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.
Senior students studying electro-mechanical engineering technology, mechanical engineering and rail transportation engineering will show how their knowledge from the classroom was used to enhance many organizations’ operations, products and services.
In addition to a petting zoo, there will be lawn games, mechanical bulls, a scavenger hunt, and Penn State Berkey Creamery ice cream. Attendees will be able to plant their own herb or flower in donated coffee mugs while supplies last.
Penn State Altoona invites students, faculty and staff to a new community gathering, “Taking Time Together,” on Thursday, April 24, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Belonging Center in room C112 of the Smith Building.
Yaw Agawu-Kakraba, professor of Spanish and African studies at Penn Altoona, recently gave a lecture on the intersections between Afro-Brazilian, Spanish, and African literature at University of Richmond, Virginia.
