Spring 2023 Projects
Perspectives on Aging
- Course: HDFS 434
- Instructor: Kelly Munly
- Community Partner: Healthy Blair County Coalition Poverty Workgroup
- Students Involved: 12
Increasing Access to Healthy Eating: Online Cookbook
- Course: COMM 270
- Instructor: Shaheed N. Mohammed
- Community Partner: Healthy Blair County Coalition Food for Life
- Students Involved: 14
Campus EcoChallenge 2023
- Course: AG 160
- Instructor: Gail Good
- Community Partner: Sustainability Council
- Students Involved: 25
Patient Navigators
- Course: BIOL 297
- Instructor: Mary Kananen
- Community Partner: Altoona Family Physicians
- Students Involved: 4
Fall 2022 and Spring 2023
Assessing Rural Food Insecurity
- Instructors: Gilbertson, Kruise, Rowland
- Community Partner: Altoona Family Physicians
Spring 2022
Community Cookbook Design
- Course: ART 468
- Instructor: Misty Wilt
- Community Partner: Healthy Blair County Coalition Food for Life, Altoona Family Physicians
- Students Involved: 2
- AmeriCorps/Project Coordinator: Emily Beam
Patient Navigators
- Course: BIOL 297
- Instructor: Mary Kananen
- Community Partner: Altoona Family Physicians
- Students Involved: 2
- AmeriCorps/Project Coordinator: Emily Beam
Post-High School Transitions Resources for Persons and Families with Special Needs
- Course: HDFS 311
- Instructor: Lauren Jacobson
- Community Partner: Center for Independent Living of South Central PA
- Students Involved: 18
- AmeriCorps/Project Coordinator: Emily Beam
Perspectives on Aging: Facing New Challenges
- Course: HDFS 434
- Instructor: Kelly Munly
- Community Partner: Healthy Blair County Coalition Poverty Workgroup
- Students Involved: 10
- AmeriCorps/Project Coordinator: Emily Beam
Assessing Quality of Local Food Donations: Lion Backpack Program
- Course: NURS 415
- Instructor: Amy Kowalski
- Community Partner: Altoona Mountain Lion Backpack Program
- Students Involved: 25
- AmeriCorps/Project Coordinator: Emily Beam
Fresh Produce for Ivyside Eats
- Community Partner: Monastery Gardens Farm
- AmeriCorps/Project Coordinator: Emily Beam
- News story: "Penn State Altoona offers a new farmer's market for students"
Spring 2021
Perspectives on Aging: Facing New Challenges
- Course: HDFS 434
- Instructor: Kelly Munly
- Community Partner: Healthy Blair County Coalition Poverty Workgroup
- Students Involved: 14
- AmeriCorps/Project Coordinator: Maria McFarland
Spring 2020
Assessing Wholesale Buyers' Perceptions and Preferences Concerning Local Sourcing
- Course: BA 494
- Instructor: Kohler
- Community Partner: Allegheny Food Connection
- Students Involved: 1
- AmeriCorps/Project Coordinator: Dana Bettwy
Local Growers and Buyers Meet & Greet
- Community Partner: Allegheny Food Connection
- AmeriCorps/Project Coordinator: Dana Bettwy
Perspectives on Aging: Facing New Challenges
- Course: HDFS 434
- Instructor: Munly
- Community Partner: Healthy Blair County Coalition Poverty Workgroup
- Students Involved: 7
- AmeriCorps/Project Coordinator: Dana Bettwy
Fall 2019
The Food Trust: Local Food System Assessment and Community Meeting
- Community Partner: Healthy Blair County Coalition Poverty Workgroup, Allegheny Food Connection
- AmeriCorps/Project Coordinator: Dana Bettwy
Spring 2019
Addressing Campus Food Insecurity
- Course: ENTR 496
- Instructor: Bon
- Community Partner: Allegheny Food Connection
- Students Involved: 18
- AmeriCorps/Project Coordinator: Katrina Weakland
