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The Labrador Duck, which became extinct in 1875, can be found at the Hintz Family Alumni Center at Penn State University Park. 

A flash of yellow and emerald green, the Carolina Parakeet was called “puzzi la née” (head of yellow) by the Seminole tribe. It can be found at The Arboretum at Penn State on the University Park campus.

The great auk, which was a large flightless seabird found in the North Atlantic Ocean, can be found at the Penn State Altoona Reflecting Pond.

The passenger pigeon — once considered the most abundant bird on earth — can be seen at Shaver's Creek Environmental Center.

Fellow Penn State Altoona faculty and staff come together to celebrate Lori J. Bechtel-Wherry being named Chancellor and Dean in 2005.

Robbie Hicks and Andruw Harman

Penn State Altoona senior forward Alexis Cannistraci was named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Co-Preseason Player of the Year and the women’s basketball team was voted into fourth place in the conference’s Preseason Coaches’ Poll.