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See firsthand how Penn State Altoona students are using knowledge from the classroom to enhance many organizations’ operations, products and services. Students will present in the areas of business, electro-mechanical engineering technology, security and risk analysis, and entrepreneurship.

Eleven Penn State Altoona students were inducted as Sheetz Fellows in a formal ceremony on Nov. 6. The event featured remarks by Steve Sheetz, Program Director Donna Bon, Program Past-president Steven Snowden, and Chancellor and Dean Lori J. Bechtel-Wherry.

Penn State Altoona's men's basketball team earned a 77-58 victory over Cairn University in the championship game of the Electric City Classic at Marywood's Insalaco Arena.

Avery Heisey was named the AMCC Women’s Swimmer of the Week on Monday, Nov. 22, when the league announced its slate of weekly awards.

A collection of the artist's drawings will be shown Dec. 2 through 22, at Fritz Porter Design Collective in Charleston, South Carolina.

Stay calm and finish out the semester strong with the help of De-stress Week, Dec. 6-10.

The final round of the Women in Engineering Design Competition took place in person at Penn State Altoona's downtown campus on Nov. 13-14.

Penn State Altoona's University Jazz Band will perform at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11, in the Wolf Kuhn Theatre of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.

The choral group will perform “We Are … Hope” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 3, with a matinee at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 4, in the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts.

The next installation in Penn State Altoona's Oral History Project is a video featuring C. David Kimmel, focusing on his time as an administrator at Penn State Altoona.