Free dance classes are open to anyone over the age of 18 and will feature movement and engagement through modern dance technique and improvisation. Dancers of all levels, styles, backgrounds and experiences are welcome.
Five Penn State Altoona student-athletes from the women’s and men’s tennis teams were named to the College Sports Communicators’ NCAA Division III Academic All-District teams on Tuesday, May 13, when the organization announced the list.
Penn State Altoona's second Open and Affordable Showcase on May 7 brought together faculty and staff to recognize and celebrate open and affordable resources (OAER) on campus. Educational opportunities included strategies for integrating OAER, open pedagogy, open advocacy and more into classroom instruction to advance student access, affordability and retention.
Three Penn State Altoona baseball student-athletes were voted by league coaches to the All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference team, as the league office revealed its postseason baseball awards on Tuesday, May 13.
Six student-athletes from the Penn State Altoona softball team were chosen to the All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference squad and Lions head coach Bill Graham was selected the league’s Co-Coach of the Year, as the conference office released its postseason softball awards on May 13.
The Penn State Altoona men’s golf team’s participation in the upcoming NCAA Division III Championship was made official on May 12, when the DIII Men’s Golf Committee announced the Lions as one of the 43 teams in its postseason field.
John Eicher, associate professor of history at Penn State Altoona, published an article on the 1918 influenza pandemic in the journal Contemporary European History. The article concludes that the average Europeans who endured the 1918 influenza pandemic had no idea it was a pandemic in real time.
The latest book by Todd Davis, professor of English and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, has been named a finalist for a Midwest Book Award through the Midwest Independent Publishers Association.
Penn State Altoona faculty members Brian Onishi, associate professor of philosophy, and Jeff Stoyanoff, assistant professor of English and of women's, gender and sexuality studies, released a new episode of their podcast, "Horror Joy," exploring '90s slasher films.
Four students from the Integrated Social Sciences Research Lab at Penn State Altoona 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.
