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2016 African American Read-In

2016 AARI

Penn State Altoona will celebrate the 27th annual African-American Read-In Chain Feb. 14 to 15.

Fall 2015 Commencement Address - Steven Wagman
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Fall 2015 Commencement Address - Steven Wagman

Penn State Altoona held its fall 2015 commencement ceremony Saturday, Dec. 19 at the Jaffa Shrine in Altoona. Steven Wagman, retired vice president for Enterprise Solutions Implementation at Siemens Medical Solutions, USA, was the speaker.

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Lowery named interim Penn State police chief

Michael Lowery, chief of police and safety at Penn State Altoona, has been named the interim director and chief of University Police and Public Safety at University Park, effective Jan. 7, according to David Gray, senior vice president for Finance and Business.
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Michael Lowery

Michael Lowery, chief of police and safety at Penn State Altoona, will serve as interim director and chief of University Police and Public Safety at University Park campus.

Autoloader

A different kind of ecosystem

Penn State Altoona's Legacy Project teams up engineering and business students to create a marketable product and to incubate a business for that product right here in central Pennsylvania.
Jeep top mechanism

jeep top

The finished jeep top mechanism created by electromechanical engineering technology students.

Autoloader

autoloader

The completely automated Autoloader, created by electromechanical engineering technology students, needs no operator once the machine is running and can produce 540 shells in an hour.