Penn State Altoona forward/center Alexis Cannistraci was selected as the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Player of the Week in women’s basketball on Dec. 13. Cannistraci had a big week in two AMCC games for the Lions, including becoming the Penn State Altoona women’s basketball program’s all-time leading scorer.
Students enrolled in English 487W offered senior seminar presentations on Thursday, Dec. 9, focused on the theme of “Rhetoric and Literature of Social Movements and Social Change.”
Five Penn State Altoona student-athletes took spots on the fall sports chapter of the 2021-22 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference All-Sportsmanship Team. Individuals who display good sportsmanship throughout the season are selected by a vote of their teammates.
Jungwoo Ryoo, professor in information sciences and technology at Penn State Altoona, has been selected to receive the 2022 University of Missouri Kansas City School of Computing and Engineering Alumni Achievement Award.
Andruw Harman averaged a double-double for the Lions during a 2-0 week of AMCC play that included wins over defending conference champion La Roche and a road victory at Medaille.
Madison Coleman helped lead the Penn State Altoona women’s swimming team to its first-ever win over AMCC opponent Penn State Behrend during the Lions’ home meet on Dec. 4.
Four Penn State students, including Altoona campus student Jazzmine McCauley, presented their undergraduate research at the annual meeting for the American Society of Criminology in November.