Elizabeth Gatchell, assistant teaching professor of nursing at Penn State Altoona, has been appointed the simulation lab coordinator for Penn State Altoona’s Nursing program.
Hundreds of students have benefited to date from scholarships created by alumni and friends during the University’s recently concluded campaign, “A Greater Penn State for 21st Century Excellence.” Structured around the three key imperatives of a modern land-grant institution, the campaign’s top priority was opening the doors of higher education to students from every background, and Penn State donors rose to the challenge, creating a total of 2,045 new scholarship endowments — an increase of more than 35% over the course of the six-year effort.
Penn State University Libraries’ faculty librarians at the Robert E. Eiche Library found a creative way to bring library materials to hundreds of students and employees at Penn State Altoona’s downtown campus.
“Words and Music,” a unique concert pairing four local singer-songwriters with four poets from Penn State Altoona, will take place on Sunday, Sept. 11, at Colerain Forges Mansion in Spruce Creek, Pennsylvania.
As students plan their return to Penn State campuses for the fall 2022 semester, the University continues to provide resources to help individuals stay safe and healthy and prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, has been selected as the 2023 recipient of the Theodore Roethke Memorial Poetry Award from Saginaw Valley State University.
Penn State University Health Services (UHS) is encouraging students to protect themselves against monkeypox in light of cases in Pennsylvania and nationally. Monkeypox is a viral infection primarily spread through prolonged close contact. It is not a sexually transmitted infection (STI), and anybody can be at risk, regardless of gender or sexual orientation.
Stefanie Kempton, assistant professor of communications at Penn State Altoona, has been nominated for a regional Emmy award by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Mid-Atlantic Chapter.