Penn State Altoona has announced a full lineup of events, including lectures and discussions, for the campus' 2024-25 Common Read book, titled “All the Memories that Remain: War, Alzheimer’s, and the Search for a Way Home,” by E.M. Liddick.
Penn State Altoona will host an open dance class from 1 to 2:15 p.m. on Sunday, July 28, in the Dance Studio, room 148 of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.
Penn State Altoona Chancellor Ron Darbeau shared the college’s “Vision 2030,” a comprehensive plan for the campus by the decade's end, during the University’s Board of Trustees meeting on July 19 at Penn State Altoona.
Working remotely and from in-person sites at the Harrisburg and University Park campuses, teams spent three focused days in June attending workshops and webinars, collaborating with coaches and each other, as they worked on their projects related to student success and providing opportunities for students in the higher education space.
Penn State Altoona men’s basketball student-athletes Chris Jarosz and Kevin Woodland Jr. were recognized as part of the 2023-24 National Association of Basketball Coaches’ Honors Court.
A paper written by William Van der Sluys, assistant teaching professor of chemistry at Penn State Altoona, has been published in “Acta Crystallographica Section C: Structural Chemistry.”
Dani Fry, interim senior director of Student Affairs at Penn State Altoona, has received the spring 2024 Distinguished Advisor Award from the National Society of Leadership and Success.
“Your Brother ‘Bud,’ Photographs by John H. Gebhardt” will be on exhibit until Thursday, Sept. 5, in the Sheetz and the McLanahan Galleries of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. There will be a reception from 4 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 27. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.
A $100,000 gift from Penn State Altoona alumnus Stephen Pace and his wife, Rita Pace, has endowed a new scholarship for students in the College of IST. The Pace Family Scholarship will support full-time IST undergraduate students who have demonstrated a financial need and are transitioning from a Penn State campus to University Park.
