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Hite LaunchBox

Hite LaunchBox

Penn State President Eric Barron (L) and Lee Hite unveil the logo for the Hite Family LaunchBox for Innovation at Penn State Altoona.

D-Day Landing Craft on Omaha Beach

D-Day Landing Craft on Omaha Beach

A LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) from the U.S. Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase disembarks troops of Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) wading onto the Fox Green section of Omaha Beach (Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France) on the morning of June 6, 1944. American soldiers encountered the newly formed German 352nd Division when landing. During the initial landing two-thirds of Company E became casualties.

Students and Joe Scott speak with engineer before working on 360-degree video in Europe

Europe RTE Trip

Seniors Tyler Talarico-Yunker and Dakota Kistler, along with campus instructional designer Joe Scott, speak with Alzbeta Prokopova, an application and support engineer at Amberg Technologies. Shown is part of the Hagerbach Test Gallery in Flums, Switzerland, one of several locations where the students captured 360-degree video.