Events on April 30 include Denim Day, which aims to combat victim blaming, promote awareness of sexual violence, and honor survivors of sexual assault, and a "Cover the Cruiser" event from noon to 2 p.m.
Penn State Altoona’s Integrated Social Science Research Lab swept the undergraduate research poster competition at the 2025 Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Justice Educators conference. The conference was held April 4-5 at DeSales University in Center Valley.
Jared Frederick, assistant teaching professor of history at Penn State Altoona, was interviewed for a USA Today article on the 113th anniversary of the RMS Titanic's sinking.
Penn State Altoona baseball’s outfielder Zach Ingold was named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Player of the Week for the first time in his collegiate career, when the league office released its weekly awards on April 14.
Rebecca Weaver, instructor in nursing at Penn State Altoona, was recently nominated by the Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing as a Rising Star in Research and Scholarship. Weaver will represent the college at the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing convention in Indianapolis this November.
A group of 17 academic leaders from across Penn State recently completed the 2025 Excellence in Academic Leadership program — an experience designed to strengthen leadership effectiveness and support ongoing professional growth.
The event, which takes place in and around Heritage Plaza in downtown Altoona, is made possible through ArtsAltoona and the Sheetz Fellows Program at Penn State Altoona.
The student ensemble is directed by Josh Hillard, a part-time music instructor at Penn State Altoona. Musical selections in a variety of contemporary big-band styles will be performed.
Students in the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing at Penn State Altoona are using virtual reality (VR) to learn about workplace violence and ways to de-escalate it. VR simulations expose students to real-life scenarios in a safe learning environment and help them develop foundational knowledge and skills associated with workplace violence.
The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference released its 2024-25 Academic All-Conference team on April 10, including 120 Penn State Altoona student-athletes.
