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The Ultimate Smoker | Fall 2018 Innovation Factory Project
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The Ultimate Smoker | Fall 2018 Innovation Factory Project

The Ultimate Smoker
All your food smoking desires are “cured” here. The Ultimate Smoker has the capability to smoke an entire pig up to 150 pounds or eight whole racks of ribs at one time on a rotisserie and is also equipped with a rack to place things such as baked beans to catch all flavorful drippings from your food. The Ultimate Smoker is built for the cheese connoisseur as it can also be used to cold smoke.

Fall 2018 Commencement Ceremony
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Fall 2018 Commencement Ceremony

Penn State Altoona held its fall 2018 commencement ceremony Saturday, December 15 in the Adler Athletic Complex, the college’s first commencement on campus since fall 2012.

About 129 students from the summer and fall 2018 semesters were slated to graduate; 69 of them planed to process.

The commencement speaker was Lee Ann De Reus, executive director at the Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project in Washington, D.C. De Reus is a former associate professor of Human Development & Family Studies and Women Studies at Penn State Altoona.

Richard Lobron | Rail Transportation Engineering Advisory Board
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Richard Lobron | Rail Transportation Engineering Advisory Board

Get to know Richard Lobron, member of Penn State Altoona's Rail Transportation Engineering Advisory Board. Lobron is former Chief of the Northeast Corridor Infrastructure and Investment Development Business Line for Amtrak and currently with the Thomas D. Larson PA Transportation Institute.

Studying Zebrafish
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Studying Zebrafish

Cairsty DePasquale and student research assistant Jordan Wolfkill use zebrafish and a newly constructed swim tunnel to conduct research on exercise and the brain.

Move In and Welcome Weekend 2018
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Move In and Welcome Weekend 2018

It was a bustling and busy Move In Day August 17, 2018, as we greeted and helped 714 first-year students move into their residence hall rooms. Penn State Altoona welcomed the class of 2022 with fun events and activities throughout Welcome Weekend including academic convocation, volunteering opportunities, Playfair, trivia night, a class photo, t-shirt tie-dying, and an ice cream social.