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Amateur astronomers brought telescopes, filtered binoculars and other equipment to Penn State Behrend, in Erie, to view the eclipse in totality.

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Kerrie Coleman, assistant teaching professor in nursing at Penn State Altoona, has written the book “Nursing Theory, a Practical Tool for the Advanced Practice Nurse in the Post-Pandemic Era.”

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Silhouette of Penn State Shenango student Gianna Effinite during totality of the solar eclipse. As a result of the near-complete darkness, the campus light posts and the Nittany Lion Shrine turned on.

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Three Penn State Altoona student-athletes earn player of the week honors

The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference announced Player of the Week honors on Monday, April 8, including three Penn State Altoona student-athletes. Brianna Bone, of Morrisdale, was named pitcher of the week in women’s softball; men’s volleyball’s outside hitter Avery Farabaugh, of Ebensburg, was named Offensive Player of the Week; and Casey Hess, of Annville, was named Player of the Week in men’s tennis.
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Penn State Altoona Writing Commons to offer ‘chillax’ event

Students are invited to relax, have a cup of coffee and a snack, color, play games, and study for finals during the Writing Commons’ end-of-semester “Chillax” event, set for April 15-25. Lounge hours will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday in Room 127 of the Eiche Library.
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Penn State Altoona’s Ivyside Pride choral group will offer its spring performance, “Sunrise Over Broadway,” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, April 18 and 19, in the Wolf Kuhn Theatre of the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts. Both performances are free and open to the public.