Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, was a featured speaker for the University of Wah in Pakistan's Lecture Series of Foreign English Professors webinar. Her poem, "The Year of Insanity: to 2017," was nominated for a Best of the Net Award.
In a move designed to limit the spread of COVID-19 on Penn State campuses, the union representing about 2,600 technical service employees, has agreed to follow University requirements for mask-wearing, regardless of vaccination status. The agreement goes into effect immediately.
Students will sample fun and tasty mocktails, get information about alcohol and drug awareness, participate in DUI and impaired simulation activities, and win prizes.
Nine students from across all four of Penn State Altoona's academic divisions participated in the first cohort of the Altoona Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program.
Penn State students, faculty and staff who are not vaccinated for COVID-19 and those who have not shared with the University that they are fully vaccinated will be required to test weekly for COVID-19 throughout the fall semester, or until they share with the University that they have been fully vaccinated.
The competition provides an opportunity for students to take their business ideas from the concept phase through a feasibility study/market analysis to a business plan, and ultimately to a full venture.
The Penn State Office for General Education has announced the selection of seven Penn State faculty who will serve as new advisers and program leaders and will help to build high-impact teaching and learning practices in general education across the institution. The seven new members will serve three-year terms as part of a team of 16 general education faculty scholars.
The Penn State Altoona women’s volleyball team was selected third in the 2021 edition of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll.
The Penn State Altoona women’s soccer team was voted into fourth place in the 2021 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) preseason coaches’ poll.