The Sheetz Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence, Altoona LaunchBox Supported by the Hite family, the Altoona Area School District, and the Altoona Area School District Foundation teamed up recently to host the Innovation TestLab program at Penn State Altoona.
Innovation TestLab, a multi-week program for high school students, offers participants the opportunity to experience a college classroom setting while learning concepts such as customer discovery, research and feasibility studies, critical thinking, and presentation skills.
The Craft It, Pitch It, Win It competition, offered by the Altoona LaunchBox supported by the Hite family and the Penn State Altoona Sheetz Fellows Program, was held April 10. Finalists presented to a panel of three judges about a business or product and their plans to implement new marketing strategies.
Penn State Altoona softball’s right-handed pitcher Madalyn Maynard, of Towanda, was named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Pitcher of the Week on Monday, April 29.
Maynard won all four games in which she pitched last week, helping the Lions go 4-1 against AMCC opponents Mount Aloysius College and Hilbert College and non-conference foe Juniata College.
Penn State Altoona softball’s right-handed pitcher Madalyn Maynard, of Towanda, was named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference’s Pitcher of the Week on Monday, April 29.
Maynard won all four games in which she pitched last week, helping the Lions go 4-1 against AMCC opponents Mount Aloysius College and Hilbert College and non-conference foe Juniata College.
Jeff Stoyanoff, assistant professor of English and women's, gender, and sexuality studies at Penn State Altoona, recently presented papers at two conferences.
Suzanne Kuhn, teaching professor in nursing, and Danielle Peterman, assistant teaching professor of nursing, presented the poster “Moving Forward to Create a Culture of Engagement and Inclusion from Student to Professional Practice” at the National Nurse Educator Summit, held April 7 through 10 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Penn State Altoona students Yursa Haroon, Makaylah Bangura, Riley Fegley, Shannette Wahor and Lily Reid showcase awards they received for their project "Rape Myth Acceptance: Does Endorsement Influence Sentencing Decisions?” created with lab colleague Ellee Garver, University Park; and under advisement from Rachel Kosaka, Penn State alumna now with California State University; Alexander B. Kinney, Penn State alumnus now with Houston State University; Sam Gavin, St. Bonaventure University; Nicholas Rowland, Penn State Altoona; and Nathan E. Kruis, Penn State Altoona, at the spring 2024 Penn State Behrend Undergraduate Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference.
Penn State Altoona students Yursa Haroon, Makaylah Bangura, Riley Fegley, Shannette Wahor and Lily Reid showcase awards they received for their project "Rape Myth Acceptance: Does Endorsement Influence Sentencing Decisions?” created with lab colleague Ellee Garver, University Park; and under advisement from Rachel Kosaka, Penn State alumna now with California State University; Alexander B. Kinney, Penn State alumnus now with Houston State University; Sam Gavin, St. Bonaventure University; Nicholas Rowland, Penn State Altoona; and Nathan E. Kruis, Penn State Altoona, at the spring 2024 Penn State Behrend Undergraduate Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference.
On April 25, Penn State Altoona Athletics announced Tyshawn White will be the new head coach of its NCAA Division III men’s and women’s wrestling program.
