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Penn State Altoona to present Shakespeare spoof March 20 and 21

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.

The Washington Memorial in D.C. surrounded by cherry blossoms

Penn State Altoona to host Washington, D.C., trip on April 10

Penn State Altoona's history and honors programs will host a bus trip to Washington, D.C., on Thursday, April 10. Participants will have a full day to themselves to visit the many museums and memorials on the National Mall, as well as check out the blooming cherry blossom trees.
National Museum of Civil War Medicine

Penn State Altoona to host tour of 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.