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Strategic Communications Request

Penn State Altoona faculty and staff may use the form below to promote an upcoming event, request print or digital materials, and/or suggest a news item or story idea that promotes Penn State Altoona in a positive way. Story idea suggestions include students' successes in academics, student life, and/or community involvement; faculty and staff success in teaching/research; human interest stories; etc.

Event promotion requires advance notice—preferably two weeks or more. Strategic Communications will make every effort to accommodate requests submitted later, but cannot guarantee coverage.

Publication or graphic design requires advance notice—preferably four weeks or more, depending on the request. Strategic Communications will make every effort to accommodate requests submitted later.

Each submission will be reviewed. If further information is required to promote your news, story, or event, a member of the Strategic Communications team will contact you.

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What are you requesting?
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Please provide the name of the sponsoring organization, office, degree program, division, etc.
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In order to accommodate your request, there must be adequate time for materials to be created and printed. The graphic designer will review your request and contact you for additional information.
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Please provide details about your request. We want to promote your news/event as much as possible, so please provide as much information as you can.
If there is a web site that offers more information, include the URL here.
If your request is time-sensitive, please provide a completion date. We will do our best to complete your request by this time, though we most likely will not be able to complete late or last-minute requests by the selected date.
Attachments
Please submit copy, images, and any other information necessary for the creation or editing of your news item, story idea, or event. Some files may be too large to attach to this form. For the sharing of large files or if you're sharing numerous files, we recommend creating a folder in Microsoft OneDrive and providing a share link in the Notes. Files can be shared with Jonathan O'Harrow at [email protected]
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  • Allowed types: jpg, jpeg, gif, png, txt, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, pdf, ppt, pptx, pps, ppsx, odt, ods, odp, mp3, mov, mp4, m4a, mpeg, avi, ogg, wav, weba, webm, csv.

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Altoona, PA 16601
814-949-5105

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Feature Stories

Calvin Spector (front) and Garret Blum (background) work in the caboose at the Altoona Railroader’s Memorial Museum

Working the Rails

Dalton Yoder at Penn State Altoona’s Student Expo

The Many Faces of a Research Project

Makaylah Bangura

Working (and Learning) in the Research Lab

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    • Loans
    • Work-study
    • Financial Aid Basics
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    • International Student Services
    • Housing
    • Parking
    • Police and Safety
    • Career Services
    • Diversity at Penn State Altoona
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    • Faculty Research Resources
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    • Internal Grants and Awards
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