal “Meet the English Faculty” gathering on Tuesday, Oct. 29, before and after the Hard Freight Café open mic event.
Penn State Altoona English faculty members Todd Davis and Erin Murphy will read from their work at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 29, in the Titelman Study of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. The reading will kick off the fall Hard Freight Café open mic event.
Penn State Altoona student-athletes Caden Traggiai, of Sarver, and Sarah Petry, of St. Benedict, were selected as the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Men’s and Women’s Swimmers of the Week on Monday, Oct. 14.
Michael Balmforth first served his country in the military. Now, as Penn State Altoona's first student veteran liaison, he's serving his college and his community.
Todd Davis, professor of English and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, will be a featured poet at the Dodge Poetry Festival in Newark, New Jersey, Oct. 17-19.
