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A group of students, faculty, staff and donors posing for a photo at the induction of the 14th class of Sheetz Fellows

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The 14th class of Sheetz Fellows was inducted during a formal ceremony on March 1. A competitive academic program, the Sheetz Fellows offers unique opportunities that ignite and inspire the entrepreneurial mindset of students at Penn State Altoona by fostering critical thinking, ingenuity, leadership and problem-solving skills.

Front row, from left: Evan Toth, Abigail Quinn, Andrew Duey, Hollie Keller, Peter Nusbaum, Kionna Habinyak, Eric Laratonda, Kiersten Baker. Middle row, from left: Isabella Rhoades, Kennedie Lauver, Connor Stayer, Nancy Sheetz, Steve Sheetz, Emma Giang, Mason Diehl, Tirenioluwa Roluga, Donna Bon. Back row. from left: Ron Darbeau, Ethan McDowell, Cortlynd Rhoades, Jacob Sensenig, Peter Shivas, Adam Dotts, Wyatt Treece, Alan Wedel

A group of students, faculty, staff and donors posing for a photo at the induction of the 14th class of Sheetz Fellows

2025-sheetz-fellows.jpg

The 14th class of Sheetz Fellows was inducted during a formal ceremony on March 1. A competitive academic program, the Sheetz Fellows offers unique opportunities that ignite and inspire the entrepreneurial mindset of students at Penn State Altoona by fostering critical thinking, ingenuity, leadership and problem-solving skills.

Front row, from left: Evan Toth, Abigail Quinn, Andrew Duey, Hollie Keller, Peter Nusbaum, Kionna Habinyak, Eric Laratonda, Kiersten Baker. Middle row, from left: Isabella Rhoades, Kennedie Lauver, Connor Stayer, Nancy Sheetz, Steve Sheetz, Emma Giang, Mason Diehl, Tirenioluwa Roluga, Donna Bon. Back row. from left: Ron Darbeau, Ethan McDowell, Cortlynd Rhoades, Jacob Sensenig, Peter Shivas, Adam Dotts, Wyatt Treece, Alan Wedel

Theatre masks of comedy and tragedy on a yellow background

Theatre Masks

Penn State Altoona’s spring theatre production, “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again]” by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield, directed by Mary Beth Geppert, will run March 20 – 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Wolf Kuhn Theatre of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.

Theatre masks of comedy and tragedy on a yellow background

Theatre Masks

Penn State Altoona’s spring theatre production, “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again]” by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield, directed by Mary Beth Geppert, will run March 20 – 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Wolf Kuhn Theatre of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.

National Museum of Civil War Medicine

National Museum of Civil War Medicine

Penn State Altoona’s history and nursing programs will host a trip to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine on Saturday, April 12. Participants will tour the museum as well as historic field hospital landmarks with an expert guide. There will be free time for exploring, dining, and shopping along Frederick, Maryland's river walk.

National Museum of Civil War Medicine

National Museum of Civil War Medicine

Penn State Altoona’s history and nursing programs will host a trip to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick Maryland, on Saturday, April 12. Participants will tour the museum as well as historic field hospital landmarks with an expert guide. There will be free time for exploring, dining and shopping along Frederick's river walk.

Book cover: The Call of the Eco-Weird in Fiction, Films, and Games. Edited by Brian Hisao Onishi and Nathan M. Bell

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Brian Onishi, associate professor of philosophy at Penn State Altoona, has published a new book. “The Call of the Eco-Weird in Fiction, Film, and Games” is the first volume to identify the "eco-weird" as an umbrella term for the intersection of environmental thought and weird fiction.

A post-it note reading Mentoring for Success sits on a desk with a pan, a cup of coffee, and a laptop

Mentoring for Success

As one of its strategies to improve student success, retention and persistence to timely graduation, Penn State Altoona today announced its participation in a new grant-funded peer mentorship project from the Association of Public and Land Universities.This novel program will support six public universities in piloting, refining and establishing peer mentorship models that address barriers to student success.

A post-it note reading Mentoring for Success sits on a desk with a pan, a cup of coffee, and a laptop

Mentoring for Success

As one of its strategies to improve student success, retention and persistence to timely graduation, Penn State Altoona today announced its participation in a new grant-funded peer mentorship project from the Association of Public and Land Universities.This novel program will support six public universities in piloting, refining and establishing peer mentorship models that address barriers to student success.