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Altoona students visit Harpers Ferry

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Students enrolled in ENGL 469: Slavery and the Literary Imagination at Penn State Altoona visited Harpers Ferry, WV, on Saturday, April 13.

Pictured left to right: Kathryn Maille, Emera Gregor, Sandy Petrulionis, Levi Custer, Lucia-Mary Howard, and Abby Auerbeck.

Kappa Delta Pi inductees spring 2024

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Penn State Altoona’s Kappa Delta Pi, Alpha Epsilon Pi Chapter inducted 23 new members during a ceremony held on Saturday, April 6.

This year’s inductees are Rylee Albright, Brianna Bone, Damian Branas, Madison Coleman, Mara Focht, Taylor Greene, Saige Greenland, Gianna Hoppel, Leah Hostler, Stevie Hoover, Cassie Johannides, Rachel Jung Kayla Lord, Matthew McMullen, Ashley Nahay, Emily Perry, Abby Pentz, Amanda Price, Madison Shaw, Grace Spencer, Rachel Stricek, Caitlin Williams and Emily Wolfhope.

South Alleghenies Museum of Art Downtown Altoona location

South Alleghenies Museum of Art Downtown Altoona location

Penn State Altoona students, faculty, and staff are invited to an open house at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (SAMA) in downtown Altoona at 1 p.m. on April 21. They will have the opportunity to view the exhibitions “Passing Freight and Contours: Land, Rail, Rau” by photographer Stephen Mallon and guest curator Julie Rockwell. Both Mallon and Rockwell will be in attendance to speak about their work.

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Three Altoona student-athletes voted to All-AMCC men’s volleyball team

Three student-athletes from the Penn State Altoona men’s volleyball team were voted to the All-Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference squad as the league announced its postseason awards on April 16. Outside hitter Avery Farabaugh, of Ebensburg, was a first-team all-conference selection, middle blocker Connor Ebersole, of Altoona, was a second-team pick, and middle blocker Jared Kish, of Columbus, Ohio, received third-team honors.