Penn State Altoona has announced the student marshals for spring 2025 commencement. Student marshals are chosen to represent their graduating class based on outstanding academic achievement.
Thank you to all who participated in the 2025 Penn State Today spring photo contest! We received an incredible selection of photos showcasing spring at Penn State. The winning photo was submitted by Bethany Stitzer, an undergraduate student studying biomedical engineering at University Park, and highlights spring blossoms surrounding Old Main on a quiet April morning. See more top submissions, as selected by Penn State Today editors, in this photo gallery.
Brian Onishi, associate professor of philosophy at Penn State Altoona, was selected as a 2025 Marc Sanders Foundation Philosophy in Media Fellow. As part of the fellowship, he will spend three days in New York City this summer at a workshop dedicated to promoting public academia through podcasting.
Penn State Altoona men’s tennis student-athlete Casey Hess, of Annville, was voted the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Player of the Year in the sport, headlining an all-conference team announced on April 29 that included five Lion student-athletes.
The awards recognize students who have achieved outstanding accomplishments in the areas of academics, campus involvement, and leadership. The awards also recognize faculty, staff, and student organizations for excellence in and outside the classroom.
Kofi Adu, professor of physics at Penn State Altoona and graduate faculty in materials science and engineering, has been awarded a fellowship by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program to travel to Ghana to work with the University of Development Studies.
The spring 2025 issue of “Hard Freight,” Penn State Altoona's student literary arts magazine, is now available online. The latest issue showcases 45 works of poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction and visual art by students.
In the episode, titled “Buffalo, Confession, Vampire,” the hosts are joined by New York Times best-selling author Stephen Graham Jones to discuss his new novel “The Buffalo Hunter, Hunter” and delve into the intricate themes it explores.
