Penn State student organizations and units at campuses across the commonwealth will offer events in honor of National Women’s History Month in March. The theme this year is "Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion."
Marissa Carney, Penn State Altoona's media relations coordinator, is one of 21 individuals who have been chosen for the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders' first "This Is My Brave" performance.
The Jamie Cordial Hall Foundation, of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, has committed $50,000 to create an endowed program for Penn State Altoona’s Health and Wellness Center. Dale and Michele Cordial created the foundation to honor their late daughter and former Penn State Altoona student, Jamie Cordial Hall.
A $50,000 gift from the late Judy Weber and her husband, Steve Weber, endowed a scholarship for students in Penn State Altoona’s Nursing program and in the Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing at University Park. Judy Weber graduated in 1977 from the Nese College.
The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference released its 2024 Softball Preseason Coaches’ Poll on Feb. 20, with the Penn State Altoona Lions predicted to finish third in the conference standings. Utility player Cameryn Feathers, of Martinsburg, was selected as the league’s Preseason Player of the Year.
The event will include discussion and the instruction and practice of basic self-defense techniques with George Kattouf, director of the Academy of Martial Arts.
Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, was selected to write and read an original poem at the presidential inauguration in Liberia, held on Jan. 22 at the Capitol Building in Monrovia.
Nicholas Rowland, professor of sociology at Penn State Altoona, has been conferred the status of distinguished professor, the highest professorial merit at the University.
Ashley Owens, director of student accountability and conflict response at Penn State Altoona, has been named the University’s interim Title IX coordinator, effective Feb. 12. Owens assumes the role following the appointment of Amber Grove as chief ethics and compliance officer, as announced on Feb. 6.
Penn State's Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs has named 13 distinguished professors for 2024. The title recognizes outstanding academic contribution to the University.
