Grot helped Penn State Altoona to dominant wins over Mount Aloysius College and Penn College last week, going 2-0 in doubles matches and 1-0 in singles matches to achieve his first collegiate singles win.
Penn State Altoona has announced that E. M. Liddick’s memoir, “All the Memories that Remain: War, Alzheimer’s, and the Search for a Way Home,” is the Common Read selection for the 2024-25 academic year.
Students who participated in the 2024 Alternative Spring Break program will present on their experiences at 12:10 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, in the Fireside Lounge of the Slep Student Center.
Penn State Altoona’s Ivyside Dance Ensemble will take the stage for the spring performance, “Skyline,” on Thursday and Friday, April 11 and 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the Wolf Kuhn Theatre of the Misciagna Center for Performing Arts. Pieces by dance faculty KT Huckabee and Jessica Jaye Mackinson will be performed.
Join the Altoona LaunchBox supported by the Hite family for the “Leading Yourself Well: Understanding Yourself So Others Will Follow You” webinar. The workshop will take place from 12:05 to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9, via Zoom.
Penn State Altoona women’s basketball student athletes Jess Burns, of South Fayette, and Camryn Figard, of Hollidaysburg, were recognized for their success in the classroom on Tuesday, March 26, when both student athletes were named to the College Sports Communicators’ Division III Academic All-District team.
Show your support for the six finalists of the "Craft It, Pitch It, Win It!" Crafters and Makers Marketing Pitch Competition at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, in room 201 of the Sheetz Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence in downtown Altoona.
John Eicher, associate professor of history at Penn State Altoona and 2023-24 Bechtel Lecturer at the University of Waterloo's Conrad Grebel University College, delivered the lecture "A Plot-Driven People: Mennonite Narratives in the Age of Nationalism (1870-1945)" on March 22 at the college.
Juan Gil, professor of mathematics at Penn State Altoona; Sonia Molloy, associate professor of human development and family studies at Penn State York; and Jacqueline O’Connor, professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering, have received the Alumni/Student Award for Excellence in Teaching and have been named 2024 Penn State Teaching Fellows.