Many students start their Penn State experience at Altoona before transferring to the University Park Campus. We call it the 2+2 option, and it's a great choice for many of our students. Watch and listen as students Catherine Baumann and Aditya Nambiar share their experiences with the 2+2 option.
Many students start their Penn State experience at Altoona before transferring to the University Park Campus. We call it the 2+2 option, and it's a great choice for many of our students. Watch and listen as students Steven Douglass and Catherine Chardon share their experiences with the 2+2 option.
John Leri, a 2016 graduate with a degree in psychology and minors in criminal justice and biology, is currently pursuing his Ph.D. Through his undergraduate research experience at Penn State Altoona, Leri discovered what makes our college unique.
Penn State Altoona held its spring 2017 commencement ceremony May 6 at the Jaffa Shrine. More than 160 of the graduating 210 students attended the ceremony. Tom Baker was the guest speaker.
Students in Penn State Altoona's Rail Engineering Program work with total stations as part of RTE 302: Railroad Track Location, Construction and Maintenance. A total station is a state-of-the-art land surveying tool used in the railroad industry (and across civil engineering) to measure track features such as curvature and gradient. The Everett Railroad Company provided track time for this railroad track lab course. The tracks are always properly safe-guarded by the railroad and a job safety briefing is conducted before each lab class.