Pathways to Sustainable Food Systems Change: A Proof-of-Concept Study for Blair County
- Course: ENGL 496
- Instructor: Petrulionis
- Community Partner: Allegheny Food Connection
- Students Involved: 1
- AmeriCorps/Project Coordinator: Katrina Weakland
Fall 2018 and Spring 2019
Chimney Rocks Park Trail Stabilization Feasibility Study
- Course: BE 460/466
- Instructor: Marshall
- Community Partner: Blair County Planning
- Students Involved: 3
- AmeriCorps/Project Coordinator: Katrina Weakland
- News story: "Penn State Altoona aids in Chimney Rocks service-learning project"
Lower Trail Mobile App Project
- Course: IST 495
- Instructor: Ryoo, Volpe
- Community Partner: Rails-to-Trails of Central PA
- Students Involved: 8
- AmeriCorps/Project Coordinator: Katrina Weakland
- Project website
Fall 2018
Local Food Systems Community Meeting
- Community Partner: Allegheny Food Connection
- Students Involved: 1
- AmeriCorps/Project Coordinator: Katrina Weakland
Spring 2018
ArtsAltoona Kress Building Design
- Course: ARCH 432
- Instructor: L. Iulo, N. Blecher
- Community Partner: ArtsAltoona
- Students Involved: 24
Sustainability Education in Event Planning
- Course: COMM 495
- Instructor: Nemanic
- Community Partner: ArtsAltoona
- Students Involved: 1
Canoe Creek State Park Solar Feasibility Study
- Course: EGEE 437
- Instructor: Brownson
- Community Partner: Blair Co. Planning/Canoe Creek St. PK
- Students Involved: 4
Fall 2017
Hollidaysburg Historical Walking Tour
- Course: COMM 496
- Instructor: Mohammad
- Community Partner: Blair County Planning
- Students Involved: 4
Rural Impact County Challenge--Youth Disengagement
- Course: CRIMJ 441
- Instructor: Wallace
- Community Partner: Healthy Blair County Coalition
- Students Involved: 18
Canal Jam II: Canal-Era Music & Entertainment Project
- Course: VOICE 110
- Instructor: Cutsforth-Huber; Zolten; Sherrill; Villani
- Community Partner: Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site; Intermunicipal Relations Committee
- Students Involved: 7
- Feature Article: "Canal Jam 2017"
Fall 2015
Juniata River Water Trail (JRWT) Mobile App Project
- Course: IST 495
- Instructor: Ryoo
- Community Partner: Pittsurgh-to-Harrisburg Main Line Canal Greenway
- Students Involved: 2
- AmeriCorps/Project Coordinator: Julie Fether
Social Media: Design and Strategy
- Course: MKTG 480
- Instructor: Girard
- Community Partner: Pittsurgh-to-Harrisburg Main Line Canal Greenway
- Students Involved: 9
- AmeriCorps/Project Coordinator: Julie Fether
Advertising the MLC Greenway
- Course: COMM 421W
- Instructor: Trumpbour
- Community Partner: Pittsurgh-to-Harrisburg Main Line Canal Greenway
- Students Involved: 4
- AmeriCorps/Project Coordinator: Julie Fether
Canal Jam: Canal-Era Music & Entertainment Project
- Course: VOICE 110
- Instructor: Cutsforth-Huber; Zolten; Sherrill; Villani
- Community Partner: Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
- Students Involved: 6
- AmeriCorps/Project Coordinator: Julie Fether
ASTEP (Artists Stiving to End Poverty)
- Course: THTR 105, THTR 202
- Instructor: Baker
- Community Partner: Healthy Blair County Coalition
- Students Involved: 21
- AmeriCorps/Project Coordinator: Julie Fether
Spring 2015
William H. Rau Exhibition
- Community Partner: Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Altoona; Pittsurgh-to-Harrisburg Main Line Canal Greenway
- Students Involved: 1
- AmeriCorps/Project Coordinator: Julie Fether